St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-10-02
Vermont News.
ONLY ONE PASSENGER KILLED.

The most remarkable thing In con-
nectiOn with the railroad accident near
Dummerston on the 2Ist is the fact
that only one of the several passengers
was killed. The passenger car turned
completely over. landing right side up,
while one set of trucks were driven
directly through the floor of the car
into the baggage-rOOm, though fOrtu-
nately no one was in that cOmpart-
ment at the time. All of the injured
are improving, and most of them are
able to be out. Conductor Kimball
attributes the accident to the failure of
the trucks of the first freight car to
curve with the track. The train, at
ter leaving the track, balanced IA mum
Der of seconds on the brink of the en-
bankment, and the passenger car was
the last to be pulled over by the shack
lings, thus affording an opportunity
for five passengers to jump off.
CAPITAL LAwLEssNEss.
An unknown man went into Bas-
CONS drug store Thursday afternoon
and being refused liquor, set upon and
beat Herbert Pitkin, the young clerk,
who was alone in the store. Pitkin
was discovered PROSTATE on the floor.
His assailant has not been found.
A terrible fight, the evident intended
result of which was the murder of
Lewis Wood, occurred Thursday night
about 10 o'clock. Rob. Kelley, jim
Mullaly, George Powell, Hugh Nc
Ginty and another assaulted Wood in
Cayhue's saloon on Main street.
Wood, who is a powerful man, was
the equal of the gang until he went in
to the street, where he was knocked
down with stones aud OutrageOusly
handled till his cries brought help.
The police were not at hand and no
arrest has been made.
GOLD MINING IN PLYMOUTH.
A number of years ago an old Califor-
mia miner purchased an unused mill
dam in Plymouth and in digging over
the bottom, it is said, took ont $500
worth of gold in one year with his own
labor. This town also contains an
iron mine and serpentine marble
quarry. They were formerly worked,
but at that time the distance from the
railroad was SO great that they were
abandoned. The official figures of the
gold assayer's report for the last ten
months: October, 1888, $I0l67O;
November, Sl795 December, S22l4.67;
January, 1884, S2490.I5; February,
S2555.62; March, $2897.74; April,
S3442. 90 May, S4792. Oh June, S6265.-
23 July, S6222 August, S6543.
Warren Fisher, Jr., Blaine's late
correspondent, is boarding at Windsor.
More than 100 acres have been
burned over by fire in the vicinity of
Factory Point.
The frost spoiled fifteen acres of
beans belonging to Joseph Bartlett of
Barton Landing.
There were 800 entries in all de-
partments at the late LamOille county
fair at Morrisville.
A project is on foot looking to the
removal to Burlington of the Hall
typewriter company.
Sherburne of Barre took the first
prize in the bicycle race at the Norris
vile fair on Thursday.
Robert J. COffey of Windsor has
been appointed assistant door keeper
of the house of representatives.
The Lamoille county Sunday school
association holds Its annual convention
at Johnson to-day and tomorrow.
One of the principal drivers at the
state fair was 70 years old, and he
took three straight heats with his ia
vorite horse.
Thomas C. Underwood, and Harmon
S. Graves of Burlington have been ap-
pointed pages of the Legislature, at its
ensuing session.
Marinus Millet Hollister of Manches-
ter died Sept. 81, in his Tooth year
He had been a member of the Congre-
gational church for 53 years.
Five hundred yearlings were shipped
at the Waterbury depot for the far west,
the other day, going to Illinois to
winter and to Montana in the spring
The first Baptist church of Burling-
ton celebrated its fiftieth anniversary
on Friday. The sermon was preached