St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-10-29
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Revolving Tale From Montreal.

Revolving Tale From Montreal.
Mrs. ID. X. Boland, daughter in law
of Il leading Methodist clergyman, who
has just been discharged from st.
Roch's smallpox hospital at Montreal,
publishes statement which disclOses
IA revolving state of affairs in that insti-
tuition. The doctors gave her no pro-
fesSiOnal attention. Very little nurs-
ing is done, except by cOnvalescent pa
TENTS. The cries of patients for water
are often heart-rending, and only met
by the response to "shut up" The
stencil is revolving; and there is no
deOdOrzing. No attention is ever Civ
Ell those sent to the black Small-p OX
ward. The cries that come from that
awful place are frightful. She mentions
Il case in which a doctor when entreat-
ed would give no relief to a patient,
and she died unattended. The place
is said to be infested with vermin. A
committee of doctors have inspected
the hospital, which will probably be
burned, and all patients removed to
the new Mount Royal hospitals.
Seventy Lives Lost Off Labrador.
A dispatch from st. Johns, N F.,
says: ga great storm ragged off the
coast of Labrador the llth, doing i'm
mense damage among the fishing feet
gathered there. Eighty vessels were
wrecked or driven ashore and at least
20 men lost their lives. Two thousand
persons are now ashore and destitute
The news created great excitement.
Steamers will be Immediately dispatch
ed to the scene of the disaster with
provisions, clothing and other comforts
fn1, In Of
advices state that over 1000 lives were
lost and that the storm ragged from
the | til to the 18th.
HydrOphobia.
Mrs. Ann Trumbull while on the
street of Bridgeport, Conn, was seized
with Il severe hydrophObia fit which
lasted several hours. 1t required the
combined efforts of five policemen to
remove her to the station. Charles
O'Neil, one of the officers was badly
bitten on the arm by the unfortunate
woman. Mrs. Trumbull is about. 30
years old and was bitten by dog last
spring. She was continually crying
out ''DOg, dog"
village Swallowed Up.
village near Perigneux, capital of
the department of DOrdoque in France,
was swallowed up Monday by pecul-
lar accident. The village was built
over the Chancelade quaIries, which
suddenly fell in while ii large body of
wOrkmen were busy taking out stone.
Many people were buried in the ruins.
Troops were sent to help the rescue.
A railway train fell over precipice
on the famous Regi Mountains in
Switzerland last week Friday. One
passenger was instantly killed aud
twenty-five seriously injured. Most of
them were tourists.
All the "errors" yet detected in the
canvass of the Cincinnati votes hap
pen to be in the interest of the demo
cratic candidates. AS Thoreau said of
the fish in the milk, this is strong cir
cumstantial evidence of fraud.
Archie G. Clark, II years old, step
son of William a. Chapman, shot him
self i'll the left side Saturday morning
at Providence while playing at suicide
with revolver. He died four hours
afterward.
George DrummOnd of Windsor
caught his hand in the hopper of
his cider-mill recently, and, being un-
able to get it out, was held there all
night i'll great agony.
Gen. Samuel j. Anderson, who has
been appointed collector of customs for
Portland, after prolonged contest, is
the president and receiver of the Port
land and Ogdensburg railroad, and
man of good executive ability. He is
IA lifelong democrat.