St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-10-22
RECORD OF THE WEEK.
THurSd3V.


mill bursts; two persons killed out
right and several badly hurt.-Acci
dent on the Baltimore and Ohio road;
two persons killed and ten others
said to be fatally hurt.-A new Par
nellite daily paper to be published in
Dublin.-Students at Kieff univer-
s1ty. Russia, to the number Of 500,
placed under arrest for alleged revo-
lutionary tendencies.-Allt the foreign
ministers sever diplomatic relations
with the Chinese governmental
cation stopped on St. Lawrence
river by reason of low water.-Death
Of Count Arco Valley, German min
lister to the United States-A farm
er's wife beaten to death at Middle
town, N. Y, by some unknown per-
son.
Friday.
Mr.. Blaine explains his objection
to the original Mckinley bill.-Near-
ly 100 delegates to a w. c. T. U.
convention in Pennsylvania poisoned
by something they ate or drank at
dinner.-Over a million more acres
of land to be opened for settlement
in Wyoming.-A plan proposed for
bridging the Hudson and bringing
all the railroads now terminating It
Jersey City into New York.-Several
French officers and Christian prison
ers said to have been beheaded by
Chinese pirates.-Explosion of gas
on the warship Atlanta, and six
men hurt.-The name of George Hiles,
a Milwaukee millionaire. forged to
the extent of O,OOO.-The house of
J. ]. Pearson, an Andover, (Mass.)
farmer, robbed of $4,000 in money
and quantity of silverware.
Saturday.
A negro uprising feared at Clifton
Forge, Va.-Gov. Steel, of Oklahoma
resigns. of James Parton, the
well-known writer, at NewburypOrt,
Mass.-A big tower, over a thousand
feet high and to cost over a million
dollars, to be built for the Worlds
fair-Mrs. Michael Smith of Win
chester, Mass, fatally assaulted by
another woman in quarrel over a
calf-Reports at Washington indi-
cate that this years oat crop is
the biggest on record.-Estimated
that 1873, 100000 rubles will be re-
quired to meet the necessities arising
from the famine in Russia.-W. H.
Hough's head dipped in vitriol by
brutal engineer a t Bristol. Conn, for
refusal to obey orders; he will lose
both eyes and may die.-A New Jer-
sey liar who had palmed himself off |
as the son of Bishop Phillips Brooks
arrested in England for obtaining
money under false pretences.
Sunday.
At Lewiston, Me-, a five-year-old |
girl fell down stairs, with plate in
her hand, fatally cutting her throat.
An evangelical convention at In
decides to admit no candi-
date for the ministry if he is addicted
to tobacco.
AT McGregor, Iowa, Henry Hahn,
crazed by the refusal of Miss Otto to
marry him, shot her father and
brother and then attempted to kill
himself.-Fresh political troubles
feared in the Argentine Republic
A villain throws nitric acid into the
face of a Chicago woman. disfgur-
a Gretna, (Neb) bank decamps with
some OF the securities, leaving the
bank in bad shape. -Balmaceda said
to be alive and coming to New York
shortlv.-Edison brings out two
more practical ventions in the line
of electricitv.-Mr Blaine announced
to be in Washington again on Thurs
day.-Hundreds of cattle drowned
by an Overlooking river in England.
William Redmond candidate for
Parnell's seat in parliament.-Re-
port that an English physician in
India has found cure tor leprOsy.-
Ger. Alger denies having been offered
the war portfolio.-Engineer, fire
man and brakeman killed by the ex
plosion of locomotive at Pottsville,
Pa.-The French senate still divided |
on the question of admitting Ameri
can pork.-Large tin plate works to
be erected at Anderson, Ind.
Tuesday.
Commissioner Raum said to have
resigned, to take effect November 80.
carpenters, after SIX
months strike, go to work again
Hanlan and the Australian oarsman
matched for a race at
Victoria, B. c., next Saturday,
The French senate vote for duty of
25 francs on American pork.-Sena
tor VOORHEES,, member of Gov.
Hills party, has his pocket picked of
500 in drafts and $50 in cash.
BROOKLYN Tabernacle broken into by
Stockton, Cal, Sunol
beat the worlds record, making
mile in 2 OSA, a half second better
than Maud S.-Coy confesses at Pitts
field. Mass, that he murdered John
Whalen, whose body was recently
found in the woods-Rockow, in
Russia, destroyed by fire, and five
perish.-Alice Hecht of Balti-
more threw herself from the top of
monument, in Mt.
Vernon place, and was horribly
m n uoIed