St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-11-23
RECORD OF THE WEEK.
Thursday.

| Migrants nave DcCOInc lcITOI III NeW
Mexico. and the formation of vigilance
committees to deal with them is con-
templated.-M Ruby Arnold of At
lantic, near Boston, jumped from a
win dow to escape two thieves and was
fatally hurt.-Fourteen suits h We
already been instituted as a result
of the recent railroad wreck at
Chester, Mass, the damages claimed
amounting to $261 ,700.-Uncle Sans
new cruiser, the Columbia, makes al
most "a knots on hour on trial trip
Warner Miller has given up the pres-
dency of the Nicaragua Canal Company
The Bank of England said to have lost
a million in bad investments through its
chief cashier-A train wrecked and
partially burned near Lafayette, Ala,
and one passenger killed and four others
hurt. -Thousands OF dollars damage has
been done and several lives lost by
prairie fires in Oklahoma Territory
Several persons killed by powder fac
tory explosion at Santa Barbara, CAL
Grace Episcopal church in Memphis,
Tenn, burned, and S. J.. Gilbert, the
oiganist arrested for setting the fire.
A vigorous temperance crusade is an
nounced to begin at Manchester, N. H.,
on Thanksgiving Day.
Friday
A wholesale plundering of property in
transit on the Boston & Albany road
has been unearthed and several employ
ees have been arrested, charged with
stealing the same.-C NJ. Overman
president of a Hilsboro (Ohio) bank
has confessed to embezzlement, making
false returns and perjury Heavy gales
have prevailed on the British coast and
several vessels and number of lives
have been lost-The Spanish consul at
Baltimore jumped from fourth story
window while insane and was crushed
to death,-Chicago's new police regula-
tions will require everybody found on
the streets between one and six O'Clock
a. m. to give an account of himself
Twenty thousand people in the mining
region of Wisconsin are said to be des-
titute because of the shutting down of
the mines.-Thos. N Hart nominated as
mayor OF Boston by the republicans, by
reclamation.
Boston and Maine freight train was
held up by four tramps, at Portsmouth,
N. H., several cars were broken into and
the trainmen were roughly used. One of
the tramps is thought to have been kill
ed, as the body Of an unknown man was
afterwards found on the track.
Saturday.
Counterfeit railway tickets to the
amount of over 100000 have been
honored in the last four weeks by the
Baltimore and Ohio, Erie, Pittsburg and
Western, Nickel Plate and other rail
roads. The tickets were purchased of
scalpers, and much hardship has resulted
to innocent purchasers.-A rightful
storm passed over Great Britain, doing
an immense amount of damage to ship
ping and causing the loss of many lives.
"A big strike is in force on the Lehigh
Valley system in Pennsylvania, and
traffic is greatly embarrassed.-An
epidemic has carried off large number
OF children at Grantsburg, Wis, and the
state board of health has been called on
to take effective measures to stop the
same.
Monday.
Pendergast, the SLAYER of Mayor Harri-
son of Chicago, objects to entering a
plea ofinsanity.-After II months shut
down $50 men go to work at the Joliet
en- rolling mills.-It is said that more
than 1000 lives were lost by the recent
storm in Japan, and many thousands
buildings destroyed.-The great English
coal strike is ended.-One man killed and
a dozen injured by cave-in at Newport,
R. l.-Lobengula has informed the
English authorities in South Africa that
he is willing to make terms and end the
Matabele war,-Blount' letters from
Hawaii at last given to the public.
Tuesday.
Many fishing boats have been wrecked
i'll storm in Denmark, and some &c
lives lost.-Death of ex-Gov Rusk O.
Wisconsin, at his home in Viroquo.-The
French government is to declare wal
against socialists.-The Brazilian in
surgents are thought to be weakening.