St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-09-07
RECORD OF THE WEEK.
Thursday.

Thursday.
An express train on the Boston &
Albany road broke through an iron
bridge near Chester, Mass, and went to
the ground 20 feet below. Two slecpers
and dining car were smashed to kind
ling. Fifteen persons were killed and
about 40 hurt, among the former being
b. {. Hitchcock of Bellows Falls. The
bridge was being strengthened for big
locomotive, and the workmen were at
dinner when the accident occurred "A ho-
tel in the Black Forest, Germany, burned,
and four young women suffocated. The
port of Grimsby, in Lincolnshire, Eng,
has been declared infected with cholera.
Children and cattle are said to be dy-
ing of starvation by the hundreds in
China.-Several towns in New Zealand
have been inundated, thousands of cattle
drowned and many people are starving.
Three lives lost in mine explosion at
Horatio, Pa.-Ten bodies of victims of
Sundays cyclone found floating in a
drift near Jacksonville, Fla.-A freight
train wrecked and partly burned near
Brennan, Tex. three persons killed
Business portion Of Depauw Ind, de-
stroyed by fire, loss ,O0O.-Emma
Goldman, the anarchist who melted the
recent riot at New York city, was ar
rested at Philadelphia.
Friday.
The Thornton worsted mill, in Tohn-
ston, X. l.. burned at a loss OF over
$3.50, 000.-Safe arrival of the steamer
Sarnia, after drifting in mid-ocean for
p days with broken shaft six hun
dred people dead, and the loss of proper
ty $4,000, 900, is the published state
ment concerning the recent cyclone at
the South; at Helena Island alone the
dead number 100 several thousand peo-
pie are suffering from lack of food owing
to the devastation of the crops by the
storm.-Ex-Gov. Berry of New Hamp-
shire celebrates his 9th birthday at Bris-
tol.-Home rule bill passed its third
reading in British house of commons bv
vote of 301 to 26O, and its first reading
in the house of lords.
Sunday.
DR.. I. Thatcher Graves the convicted
poisoner of Mrs. Barnabv at Denver.
Col, was found dead in his cell, having
taken poison He left letter claiming
that he had been prosecuted to DEATH
len thousand more miners in South
Wales and Monmouthshire have gone
back to the collieries; some 10000 men
who struck for 20 per cent advance in
wages are now at work again, with the
Old scale in operation-A Frisco train
has been robbed at Mound Valley, Kan
sas, and the express messenger killed.
A hurricane passed over Wight Island
the 2Sth few vessels were wrecked,
40 houses demolished and five people
killed.
Twenty i've people drowned at Rotter-
lam by the capsizing of lighter.
Two people killed and many badly
hurt by a runaway electric car at Gin.
,innati.-Death of Jerome Bonaparte. a
descendant OF the French royal family, at
Beverly, Mass
Monday.
Mills in Pittsburg, Providence and
Manchester resume operations.-Big dis
play by labor men at Boston; $4,000
men il, parade reviewed by Gov. Russell.
columbian Catholic Congress opened
At Chicago. OWN. Alderman OF Eaton,
conn, is raving terribly with hydro
ohoba.
A whole family near Burrows, Ind,
we're poisoned by something in their
God; two of the children have died.
Burglars stole James Crowleys trunk.
and $4,000 in cash, from a farm house
near Lawrence, Mass.-Because a base
BALL was knocked over on to his land.
William Barrett, farmer at Maspeth
L. L., shot at two boys, killing one of
hem and badly wounding the other. A
mob of indignant citizens nearly killed
him.
Tuesday.
The Grand Army Encampment is in
session at Indianapolis. -Lieut. Pearv
and his company have safely reached
Greenland and erected their house.-The
United States Hay Fever Association
1eld its meeting at Bethlehem N. H..
With large and ent husiastic attendance,
Death of John S. Dwight, noted as
critic, at Boston.-Two thou
sand mill operatives at Lawrence, Mass.
-esume work.-Dana's mills burned at
Me-; loss $172, 900 and $50
hands thrown out of work.-Six per-
sons killed in collision on the Big -Four
-oad, at Batesville, Ind.-The estimated
yield of corn in Kansas this year will
aggregate 20000,OOO bushels. This is
the largest in the history of the state,
Excepting 1889.
Wednesday.
J. G. B. Adams of Massachusetts, elect
ed commandments of the G. AR.
Next encampment will be held at Pitts
burgh-The Navahoe beaten by Britain
MIA in the Royal Victoria Yacht Club
race.-New York has a $3.50 900 fire.
Islands Overwhelmed.
The Sea islands of South Carolina suf
tered more terribly from the recent hurri-
cane than has hitherto been believed and
the early reports are adenough. These
islands-there are hundreds of them
border the mainland in the extreme
southeastern portion of the state. Some
OF them are large and support laroe |