St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1867-06-14

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Joel Lindsay, the clergyman who whip
ped his child TO death. and who was al
lowed second trial after conviction and
sentence TO four years imprisonment,
pleaded gully of murder in the fourth
degree and was sentenced at Albion.
New York, on Saturday, TO pay fine of
$3.50.
y sale OF some $1,000 worth OF per-
son;.l property belonging 10 the estate of
the late ex-Gov. Gilmore took place in
Concord. y. H.. MAY 80, and the bids
realized from 10 to 10 per cent. more
than the appraisal Of the articles sold
\ diamond PIN with $1,000 incumbrenoe
upon it, was sold at SlOO advance TO the
administrator OF The estate. There was
great strife among the bidders and 4 large
number present.
The Chicago Tribune states that The
present inflated and unparalleled prices OF
bread>iufis are hut temporary. and init
mates that they are mainly due TO a
"corner'' established by Western and
New York SPECTATORS, based upon ex-
aggerated statements of 4 scarcity.
The Albany Journal >ays. 1T Is. of
course, impossible TO torc>ee what combi-
nations NAV grow out OF the recon>truc-
ton movements now in progress. or how
these will affect the action OF the next
Republican National Convention To
lay General Grant l. the strongest man
in the United States who could be manned
for the Presidency.
l.arkin g. Mead. .Ir.. the Vermont
sculptor. has Just completed the model OF
columbus before Queen Isabella" or
dered some time since hv Mr.. Lockwood.
of New York. and il merits are Sutii-
Gent II satisfy the artists most entlul>i-
a-tlc friends. SAYS an exchange
Revenue returns OF Ill kinds are a.ain
on the incrca>c. 1t Is supposed that the
receipts for internal revenue for the fiscal
wear cndin" June 80. viii be So. 0uG.-
coo, This would have been considered
an enormous sum i few wears since. but
now it i held TO be di>coura.inglv small
English crops are "t fine promise, ~
are those ut the continent of Europe. and
also those ot America. Spectators must
be Enthusiastically inclined, but they NAV
rely for while longer on the occurrence
OF drought. or hope tor 4 long spell OF
cold weather
Fourteen Fenian prisoners at Ennis
were lately released. on their OWN recor-
nlzamc"S, and it i believed that similar
disposition will hc made of most FcnianS
in bonds. Their, i race anon" Fenians
TO turn intormcrS Thirteen OF them.
now in Jail ut Limerick offrrl 10 become
Queens evidence. and the government
would accept the offers Of six of this
noble band.
Mr.. Stambcrrv's construction of the
reconstruction act allows MANY rebels 10
vote. That is what We expected. The
administration is very anxious that the
enemies of the country, who. are liz
friends. should br endowed with the
iargc>t possible power OF mischief.
Two hundred and thirty-fi thousand
bushels of wheat are now in store nj
Milwaukee,
The Manchester. n. IL Mirror saws
that from certain movements il Is sup
posed 10y many that 4 new trail has beeI.
found 10 the Parker murder in that city.
about twenty-iour wears ago.
The Kansas farmers do not fear the
myriads of grasshopperS which swarm
the State. Millions OF blackbirl< are ac-
tive in dcvourin@ them.
One dry goods house in Chicago last
year did 4 business OF S9.200.00O aud
iitty-cight firms did Il business OF over
Sl.0OO.0G0.
The despatch from Berlin TO the effect
that PRUSSIA and Russia have come to
an entire understanding on the Eastern
question. will not add TO Napulean's en-
ioyment of the Cars visit TO Paris.
\ despatch from New Orleans, La.
states that almost unanimous satisfaction
* expressed by the press and the public
with Gen. Shcridan's order removing
Gov. Wells The latter intends TO retain
possession of the office
Gen Sheridan has removed Gov. Wells
of Louisiana upon the ground that he has
made ''himself an impeachment 10 the
faithful execution Of The act of Congress
of March ID. 1867"
The New York World calls attention
TO the fact that there are in the United
States 100000 more males than females.
as encouragement to spinstcrs.
The birds on our Western prairies are
reported 10 be very numerous and very
busy this season. Their principal en-
ployment is eating young grasshoppers.
\ chimney, one hundred feet high. and
containing 100000 bricks, was moved,
last week, in Thompsonville, CT, Gis-
lance of seventy feet, without injury.
Some of the Washington diplomatists
think that Juarez may make a good
thing of Macmillan by ransoming in
place of shooting him. Maximilian's
mother, the Dowager Empress Sophia of
Austria, Is immensely rich, and as much
as S50, 000,O 900 could be paid if it were
demanded
In Mississippi, they talk of sending a
colored man TO congress. lis a good
notion, and we trust it will succeed. But