St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-12-03
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noon. On Saturday morning /
about o'clock the students NJ the Uni |
versity in Charlottesville, Va, were star
tied by two successive pcalS aS if of
thunder. though very much louder, pro /
ceeding from some unknown cause. Th"
top of DR. Maupin's chimney was knock
ed off. and the inmates of the house were
very much alarmed. The effect of the
shock was felt in different parts of the
town, and the scientific jewellers at the
University can't explain it.
A supposed wealthy family, occupying
one of the finest of the Fifth avenue man
sions in New York city, has Just fled to
Europe in arrears to the amount OF SO
900.
The Milwaukee Wisconsin gives list
of over seventy vessels driven ashore or
lost in the last Gale. and says that at
least thirty other vessels were driven
ashore at different points on the lake.,
whose names had not been received. Nev-
eraI lives were lost, and the lake marine
never before suffered 80 severe u blow.
The Coroner of Sn Francisco reports
seventy-six cases Of suicide, forty-4our o!
drowning and thirty-live of homicide IN
that city since Dec. |, 1866. Only on"
Of the murdcrcrs was sentenced to h.
hanged. and he committed suicide i'll HI
cell.
Through some queer freak of the telc-
graph, the Montreal papers located at san
Francisco, the recent earthquake at Ma
MIA, and TIE Witness. after giving a Graph
ic picture of the rootic>s city, with it,
many citizens dead from falling down
stairs or jumping from windows, adj:
.sThese di~agrceaoe tidlmg7 may calls"
the party OF our citizens, who. II has
been said, are going to start on pleasure
trip TO California. to pause before they
visit It's capital city, wines" dcmolI-h" :
roofs NAV not he able TO shelter them.
CT We notice in the Appropriation
Bill passed by the LEGISLATURE, that the
Treasurer is authorized to borrow sum
not exceeding 5000, 900 at a rate not cN-
ceeding : 3-lOth> per cent interest.
How i this, gentlemen We thought
YOU had. after mature dcliDer;,iion. dcci-
died that six per cent WAS the proper rate
of interest; and YOU have refused To- L.
galize higher rate. But You find your
selves obliged 10 authorize the State
Treasure TO pay 3-lOth, per ccnt. in
order to obtain the money. NuN sup
posing -o4e Ncrn omtcr loans money 10
H., SI,,.. will v,n ,Ii, ~ linn ia r[t,.rt
2-ln,b- u.r cam, interest from thc ,,1a,,.
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Will Won h,v, the law enforced. and yiu-
Into ih, ,,,,tr,rr Won have. authorized the
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