St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-11-24


resigned. and Chester y. Arthur APP
pointed III his place. This i, It move
ncnt IN the WAY "i reform. President
Grant h:l> ing Received the >cNrIc>t
criticism ii"l hi appointment of MAJ
phN.
The three days storm I.,>I wrch Vas
very extensive and quite disastrous r"
i:,ll"ad and Other property along the
New England coast. although shipping
did NOT seem /" -ullcl >clN much. per
haI> hcca',~c shippers we've warned "i
the storm twelve hours IN advance from
the ,ignal offices and :" did mot leave
then ports.
Norman W. Bingham. formerly "f
Island Pond. hri lately special detective
of the treasury. has raised another
nrl~> among the >mm%"lrl>. Trough
information given hN him. the /. :.
Marshal with his posse on Tuesday. %,
cupicd ll, premises of w. /. Weld \
Go. of Central wharf. iu>ton. They
are charged with >niugelin" mace. nut
mc9>. etc. They refused ro open lhcir
safes and exhibit them books and the
MAI sinai caused one Of the former to hc
forced. and SANS he will break open the
rest unless the key are produced. The
result ha~ not Vet tl;n>pircd.
he wife of Joaquin Miller. the new
poet and literary star. nov comes out
in Il letter To an Oregon paper. in which
She a->rlt> that joaquin abandoned hen
and went Ia Europe To study the mllsrs.
le:N in" her and several small children
(" hunt for themselves. She procured
Il divorce. and has since then support
ed herself and children She foIgi>ce
her husband rN identity. and does moi
seem /" think il very strange that 50
great i "rniu> c"uld MOI be ,,chaincd to
the annoying cares of a family. With
true WonianlN instincts she asks that
her husband he kindly received in his
eastern home
The difficulty between t:nN. Palmer
md ten. sheridan in regard il the
martial rule III Chicago after the fire.
has resulted I~ many hoped. The
grand jury. which has Just closed its
lahorS at Chicago. 81 fan from finding
indictments against Mayor Mason and
Gen. sheridan for the murder of Col
Gro>vrn"r. commend the action OF
MAYOR Mason in calling To his aid the
services of Gen. Sheridan. and consider
that the thanks of the community are
'iuc t" Sheridan for his efficient aid t"
the regular police force III the rmergrn-
cy caused bN the fire.
The BarronS of White Rivt, Junction
are becoming heavy landlords. We I'M
lerStand they have purchased the
Crawford House 1T the White Noun
tain>. and Il large tract of land about
the ''Nntch' several thousand acres --
The purchase amountin" to about So
900. The Bairons previously owned
the Twin Mountain House" new
and popular hotel ten miles this side
the "trawiord." AT the junction of the
Whiicticld road.
The Montpelier .i,y,'s has a way, pc
cIliArlN its own. of publishing the names
of non paying subscribers. adding gen
orally Il little biography under each
name. which is far from complimentary
In its last i>>ur the -1IgHs SAYS. under
the head IF "A Fit End" that VI. Kirk.
late OF Johnson. who had been publish
eel in its "hlack list" wa> caught dur
IN" the Chicago fires. setting fires and
rohbin@ and WIS shot down in his
tracks leaving the reader in doubt
whether such vandalism and moral OBJ
liquitI was the natural result Of reading
the -l,g"~. OF of cheating the printer
We think the latter: and we know of Il
few persons to whom the above tNam-
pie should be Il loud call.
We have lately seen il stated in Il
newspaper edited by Il government of
fetal and which should therefore he
authority in such mattcrs--that the
government, is bound to redeem the
ragged and filth, fractional currency.