St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-04-28


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John Morris-,y i. doing Chicago the
appreciation Of pr"po-in" to open a first
class gambling saloon there
y new counterfeit fifty cent postal
currency i, in circulation, which = aid
t" b. t!ir best imitation yet produced
Thirteen car loads ot Canadian, came
out from Montreal Thursday 10y the Yer
mont Central 10 .,,.k their fortunes in
the uitcd State
Capt. c. !. Lewis, formerly of Nor
, ri>yilIr, Vt, has been elected City Jud.c
OF Lawrence, kansas, over three other
candidate.
The posimi>tn'>@,~ vii" receive the
largest salaries are those "l New Haven,
c., Louisville, Ivy, and Richmond Va
each hring paid $1,000 year
\ wool ibi-,' very rare biri in
tins country. was recently captured ut
Jones Bluff, Alabama. 1t is si>ty-onc
inches high AMI cighty-iiyc inches from
tip TO lip of the wings
Two respected citizens ol Missouri
who pursued caught and hanged Il horse
thiei, were met on their way home with
the stock 10y some ac 'omplice- of the
the, and were themselves hang.
y Connecticut woman accidentally
stepped on Il needle some time AGO, aII
the doctor pulled it out from her shonl-
dcrF. We don't doubt the statement
but what long needles they do have. in
| Connecticut.
"What the Democratic party did in
the past" >hricks the Albany trims,
''it shall yet do in the future Which
may mean another rebellion or not.
Who can say
Six hundred and nincIv-r.,nc men are
now employed underground at the Hoo
sac Tunnel, and IL above. The pay
roll OF last year amounted TO nearly half
4 million OF dollars.
Dr. Walter Airport, Chicago dentist
has recovered $50, 00O-thc full amount
claimcd-irom the Inman steamship
company, for injuries received by falling
down the hatchway of the steamer CITY
.ot Paris in October, 1869.
James Brown of Noble county. Ohio.
4 kinsman of John Brown and one of
the soldiers of 1872, refuses TO take Il
pension, because the country is il debt.
May he live till he can no longer refuse
1t on that ground.
y Duluth paper says one of the
streams falling into Lake Superior from
the north is called ''Tcmpcrance river"
because 1t Is :hc only one of all the tribu-
tarics of the lake that has no bar at its
mouth.
Buffalo was greatly excited Thursday
morning by report that the Suspension
bridge had gwen way, ".nd that Il pass
sengcr train with its load of human
freight had been prccipitatcd into the
torrents beneath. The entire population
OF that city are now cursing the author
OF the outrageous lie
Benjamin Franklin is said to be the
only pensloncr in this country who has
lost both legs and arms in military SER
wee. lie was private in the Second
Minnesota regiment, and was wounded
during the rebellion not less than twenty
times. Yet what there is left of the
poor fellow seems TO enjoy good health
Chang, the paralyzed Siamesc twin,
has SO Ter recovered, it is said, as TO be
able 10 get about on Il crutch and il is
lar to suppose that Eng, though he has
been enjoying good health all the while.
feels much better. Through all of Chano's
Illness and troubles Eng siicl.eth closer
than brother.
o. Vermont we learn froni Washing
ton by private source, stands i,st on
the lit OF the States for completeness and
correctness of census returns and the ii
nal payment of the Assistant MarsLais
and clerks will he made to the Vcrmont
officers first, ANA as soon ;lS fund, mr..
provided by Congress. The extra 80 Der
cent. allowance will also he mad. FIR
everything except "copyin.,'' AS we nm
derstand. lire Pres.