St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-12-20
ST. ssohnsburp Galrdonian.

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IT. John>bury. VT. Friday. Dec. 20. 1872.
~ Hon. Luther Adams. of the Yer
mont State Senate. of Windsor county.
is dangerously i'll, of pneumonia. at his
residence in Chester. Mr.. Adams is !,
lawyer.
\ LITTLE Too FAST. The Stanstead
,JOHynaI of the l2th, asserts that the =
\ .. railroad. during the last twelve
months. has killed three or four brake
bury. This is regarded here ~ rather
ii big story.
-. Contributions to the amount OF
SN6, 69I 81. have thus far been made
for the relief of sufferers 10y the Boston
fire. II is stated that Slm,OOO more
will h. needed during the winter. The
people of Boston and vicinity, propose
to raise tIllS dutlllplldl SlIIIl
~ We were mistaken in saying that
both of Mr. Grcclcy's daughters were
over 20 Years of age. One is i'll her
teens. The dispute about Mr.. Greclcy's
will has not been settled, but the indi-
cations are that the last will he pro
hatcd The auction sale of MIR. Gree
lcV'S personal property on his farm.
realized but about $1,000. This had
cost him S5.OOO. The farm was not
sold the daughters propose t" keep It,.
"a The Massachusetts papers are IN
the midst of lively discussion, upon
the coming man. to fill Mr.. Wilson :
place in the senate. Mr.. Boutwell,
would have the place, hut the business
men of the country insist that he shall
remain i'll the Treasury department.
and hold his steady hand upon the
finances. If he rcmains Mr.. Dawes is
likely to be Mr.. Wilson's successor.
- Mrs. Converse. the wife of ou
Governor. died at Woodstock, on Sat
urday, of apopleNN.
Gov. Converse and wife were sitting
together III ii ronm-thc former reading
and hearing Il noise and turning to
his wife he discovered her in the act of
falling forward. Death cnsucd almost
Immediately This is the third sudden
death in Woodstock. within Il few weeks.
Nh. johnson. cashier of the Woodstock
bank, and Mr.. Cushing, preceding Mrs.
Converse in almost like manner. Sure
". in the midst of life we are in death"
20 The question of the future CON
duet of the New York Tribune. is nearly
settled \ sufficient amount of the
stock has passed into the hands of Ger
tain men who are intending to raise the
paper from the slough into which it tell.
when Mr.. Greeley left it. 1t has sadly
run down in its subscriptions, and this
fact was cause of lamentation 10y Mr..
Greeley, before his death. The Tribune
was ruined" he often declared. Well,
it was, in comparison to its former char
actrr Mr.. Greeley left the paper to
run for the Presidency, and now Mr..
ColfaX will, probably, leave the Vice
Presidency to run the TribUne.
IL The Burlington Free Press sug-
uc>ts a Convention of the Sclectmen of
franklin and Chttendcn counties, to
consider what action shall he taken III
view of the fact that the legislature de
clinrd to lessen the valuation of these
two counties. \ resort to the courts Is
desired. hN some of the taxpayers III
these counties. who think they should
not Ice compelled to pay taxes unequal
" with taxpayers OF other counties OF
the state. This is certainly correct
principle When they succeed, i'll this
respect, the taxpayers of II. bloomsbury
will have the way opened to them t"l
ltllt'l ll'lIl XIV ''i'' = ~ '''N
RESPECT. If coumtic> can obtain deliver
ancc in the way suggested. towns GER
tainly may.
~ The Vermont Mutual Fire lnSur-
ancr Company issued Gal policies dur
ing the month Of November. And ON
Fire Insurance companies. i'll conSc-
uucnrc of the miStortuncS of the stock
companies. will go on increasing then
policies, ifthcy act honorahly with theil
customers. For residents of the stat,
these companies afford certain advan
taucS. In case of diSagrcemcntS he
tween them and the insured, adj Just
mrntS can lie secured i'll our state courts
under our own laws, and with les
trouble than in foreign companies. In
addition tn this. our companies do no
take large risks i'll large places, ant
escape heavy losses. Other and mostl,
stock companies, suffered severely i'll thu
Chicago and Boston fires. 1t Is tru
that more or less of our extensive busi
ness men must resort to foreign lnsIIl
ance in order to cover much OF thel
propeItN hN insurance, vet COnSldera til