St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-12-05
Late News in Brief.

Late News in Brief
CONGRESS met on Monday last. The
| House has 1870 Republicans. - Demo
Gratis. aud ! Liberals. The vote for
/ Speaker >t""d, }. &. Blaine (RcpD 1870.
| Fernando Wood lDcm.l -. Scattering
! Upcm.j |. Vice President Wilson pre-
/ sided in the Senate. and there was no
/ thing To Indicate his late illness. Sen
ator Edmund> introduced Il plan for
li>po>ing of the Alabama award. and
+ Senator Morrill, Il bill in the matter of
I finances. free banking and the return to
/ specie payment.
The news from Spain i especially
/ grattN ing. as it NOW appears that the,
causes of trouble viii most likely Il"
auicahly adjusted. The van party in
ON country have had II" influence Nth
The administration Tally one for Pres
! idcut Grant.
Attorney General Williams has been
rendered the chief iusticc>hip 10y PrcSi-
dent Grant. nuch to the surprise of cV-
trl body. Judge Williams j. u native
of New York. of Massachusetts stock. is
~ Years old. and va- elected Ia the t..
:. senate from Oregon. II l. said II. :.
Rli~tuW of Kentucky will succeed Judge
Williams IN the cabinet. 1t is to Judge
Williams credit. and ais" the good fol-
tune al the county. that il he is not 80
great Il man ~ SOM who ha.r been
named in connection with the office. ht,
l. at least Il ptIc muu.
IN Governor and ext. =. Senator
Richard Yates of Illinois better know II
AZ Dick Yates died suddenly at Bar
NUNS hotel in It. Louis, on the night
of the eth. M. Yates had been nj
FGltnu, Ark. as United States Commits
>iumcr 10 examine the lower end of the
Cairo and Fulton Raihuad. and return
/ ed To It. Louis the Sunday before his
death. since when h has been quite
. l'''I'- III Nv lN''A' WI 'Ni' 'l'
the evening of hi, death. while huSying
/ himself with preparations for St:ut ting
home, suddenly fell backward and died
/ in five minutes. The war governor OF
/ the state al Illinois :! man uf splendid
pat~. talented. smart. magnetic
Of twelve Years AGO Dick Yates WAS one of
81, - Il |, L..
setting sin was love of strong drink
He fell and reformed and fell again. and
died drrmkard. Ills true It's pity,
and pity It's It's true
I After Boss TWccd's Trial and convic-
tion. two of his helpers i'll fraud were
tried - lngcr>oll and Farrington-and
found guilty. 1t Appealed that large
sums were paid for articles that were
never furnished the court house, nr
warrants and bills with forged names
the handwritingS being those of lnger-
soil and Harrington. Judge Davis, OF
Friday. sentenced J. II. IngclSoll to fly,
years the full penalty allowed, and j
ID. harrington to eighteen months il
the state prison at Sing Sing. In pro
noumcing sentence upon lngerSoll
Judge Davis referred t" the heinou>nes,
af the crime, expressing regret that the
law is not adequate To the crime, and
hoped that the next Legislature vii
amend it. Judge DaviS's head is level
He is the most respected man i'll til,
country to-day.
As an evidence that all were no
ready for winter when it came. we reaC
that about .5O0,OOO bushels of wheat
and AN equal amount of other grain
and :'25.oOO bushels of apples and pota
toes are frozen up in the Erie canal.
The California legislature met Mon.
day. /. ). senator CaS>crly surprised
the public 10y rrSl~ning his seat at once
This gives two elections To the Legis-
latuIc. one for the uncNpired term ot
Cas>cIly to March !. $50. and the Other
for the full term of six Years thereafter
EN-Gov. liaight and Gov. Booth are
the most prominent candidates. the on,
Il democrat. the other il republican. hui
both rrfurmers and anti-mnuopoliStS
aud high-t"ucd. pune men.
DIR. Rockwell. late superintendent %
the insane asylum at Brattlchoro. Il DO
>itiou which he held thirty-six years
rcsiguing last August, died on sunday
aged seventy -four.
One of those awful marine disaster
which makes ones blood chill. is re
corded this week. Two hundred an,
twenty people i'll the middle of thu
night transferred from their berthS to ;
watery grave 1t would seem as though
modern science. and the extent of til,
Atlantic ocean, might prevent such col
= lisiUns.