St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-03-14

The Chicago Tribune call. it Credit
Lohclia." 1t certainly made several per
Sons very sick.
Somebody wrote an anonymous letter
to Judge Poland. last week. charging
him with going easy" on certain CON
gressmen because they were Masons.
Considering that he is about the only
ldfa>hioned. hard-shell anti Mason
left over i'll Congress, the judge thinks
! this decidedly funny.
The Wells River Manufacturing Com
/ pany have sold the mill privilege, where
. the Box shop was burned, to ;. A.
Moore. who is to put up another mill.
The Pope. i'll reply to an address from
ii party of Americans. said he would
always pray for America that her bless
ings might be increased He hopes our
material prosperity will not corrupt
ON hearts.
In 1869 the deaths in Montreal num-
bered 1904: in lS72. 5905, of which lOI7
We're from small pox. The rate ofmor-
tally increased from 81 per thousand in
l-G9 to II per thousand in lS72-a rate
of mortality DIR. Carpenter reports he
has never seen equaled i'll any city,
however miserably situated OF cared
for. i'll the worst of times.
In lo72 upwards of 100000 pounds OF
human hair We're imported into Mar
settles. The stock came principally
from China. The utilization of pigtails
for European exquisites is the Empire
of the Sun.
There is "A woman living at Van
Buren,. Me. who is ninety seven wears
old. and is still able to he about the
house, though she has been blind for
many Years. She has had fifteen
children. ten of whom are living
The Secretary of the Treasury has
directed the Assistant Treasurer at New
York to purchase 81 100000 of bonds
on the first and third Wednesdays and
S5OO.0OO on the second and fourth
/ Wednesdays of March, and to sell ST.
SOC. OOOir coin on each Thursday during
| March.
\ telegram was received at Washing
ton Saturday from high official officer
at New Orleans, saying: "No appre-
henSion of ii collision between the con-
tending factions. The people here are
weary of partisan strife. and are anxious
to have all questions quietly and peace
ably adjusted"
We are called upon this morning to
record another shocking marine disaster
Ii appears that the ship Chacabuco, from
san Francisco. ran into the ship Torch
III the Irish Channel, both ships sinking.
and with the former twenty-four lives
were lost.
y fire at Montague, Michigan, on
Tuesday last, destroyed Bowling Block,
Montague Hotel and several other
buildings. Loss heavy.
Gigantic frauds on the Bank of Eng
land have just come to light. The
torgeries were committed by one
Warren, alias Horton. an American.
Roth's wholesale grocery at Toledo.
Ohio. has been burned: loss $4,000.
The Springfield Republican has this ::
Some ass wrote an anonymous letter to
Judge Poland, last week. charging him
with going easy on certain congress
men because they We're Masons Con-
sidering that he is about the only old
fashioned. hardshell anti Mason LETT
over in Congress. the judge thinks this
decidedly funny.
1t is asserted that sugar of lead hair
dive was the cause of Gov. Gearv's
death.
Shakespeare reading for Colfax: A
man may smile and he Victim OF
! poor memory still.
: Hon. Simon Brown. editor of the
= Ner England Farmer, died at his resi-
e dence. in Concord, Mass. Thursday
OF typhoid fever. resulting from Sc