St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-06-13

three millions and a half the past
month.
Two ladies were murdered near
Nanscmond Court House, Va, sunday
by burglars.
The observance of Decoration Day
was more general than ut any time
since the Rebellion.
Germany will not enter into dlpl"-
matte relations with MacMahon's gov
eminent ut present.
Another battle between Republicans
and CarliSts. in which the latter were
routed, is from Spain.
The engine on an extra freight tram
went into the Winooski river, Friday.
owing to misplaced switch, and was
| totally wrecked.
\ man named Nixon, formerly IA
street beggar in Mobile. has Just died
/ in Oregon leaving IL fortune estimated
ut half million.
At last the war-Modoc-is over.
/ Captain Jack and the rest of the nasty
shack family are prisoners. having sur
rendered to the /. :. troops.
Wonderful metamorphosiS-The turn
/ ing of Captain Jack from red man
into IL white elephant as soon as cap
turcd.
Mr.. PavSon of Portland, Me. who WAS
! sent to Europe to investigate the claims
of the Durham heirs. has returned and
reports the story of the will of benjamin
| Durham. in 1854. Il humbug. and that
there is no S:!2 .O0O,UnO to hc contest
ed.
The latest patent is 1.-The solar horse
! bonnet" sort of douhlr-dcckcd para
sol rontrivancc, which is stuck between
! the horses ears. to keep the ardent rays
of the summer sun from tlI ing his
brains.
The wrestling match tor S:}.WG aud
the championship of America. between
John McNahon of Rutland. and Homer
/ Lane of New York. which took place
/ Friday evening at Troy. WAS won by
Mcmahon. Lane winning the first round
and MrMahnr The next two.
1t is said that .'nrcc>sity is the mother
of inventions" hut ." to the Patent
Office. in Washington, aud they will
tell Won that Invention j. the mother o1
necessity. Nine inventors ont of ten
die puol the either tenth die mad.
The Omaha Bridge Company. which
is Il lesser Credit Mohilirr ring i'll the
Union Pacific Railroad. and which
leNi,> tolls "t it, "Nn ON all railroad
freight which crosses the Missouri at
Omaha. is said to make = lOnO day.
y Memphis jury. having convicted Il
man of murder. now finds that the sup
posed murdered nan i living. The
question j.. whether the verdict shall
bc r,>cindcd. or the man allowed t"
murder his victim.
Some of the talk II President Eliot
about "a reaction at Ohrrlim and through
ont the West AGAINST the c"-cducation
of the SEXES. has brought ont from
President Fairrhild an emphatic denial
of any such reaction At Ohcllin.
~ Gen. Davis g"t back from his
Mod"c excursion with lis hair in normal
condition and vrcathcd with the laurel
of success. the papers speak of IL a> Il
fine display of dash" cen. Candy
WAS rash. II all depends. yen see.
Tw" soldiers. while gathering Wild
raWherIic> on the government farm
1T Annapolis. " cdnr>day. we've brutal
ly shot and seriously wounded 10y Or.
Durall. the surgeon in charge OF the
hospital. He will he court martialrd.
The Cincmnatti Go>ctc thinks that
If Massachusetts Republicans desire Ia
crowd Ben Butler of the track the
adoption "t oHc or two plank> of the
Obi" Republican platform would do the
business. we think. Butler can stand Il
GOOD deal. but We do not believe he
could endure Il vigorous condemnation
of the salary steal
The establishment of the New York
pic-habiug company. in the rear of Nos.
=! To- - sullivan street. New York. WAS
! completely destroyed by tire sunday
morning. with 81 horses loss estimated
AT Sl2J.UnO. partly covered Ivy inSur-
ancr. y number of c"lorcd families.
who resided in the front house. lost
their furniture.
The excitement about the presence
of cholera at Memphis. Tenn. is in
crcaoug. Several deaths have been
reported on the authority OF the best
physicians. Int the mortality showed
no increase. saturday. and ply >ic,anS
report some abatement of deaths 10y
cholera. which some pronounce sporadic
and others A>iatic. The deaths on any
one day have not exceeded seven.
Stephen Philbrick of Tamworth. y.
H.. who died on Tuesday at the age of
IG1 wears. month and 20 DAYS. was
undoubtedly the oldest man in the
state. He was Il farmer 10y profession.
had never employed Il ply stefan. and
had lived in Tamw"rth for century.
John l.. Clark of Durham. Conn.,. 81
years old. died. Wednesday. from the
effects of mimic bali received in front
ot Port Hudson, July /. 1868. which,
after going through his upliftcd hand.
entered the left side of the neck. near
the jaw. passing II the rear of the
colar-h bone. where it remained tor Il
time. then made its way between the
ribs and lining of the chest to the union
of the diaphragm with the lower rib.
wh"rc ii had excited intense local in
illumination. finally inducing death.
y prominent business man of this
city wants to know who "NIatiltl;i" is.
She sent him Il postal card. Saturday.
saying that she was ont of money, and.
unless - WAS forthcoming immediately.
she should g. ronnd and see his wife.
Another man is cross hCcauSc somebody
/ IN Boston sent him an invitation to adj
dress Il sunday school and also to nav
Hl2.72 tor drinks. all on the same card.
| 1t getting to he unpleasant to look Il
| post Ollie" clerk Squarely in the face
/ SprjngGcH Rcpp6LcGH.
COST. COST. COST.