St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-01-16
A House, and the Owner and His
Family Burned

\ ~hOCklu. calamity uC"Uutd in New
York. early Tuesday morning. The
house of Jacob Steiner. u we'll known
tea merchant. ON East >iNticth street
WAS destroyed 10y tine. and ont of Il
family of eight persons only tour We're
saved. / he the was we'll under way
before The occupants were, aware of il.
and then il WAS too late Mrs. Steiner.
VIII" WAS Il heavy. c"rPulcnt woman.
and her daughter WrIc both burned
Vii. Steiner and servant girl named
Mary Mct'ulrc. jumped from a window.
The former was killed hv the fall. and
tie latter WAS 81 seriously injured that
She cannot recover. John St"Wcr. Il
servant. with considerable difficulty
made his WAY To the roof. and on I" an
adjoining building. He SINS Miss Steiner
could have escaped. hut She prr>i,;vnrll
refused To leave her mother.
y VICTIM OF INTFNrEEAN,t.-A
man named Sweeney. aud who is more
al less known tn most of the people OF
this county. in consequence of his
wandering habits. attempted suicide i'm
Milton. on Monday morning of last
week. He stopped sunday night at
foot M the morning About Il mile.
from the Village he called at the house
Of .\dIm AudruS>. W here he borrowed
Il jack knife; he then Went into a
wood she'd and crt his throat. bur did
not succeed in killing himself He WAS
taken T." the poor farm and cared for.
He said he WIS ont of money and en-
pl"Nmcmt and was tired of living. We
think he USED to live either here OF 1T
Hyde Park. He married his wife. here.
from whom he is now divorced. We
have seen him many times in Ollran>
County. He Is a most terrible drunk
and. and when he has been drinking.
which Is most of the time. he i insane.
Rum has finished him lost him Il wife.
friends. home. happiness. and all worth
living for. and hence he attcmp, his
own life. .No,ri>rWc citizen.
THE REruEMER. Rev. Or Stone of
California does not agree with the. opiu-
ion of Il tc>ty old gentleman. who we
once met i'll Il bank meeting in which
there We're some charges of mi,nauarc-
mcnt. and Who. ON seeing reporters.
moved that they ''I,c haui>hrd nIlcr-
ing that They "cauScd most all the mis-
chief in the world" ON ih,. other
hand he thinks they are i great bower
for GOOD. In Il recent sermon he said
The newspaper is more feared to
day III Congressional halls and the high
places of corruption and villaimv than
Laws and courts. the stiugS of con
science and the thundcls of divine
wrath. God is great way Oft. and
til" Judgment waits: hut the uhiquit
"u> reporter thlU>tS his sharp -aze into
all covert and hidden schemes an nm
cnlmg detective. The pe>tilent spy
will tel all he sce~-teiI it ON the
I"llS"t"pS. print ii fur Il nation of read (
crS. Good, Give lis more of This.
Long live the reporter. Let every
public man who meditatcS Il little niece
of fraud understand hat he is .shnd- .
owed at each step 10y this unbought
'Spi"na%r' and though he may not he .
converted he will he restrained" /
VERMONT OFFICE HOLDERS. The
President has made the following nom /
llnatlons for this State to the SENATE
J"hn L. Mason /" he Collector of Inter
nal Rcvcnue for the LIST district of Ner-
mont: George u. Foster to he Marshal
~ 'i' District ol crmOnt Strphtu
h"nIaS +" be Pension Agent at Mont
nclIrr. and J. l.. Bl;tStnw Ia he pensinn
agent at Burlington. The three Iatte,
ne appointments.
l,R. MINER To SAN FRANCISCO.-The
authorities of the Limited States Con-
'ent,"h have applied t" Rev. \. \. Mi
Ter, ID. d.. To visit California and look
l1ter III" interests of their church ON the
'aclilr coast. At the close of service
III sunday evening the Standing Com
nlttee of his parish rendered him three
months leave of absence for that mr.
'"S"' Ills decision is not vet made
SHOWN. though there is probability of
lis acceptance.
Il HE COLVoCoRE>SES CASE.-lt is an