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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-05-28

p years ago. and later that of the
White River Bank at Bethel.
ON the other hand it is claimed that
the meeting for the election of inspect
ors was called upon sufficient though
short notice. and that the inspect
or> were legally elected that the 1850
shares of stock originally subscribed
for and not taken were sufficiently au-
tholized. and could he lawfully taken.
a. they were. 10y Mr.. Langdon and Nh.
Mills: aud that the fact that the
money ior them was not actually paid
into the Treasurer's hands before the
election did not invalidate their OWL
ership. OF right to vote upon them.
Holding these views. Gov. Smith and
his party profess to have no fears of a
legal decision of the ca>e. 1t is not de
MED on either side that GOV. Page had
planned a complete change of control
aud reorganization of the road. with
ont notice to OF consultation with Gov.
smith and hat the hasty election OF in
<lrrctors and fresh issue OF stock were
IA device to counterfeit the scheme.
Whatever may be the result of the
contest. We fear that it will Ice reached
only after Il bitter struggle, protlacted
Is long Us IA corps of good lawyers can
find any thing of fact OF law to differ
about, and meamwh bile we do not see
that the ''lailroad troubles in Yer
mont are any nearer ended than before
this last movement was made.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-05-28
Press Extracts.

The New York Tribune SINS: 1T is
queer. hut >calrclN Il Democratic Journal
III the country has heard of thai little
performance of Gov. Weston and his
Council up i'll New Hampshire. The
voters have heard of il. though. and if
hasn't Increased their anxiety To vote
for a Democratic President an, anne
cilhlr amount"
Ihrc" thousand. seven hundred and
SrNenty-one New Hampshire nrencu
voted 10 have Matt Head represent them
IN the state Senate. but a Democratic
Governor cast out their votes to achieve
a party success. coos Hcpubijcan.
1t : poor rule that don't work both
ways. gentleman Democrats of New
Hampshire. The republicans. our Con-
cora dispatch this m"rmlmg states. have
now proof sufficient L. show that Jones
OF Portsmouth. elected /" Congress as
Frank Jones. and who has received
us certificate, l. not Frank Jones nj all
but Franklin Jones. II Nathaniel Head
is not Matt Head in Democratic. ,y.>
when elected to an office hI Rrpuhli-
cans, neither l. franklin Jones Frank
Jones when elected to Congress hy
'en"riit> Prediction: the Count will
decide IN favor of counting in Matt
Head. Boston GIobc.
ia" programme of the Smith riun .t
the recent Central Vermont stockhnId-
tIH meeting at st. Adams, the luthu,-
l|atloh OF the ISSUE of stock and TN. an
p"lhtment of ''Insprctors q. elecri,u g
was All hatched up ut an '.adinurned
meeting of the directors ON the ears
between Bellows Falls and st. Alhu,s ,
mere can he II" doubt of the illegality
Oh the stock watering, aud if there is
amy justice and efficiency i'll the Yer
mont Courts. this action will Ice an
h"lled' Springfield Rtp"JIican.
II We have ii correct idea of the cas,.
our New Hampshire friend, have mn
sued Il questionable course.-Ne,r Uu
zen Register.
The decision in New Hampshire
would not, we believe, he approved hy
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-05-28

eer is directed by bell, and signalled
by the conductor by means Of cord
passing through the cars. 1t is aston
ishing how easily and quietly the train
glides through the city. There are two
OF three "turn-outs" where trains can
pass, and it is proposed to make more
The engine draws the train one way.
and pushes it back. The entire road is
now about four miles long, and its run
ming time. including stops, is fifteen
minutes. | went from the Battery to
34th street and returned, and was gone
just thirty minutes. 1t now looks as
though the problem of rapid transit
through New York had been solved.
{. NJ s.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-05-28
Dartmouth College Commencement.

The Seniors have Just passed the con
GLIDING examinations of their coulse.
and nave received from the faculty The
appointments which take place on june
81. Among the twenty -four students
to whom parts have been assigned We
notice the name, of two at least " no
ale known to SOME of oar readers
Charles \. PrnutN of Newport. VI. has
an English Oiation. with the NaledictorN
Address. subject. ''SucccsS in Life a.
an End. and to Charles +. Bowman. of
It. Johnshury. has been assigned Il
Philosophical Grafton on Limits Of
Science. The Seniors vacation has
begun and will extend until Commence
mcul. 1t has been omitted OF late Years.
bat occurs this year;l- formerly. 1t is eN-
pccted that The Alumni gathering will h,.
of especial interest this wear. The whole
of the afternoon of "Wednesday proceed
ing commencement will be devoted to
the meeting. and an unusually large at
tendance l. expected.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-05-28

Tilton and Moulton. oral and written
by word and by act. Though tour years
confirm her? Don't all the cores
pondence have read to You showing
the hestiality of the man confirm hef
Don't the oath of Henry Ward Beecher
confirm it ? Don't the character OF the
wife and the character of the clergy
man confirm it ! Don't his antecedehts'
his writings. his speech, his character
as developed to you even upon this
witness stand al! condemn him and con
firm her Gentlemen. there Is much.
very much. that could say. and ought
to say. of which am reminded 10y my
associate friend but there are certain
thing, that we know. and | know that
YOU do believe that girl and don't be
lieNe her maligmer.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-05-28

g We are informed that the railroad
bridge across the Connecticut river at
Dalton. y. H., is under contract and
that work on it is already begun. The
bridge will be completed at an early
day. aud ii is expected that trains will
run from Johnson. Vito Portland. Me-,
by the first of August. The road is do
ing Il paying business and an extra
train is to he put on about the first of
June to accommodate the Mt. Mansfield
travel via st. Johusbury aud Wells riv
er. until the completion of the Eastern
Division of the +. n . railroad.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-05-28

livery stable and carriage house, III the
rear of the Bardwell House. from which
after great exertions the horses were all
rescued and the carriages taken to
place of safety; after destroying the
grocery store of Patrick Cain and the
dwelling-h house of Mr.. Tossing, the
flames finally succumbed to the valiant
exertions of the french. The Bard
we'll House. Baxter National Bank and
the Globe buildings were i'll serious dan
ger from the fire. The total loss from
the fire is nearly : 900. mostly insur-
ed in the Vermont Mutual.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-05-28
Another Fire in Rutland.

RUTLAND W.. May %. Before the
smoke had ceased from the comt1agra-
ton of Saturday. another fire broke
out yesterday morning. The fire was
discovered i'll the rear of Longs black
smiths shop on Wales St. and spread
at once to the shop and to an adjacent
dwelling house; the flames were COM
munieated by the rising wind to the
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-05-28
Insanity of Mrs. Abraham Lincoln.
Some time since Robert F. Lincoln
filed petition settisg forth that his
mother, Mary l. LINCOLN, widow of

- 1othS tiihO afhNC lhooCtt
filed petition settisg forth that his
mother, Mary l. Lincoln, widow of
Abraham Lincoln, has property and eff
tect> exceeding @15.OOO; that she is
mon compoS mcntiS and incapable of
managing her estate aud pray ing the
assurance of AN order for Il warrant aud
rcnlre I" test the question of her SAM
tN. The trial of the question came up
last week i'll the County Court.
The petition Was accompanied 10y Il
certificate of the family physician Dr.
l>llan. 10 the effect that he had exam
med Mis-. Lincoln and was of he opln-
ION that she WAS INSANE aud Il tit subject
tul hospital treatment. several wit
nc>Scs testified To the ccceutIicitics in
the conduct of Mrs Lincoln. which
commenced ut the time OF the assassin
alton of Pl, sident Lincoln. and which
have hcC"lne more marked IL time pro-
9re>>cd. She iulaginc> that she hears
voices IN the wall. that strange beings
br>ct hcl III the entries of hrr hotel.
that She WAS the victim "t poisoning
plots. etc. licr closets aIe full Of I'M
opened packages OF goods. which She
had ordered /" her room. After short
arguments the case WIS given to the
jury. who brought in Il verdict in ac-
c"rdaurc with the fact, elected
1t l. reported that after the trial Mrs.
Lincoln several times attempted sui
eide 10y taking poison and that she has
been rcnio>ed t" Il private H>> lum.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-05-28
Moody and Sankey's New Tabernacle

The erection of the new ''lahrInaclc
IL it i called r"l the services of Ne>>r>.
Moody and >aukry in South London.
Ua> commenced the first week in MAY.
the hullIing will lc of unusually large
dimensions. Its length will he 2uO feet
and breadth lti1 feet. bat il will not ht.
carried To a pl"polti"uatc height. The
side roofs viii hr much lower than the
central portion. the latter hcim. 81 feet
high from the gI"und. whereas the
former will oIlk he ~ feet. Tie build
ing which will cover Il ground area ct
:{}iOO feet. i calculated I" accommodate
300 prI>"n>. The material used t"l
the walls of the structure will hc CON
gated iron. and it will have Il slated
root in which there will lr sk lights
Supported 10y wooden rattcr> aud iron
tir-r"d> No flooring Viii hr laid down.
>aNdu>t >prinklrd on the earth he
lng intended to serve this purpo>r.
There will he II" galleries. hui raised
tlcI> of seats will hc covered with led
baiIc. Inquiry looms will ais" Ice at
tachcd to the structure. which il T." he,
completed and ready for opening in >iN
weeks from the commencement of the
work. The Buiier.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-05-28
Dartmouth College.

We are indebted to Prof. Ruggles for
a programme of the graduating exer-
cises of the Chandler Scientific Depart
ment of Dartmouth College. The ex-
ercises will take place i'll the College
Church, Tuesday evening. June 20,
and the speakers will be chosen accord
ing to rank from the class of twelve. to
each of whom Il subject has been as
signed for Graduating Theme.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-05-28

nacass,ry hut the wise mother Will not
make it il prominent feature AT the ia
bile. Good news. happy thoughts, IN
uoccut ninth and cheerful savings are
the most etficacious reli>he>. ana sh"ulu
be used freely. An uncomfortable meal
whatever NAV be the cause. Is almost
certain to produce Indigestion. Aud
though such small matters may he
thought by many unimportant. they 60
very faI toward the establishment Oh
good health. aud even the most robust
cannot neglect them with IMMUNITY.
A Success for the Fishery Commission.
..Ncyer seed nuthin like it. Sir: I've
been Il settin' nets on this ere river fnl
more'n ten wear, and there alnt been IL"
time when North River Shad was as
many as they are now. | hey re- aS
plentiful aS porgicS. and we can get
nothin for EN-. Why we USED :" get
our two dollars or Il dollar an half Il
piece for them in the early spring: but
now why there's an old woman Il
selliu' EN- out of ii key tor twenty five
cents Il pair. It's ruinou>. this l.: them
fishery fellers have just busted the
business might .ie>' H. we'll sell the
nets. and take ter mackIcl tshin. Thu,
remarked ii Washington market fish
dealer to us the other day. after we had
requested his opinion on the sudden IN
crease in the shad catch. which over
}O.OOU fish taken already this spring
denoted. Them fishery fcllcrs. III
other words the State Fishery Commits
sion. had stocked the river anew. broken
up the fish famine. and filled the liud-
son with finer and better >had than
have been III il for Years. he Use 81
nets extending clear across the stream.
which now. We believe. Is forbidden 10y
law. had resulted in practical dtpopu-
latiun for the fish were completely
barred out of the head waters where
they were wont to spawn. Gradually
they diminished until North River >had
hccamc Il dainty fan beyond the leach
of the average pocket.
Three or tnuI ears ago. .~cieuce. un-
der the gui>e of Mr. Seth Green and his
assistants. set To work To make up the
deficiency. Five million Young fish
wcr" placed III the Hudson and it,
tributaries. and the result We are now
gathering. This i grand >uc"c>> for
the pi>cicuituri>t>. and the pe"pl.. will
appreciate it. We trust thai it = hut
Il precursor OF other p"Ipahl, proofs OF
the possibility of enlarging our supply
OF tinnl food tor IN Increased p"pnlal
interest. which will thus bc cn@cndcrcd.
l. she To bc t"ll"Wcd 10y substantial
contributions Though which the labnr>
Of th, fish culiuIist> eau bc aided and
their value further augmented. .ScicH-
tine 1mericUH.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-05-28
II H..

Mabel Young expired al -:In. Mon
day evening. pom awakening from
the short sleep of the, morning. She
went Immediately into >pa>m. which
entirely exhausted what little strength
she had. She seemed to sink away.
dN lng without Il struggle. In all the
hours which have elapsed since little
Mahcl went t" the Sabbath school ON
that bright sunday afternoon. not an
intclliGihIr word has She uttered. Thus
another chapter in This terribly mvStt-
riou~ tragedy is closed There i but
one more chapter and the end is at
tanned the trial. conviction and hang
ing of the da>tardly wretch who was
ihe author OF all the agony and sorrow
brought into the home of Mabel Young
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-05-28
FACE TIt kET
sMITH TICKET.

The success of one of these tickets.
leaves the road i'll the hands of the old
board of directors. with but two
changes. The success of the other
ticket would have thrown the Smiths
entirely ont of the management 1t Is
claimed on the one hand that this issue
of new stock was illegal that the
Treasurer of the Company stated that
nothing. either cash or notes. had been
received 10y him therefor before the
election of directors that the new
stock could not be legally voted Oh !:
that the meeting AT which the inspect
ors were elected was held upon insutfi-
cient notice. and that its proceeding,
were irregular and fraudulent The
Page party for these REASONS hold that
their ticket was the one really elected
and intimate that they will call upon
some one of the ChancellOrs tn decide
which is the legal Board. As prece
dents for setting aside elections uula "
fully carried they cite the case of til,
Commercial Bank of Burlington semt
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-05-28

The actual number of fires in Lon
don in l-;E}. a. returned. WIS los. The
population thcu was l.1I0.O59. This
gives one fire 10 every 3.-:4 persons
Last Near the fires were .j13. in a pop
ulation of 3.4Oo.1Ol. OF at the rate of
one fire /" every 2.lh2 persons. The
population of London in l-74 was not
quite double that of 1913. but the fires
last year We're more than three times I>
numerous as at the earlier date Had
the fires simply Increased in the ratio
a. the population. the number last leaI
would have been 81 instead OF Oh.
The actual excess. therefore, i fully -
per cent.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-05-28

SERIOUS DRAwHA,K. The great ma
tioual want of Russia i her limited
supply "t fuel. lirr total production
Of coal last ,year was but one hundred
Thousand tons. and more than half Of
this was obtained III the basin OF the
D"nctz. a tributary of the river Don
The supplies of wood are also limited
tar distant from the ccutrr> of pnpula-
ton. and rapidly diminishing. 10 i'm
port fuel will render il excessively dear
and unless new coal ell peat fields are
discovered in her uuculrivattd steppr-.
her material PROGRESS must lie greatly
Retarded. and Is in danger of being per
manently checked. Political scientists
give it is THEN opinion that the main
reason why Russia Is now So zraluu>lv
pushing her military posts towards the
sources of the Indus is tn advance. uear-
Ell and nearer the coal beds of Western
China. hoping To draw her supplies from
thence IN the future
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-05-28
A Little Girl Murdered at Boston.

Another murder even more horrible IN
its details than that of Mrs. Bingham
which 81 shocked and startled Boston.
IL few weeks since. WAS perpetrat"d III
that city. sunday afternoon. \ bright
little gill. five wears of age. was muir
dered in IL church. and the bruised and
mutilated body carried up into the
tower and thrown upon the floor of the
loft. which has been for years the abode
of hundreds of doves and pigeons.
The victim of this cruel tragedy wis
Mabel II. Young. who, with hen wild
owed mother. resided with her grand
father at 30 East Chester park. The
latter. Mr.. james W. Hobbs. l. Il we'll
known and highly-re>pccted merchant.
senior of the firm of Hobbs. Pope y
Co.. the family being at the highest
responsibility. Little Mabel. in com
pasN with AN aunt. attended the SHn-
daN-school anniversary exercises of the
Warren avenue Baptist church. sun
day afternoon. and. on comm" ont at
the church at half-paSt three o'clock.
the aunt remained in the Nr>tIhuic
about ten minutes ConNer>lng with
some friends. On ~.artIug To 90 home.
she missed the child. " no. Il few min
utc> before. WAS at her side. Al first it
WAS supposed that she had cone back
into the church. bat. " hcn she was not
found Wirhiu and persons declared that
she had not come ont. the aunt became.
alarmed. and search WAS made in every
direction. About tour orlOrk some
Ladies' at an open window ACROSS the
street head faint cries of Il child ap-
paIrntjl from the church tower. and
noticed an unusual conmution amor /.
the doves that >walmcd in and ont of
the windows. som" }oung men vino
had joined in th, search started at once
to ,i>ccl.d The tower. They found the
door leading mp from the "rynn-l"tt
locked. and. on forcing il open. WcIc
Startled At seeing flesh blood upon the
i"Or and steps leading up to the next
landing. They also found u snip of
board covered with blood AT one end.
and >"ru heard low nIoau> from above.
Ascending 4 long. steep Hight of >taii~
and Idi>iug the >rutilt. " hich lrUuiird
thr strength of Il Stl"ug man. they
t"uud the mauglcd body at the child
u ia. near the edge of til. >ruttle. a.
though il had been carried up the steps
and hastily thrown down there. They
carried her down INTO the church. where
Il IdIg number of pei SOUS had cougIe-
gated. and mt" the presence of her az
"uII.d tIlcud>. From the top of her
head. which Was broken IN. blood aud
brain were >lnNh o"Iiu.. while The
most was broken in and th, face tclIi-
hll INITIATED. She was carried to her
cranhtathrl'> residence. ami surgeons
at h., 4
at 'I''' >"'iII'I'h. WI" pronounced
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-05-28
The new international Postal Rates

ON and after July /. uniform postal
rates will hr collected on mail matter
sent between the United states and
Germany. Austria. Hungary. Belgium.
Denmark. Egypt. Spain. Great Britain.
Greece. Italy. LuNcmhurgh. Norway.
Holland. Portugal. Roumania. Russia.
SerNla. Sweden. switzerland and Tar
key. After January |. I-1G. France is
ais" 10 h" included in the union.
These new rates have been establish
Ell 10y treaty between the different DON
ers. and Gtlcr in some cases great re
auctions on the charges now existing.
while lii others the tariff is iucrcasrd
10 all the above countries. the tax for
letters. paId "r unpaid. per half ounce.
Is ten cents: postal cards. two cents
each: newspapers under four ounces.
tw" cents: other printed matter. sam
pies. etc. tW" cents per two ounces on
fraction. The registration Tee ON any
letter is fixed at eight cents. For let
tiers. these rates are less than the pres
cnt To Spain, Egy pit. Greece. Portugal.
Russia. and Turkey: to other countries.
with the exception of Italy. Norway.
Holland, and Roumamia. they arr, in
''"H'"' ht newspaper postage Is
largely reduced III every ease. cNrcptinr
IN that of Great Britain. to which coun-
Try II remains practically the same
The postal card rate is an Innovation.
and the fact that Il mis~ive NAV soon
lie sent from san Francisco to Coustan-
tlnoplc for two cents is certainly a re
maIkablc indication of progrcSs
The public will he greatly the gain
crs III thus having Il fixed and reduced
rate OF postage. to nearly all the civil
Ized countries. substituted for the nu-
merou> and different charges now in
existence.
DINNER TABLE SQUABBLE,. PERTAINS
nothing Is more prciudicial to the prop
er assimilation of food than disputation
The mind becomes irritatcd. and in
simultaneously the stomach sympathizrs
dinner table is the worst possible
place Tor an argument which may east
~ become acrimonious. Nor should if
be place where children are CONSTANT
ly reploved, OF their bad conduct sut
feed To destroy the comfort of the meal
Discipline in the household is highly
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-05-28

Who is to be believed. Tilton OF the
adopted child? Which will YOU trust
If You have no other evidence. and are
left even III doubt. doubt is acquittal.
But you cannot doubt. No man who
heard this evidence doubts Theodore
Tilton's lies. If there is any man in
this room who knows how false yer
diet would be in his favor, certainly no
man knows 1t better than he But is
Bessie Turner corroborated or con-
tirmed Don't these witnesses con-
firm her ? Don't the admissions of
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-08-14
The Peach Trade.

HEAVY SHIPMENTS FROM BALTIMORE TO THE WEST.
The freight depot Of Camden station yesterday
afternoon, says to-days Baltimore American, pre-
sented a very lively and bu tlng scene owing to
the large amount Of peaches being shipped to
the West via the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road Up to six o'clock thirty cars had
been engaged by shippers, twenty FIVE
OF which were loaded and forwarded
last night Like all the peaches shipped west 30
far this season. they were from the Eastern
Shore OF Maryland, and Of the variety known as
Treths. They are destined for Pittsburg, Gin
cinnati, Columbus Chicago, Cleveland, st. Lou
is and Wheeling. Everything points to large
and successful business in this line during the
present season.
MEETING OF THE GROWERS AT AIDDLETowN, YES
TERDAY.
The late hour at which our report Of the peach
meeting at Middletown reached US, this after
noon, precludes its publication entire. The
principal, and indeed the only important,
item was the acceptance OF the proposition by
Peter Wright Son Of the fruit growers offer
ing 81 500 in advance as freight for the first
shipment. This will be made on the 26th inst.
The space allotted will hold from $500 to 5000
crates, the freight upon each Of which will be
about one dollar Several gentleman agreed to
help furnish the cargo, among whom were 5. f.
Shallcross one car Benjamin L. Bggs
and Henry Clayton one car jointly. John and
Samuel Townsend one car jointly, Jno. p. Coch-
ran so baskets, L. W. Lockwood so baskets, and
Mr.. Price also so baskets. Sam. Townsend waa
made cashier of the freight monies.
Another meeting will be held on Saturday.