St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-10-29

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as all newspaper posfdJc after .jdn"dry
LIST. has 10 be- paid at tie oticc ~hcrc mail
ed. This TW make the CALEDoNIAN
come 10 them ten cents a Ycdr less than
heretotore.
90 Evidence accumulatcs against the
Frenchman La Page. and il seems al
most certain that in this monster the
officers have the murderer of both Miss
Ball and Miss Langmad. There is this
thnritic>: With the evidence that they
claim to have had against La Page.
why did they allow the monster to 20
free! Had they convicted him. the
friends of Miss Langmaid, and the
world. would have been spared this last
horror.
During the recent terrific gale on the
English coast five vessels are known to
haze been lost, with all on board.
ID. A moaomaniac threw himself from
1.-THE top OF the Chicago water works
tower, $50 feet high, and was dashed in
pieces, on Friday last. ... al.
Ben. Boyd, the most p0toli1us coun-
trrtritcr IN the country, has been arrest
ed by United States officials 9srno7
1t is alleged that nefari0gs Hing Of
lawyers have >windlcd honest claimants
for Alabama awards out of three million
dollars.
\ deficiency of S2OOO WAS discovered
on Friday in the Treasury Department.
Another robbery is apparent.
\ Louisiana woman brings II suit
against the United States Government
To recover Il million dollars for dcStruc-
tion of property during the late war.
The Brcchcr-Tilton scandal WAS brief
" revived in the Bro"klNm City Court
on Friday, only to he buried. The Dis
trict Attorney appeared before Judge
Nelson and briefly gave his REASONS for
entering Il mol pr"s. III the suits growing
ont of this great scandal, and the Judge
Immediately granted the order, thus
preventing Frank M"ultom from prov
ing his innocence of the charge of libel.
The Warren Avenue BAPTIST Church
in Boston. has stricken from its dcclar-
alton of faith and practice that p"rti"n
l.. - 1.
and Nh. PcntrcoSt, lis pastor, has de
cidcd to remain.
\ man has gone to England in search
of Charlie Ross.
\ house ut Cheshire. Conn, was burn
ed Saturday night and Il newly married
couple persisted in the flames.
The Moody and Sankey revival meet
im9s in Brooklyn were opened Sunday.
The Attendance WAS very large.
ACCOI NTED FoR. The my StcrieII>
disappearance of Mr. Luciu> W. Pond.
of Worcester is i'll part explained 10y the
discovery of extensive forgcries com
mittcd by HIM. 1t will hc remembered
that two weeks ~" we recorded his
sudden disappearance from Il Fail River
boat. with clothin" and effects left in
his StaIcroom Indicating either suicide
or foul play. The discovery of extern
sive forgcIieS since his disappearance.
leave no doubt III the minds of most
that he Is still living. and that he took
this course 1" create Il suspicion at his
decrease. The blow falls heavily upon
his family and the community. H. Nh.
Pond has stood well in church and in
the estimation of his ncighhorS. Ru-
NOR has it that he has been seen in
Canada. evidently insane.
CRUELTY AND ITS REV ARD.-Somc
may wonder what Il society for the pre-
Ncntion of cruelty to animals can do
Mr.. Bclgh of New York. is giving his
life t" this work. Some of the time hc
finds it uphill business. like most re
forms. but occasionally he gets a mark
eel triumph. y week az" sunday. az
people We're coming ont of church. Il
brute named Thomas McArdlc dragged
through Broadway IL horse with both
fore legs broken and one hind leg dis
located. He persisted in that horlid
work until the bones protIulrd upon
the pavement. He WAS promptly ar
rested by Mr.. Brryh. and ON Friday was
sentenced To imprisonment for one wear
and to pay Il fine of $50 The defense
tiled to make it out that it waS phN>i-
cally impossible for ii horse to walk any
distance whatever in the condition de
scribcd III the complaint, and this argu-
ment WAS supported 10y the testimony
of veterinary surgeon, who claimed
to have his diploma from IL college in
Edinburgh. Int the judge thought the
testimony of several reliable witnesses
of the fact more wcighty than theory.
and put the wretch through according
to his deserts.
IACk CHANDLER IN THE GARNET.
The President has appointed Senator
Chandler secretary of the interior. Mr..
Chandler has the reputation of II dis
sipated man. The New York 1imes en-
dolSes him this much: We believe he
has the reputation of hcin. Il first class
story-tellcr, and an amusing man to sill
up with - nights. If ouI readers ask
us whether he has any better recon-
mcndati"n> than these for his post, we
must answer we do not know. We have
already exhausted our stock of intnrma-
ton.