St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-02-04

tcrdam to watch for the arrival OF the
forger WinSlow. and cooperate win
Mayor Cobb of Boston in keeping track
of him.
Daniel Needham. National Bank En-
amincr. has made IN investigation into
the affairs of the northampton bank,
and finds that there may he Il total loss
to the institution at : ,21O, aud that
there will lie Il surplus To the credit "i
the bank of Sl21. l2O.
For some time the Bibles in the ears
of the Grand Trunk Railroad of Canada
have been taken away. y few days
ago a number of them were found III
the snow near BoEaVcnture depot.
Montreal. but 10y whom they were
thrown ont remains mystery.
shortly before midnight Thursday
uimht Il block of stone. several feet SqrIar"
and weighing several hundred pounds,
fell ON the station platform ut Wellesley
Mass. through which II crashed, imbrd
ding itself deeply in the earth. Where
it came from is Il mystery. bat II Is he
licvcd to he Il meteor.
Not many months since we met the
"Ho,." and "Rev" +. -. Winston in Il
company of journalists, where he was
extremely bitter III his pronunciation of
Henry Ward Bccchcr. His words did
not convince lis of Beechers guilt, but
his actions have proven that II clergy
man may preach the gospel powerfully
aud vet act deviliShly Y. e SoHtbbridJc
.JOHrndi.
MrSslS. Flood and O'Blien. who run
the consolidated Virginia and California
mining companies. intend To make II
grand exhibition of their wares at the
Philadelphia show. They propose to
exhibit the product in gold and silver
of one months work at their mines.
which il is expected can be made to
reach >lO,0OO.UOO, to hc made up INTO
$500 silver bricks, weighing 80 tons.
and requiring fifteen ears for trimSpor-
tatinm.
Rough> were on the rampage at
concord. y. H.. Friday evening. and
committed an indecent assault ON II
Miss Smith. kmnck.d down and chokcd
Mrs. Jane Piper. and struck daughter
of Il. +. Badger three times in the face
severely imiurin" hcI. The assaults
were all committed before o'clock. and
Edgar +. Wheeler was arrested for
having Il hand in them.
Rohhcric> of this NORTHAMPTON kind
viii not end until the business of robbery
becomes unprofitahlc. and that will not
ne until people bay more wisely. hide
their securities more lntclligrmtlN. and
refuse longer 4" tolerate these encourage
ing compromises. If the rich men really
don't incline To- this WAY of thinking
the p">tp"memcmt of bauk burglary
may he regarded IL not very near at
hand. Hdrtto,H ToHr0nf
The New England Farmer doe, not
think highly eft the bill Introduced in
congress I" >cculr patents for new va
rctlc> of fruits and Vegetables, and
SUMS up It's argument as follows: If
every squash "r plImpkin We bay for
The table must have the seeds dr>truv-
ed t" present them from >prouting. for
fear of infringing oE >omrhudN'> patent.
deliver us from the patent laws. or the
pumpkins.
GOV. Cheney of New Hampshire is Il
paper maker and Daniel Marcy. his
democratic competition. j. Il ship builder.
ana hence the democratic ".timpai"ntIS
have coined the >"hIiIucts rag paper
and "Whlr oak. To this the Concord
Monitor lct"it> that while GOV. Cheney
does make paper out "t rags he never
owned ships suspected nf blockade run
ming. nor favored every measure. in
/ "ngre>> calculated 10 pruiumg the late
war, but WAS III the Union army doing
loyal service.
y sad ease al breach of Trust has
come I" light at New Brum>wick. y. j.
Jonathan Earle. Treasurer of the Nor
folk and New Brunswick Hosiery Com
i'anI. l. pronounced Il drfauItH to the
extent of Sll2.ooo. He has made over
:" til" company property enough To
rover The deficiency. From Nh Earlc's
Statement 1t appears that his son has
caused the trouble. The father gave
he son blank checks To ill out to pay
the bills of the company in New York
and the ~nn did till them ont to his own
aud his fathers disgrace.
Three hundred cans of dynamite.
- pounds each. exploded IN
he second story al Il mGimuttctorN at
Baltimore. Md. Friday attcrnnun. The
Factory. hrCk huildiug. Ma- situated
IN Il thI"klN settled ncighhurhuud. and
ne "Apl">I"n which continued for near
y hall an h"III. CAUSED gIt:u cnn>trr-
nation anon" the people The. build
~" was fired 10y the r\piu>ivr and WAS
totally destroyed. six hrrmru wen.
slightly Injured hl filling walls. int mo-
me else WAS hurt. Ihr resident, of
he nclgIhnIlIond were 50 Thoroughly
frightened that several families 1T once,
.ram>tcIcd their goods and pn>>cS>ion>
IS. A ltgaI, Ia. IL
: IL Yet uuknnWu.
EEIGG>>. SEEp>MEN. Briggs \ Bro.
dorchester. y. Y. have issued the Jam
IalN number of them Illustrated Floral
guide. 1t Is compact in form. hut nmi1>
i"thlng of interest or value To THEN
'atIon>. 1t Is we'll To order seeds for
he coming season before the hurry and
I$h of business begins. ~ mistakes and
tclaNS are thus prevented Briggs 4
ir". pr"p"S" Il issue Hu elaborate work
lpnm the care of all plants. flowers.
'ulh>. Nc.. that are of practical service
n America, Il good and appropriate work
"r the centennial wear. The work will
'c ready in May. 1t will he sent rs =
premium To customers.
= Some of the amusing unrccordcd
Incidents of the grand melee at the t,-
nous Wells River railroad meeting in
i"ntpeller are cropping ont. One of
he best Is told 10y Gen. Thomas. who
undertook i'll vain the part of ii peace
maker. lie was going by the building.
t seems. IN utter Ignorance of what was
.olng on. when the noise of the fray.
he shouting of the captains. and the tn
mutt of the battle reached his ears in ,
he street. He hurried up into the hall. :
ut could conceive of no rXplun,tinu ,f