St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-10-20
Centennial Notes.

ue:lu, Dll. lntItlN ~ 49,
to the concern will he about 81. O0O.
Centennial Notes.
The medals given to exhibitors are
uniform in every respect, are OF bronze.
four inches in diameter, and are thc
largest of the kind ever struck III this
co,Intrv. On the face of the medal is Il
large central figure representing Amer
lea extending IL laurel crown over the
emblemS of Art and Industry which he
scattered ut her feet. Around this cen
trail design runs Il circle of thirty eight
stars broken by four small medalIi"m>
IMPLYING Europe, Asia, Africa and
America. The reverse shows Laurel
wreath enclosing the words "Awarded
bv United States Centennial Commits
sion and itself surrounded 10y the in
scIiption :. international Exhibition.
1876" About l2.0OO of these medals
will be given, and il correspondent com
puteS they would, if laid edge to edge,
make Il line three miles i'll length. or II
piled up would form il bronze column
some 400 feet high.
OF the medals. $500 have been given
to the S.I75 American exhibitors. aud
5,IO7 to the - $3.50 exhibitors from the
rest of the world. The total number ol
medals for New England thus far award
ed Is S9O, fof the Midule Sta'cS' -"l"
Tor the Western, 42o. Tor the southern
2l3, ana Tor the racine states ~.
The Siamese exhibits have come at
last in 200 boxes; and the king, to
atone for the delay. presents them Ia
the United States. They are III the
government building now. and Will
probably he sent to the Smithsonian
Institute, finally.
A commission has been appointed.
with Prof. Blake at its head. to prepare
a complete report of the Great fair. This
will uroh;Ibly iucIudr NOT only the de
tails of the exhibition. but also it, eff
frcts ON the industries of the commune
N: its stimulus to science. art culture.
etc. The work is 50 great that the re
port will probably not be ready before
December. I-77.
On Saturday morning. Detective Grant
of Baltimore. observed two boys. one of
them II and the other Ii Years of age.
8bIuS ~ illt WI lolh l'''il W Illl -'lIS
upum their shoulders aud altogether
ready for battle. The detective APP
preached them. and. in answer toquc>-
tinns. the Older boy stated that his name
WAS Jack son and that of the other boy
smith, and that they we've Just return
img home to Virginia from THEN vaca-
ton in the north. where they spent
their time in hun ting and other sports.
The boys were taken To police head
quarters. and letters w"Ir found np"m
names were &. H. colt and II. J. Hub
bard. and in their pockets and blankets
were found hulrt-mnld>. pcrcII>>iuu
caps. powder. matches. sticking plaster
and dime novels. On being closely
questioned. The boys admitted who they
were. the elder saving that he belonged
IN Brattlchurn. Vt. and that the other
was :; resident of East Pitt>hurg. Pa.
They met at the Centennial Exposition.
aud decided To- go west" and tight the
indians. They we've sent home.
CHARLIE Ross This j. the last
that i the last up to the time of gong
to pIcss: :. Benncr>. the man arrested
and taken to Philadelphia last week ON
suspicion that he was concerned in the
abduction of Charlie Ross. has stated
that he knew Mo>her. and that he saw
Charlie himself in Pemm>y lvania three
weeks ago. If Benner> story i true.
it is thought that the hoy is SccIetcd in
the vicinity of WrightSvIllc. York coum-
has stopprd when h, has been ov1y
from phiiad,lpbio
TERRIBLE DEATH OF \ BIEGI.AE.-
An unknown man robbed a chamber of
MI. Mnrran'S residence ON Fifti.th
street. New York. thc other dIy. vhiI,.
the family WAS diuiuo. of ,n,n, S,;un
worth of i,wcIrv. and then Sr,pn,d nut
ON To the pcdimrnt over the finnt doc,
of the next house. iut,uIipu tn enter
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