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

The PENNSYLVANIA road moved half Il
million passengers in the last half OF ,
between New York and
and it is IN undOubted
act that for some days it WAS impossl-
Die to handle freight between the same
points. The passage of ll5 passenger
rains Il day, many of them III several
only left room for the trans
portation of the cattle and great food
products which were consumed i'll such
IN cXigency of multitude.
The first fire of any account inside
the grounds. since the exhibition began,
nearly destroyed Lauber's restaurant,
Thursday evening. The restaurant COW
tIcd an extensive area III the extreme
eastern portion of the grounds. The
flames originated on the second floor i'll
the servants apartment, and 1t Is sup
posed the light from il gas jet set fire to
some clothing which hung III the room.
80 rapid was the progress of the flames
I hat il was with the greatest difficulty |
I hat Il child who had been put to bed
WAS rescued. An alarm was promptly
sounded, but by the time the tremen
rot into service the greater portion of
the structure WAS in flames. All that
was saved was the lunch-room and
drinking bar The building cost ST.
600. and the loss is thought to he about
hall that amount.
The last DAYS of the Centennial are
its best IN Attendance and profit, and 1t
has already reached a financial and
popular success umequaled by any pre-
e II L
two hundred and nine thousand people
had attended it III the III days to the
9TH inst: the greatest attendance ot
one dav WAS 215.O0O ton Penns\ lvania
daN y and the total receipts were 81
2IO. 263. Now the attendance i'll Wen
un'S l-6 days WIS but half million
more. aud the receipts but 81 ,052, ESQ;
at Paris in 1857, there were i'll Ply days
:. 500 1853 visitors, and the receipts were
- los go: at the first London worlds
fair. which lasted l44 days, the attend
ance WAS something less than the pres
cmt Philadelphia total and the receipts
nearly SIOO. 900 less. At the end of the
Centennial the aggregate attendance
will have far surpassed that of even the
"lcat Paris fair of 1867, with its longer
DURATION Philadelphia is probably the
only city III the country that could have
vcnturcd to invite such an enormous
visitation. "r that would have taken
such admirable precautions for their
safety and provision for their entertain
mcut The natural conformation of the
city has aided in the distribution of its
quests and in atfording them access to
The great exhibition.
Run DID IT.-John Mcnamara, who
WAS Yesterday sentenced To five years
in the state prison for receiving stolen
goods, on being asked if he had any
| thing to SAY in his own he half, address
eel the court us follows:
MAY it please your Honor, | have
but little to say. have had my trial
and the die is east. have four little
children. helpless and poor. and Il deli
cate wife that pleads for me. Iour
Honor. presume. has been or is now
the father of IL family. and knows the
feelings of Il parent. | can truly say
hat had it not been for the cursed and
damnahlr traffic in rum | should not
have been here. This is the first time
ever stood before Il court charged
with IL crime. For this reason | hope
MARROW ESCAPE OF A BALLoONIST
u. :. Thomas, Baruum's Press agent
who left Bridgeport at $40 O'Clock
Tuesday morning. in the new balloon
W. II. Donaldson, was driven east Will
wrca, velocity, and at five o'clock Tues
day afterunou, in the neighborhood %
RockIamd. Mass. lost his anchor. Be
. ing alone and without Il rip cord" t.
collapse the balloon, and finding tina
he would soon be driven ont to sea, h,
cmdeavored to wreck the balloon i'll
| piece of woods. but his basket Wa
: overturned and he was thrown out
/ narrowly escaping death. The balloon
when last seen, WAS high up over thu
. Atlantic Thomas travelled the las
} sixty miles in fifty minutes.
! Boy SHOT.-Auothcr warning agains
: the too prevalent custom of allOwin:
= boys to play with firearms comes from
| IIineSburg. One day last week as viii
= lie Andrews was landings large horse
/ pistol the weapon was i'll some manne
4 discharged. the ball striking anOthe
boy. George Welcome, in the breast
- 1t struck the breast bone and fortunate
:, " glanced aside: but the escape from
I, sad casualty was il narrow one. A
t last accounts the Welcome boy WAS do
h ing we'll.
The Boston lecture season open
this week. The courses ARE about Il
. attractive us usual, but there is littl
:, novelty. Cough comes here but once
l,,,I
II wants to hire him. His price is nomi
= nally 5000 il night. but he can he ha
h tur $500. if there is not the ability t
{. pay more. The lecture system is o
il he wane. Lectures themselves began
\ to decline two or three years ago: bu
now even combination concerts and tn
u other variety features of what used t
: he the lNceum system are falling off i
70 attraction. - 1empIeton's Boston, leHe,
II An enthusiastic Hayes and Wheele
>. man of Boston has Il son who is maj
Il or of Tilden and Hendricks battalion
: The son applied to the father for tn
e use ot his horse ut IL street parade,
\ few nights since, but the old gentlema
- replied that his son might by his poll
II tics. disgrace him, but he should n,
i disgrace his horse.
II hate the government of the Unite
If States. and would give up my life
overthrow it. Hence, sir, as IL gentle
man, could not accept Office in il
l. service. It's Il question of honor wit
= me. hate the government. and de
Il >pise its disciples. would not sit wit
= the men who are at present in COngres
1t Bob TOmbs.
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