St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-06-02

Col. Geo. w. Hooker was IN to"h
Monday and Tuesday. The COl"hel Is
travelling for a BrattlebOro house
Woodstock Standard.
Two of the Centennial Judges, Just
are Nermonters; Col. l.. .;
Stowell, in the horse department, ana
George Campbell of Westminster III
that for sheep.
The heaviest fine for selling liquor
inflicted for some time i'll Rutland, was
given in the municipal court W. dhes
day. John Haley WAS fined S4o anu
costs, and sentenced to three months Ill
the county jail for two cases of selling,
third otfense and 500 and costs with
three months imprisonment for two
cases of keeping with intent to sell.
He appealed.
The employees of A. L. Stewart who
had been in his service from ten to
twenty years, to whom he bequeathed
Il certain sum-upwards of three hun
,red in number-have now been paid,
and the amount required was S205,|5o.
The dispatch announcing the killing
of 30 or 40 miners in the Black Hills is
made up from Il letter from kearney on
the Union Pacific, IL long way this side
Cheyenne, the nearest point to the hills,
and is probably an exaggeration. Ev-
crything indicates that the miners are
being driven out, but all the missing are
not necessarily slain.
The latest sensation at Washington is
the charge of bribery against Speaker
Kerr. 1t is alleged that he accepted six
Ia, Il Il no
of Congress for securing Il second Lieu
tenancy in the army for Il man. Parties
who are cogniZant of the affair promise
to testify under oath to the above.
A return to the good old practice of
giving every worthy Governor Il re-
election, would save half the trouble
of selecting Governors, and would Toe
il gratifying evidence of IL return
of the people to reason, on the
question of one OF two terms. Mr..
Walton, as we early said. has every
needed qualification the highest per
snnal integrity the most intimate fa-
miliarity with public affairs in Vermont,
the waImrst devotion to the interests
of the State, high ability. long expert
cnce, well deserved reputation, Il clean
and sound head. and kind heart. He
would he sure. if chosen Governor, Ia
mark his term OF office 10y some cs-
/ pccially high and worthy service OF
deed or word to his native State. Bur
/ HnytOn Free Press.
oUNTEEFEIT SILVER CURRENCY
Counterfeit - cent silver pieces are
making their appearance. They are
good limitations of the genuine. Tn,
mixture of metals in the bogus quarter
dollars is worth about 10 cents. Bogus
ten and five cent pieces have also made
their appearance. All the c"untertcit>
instead of being cast III Il mould. as i,
usually the case with bogus coin. al,
stamped with a die. and hence the ex-
ccllcnt limitations of the genuine coin
The counteririt>l look particularly bright
and shiny. and do not present Il leader
OF glossy appearance.
\ MISERABLE SwINpLE. Ii WAS {;
sad sight to see at the Providence rail
road depot at Boston. saturday, a littl,
band of rmigrants composed of T. men
II women and l3 children. none al
whom could speak Il word of English
their faces from the oldest to the Naung
est wearing Il look of utter hopele>sness
1t WAS many hours before any one cuulr
converse with them. and when maj
WAS finally found they told the SAME
old story. They had all owned small
places in Poland two or three Years ago
but were induced to rmigratr to Brazil
10y a land owner. where they were swim
died out of the proceeds of their farms
They then managed To get to liambuI z
then To New York. and found them.
selves at Boston without a cent nearly
naked and starved and no idea of whcr,
they should 20 or what they should d,
next. They were temporarily cared toI
10y the interpreter.