St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-04-07
News of the Week.

The democratic state convention will be held at
Montpelier June l. and the republican, at same
place Thursday. June %
Miles. the Barre b nix robber. who has been
fenced I" Il years in the prison will be set at
urk with shoe pegging machine.
Now it is q. =. Bliss of Georgia. VT, who wants
the dairy product of the fifty represented at
III" Centennial, and offers to provide headquarters
if 1880 ga lie secured pay for keeping them in
running order during the exhibition.
Another terrible domestic tragedy On Satur-
day, Isaac Page of S-arle's ills about three miles
rom Gardiner, brutally murdered his wife, and
then cut his throat. He will probably recov-
or. They had five children. the murdered mother
leaving baby only two three months old. He
was iraluus without caus. and most likely insane.
She had a good name,
1t is claimed that revenue frauds have been l.
rarthrd in San Francisco, amounting to about sew
cn million dollars per annum.
y step toward specie payment was made in Con
grrss Friday. In the House the final vote
ordered on the Silver bill. The infationists made
desperate opposition. The bill WAS not amended
with the exception of the amendment adopted
Thursday. which makes silver coin legal tender for
so and 80 respectively, according To the denomi-
nation Of the coin The bill then passed by "a
vote of yeas l.2. 100.
| Masked men broke into Hirsch Brothers store
at Somcrville, Tenn, Thursday morning, early,
beating the two Young liirsches and then tying
ropes about their nrcks, dragged them through the
street charging them that if they remained in the
state they would be- killed They also robbed the
store of $500.
The office of the L. : Express Co. at Akron, o.,
was robbed of s3OO01 Friday night. There are
suspicious that it done by employees
,,f Ia,
Krntucky penitr tiary, assassinated saturday,
al his stall in the Frankfort tkyo market by some
one who shot him through a crack in the building,
and was within Is feet of him. Walter Stephens IA
prominent butcher. has been arrested on circunI-
stani ial evidence.
| Thomas began and Henry Weber. each ~ years
old assaulted and robbed Patrick Canty in the out
skirts "i Oswego. Friday night, were arrested, i'll
dctcd. pleaded guilty. aud sentenced saturday.
/ began to seven wears and Weber to five wears i'll
Auburn prison
Bridget OD"nnrr, aged 81, found dead i'll n
field in the northern outskirts Of Wilkcsbarre Pa,
sunday. with every evidence "f having been v"lat-
ed and then ch"ked t" death. There is no clue Ia
/ the murderer.
/ Charles Hag.erty found guilty at ingham
[ ton. y. Y saturday, Of the murder of john vii
| laml~ and sentenced To imprisonment for life
/ The SENATE in executive session Tuesday reject
| ed the nomination of Richard IL. Dana .Ir, I" he
minister t" England. 1t is believed that the Presi
dent and the cabinet and the Massachusetts Con
| .r,s~mrn all wished Mr.. Dana confirmation; and
his defeat is attributed NAMELY to the personal
spite and intiurnc" of Zen Butler, and the Old Bay
| STATE is mid-ind Justly
br IIaSkn- a Boston phy sician. after visiting a
patient in the fourth story OF the Huntington hotel
/ Nam Ia IN, tlput \