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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-05-25

p Here is a true story from Phila-
delphia, with all the elements of mys-
terry and dramatic horror for which our
modern nOvelists and playwrights strive
i'll vain. Two or three months after
the exposition closed the dead body of
a man was found in a lonely gorge, six
miles from the city, too much decom-
posed for recognition, and without the
slightest clew in his clothing by which
to identify him. 1t was supposed he
had been Il guest at the Changers hotel
which was an enormous temporary bar
racks to which thousands of transient
dodgers came daily. No register was
kept, nor could any account be taken of
them after they had paid for their room
in advance. What could be more I'M
likely than that this unrecOgnized body
could be identified us one of the name
less millions who came and went through
Philadelphia last year, or that his muir
derer should be found ? Yet, by Il
chance letter to a prominent newspaper
publisher from Germany, the whole
strange story is laid bare. The muir
dered man proves to be young Ger
man of wealthy family who came to
Philadelphia last summer. At this
Changers hotel he fell i'll with another
German and formed a close companion
ship with him. The stranger learned
all his secrets, the particulars of his
business and family life, obtained let
tiers from him, from which he studied
his handwriting, peculiarities of ex-
preston, etc. When his plans were
ripe he enticed the young fellow out to
this lonely gorge, killed him, took pos
session of his trunk and other property,
and opened a correspondence with his
family il Germany. Since last October
this correspondence has been carried
on, the murderer personating his victim
and obtaining by pleas of illness, losses,
etc, large sums of money. By this
time his arrest will in all probability be
made.-NeW York Tribune.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-05-25
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-05-25

SENATORIAL BED-TIME.-The suites
of rooms at the National Hotel, Wash
ingtOn, opened upon little halls, uniform
in appearance, connected by long cor
ridOrs, and were all furnished alike
One night Senator Mangum, of North
Carolina, then president pro tempOre of
the Senate, "a dignitied gentleman of
the old school, had returned from a
party, when Governor Upham, d Sena-
tor from Vermont, came in without any
ceremony, and took seat. The two
chatted away until the clock struck
one. "Really, Governor Upham," said
Mangum, 81 am always pleased to see
you, but | believe it is getting very
late" 81 have thought so for some
time" replied Upham, but made no
movement. The half hour sounded
and Mangum remarked 81 thought,
Governor Upham, that you had decided
to go to bed" $50 l had, Mr.. Presi-
dent" answered the Vermonter, vet he
did not bulge. "But why don't you
go to your room? 1t will soon be two
o'clock" ''My room, Mr.. President
Why this is my room, and | have been
waiting for you to go away for two
hours past" Mangum spraug to his
feet, looked into the sleeping room ad-
jacent, and found that he was in Up
hams room instead of his own.
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Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-05-12
TIE BEST Evidence.

The following letter from Rev. r. s. Best, Pas
of NJ. e. ChurUa. Natick. NJ ass. will he read with
interest by many physicians. Al o those suffer-
ing from fine same disease IS afi cted the son o.
thu Rev. K. :. Best No person can doubt this
testimony, as there is no Cioubt about the cura-
tive powerS Oh VEG TINE: - 4..i a.. sr.-,.f .
NAfICIl, MASS Jan. 1, 1874. /
Mr.. III. &. STEyENS: Dear Strive have good
reas for regarding your VEGETINE medicine
of the greatest value. We feel assured that it has
been the means OF saving, our sons life. He is
now seventeen years OF age; for the past two
years he has surered froni necrosis OF his leg,
caused by Scrofulous afe elton, and was so tar
daced that nearly all Who saw him thought his
recovery impossible. A council of able physl-
clans could give US but the falntest hope of his
ever rallyiBg, two of the number declaring that
he was beyond the re.ach of human remedies,
that even amputation could not save him. as he
had not yigor' enough t. endure the operation.
Just then we commenced giving him VEGETINE,
and from that time to the present he has been
continuously approving. He has lately resumed
his studies. thrown away his crutcheS and cane,
and wslks about chez rfuliy and strOng.
Though there is still some discharge from the
opening where the limb was lanced, we have the
fullest confidence that in little time he will be
perfectly cured. aa. .lf.gd...,y -
He has taken abou three dozen bottles of VEG
ETINE. but lately ses but little as he declares
that he ia too we'll to be taking medicine. YEsd
MRS. L. CT. BEST.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-05-12
rHE yy1DE. yyIDE WORLD.

= . $3.50
The Southern Pacific railroad is open
to the Colorado river. - ~.ff...I a..
The annual gold and silver produce OF
Nevada is valued ut $40,000,000 7alf
Virginia has establisbe Il state agricul-
tural department., to be under the col troll
Of the governor. 'i''''' 'f s l--' ~ 'iiT
The Illinois Legislature has appropria-
ted $4,000 to complete the Lincoln moi.
ument at Springfield.
The judge of the municipal court OF
Rutland. VT. gets $500 a year, and last
year there was one easesstried before him
r New York is preparing TO celebrate the
centenary of her organization as state al
Kingston. where, on july Both, liz, hel
first governor was inaugurated. -af
a dispatch from berlin says an uncle
OF the Emperor of japan WHO has beel
Studying iii the PrusSian war academy
has been summoned home to take com.
mand OF the army against the insurgen s
The treasury of the United States NJ
to date has disbursed S30.344 000in silver
currency. OF which amount $lS,09o,O0(
was in lieu OF fractional currency. There
is 80 million of silver in the cash room
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-05-12

In a recent paper, read before the Ma
tiopal academy. of SCIENCES at Washing
ton, Major Powell said the area OF the
United States must be divided into Two
parts, one the humid, where the rainfall
is enough for tillage, and dry, where It
is not. i Except a narrow strip on the
Pacific, the dry part comprises all the
land west of line drawn through the
center OF Minnesota, east of Nebraska
and near the center of Kansas, the Indian
Territory, and Texas. This comprises
one million, eight hundred thousand
square miles. In other words, nearly
one-half of the area of the United States
is unfit for cultivation. Within this area
there,ar localities OF great fertility in
valleys watered by streams and. by lrrl-
CATION, this fertility can be greatly ex-
tended. 1t now amounts to only three
per cent. of the whole. But these spots
are comparatively few. With the eH-
ception of several million acres OF barren
land. swampS, and salt marshes III the
humid or + wet region, which are unfit
for farming purposes, and OF few tilla-
BILE acres in Minnesota, the total area in
the wet region has been disposed OF.
There is not left uns0ld in the achOle
United States, of land aollich poor man
could turn into q farm, enough to nuke
an Average county In Wisconsin. There
may be exceptions in Texas aud the In
dian country, but not much. eif y..lf
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-05-12
ALI plsEAsEs or TIE BLOOD.

IfyRGETINE will relieve pain, cleanse, purify
and cure such diseases, restoring the patient to
perfect health after trying different physicians,
many remedies, suffering for years, Is it net con-
elusive proof, il you are a. sufferer, you can be
cured? Why is this medicine performing such
great cures? It works in the blood. in the circu-
latlng fluid 1t can truly be called the Great
Blood Purifier The great source of disease orig
mates in the blood; and no medicine that does
not act directly upon it, to purify and renovate,
has any just claim upon public attention.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-05-12
EDrToREAn NOTES.

Four dollar counterfeit notes on the
Dominion Bank are iii circulation. The
cashiers signature is engraved, not writ
ten, as. in the genuines J
! A BAfTLEis sreportel at Artyin. Or
IAytwinli lin Asiatic Turkey. This is mid
way between Baroum aud Erzroum. The
RussianIforcs that encoantered the Turks
near Batoum some days since, is then
much nearer either -Trebizond or Err
roum
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-05-12
+. VEG Ii E-zzz11,.LlN T.
PURIFIES THE BLOOD, ''a.
Renovates and invigorates The Whole
ls7-ie an s System. ii -f.;s.ss
ITS MEDICINAL PROPERTIES ARE ALTERNATIVE,
.eSlc, scLTsSIT AND DtUEETfc. li'] +

.CNIS, SsLYSAII AND DiVEEI!S.
YEGETlNE is made exclusively from the
Juices OF carefully selected bark, roots and
herbs, and 20 stI Ongiy concentrated that 1t will
eff-ctuaily eradicate from the system every talnt
OF ecrUfula. -crotulouS HUmor, Tumors, Cancer,
Cam erous Hum"r, Eryeipelas, Salt Rheum.
Syphili5ic Diseases. Canker. + aiptness at the
stomach, and eIi diseases that arise FROM imOure
blood. Sciatica. lnfiammatory and Chronic
Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Govt and spinal Com
paint. can only be eile3tuilly cured through
For Ulcers and Eruptive Diseases of the SKIN,
PusiuleS. PimpieS, BtOtCnes. BOls, letter,
Saali-head and Ring-wOrm, VEGE1lNE has
ne er fiiiet 10 effect Il permanent cure.
For Piius III the Back. Kidney Comp aints.
Dropsy. Female VI eakness, Leucorrhoa, arising
and General Debility, VEGETINE acts directly
upon the causes of these complaints. II invieOr
aies and strengthens the whole system. acts up
ON the sec, Ell We organs aiiays inflammation, cures
liberation and reguia' es The bowels
For Catarrh. Dyspepsia, abitual COstiveness
Plantation Of the Heart. Headache, Piles, Ner
yousness ami treheral Pr0stJalion UT the Merry us
Svstem no med Icine has given such perlect salts
faction as the VtGETINE. 1t purfles the blood
cleans all of the organs. u Il possesses con-
tro, ling power oven the nerrOus system. .nff
| The remarkable cures Effected by VEGETTNE
have induced many physicians and apOthecariei
whom we Know TO presc' ibc and use it in theil
own ann les. 1.i.t,i f.l af4Iqfl i.g 20 81
In f.cs NEGETINE is the best remedy yet dis
coyere for tue above diseases, and it is the only
reliable BLOOD PURiFIER yet placed before
the public.ilei Blsup fl.f +. .la OH eafffe
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-05-12

THE m, ,ssage of General Diaz, "Gener-
al-in-Chief of the National Constitution
aIist Army IF Mexico, in charge of the
Executive DO wer," delivered to the Mex
lean Congress April 6, announces the
revolution sue cessful, reconstruction in
progress, and TIL country at peace. He
declares that he. Aas no desire to be die,
tator, and recon mends such modifica-
tions in the law 70. electing President as
will avoid conplica. ions in future.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-05-12

gen. WILLIAM B. FRANKLIN scontri-
butes a two or three column article to
the Philadelphia Times to prove that
Stanton was to blame for McClellan's i'll
luck on the Yorktown Peninsula. This
Is a free country, and a mani has a right
to waste paper in that way as well as any
other. -
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-05-12

: :
THE Southern orator who delights to
talk of the 'lost cause" and the triumph
of the principles of the Southern Con-
q federacy, roareth like the whang-doodle
throughout the Sunny South. just now
Captain James McLesky, of Columbus,
laGa.. distinguished himself in this direc-
ton last week. He delivered an address
on, the Confederate memorial day, in
which he defined the; Confederate gov
eminent as the ideal form of the express
sion of a principle-s..the right of the alb
solute selfgovernment of the states, sub
riect to no qualification under heaven ex-
cept such as the states fixed upon them
selves in a common constitution, con-
stitution with no virtue but such as YVES
= given it by the states" And the Captain
remarked further, that the southern ele-
ment,, permeating every artery OF the
o government. s.will hencefOrth mark the
DO icy, foreshadow the destiny, and inure
to the welfare and happiness of the ma
ton al large The Captain is evidently
young. '53ft9 Us +
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-05-12

RUSSIA has built ironclads for use on
the Danube and is transporting them In
sections to the points where they are to
be used. It is possible she has been
building vessels for her Black Sea fleet
as well, and BY some Ingenious scheme
has Kept the matter secret. oirsd p
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-05-12

THE recent assassinations in Mississippi
developed the TACT that the wives and
daughters of prosecuted Republicans
have in their natures the elements of
yheroism. When Judge Chisholm and son
were arrested anu taken to prison, the
Judges wife and daughter accompanied
them. When the mob. attacked the CHS
holms, the wife. and daughter came to
their defense, and we are told that Miss
Chisholm, IN defending herfather after he
was MORALLY wounded, shot and Killed
Dr.. Resser, and that Mrs. Chisholm,
fighting over the PROSTATE form of her
son, who had been shot dead, shot and
wounded Mr.. Gully. Gilrner, another
Republican, was killed as he was enter
ing the Jail. Rosenbanm and Hopper
Republicans. it is supposed were. hanged
The whole seeDe-Inen fighting for their
lives, and women fighting for husband
father, brother and son-forms a sug-
=, gestiye picture. The ,assassinations &C
io Cured in the peaceful state of Mississlp
pi proclaimed to the Democrats on Wade
Hampton's plan), and.th men were no
carpet-baggers, but native southerners.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-05-12

ANEW YoRK clergyman. makes the
announcement that there are in that
city five hundred and twenty-five con-
yerts from Judaism TO Christianity.
These conversions have come through
labors of several Jews converted at the
time of the Moody and Sankey meetings
in that city. .fstaH iiiH a1gEa usm
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-05-12
Recommend it Heartily.

! ,s.i... SOUTH BOSTON, Feb. 1850.
Mr.. STEVENS: Dear sir-I have taken several
bottles OF your VEGETINE, and am convinced it
is valuable remedy for Dyspepsia Kidney Com
plant, and general debility OF the system.
can heartily recommend 1t to all suffering
from the above complaints. Yours resp'y.
I ffs1f Ha8t MRS. MONROE PARKER {
S6S Athens Street,
g an
Prepared By III, II. Stevesss, .B0s-
ton, Mass.
vegetine is Sold by all Druggists.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-05-12

THE New York Tribune call attention
to the promp:ness with which Russia mas
followed up its declaration OF war by
military movements, She has been more
prompt than france IN the Austrian war
of 1858; or Germany in the Austrian war
of '6G; or France in the German war OF
1870. This ,promptness is pretty good
proof that Russia was ready. to move,
perhaps began moving, before war was was
declared. tif.s-.. <dr.,....r .,,s.-
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-05-12

THE damage done to Ibrial by the
Turkish bombarsments is unimportant,
nobody being killed. Only one Turkish
monitor appeared. It had only fired
twice when it was set on fire by the
Russian batteries and compelled to with
draw.
The Woodin Investigation is refresh
Ing Tweed,s memory, and the prisoner
of ludlow street promises to supplement
his confession. now in the hands of the
attorney general of the state, with addr
tional revelations showing how political
battles were won and Legislative triumphs
achieved. To one prominent politician
whose name has not heretofore been print
ed he remembers having paid $4,000
and he will be prepared to- give the
| name and details when called upon to dc
60 - @B&HGfs E.sssgx T.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-05-12

THE State Senate, at Lansing, has pass
ed joint resolution proposing an amend-
ment to the state constitution to elect
State Senators for terms of four years
each, half the Senate to be elected two
years, so that half the Senate will always
hold over, and be old and experienced
members. The last Constitutional con-
yention held in this state regarded this
proposition with, favor. This. system is
established i'm number of the states, and
is said to work well as check to hasty
and ill considered legislation, operating
to make the,Senate a more conservative
BODY. 1t is in more accord than our
present system with the system of the
United States. Congress, where the Senate
never expires, but is always mostlyicom'
posed of experienced members. There
are, of course, arguments upon both sides
of this question, which will, no doubt, be
brought. out in the House discussion OF
he resolution. We hope the House will
consider it solely upon its merits, and
without being influenced by Individual
interests, jealousies or ambitions.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-05-12

THE Regents have refnsedto dismiss
the case in chancery against Prof. Rose.
as requested by petition. There seems
to have been nothing in the equity OF
the cise why they Should have done so,
anu, the suit will bring out all the facts
i'm theaffair. The Regents arethe judges
in such matters. elected by the people to
conduct the affairs of the University.
They will best consult the interests OF
that institution by cutting alOof from
both Professors Rose and Douglass. 80,
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-12-21
Sale of Valuable Real Estate.

James W. Paxton, ct all
John Fitzpatrick, ct ais
In pursuance of a decree of the Munici-
pal Court of Wheeling, made and entered
in tue above entitled cause on the LIST day
of September, \. ID. 1877, Will, on
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1873,
At 10 o'clock a. NJ, at the front door of the
Court House OF Ohio county, sell at public
auction, the following described property,
that is 10 say: The north part OF lot num-
bered ninety-nine ,y9), on the eastern side
of Market street III the city OF Wheeling
in WashingtO district in said county, in
cuded IN the following DOundries: Begin
ming at the northwest corner OF the piece
of ground conveyed to Margaret h. Porter
by Joshua Burley and others by a deed
dated January -, 1874; thence east along
the north line of the said Margaret r..
POrter's property one hundred and twenty
NZU) feet, more or less, TO the east line OF
said lot ninety-nine: thence north along
the east line OF said lot thirty six feet,
more or less to the northe st corner OF
the said lot; thence west along the north
line OF the said lot one hundred and tWen'
~ l2O feet 10 Market street; thence south
along the east line of Market street thirty.
six 49, feet, more or less, 10 the place OF
beginning.
TERMS of SALE-One-third OF the puT-
chase money, or as much more as the pur-
chaser may elect. cash ia hand on the day
of sale, and the remainder in two equal
instruments, payable in six and twelve
months respectively from the day oil sale,
with interest from that day, the deferred
inS'aimerts to be secured by the pur-
chaser ) bonds with good personal security
HENRY NJ. RUSSELL,
dcClSi Special Commissioner.
W. Ii. HALLER, Auctioneer.