St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-09-07
The News.

AShihSS, vi uhOh iooiS
rebel notoriety, is dead.
Gold was reported, Monday, at 1884
the lowest point since the war.
E. L. Davenport, the actor, died at
Canton, Pa, Saturday forenoon.
State election in Maine next Monday.
Conner, republican candidate, and
present governor, is likely to be elected.
Hereafter there will be three terms
per year at Dartmouth College. The
fall term begins quite full.
Z. l.. Stanton, son of the late War
Secretary, is dead. He was promis-
ing young lawyer of Washington.
Brigham Young's property, valued at
$2,OOO,0O0, is divided equally among
seventeen wives and forty-four chill
dren.
The new Bates House at Rutland was
damaged several thousand dollars by
fire Tuesday morning. The fire caught
from a chimney tiue.
There is to be musical festival at
SherbrOoke, commencing on Tuesday,
Sept. 25th, and continuing four days.
Prof w. Q. Perkins of Boston, director.
President Smith of the Central Yer
mont has written letter thanking his
employees for faithfulness during the
Bennington Centennial.
The famine in India is growing in
horror, and it is predicted that four
millions of deaths will result. Half a
million have already occurred and two
cases of cannibalism are reported at
Mysore.
Alvin Adams, the founder of the great
express company which bears his name,
died at his residence in WATERFOWL,
Mass, Saturday night after a long ILL
hess. He was "A native of Andover, vt.
Ex-President Theirs of France, died
of apopleXy on Monday. Although so
years of age, he was in his usual good
health on the morning of his death. He
was leader of the Republican party
in France, and his loss will be severely
felt.
Tile Iowa Democratic State Conven-
ton met last week on Wednesday. One
delegate nominated Samuel j. Tilden
for the Presidency in 1880, and was
cheered. The platform commends the
Presidents policy, and demands a mon
grel currency. Mr.. Irish was nominated
as Governor.
A tramp has been arrested as the
murderer of Mr.. Barber at Belmont, n
Y, and has been identified by Mrs.
Barber. He says his name is Joseph
Wood, and that he was born in Ireland.
He is hard case, but denies the muir
der.
Somebody found stray lad at Spring
field, o., and supposing him to be the
long lost Charlie Ross, took him to
Philadelphia; but the Ross family fail
ed to recognize in him their ewn child,
although both father and mother ad-
mitted IL strong resemblance.
Saturday night, while two convicts
were endeav oring to escape from the
Connecticut State Prison, they murder
ed the night Waterman. They were
recaptured. They killed Waterman
Wells Shipman because he gave the
alarm.
The funeral of Brigham Young on
Sunday was an impressive demonstra-
ton. Nearly eighteen thousand per-
sons saw the corpse while it lay in state.
1t was arrayed in endowment robes.
The coffin was of California redwood,
without ornament; the lining, white
satin. All the wives and children, with
few exceptions, were present, and many
scores of grand children and relatives
more distant.
The formal opening of the New Eng
land fair at Portland took place Tues
day forenoon. Among the prominent
men Oh the stage were Gen. Burnside,
Gen. Sutton of Ipswich, Mass, Gov.
COnnor, ex-GOv. Perham, Mayor Butler |
and officials of the two societies. DR.. |
George B. Loring, president of the New
England society, delivered an address,
which was followed by short speeches |
from Gen. Burnside and ex-Gov. Per-
ham.
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