St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-04-19

ton on the Atchinson, Topeka g. Santa
Fe railroad on the afternoon of April
Is, killed a woman and injured many
persons, and ten loaded cars were blown
from the track and buildings blown
down.
When Lady ROsebury entered her
husbands house in Scotland, the 9TH
er day, the hOsekeeper met her at the
door, and in accordance with an old
Scotch custom, broke an oatmeal cake
over the brides head.
Gold sold last Monday for one-fourth
of one per cent, and the Northwestern
Bank of Chicago, and the Third National
Bank of Cincinnati, have advertised to
redeem all of their bills presented at
their counters in gold.
An Indiana Grand Jury failed to re-
turn an indictment against James w.
Bugbee, the fOrger, no witness appear
ing to testify against him. This Bugbee
forged paper to the amount of $50, 600,
and yet there is no one disposed to APP
pear against him to prosecute the mat
ter. This must be discouraging to
roguesi
Samuel l.. Mendez, of New York, has
prison for attempting to blackmail a
merchant, by threatening to charge him
with arson unless he was paid $4,000.
Ex-doorkeeper Polk says that Repre-
sentative Potter of New York, urged him
to put an able bodied Democratic ed
itor upon the soldiers roll who had new
er fred gun, but he would not do it.
The editor after sitting about the hall
of the House in the way several weeks,
was allowed SI59 with which to go home
Polk is not bridling his tongue just
now.
The race between Oxford and Cam
bridge crews took place last Friday, and
resulted in an easy victory of Oxferd.
This makes in the thirtv-five contests,
eighteen victories by the Oxfords, while
Cambridge has been successful in six
teen races and one, that of last year,
resulted in dead heat.
Another train robbery on the Texas
Pacific Railroad occurred at Mesquite
Station, l3 miles east of Dallas, on
Wednesday night. The engineer and
| fireman were taken from the engine and
placed under guard. The express mes
senger and route agent barricaded
themselves in their car, but the robbers
saturated it with coal oil and set fire to
it, and forced them out. The express
and mail were then plundered. Con-
ductor Afford and two of the robbers
were wounded. The passengers were
not molested.
The car house of the New London
Northern railroad at East New London,
Conn.,, was burned to the ground Thurs
day morning, together with ten passen-
ger, two baggage and one freight car.
How the fire originated is mystery.
At half-past four this morning the cars
which made up the "boat train were
pulled out of the now burnt building.
No signs of fire were observable at that
time, nor were there when the "boat
train" passed up on its way to Norwich.
Loss S35, 900; insurance $4,000.
James Ward, senior member of the
firm of James Ward g. Co., iron mer-
chants, at Niles, Ohio, has filed vol
untary petition in bankruptcy. The
liabilities are 81 100000 and the assets
nominally nothing. Two years ago the
firm of Ward & Co. made an assign
ment, but continued. The depression
OF the iron business has exhausted all
the assets, except very small amount
of personal property.
The Chicago Times prints dispatches
from nearly 200 points in Illinois, Wis
consin, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Da-
kota, Kansas and Missouri, covering
the whole of the western spring wheat
regions, which show, when summarized.
that the acreage is nearly so per cent.
greater than last year; that the condi-
ton and prospects are better than any
time since 1860; that the seasons work
and vegetation are from three to six
weeks ahead of the usual time, and that
there is an average of from Is to 20 per
cent. of the old crop on hand.