St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-02-21
Brief News Items.

Terrible reports come from Brazil o
the ravages of small pox and famine.
The defalcatiOns of the treasurer Of
Oswego county, N. Y, Luther A. Conk
lin, foot up $4,000.
The liabilities of Judson's Bank o
Ogdensburg, which failed few weeks
ago, are placed at 100000.
The Hon. q. Chandler was unani.
mously nominated for United States
senator by a republican caucus at Lam
sing, Michigan, last week.
The police of Brooklyn, N. Y, de-
stroyed six hundred quarts of swilI
milk on Wednesday and the licenses OF
dozen vendors of the deleterious arti-
Gle were revoked by order of the health
board.
In the state house of representatives
in Massachusetts, the defeated bill to
compel railroads to carry members of
the legislature free was reconsidered
and passed by a vote 100 to 90.
1t is said that Mrs. Hayes has con-
WINGED the President that he ought to
sign the bill allowing female lawyers to
practice before the Supreme Court.
A meeting of Massachusetts policy
holders of the Mutual Life Insurance
Company, held in Boston last week,
passed resolutions against the rebate
system.
Fred. Douglass is opposed to sending
off the colOred people to localities
where they can receive fair treatment.
He believes they ought to "stick" and
to convince the Southern whites that
''fair play is jewel"
j. H. Field of Columbus, Miss, chair
man of the First District Democratic
Committee, gave interesting testimony
before the Teller committee, us to the
political status of the negro in that
State. He believed that the blacks
were treated fairly as a rule, and that
the trouble, if any, was caused 10y radi
calls in both parties, who sought to in
flame the passions of the people; he
regarded the radicals, Democrats and
Republicans, as dangerous class.
President Hayes has written a letter
to Collector Merritt, congratulatine him
on his confirmation, and instructiUg
him to act with perfect independence
OF mere influence from any quarter, and
in his appointments and removals to be
guided by business principles.
The famous "New York Tattersalls"
on Seventh avenue and Add street,
where about eighty fast horses were
boarded, was burned last week. Sixty
three valuable horses, lot of sleighs,
harnesses, hay and grain were burned.
For the first time in the history of
the country a colored man has presided
over the deliberations of the United
States Senate. During the lengthy de-
bate thursday on the Chinese question
Vice President Wheeler left the chair,
and rendered the position to one of the
Senators. When he became weary he
resigned for some other. Finally, Sen
ator Hoar left the chair, aud rendered
it to B. X. Bruce, the colored Senator
from Mississippi, who acceptably dis
charged the new duties devolving upon
MIN.
The Methodist ministers of Boston
have adopted resolutions protesting
against the recent congressional action
regarding Chinese immigration.
The Potter committee Monday heard
the testimony of John Coyle, private
secretary of Governor Tilden, who adj
mitted spending $4,000 in Florida un-
der directions from Cooper and Pelton.
FOR Legitimate purposes" however,
as the witness puts it. Ex-Comptroller
Dunn of South Carolina, testified that
the democrats did make persistent at
Jempts to buy the returning board Of
South Carolina. Many other facts,
damaging to the democrats, were elicit
ed.