St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-07-18

was conveyed to the tomb at the side
of the sarcOphagus in which his father is
laid.
The court house at Leadville, Col,
was fired Sunday niget, with the design
to destroy the mining records, but the
documents were saved.
Daniel Rouzer, a well-known temper
ance lecturer, was drowned near Day
ton, o., Monday, while drunk.
A jury for the trial of Chastine Cox,
for the murder of Mrs. Hull, was COM
pleted Tuesday, and the district at
torney opened the case for the prosecu-
ton Wednesday.
A remarkable escape from death was
noted at Niagara Falls the other day,
where a nine-years-Old boy fell over
the cliff below the cataract. He struck
on a patch of brushwOod which lay on
the bottom, sixty feet below, and by
this fortunate chance escaped unin-
jured.
The Chinese swindler is the sharpest
in the world, beyond a doubt, and the
following incident narrated by the Foo
chow Herald, is an example in point
at gold shop and offered four gold
bars for sale, stating that the bars
weighed altogether only 30 taels, in
stead of 40, the proper weight. The
dealer then weighing them found that
bars S taes more P Ta that tbeeS
should have, rather than 2 taels less.
Thinking to make a good bargain,
therefore, he bought the bars as weigh
ing only 81 taels, and readily gave an
acknowledgement in writing that they
weighed only that amount. A subSe-
quent examination showed the bars to
be partly iron, but he could not prove
that he bought them of the swindler,
who had written document to show
that the bars he had sold weighed only
80 taels, while the adulterated ones
weighed As.
The sum of 5000, 900 has been appro-
priated in Texas to carry the school
work through the remainder of the
year; $500, 600 had already been dis
tributed. San Antonio has the most
successful educational system of all the
Texan cities. The great need in that
State is good, trained teachers.
Six million pounds Of wool are raised
within a radius of forty miles surround
ing Steubenville, Ohio, which at the
average price of thirty-five cents, will
realize $2,100,000.
Miss Owens of Wilcox county, Ga,
sheared thirty sheep in thirty-nine min
utes by the watch the other day.
All agricultural interests in Louisiana
are in a healthy condition, and the
farmers were never more prosperous.
Citizens of st. Louis, now in Wash
ington, say that the yellow fever scare
will prevent General Conway from
landing any negroes at st. Louis or any
other Mississippi river town, and that
the health authorities generally in the
Mississippi valley will not permit the
exodus to continue so long as there is q
suspicion of yellow fever.
There were IS deaths from sunstroke
at Charleston, S. c., Sunday. A severe
thunder storm broke up the heated
spell and the thermometer fell to II de-
grees.
A Baltimore special says that Miss
Georgia E. Comas, about 10 years old,
was chlOrofOrmed in the street in that
city Saturday, taken in horse car to
the outskirts of the city by an unknown
man and brutally outraged.
The Maverick National Bank Boston,
sold more than million dollars worth
OF U. 5. four per cents in one day, and
has handled within thirteen months
over $lO0,OO0,0O0 of U. S. securities.
Its government deposits is about six
millions, and it has been as high as
twenty-five millions.
U. s. Judge Wallace denied, Monday,
Whalen's motion for new trial in suit
by which he sought $4,000 from Gen.
Sherlden for dispossessing him OF ms
plantation while Sheriden commanded
the department of the Gulf.
Paul Boynton says he intends to try
going over Niagara Falls III MS suit
some day, but he will first go through
the whirlpool rapids below the falls,
having already been offered a large sum
to attempt the passage.
The Brooklyn Eagle says that Blair,
who shot his coachman, is defauIter
for less than $500. He is a mere wreck
since the killing and has no means to
make the misrepresentation good.
CALIFORNIA; school census shows that
there are 30,895 white bows, &c, 1888
white girls, ITO cOlored boys, 147 col
ored girls and five Indians in the State,
between the ages of 5 and II years, an
increase of 1916 over last year. There
are 23,66S white and ITO colOred chill
dren under years and 1921 Chinese
under IL. The school attendance dur
ing the twelve months past was 35, 1913
white and 164 cOlOred at the public in
situations, and zoos white, IA colored
and five Indian children at private