St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-05-23
on a religious fair, of whom
1O mn or ~. 600 died of cholera.

attendants on a religious fair, of whom
90. 900 or 10000 died of cholera.
The Dartmouth students are now IN
dulpipg in little INSTRUMENTATION. Last
Friday evening the faculty declined to
allow public reading in the college
church, and the young men showed
their disapprobatiOn by blowing horns
oroaning and singing before the houses
0f President Bartlett and Prof. Lord,
while on Saturday morning there was a
noisy demonstration at prayers. AL
investigation since then resulted yester-
day in the expulsion of two seniors
Much feeling was excited by this actlon
and two students, who are supposed u
be faculty spies, were taken to the COL
lege pump and given a soaking, though
one of them tried unsuccessfully TO de-
| fend himself by firing revolver. Inc
students have apologized for their re-
cent disturbances, and President Bart
lett has taken back the expelled seniors.
The faculty spies who were put under
the college pump threaten to sue their
assailants, if the faculty do not take
action in the matter.
1t will soon be time for the Socialists
to call upon the holders OF the ten dol
lar certificates to divide with them.
William Morgan, cashier of the st.
Nicholas hotel, and his brother John
were drowned Sunday.
A meeting to protest against Sunday
Dissertation was held at Lowell Sunday,
Gov. Talbot presiding, and resolutions
were passed calling on the railroad
managers not to run Sunday trains,
on the MAYOR and aldermen not to Ii
cense steamers to run Sunday, on the
district attorney and city marshal to
strictly enforce the laws on the subject,
and the citizens generally to regulate
their conduct in the interest of public
morals. By agreement all the Protest
ant clergymen preached OH the subject
in the afternoon.
Rev. L. K. Washburn, pastor of the
First Free religious society at Lynn,
preached on the Pocasset tragedy Sun
day, saying that Freeman was not lu-
matte or scOundrel for killing his child,
but that the Bible was responsible for
his crime; he believed that if Freeman
was hanged every Bible in the country
should be burned.
The Boston soprano singer, Miss
Mary Beebe, who recently lost her place
in the church of the Unity choir for
taking part in "Pinafore" presentations
is singing in the Clarendon street Bap
fist church at twice her former salary.
William H. Goodspeed's l1-years- old
daughter, Hattie, was fatally hurt at
Somervile Saturday by stone thrown
either by Edward Reardon or Thomas
Murphy, boys of nine. The lads were
playing with ball, which finally pass
ed one of them and was concealed by a |
group of teasing girls near by. A show
er of stones from the boys followed, |
and the Goodspeed girl was hit in the
receiving wound from which |
she died Sunday. The boys have been
John Flynn, who aided .Pender to rob |
Mrs. DeBarry of diamond earring on
Fifth avenue some time ago, was SEN
enced to Is years in state-prison Tues
lay. 4
George H. Colby, late editor of tho
Fairfield, (Me.) Chronicle, has decampE
ID from Lancaster, n. H., with $4,000 st
lis wife's money. If we mistake not,
his is the Colby formerly clerk in this
'illage.
Harrison Garfield of Lee, who u yas
assaulted by John BottOmley vii ile
go, was not able to appear 1 in
.Ourt Tuesday, and the case against
was continued until June 10,
With bail at $4,000. Mr.. Garfield is
very slowly.
When the Minneapolis (Minn.) fiouA-
Mills were destroyed, the insurance.
refused to pay, claiming tha&
heir destruction was due to the explos- y
on of flour dust, and not to fire. A d
ury mas, however, given verdict Il
gainst the companies for the full \
mount, with interest, sustaining the 4
position of the millers that fire was seem
,efore the explosion. II
sis that bayonet which see beforb
ne ?" asks the inundated Bourboh |
'oter, with two revolvers in his belts a
,owie-knite down his back and shot |
run slung over his shoulder. Putsbxrg
Commercial.
On the test vote to table the SILVER |
Dill, thus killing it, "a republicans an d
Is democrats voted aye, and lie demo- |
Gratis and greenbackers and 10 republi- |
cans voted nay; all but three of the |
New England congressman present vot- |
ed for tabling.