St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-11-12
Public Opinion.

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the nail squarely on the head. He said
yesterday that the Republican party
won because it had the right to win.
"We had earned success" he added ;
1--WE had earned it by what we had
done in the past for the country, and
what party has done is good earnest
of what it can and will do for the coun-
try" That tells the whole story in a
single sentence. But when the coun-
try comes to separate and weigh the
causes that helped on the great victory
it will give a great deal of credit to
General Grant for the excellent and eff
fective aid he rendered in the canvass.
The branch Office of Malston's bank
at st. Thomas, Ont.,' was robbed of
$500 Friday, during the temporary alb
sence of the clerk.
During Is years of public life Garfield
has never been defeated.
A domestic was killed at Stonington
Friday from fooling with loaded gun.
Some of the chariots of Barnum's cir
Gus, which has just been housed at
Bridgeport, were so heavy that they
could not be drawn through the mud
by horses, and two elephants twisted
their trunks around the hubs or spokes
and lifted the heavy vehicles without
difficulty.
John F. Gordon, Canadian by birth,
unmarried and about 80 years of age,
was fatally shot at his boarding place
in Quincy at an early hour Saturday
morning by burglar who had entered
the house and with whom he was strug-
Cling.
We are pleased to hear that Mr.. Ven
nor was frozen in at St. Lawrence des
Montagnes, One. He had to abandon
his canoe and take to the sleighs. He
now promises US mild weather for No
vember.-[Detroit Free Press.
"Adirondack" Murray went through
this morning Oh his way to Boston,
where he will lecture several times.
He looks well, is gay and bright as of
old and says that every thing is going
well with him. He expects to return
to England in a few weeks, where he
intends to make his permanent home
st. Albans Messenger.
"Of course the Chinese letter was a
forgery" said one Democrat to another
yesterday, "but it cost Garfield hun
bred thousand votes" Perhaps it did,
little remaining respect decent people
felt for it.-[Tribune.
A we'll authenticated report is afloat
to the effect that Gen. Sherman will go
upon the retired list at the end of the
year, having served the requisite thirty
years. This would cause no promo
tions but would bring Lieut.. Gen. Sher-
idan to Washington as commander of
the army and give the command of the
great interior division to either Nc
Dowell or Hancock, with head quarters
at Chicago.
Nine. Gerster, the great singer, has
an heir, and she is proud of her baby.
Its voice in the upper register is very
fine, and its sustained notes as heard in
the middle of the night are something
unusual for one so young.
The New York Central road recently
turned out a powerful locomotive from
its Schenectady works, with six and Il
half feet driving wheels, which draws
20 loaded coaches easier than two en-
gines of the old pattern can draw 16.
Other engines of the same model will be
built at once.
A remarkable accident occurred on
board the Car of Russia's new yacht
during its recent experimental trip.
There were on the craft eight engines
of l5-horse power each, which ran the
eight dynamic machines used to light
the vessel by electricity. A Jablochkoff
lamp was being hoisted in the stock
hole, and a stOker was asked to support
the lamp for a moment. The electro
dynamic machines were at work and
the current complete. As i'll luck would
have it, the man, utterly ignorant of
the dangerous spot in the connections,
placed his hands in such position as
to carry the current from the lamp to
himself. His death was instantaneous.
What was remarkable about the dead
man was that burial had to be imm edi-
ate, as the tissues of his whole frame