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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-03-23
The Snow In Sierra Valley.
Reno Gazette March %.

There ha: been good alsiQbine 70,
ninety days In Sierra Valley, and il bida
fair to last for another month. Tbs
snow - now q foot deep on the level,
and there are drifts with q depth Of
ever feet. The temperature falls nsa,
zero every night. The Oldest inhabi.
tant has never experienced such q win.
ter there. The young grasshoppsrs al
This time last year were blithsiy ohirp.
ing In the sunshine. OF course, with q
foot OF snow on the ground, none have
been seen yet this year. It is hoped
that the severity Of the winter has dc.
stroyed the eggs.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-03-23

III. Labouchere writes: "a friend oil
mine was caught during one Of the dsns,
fogs that have recently visited us, In The
middle OF hyde Park. After stumbling
about for some time he came across !
man who wal walking along % though
1t were bright sunlight. Come With me
he said Tor I can find my way about.
he was . blind man."
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-03-23

A fellow stopped at q hotel at Lead.
vile and the landlord charged him 81 q
day for I'VE days. "Did'nt you make q
mistaken" mo" said the landlord.
Eyes. you did; you thought you got ali
the money I had, but you are mistaken
l have q whole purse full In another
pocket"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-03-23

The royal plate at Windsor Is valued
ct $4,000. 900. It includes q gold ser.
vice for lao persons; 80 dozen plates
worth $4,000. and a peacock Of pre-.
cious stones, from India. worth $780,.
goo. 4 shield. formed OF snuff.bo1ss,
Is worth SAC, 900.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-03-23
6oRh.

In Virginia. March 10. TO the wife Of George
Plum, . son.
In Ruby Hill, March 10. to the wife Of T.
Dale. Q son.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-05-07
Late News.

A dispatch from Quebec the 4th inst
states that a big row had just taken
place there between rival labor socie-
ties, when about 600 men assembled
using all sorts OF missiles from bricks to
pistols. Great excitement PREVAILED
several were wounded and one man
was killed.
Mayor Kalloch of San Francisco is to
be impeached, and turned out of Office
for using incendiary language. The
judiciary committee have been in
structed to take the matter in hand,
and they have recommended immedi-
ate action in the case.
The measure in Congress called ''Tbe
Little Deficiency Bill" was vetoed by
the President Oh Tuesday, who sent a
message to the House giving his rea-
SONS therefor. 1t is said the Democrats
show a defiant air about the matter.
B. p. Cheney, the well known mem
Der of the United States and Canada
Express Company, has recently made
generous gift to Dartmouth College in
the sum of $4,000, to be devoted for
specific purposes.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-05-07
The Greenbackers.

This imprhcticable set of politicians
are doing their best to get up demon
STATIONS in various sections of the
country. They are with the Democrats
at work in Maine yet, but the Boston
Journal says, 1.-THE Democratic OF
Greenback party must die" 1t tells So
Ion Chase, the Greenback champion,
The child cannot live through the
year" They held state convention
in Indiana recently and nominated a
state ticket. 1t is unaccountably strange
how sensible men seek to pursue this po-
litical phantom especially so afterSec'y
Sherman's great success over the finan-
cial question, and when nearly every one
is satisfied to let things remain as they
are for the present. The Greenback
agitation is probably as big now as it
ever will be. The works in Maine last
winter killed the party, virtually, as
dead as last years cornstalk.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-05-07
The Duxbury Poisoning.

H. c. Meeker, uncle to the uufOr-
tunate Alice Meeker, is Il farmer in a
small way, living in DuXbury, about a
mile and half from Westbury, and,
though poor, has heretofore borne a
good character. He is a man about
forty fl, e, and his family consists of his
wife, woman about forty years of age,
and his son, Lewis A. Meeker, young
described by lady who was his Sun
day school teacher several years ago as
not very bright boy, but orderly and
apparently well-intentiened. II. C.
Meeker had received the amount of
money heretofore mentioned (S40O) for
the care of the children until such time
as they could care for themselves, and
he could have had no reason for rid
ding himself of them by a crime, save
to relieve himself of their care and the
trifling expense they might be to him.
Those who live near the Meekers say
the children have been shamefully
abused by their guardians. Very many
times has Alice been whipped very Sc
verely by Mrs. Meeker, aud this abuse
has been frequently spoken of by the
good people and gossips of the town.
An autopsy on the body was held by
Drs. Washburne, Fales and Kingsbury.
The first named physician says that he
can find no immediate cause for death,
since all the organs are slightly con-
gested, but none of them sufficiently so
to cause death. On being asked why
he murdered the girl, young Meeker
said: "She wasn't very good girl; no
one liked her, and she was hard to get
along with. [ thought she would be
better off if she were dead, and so
killed her." The probable motive was
simply to get rid of the care of her.
The general belief is that the mother
conceived and planned the murder, and
used her son as tool to accomplish her
purpose. Her personal appearance in
dIcates capacity for the cruelty prac-
ticed upon the child and for the infer
nal climax which capped her course of
maltreatment. She is very deaf, and is
not disposed to be communicative. No
admissions have been eXtOrted from
her.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-05-07
A New Invention.

We see it stated by Boston paper
that very important invention has
just appeared in that city. 1t is the
making of seamless paper boxes entire
ly by machinery. The inventor, Mr..
VIM. j. Keep of Boston, has been
studying this subject for many years,
and has spent hundreds of dollars in
experimenting. He has, it seems,
finally succeeded in constructing ma
chinery that will turn out first-class
boxes of all sizes and styles in a very
short space of time, and at reasonable
prices. These boxes are directly from
the pulp of which paper is made, per-
tectly formed and strong, at the rate of
$4,000 daily-they coming out of the
machine all dry, finished, and ready for
market. After the rags are put into the
mill, no manual labor is needed until
the box appears and is ready to be tax
en- Gale OF. A company has been formed
for the purpose of manufacture, with a
capital of 100000. Applications for
the machines, and the right to make
them are coming in from all quarters.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-05-07
The War of Ideas.

We occasionally hear it expressed
that we are getting into such political
muss in this country, that another civil
war will be the result. We have little
fear of this. 1t is true there is great
diversity of political opinion here, as
there always will be in a country of
free institutions but all the trouble we
shall have will be from a war of ideas.
II is quite likely we shall have all of
this we may want. This cannot be
helped among free people who have
great ideas of physical and mental pro-
gress. Questions have arisen, and will
continue to arise, that will call forth the
best energies of the brain and upon
these questions there is no doubt but
there will be serious mental combat.
We have great faith to believe, hOwev-
er, that the war of ideas will hereafter
be the potent power of the American
people-making powder and ball less
popular, and the arts of peace more to
be desired than ever before.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-05-07
Death of DR.. Spaulding.

Jacob S. Spaulding, L. L. D., princi-
pal of Barre Academy, died suddenly
of heart disease on Thursday afternoon.
This will be sad news to his many
friends. Forty years ago he went to
Bakersfield and became principal of the
South academy, holding that position
for eleven years and making a reputa-
ton second to no educators in YER
mont. He then went to Barre, and not
Il few of his students followed him.
During the % years of his pIincipalship
of Barre academy, it has been the fore
most fitting school in the state, although
it has suffered little of late from the
competition of newer and more liberal
y endowed institutions. But DR.. Spaul-
ding preserved to remarkable degree
the freshness of youth, and never be-
came weary in well doing. As an in
structor he was conservative, believing
Ill systematic courses and the utmost
thorOughness. He had little fancy for
winged horses. In his estimation the
steady plOdders were the first to win
results worth achieving. This charac-
terIstIc was wrought upon the impress
slble minds of his youth, and it result
ed in the development of sturdy quail
ties which have since carried them to
the front in all the occupations of life,
and IN nearly all parts of this country.
Notwithstanding the rigor Of his disci
pine, there was a familiarity in his
manner and fatherly benignity in his
applications of instruction and reproef,
which endeared him to nearly every
one of the twelve thousand or more
whom he trained, and in more than
half of the states of the Union there are
men and women who will be moved to
tears as they hear of the death of their
venerated and beloved "Uncle Jacob"
Mrs. Spaulding survives him. They
never had any children. But multitudes
of other peoples children have arisen
to call them blessed. ST. AlbanS Hes
Senger.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-05-07
a Probable Disaster.

The British training ship Atlanta,
with 300 boy seamen, and the officers
aboard, has now been out of Bermuda
ninety days and has not been heard OF.
An expedition has been sent in pursuit
of the missing vessel, but has returned
without any tidings whatever. Not
many months ago another training
ship went down with all on board,
right in sight of the English coast, and
there are the greatest fears that the At
lanta has met the same fate. Should
this prove true it is indeed a sad case,
and hundreds of hearts and homes will
be buried in grief.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-05-07
Tilden at Home.

The Philadelphia Times says that
there is no doubt but Tilden's mind is
in disturbed condition. 1t is utterly
impossible for the common visitor to
gain access to him, but he keeps sever
al clerks busy all the time examining
and marking books and papers and send
ing them to all parts of the country.
He is constantly at work, and all the
party secrets find a Judgment in his Of
flee. Those who have a chance to look
on say there is ample evidence that a
brisk campaign is going on. None need
be afraid that Mr.. Tilden has yet given
up his hopes of nomination.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-05-07
The Lack of Principle.

1t is one of the marvels of the age
how many men there are who will &C
against their convictions of right, in
order to attain some selfish end. There
is sad want of principle with many
upon this point. One has a great long
ing for something, and he knows that
the help or good will of certain persons
is worth good deal. To gain these
he will bow, scrape, and 60 around
robin Hoods barn. to do what in his
heart he detests. But lie has an object
in view, and no moral considerations
are allowed to stand in the way of sue
cess.
We see this principle frequently
manifested by Office-seekers, and place
hunters everywhere. They count your
favors, they give you pleasant smile,
u friendly shake of the hand, and ask
with great solicitation how the baby is,
and all because they have an axe to
grind, and want you to turn the ma
chine. A demOralizing policy is all the
principle some people have. They can
not stand up for what they know to be
true without exacting pay for it. They
are like the tricks of the cOpjurer-now
you see them and now You don't.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-05-07
ended by making a tour of Switzer-

ended by making a tour of Switzer
land.
Col. IBgersoll has again appeared il
this city, and in hts defiant way throwi
down the gauntlet to the good Ortho
dex people here, which has served II
waken up the ministers of the city, 81
they have replied TO him from thei
pulpits. 1t is astonishing how bright
well-educated young men are fascinat
ed by such man as Col. IngersOll
who in the first place does not accep
the authenticity of the Bible.
The twenty-secon exhibition of The
Boston Art Club, "a Boylston street
did net appear to us quite equal tc
some previous ones. In the first room
there were eight works of sculpture
one portrait bust of r. NJ. Emerson
by D. c. French, and a second by the
same artist, representing Law, Pros
perity and force Law, the central fig
ure, standing, holding the book of the
law for mans perusal, on the right, a
figure with a resolute, determined air,
holds dagger, ready to enforce LaaU,s
teachings; while on the left, Prospect
ty with smiling mein, and lap and hands
overlooking with good things, looks be-
nignly upon you. A little pastel, en-
titled yankee Doodle" attracts your
attention, when you recognize a curious
character well known on Washington
street to BostOnians. Experiencing
some time since some reverse of for
tune, he assumed this garb, and could
be seen marching up and down Wash
ington street, with old boots slung over
his shoulders, whistling as he went,
yankee Doodle" hence the name,
given by small boys and known to the
public. There are some very pretty pic
ures in water colors by Miss NJ. r. Ba-
ker and others and three paintings in
oils by Ernest Longfellow one a STA
mese Girl, whose sweet, artistic face
under her broad brimmed hat, made you
wish you could make her acquaintance
and learn her history. Caught in the
Act" by Max Lebling, appeals to the
riSibles in your nature. A number of
sheep are represented as crowded into
a corner of farmyard, while the farm
er's dog is in the act of selling and pun
ishing wary fox, who has crept in by
stealth, creating great CONSERVATION
among the chickens, and the chanticleer
in the foreground, with head and feath-
ers erect, is making rapid strides for
the fence, evidently raising his voice
on high, warning all of their danger.
There were some landscapes in oils by
De Blois, Champney, Lansil. Servin
and Rein, which would repay one for
taking time to study. q.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-05-07

TIE FLORAL MONTHLY.-This is a
little eight-paged paper, devoted ell
tirely to the care of Flowers, Plants and
the Garden. 1t is neatly printed upon
heavy paper, and contains some illus
tratiOns. We commend it especially to
ladies and others interested in house
plants and flower gardens, as it has
many valuable and practical hints and
directions relative to these very things.
1t is published by w. E. Morton & Co.,
Portland, Me-, at so cents per year.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-05-07
Important News.

An important cabinet meeting has
just been held, at which the President
rendered to Postmaster General Kew
the position of district Judge of the
eastern and middle districts of Tennes-
see, made vacant by the death ofJudge
Trigg. The pOstmaster-general accep-
ted the position and returned thanks.
1t was decided however by the cabinet
that Judge Key could not be spared
from his present position until the end
of the fiscal year, and the nomination.
to carry out this agreement, will be sent
to the Senate just before the adjourn
ment Of Congress st. Adams Messen-
ger.
WASHINGTON, 3.-The funeral of
Gen. Heitzelman occurred this morning
at his late residence. The body viii
he taken TO Buffalo, where it will he
buried with military hOnOrs.
The retirement of Colonel Thomas
A. Scott from the presidency of the
Pennsylvania Railroad and the other
roads of that system is an event of too
much Importance in the railroad world
to pass without comment. Colonel Scott
has been probably the ablest of the
practical railroad men at the head of
large organizations in this country for
the past fifteen or twenty years. Ris-
ing from the ranks, he had demonstra-
ted his ability in every successive stage
of promotion, and in the technical work
of managing and operating a railroad
it is probably the general Judgment of
our railroad men that he had. in the
United States at least, no superior.
New York Tribune.
The Brooklyn bridge trustees want q
million and quarter more dollars tn
continue the work.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-05-07
CHURN S.

wv we make the very best churn for large diaries
Ia. Is MADE IN the United States. They are the
improved BOX Churn. We make them in sizes Ia
81 and prices are all the way from Sc to 500
20 s. one wiz churn from to 30 pounds SI2 one
from 10 60 pounds-Other sizes in proportion All
can n De run by power. We also sell Barrel Churns
h0kSE ROWERS to run churns from $40 up
wards Iron work for platform or round table
morse powers-it is the best and cheapest for a
cheap power Portable Cider Presses and Grinders.
blacksmith Tire Blenders. Tuyere Irons Clothes
Reels ito be used out of dOOrs) Clothes DRYERS for
lndoorsl, Box Stoves No. 20 and 30 Post Drivers.
French Roll Pans, Baking Pans Stove Backs HaT'
row Teeth STesting and Iron Fence Work, Wagon
Jacks Sled Shoes Sugar Arch Doors Crates Pan
Rests, Heater Frames, Cast Iron Sugar Arcbes az az
different i sizesIall the way from a small sugarinS
on Stove 70 the very largest evapOratOr tsend and
get clrcularsl, Window Weights Buzz PIaners
AA o table Saw Benches, jacquard MACHINERY
P Pe S 1Idg Tearing and Pulleys Hand and
generally. e'7' AAon Casuhgs
ha a'.Iiy OF all kinds made to order Macbin
cry rtpalIlng promptly done. Agent for the Amer
gave me % call if you want anything in my line .''
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-05-07
Passumpsic, May 4, 1880.

STATE OF VERMONT. CALEDONIA D,srp,cr :.
- In Probate Court held at the Probate Ofiica IL
St Johnsbury, within and for said district on ~
18th day of April, A. D. 1880. va 'i'
An instrument purpOrting to be the last will and
testament of Patience A. Thayer, late of St Johns
bury in said district deceased being presented h
court by Abel Wiley, the Executor therein named
II Is ordered by said Court that all persons con.
cerned therei in be notified to appear at session Of
Johnsbury, on the 22d day of Nav A, d IsSo
ana show cause, if any they may have, against The
Probate OF said Will; for which purpose IL is fnr-
ther ordered that copy of the record of this order
be published three weeks successfully in fine CsIa.
DOMAIN printed at st. Jehnsbury, previous to said
time appointed for hearing ~
By the Court Attest
HENRY FRENCH, Register.
A true copy of Record Attest,
S2-S4 HENRY FRENCH Register
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-05-07
Severe Storm.

A severe storm of wind and rain oc-
CURED last Thursday night along the
northern Atlantic coast. The wind
blew in some places at the rate of sixty
miles per hour. Considerable damage
was done. Trees were uprooted, fences
blown down, vessels damaged, and in
one place the railroad switches were
torn up. At Provincetown, Mass, the
careasses of three whales broke loose
from Long Point, and were landed on
the beach below the town.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-05-07

Il We would like to enquire of the
Messenger, Newport Express, Caledo-
MAN and Woodstock Standard, about
how many of the delegates elected from
this state to the Chicago convention
are anti Grant? Should it become APP
parent that there is no earthly use in
urging the name of our Senator, we be-
lleve the ten votes of Vermont will be
cast for U. S. Grant. darlington Clip
per.
We beg leave to differ. The Clipper
doesn't seem to know the Vermont del
egatiOn very well.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-05-07

| A little f0ur-yeaI- old, of Newport
Centre, said on seeing Rev. H. F. Aus
tin, our new Methodist minister, PA
love new fat minister's 1t seems Mr.
Austin is winning friends.
Warner Sawyer of Holland was ar
rested on Monday, Apr. Goth, at Derby
Line on charge of obtaining goods
under false pretences.
Stephen Hunt of WestmOre had a
finger badly smashed in the scythe-
stone shop, a few days since.
John Howle, of Newport, aged 81,
who has been missing for six days, is
supposed to have drowned himself in
the lake, as hat belonging to him has
been found on the shore. HOwle was
respectfully connected. DisappOint-
ment in love is supposed 10 be the
cause.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
Daniel Donovan, workman in the
quarry of Sheldon & Slason, at West
Rutland, came upon the bank the other
morning to sharpen his drill, and short
ly after fell to the ground and expired.
Cause, heart disease. He leaves large
family.
A mischievous gamin at West Rut-
land is getting ready to serve term in
the Reform School. He recently stole
five gold rings from a iewelry store,
and on being let off without prOsecu-
ton he at once proceeded to attempt
fraud on a gentleman for whom he had
engaged to saw wood.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Montpelier's new depot, to be built
by the Central Vermont railroad, will
be 80 by 100 feet, with a tower "a feet
high, and will be heated by steam.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-05-07
JOHN w. MURKLAND.
BARTON. VT
WILBOR'S COMPOUND OF PURE
.lC0D lLIYER[ IOIL[ J
AN . LIN e,

WiIbor's Compound of Pure Cod-Tiv.r NJ,
AND LINE. The advantage of this Compound o1a,
the plain Oil is, that the nauseatng taste of the IN
table The offensive taste of the Oil has Ion n4
as great objection to its use; but in this form A.
trouble Is entirely obviated. host of certifeates
success of "WILBOR'S COD-LIVFR on Tr'e SllE
LIME; but the fact that it is prescribed nv fhe
medical med faculty is sufficient. Sold by a. r. vii
Bok, Chemist, Boston, and all druggists. If
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-05-07
Good Agents Wanted to Sell Ridpatb,s
History of the United States

IN AgenI IN Bridgeport, Conn, sold 10 comics
a. tf Stopped another Agent was then appointed
IN the same town, who sold 100 copies and h.
stopped we then appointed another q sent WIZ le
mas SOLO up to date over 600 copies, all in the
clty OF bridgeport. 1t is the best one.yolume His
1ory OF the United States published Plenty of
territory still open Address for Descrintiye
Clrcuiar anc Terms, PHILLIPS & HUNT. Sinh.
scriptlon BOX Department Dos, Broadway, N Y. Is
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-05-07
St. Johnsbury, VT, Friday, May :. 1880.

Ls- This Paper may be found on fIe at Geo. p
RotoeH d Co.'S Newspaper Advertising Bureau 40
Spruce ST. l0ere advertising contracts may be made
far n IN Nctr VorE
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-05-07
For Sale or EXCHANGE.

a good set of buildings and sixteen acres of land
under high state of cultivation within one mile
of the post office. will sell cheap for cash or will
ulars inquire of the owner ID. w BATCHELDER
on the premises. of n. P. BOWMAN
st. Johnsbury, April %, 1ssO. 31-33
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-05-07
NOTICE.

This is to forbid all persons from harboring or
trusting my wife, ROsaine NJ. Huse, 1 shall pay
no debts of her contracting after this date
SIMEON HUSE.
st. Johns bury. Vt, April &c. 1880. 3I-33&