St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-10-28

James Flint of New Philadelphia, I
ILL.,, claims to be nearly l07 years old,
though he does not appear older than
most men at 80.
The net profits of the Western Union
for the past year are represented to be
$500, 64022.
The largest cargo of sugar ever i'm
ported into the United States, and the
first one from the Philippine Islands,
arrived at New York day or two ago.
The government derived Sl25,000 in
duties.
The Sny levee two miles above
Quincy, H., broke Wednesday night
and the swollen river flooded vast
area of highly cultivated land, widely
sown with winter wheat. The bottoms
are full of corn and other crops, as well
as of live stock. Many farmers in the
submerged district were compelled to
flee with their families to high ground.
The loss will be very heavy, as many
cattle were drowned and valuable crops
destroyed.
The late President Gartield's remains
ing from the public receiving vault to
Capt. l.. T. ScOfield's private vault, the
finest in the cemetery.
Complete returns in Ohio, nearly all
of them official, give Fosters majority
for Governor as "a, 049. He ran 1000
votes behind the Republican candidate
for Attorney General. The highest
vote on the ticket was east for State
Treasurer, whose majority was $4,000.
The Temperance and Greenback vote
combined was about $4,000.
A good deal of excitement prevailed
at Toronto over the seizure by the GUS
toms authorities, few days since, of
an invoice of Paine's Gage of Reason"
and VOltaire's "POcket Theology
works which have heretofore been
freely admitted to the Dominion. Col
lector Patton at first gave out that he
acted under instruction from the min
lister of customs, but finally allowed
that he made the coniiscation Gin the
interest of morality and God" The
provincial press condemns the seizure
almost unanimously, and the collector
thus finds himself without the antici-
pated backing of public sentiment.
The funeral services in memory of
the late President Garfield, under the
auspices of the municipality, will he
held III Berlin on Sunday next. Herr
Luerssen, the eminent sculptor, has
been instructed to produce colossal
bust of the late President.
Letters calling for relics of the late
President are pouring into Cleveland
at the rate of IA thousand per day, and
the committee have now changed their
plan. They will prepare from the
building material of the pavilion va
riety of articles, for which cOntribu-
tiOns of from 81 to s. will be received.
Each souvenir, such as is being pre-
pared under the original plan, consists
of II flower, piece of grass and foliage,
and square of black bunting, with
the Autograph certificate of the com
mittee. Those who send one dollar
will receive, in addition, regular re-
ceipt from the monument committee.
The money received for the relics will
be applied to the Garfield monument
fund, after deducting only the actual
cost of manufacture.
Ex-senator Conkling is reported as
seriously i'll with kidney trouble.
The National Episcopal Congress
convened at Providence on Tuesday.
Civil service reform was discussed at
length.
Ex-Secretary Window was elected a
Senator by the Minnesota Legislature
on Wednesday.
An unsuccessful effort was made
Monday night to rob an express train
on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and
Chicago railway, near Bucyrus, o.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher has dis
solved his connection with the Chris
tan Union.
1t was rumOred on Tuesday that the
Gar of Russia had been assassinated,
but it turns out to be canard.