St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-06-24

bers of the faculty, were unanimous
for Hewitt as their first choice. To
save himself, therefore, President Bart
lett must prove that the testimony of
either the professors or the trustees is
untruthful.
From Albany.
The latest accounts from the Albany
contest show no signs of compromise.
In Wednesdays balloting Conkling
had - votes, Platt 26, Wheeler 40,
Depew 81.
In General.
Ottawa had "A slight shock OF earth
quake on Sunday morning.
Rascally attempts to burn the two
Roman Catholic churches of st. Sau-
veur, Quebec, have been discovered
and thwarted.
Thomas Hoops, the Chicago agent
of the n. ID. line and of the Central
Vermont line, has disappeared and left
short accounts. A woman in the case.
1t is announced that DR.. Gould of
the national observatory of the Argcn-
tine Republic has just discovered IA
large comet. He believes it to be the
return of the great comet of 1907 ,
which excited much interest among sci
entists and not little alarm among
the superstitiOuS.
Two boys were drowned at Norwich,
Conn, on the 18th, while rowing.
Rowcll and Weston have started on
six days walking match in London.
AT last accounts Weston was ill, and
the affair will no doubt De iizzle.
A vicious horse killed two grooms at
New York on the 18th, kicking and
trampling on them.
Three sunstrokes in New Orleans on
the 18th.
A collision between freight and Il
construction train recently near Troy,
Kan, killed three wOrkmen, seriously
injured another and wrecked several
freight ears. A careless telegraph OPP
orator was the cause.
Henry Daniels, ut Troy, n. Y, has
been arrested for cruelty to child,
whom he shut up for two years i'll Il
filthy room.
The government of Uruguay has
muzzled the press there, and good
deal of excitement is the result.
One Swartz, in Grafton, ILL.,, attempt
ed to cure his wife of a spider bite by
giving her quart of whiskey. The
remedy killed her.
Five persons were drowned at Pleas
ant Valley, n. Y, on the 10Th, by the
falling of "A steamboat bridge.
Bush fires have been raging along
the line of the Quebec Central and
Grand Trunk railroads. Several
horses and many cords of wood were
destroyed.
Trickett, the Australian Oarsman,
had Il narrow escape from drowning at
Saratoga on the 10th.
Rev George F. Kaylor, IS, highly
respected Baptist minister, has been
found murdered in a field near his
home at Kentucky Town, Texas.
There were eight cases of drowning
at Cincinnati on recent day.
The "Globe company" of Boston, has
turned out to be an immense fraud, and
its manager is under arrest for obtain
ing money on false prctences.
An alleged genuine Tichborne clai-
iHdIG HIS JuIhth up III CilllbIIlld, Ill
the person of Roger TichbOurne, who
tells straight story.
There was a severe hail storm in
Westminster county, New York, on
Sunday. Four persons were drowned
on the Sound.
Recent riots in Marseilles, France,
resulted in the death of seven or more
persons, the wounding of seventeen,
and the arrest of one hundred and
twenty-five others.
A remarkably heavy thunder storm
visited Baltimore on Monday. Oven
two inches of rain fell in half an hour
A boiler explosion in Medford, Mass,
on Tuesday morning killed one man
and wounded seven others.
The latest accounts from Ireland are
to the effect that there are abundant
harvests in prospect, and that the land
league agitation is dying out.
There was thrilling scene in a
| church near Montreal on the evening
of the 10Th, when, during the consecra-
ton of several young ladies, veil took
fire. Nobody was hurt, but quite Il
number were badly frightened.