St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-03-03
News Of the Week.
Washington Matters.


The House coinage committee has
agreed upon Il bill favorable to the sill
yer dollar and silver certificates. One
of its provisions is that the silver GER
titicates shall he received for taxes and
customs, but shall not he legal tender
for other obligations.
The House committee on naval af-
fairs has agreed upon the outlines of
the bill providing for the construction
of ships of war, including six steel
cruisers. four harbOr torpedo boats,
four cruising torpedo boats and one
ram.
The House committee on ways and
means has decided in favor of remOv-
ing the discriminating duty of ten per
cent. on tea and coffee.
On Thursday last the Senate passed
Senator Logan's bill to restore General
Grant to the army register and to place
him on the retired list with the rank of
general. The law provides that the
pay of retired officers shall be seventy
five per cent. of the pay of the rank
held when retired, and as the pay of
general is fixed at Sl3,50O per an
mum the pay of General Grant under
the bill, should it become law. will
be Sl0,l2 per annum. The bill pass
ed the Senate by yeas b, nays IL. All
the Republicans voted for the bill, and
some of the Democrats.
Congress has appropriated 100000
to aid the sufferers by the Mississippi
freshet.
In General.
Numerous arrests are being made in
Ireland on account of Il new Fimian
conspiracy.
Six colored children were drowned
i'll the flood near Helena, Ark.
The steamer City of London is given
up for lost, and is believed to have
been blown up with dynamite. City
of Limerick, out a days, is probably
lost. She had no passengers.
Patrick Corcoran was stabbed at his
residence in Bridgeport, Conn, by
John Haley, with a pocket knife. The
blade pierced his heart, causing almost
instant death. Haley was suffering
from delirium tremens.
A blast in Weehauken Tunnel in
New Jersey was prematurely exploded
the other evening by flash of light
ming, seriously injuring six men.
The British House of Commons eX-
PEELED Bradlaugh last week, but he
will be again candidate for reelec-
ton.
One of the most cold-b lOoded, afro
cious murders of recent date is that
which has just come to light at Charl-
ton, Mass. A young man named Rich
ardsOn carried gun about for two
days awaiting a favorable opportunity
to assassinate his father, and while
riding on sled a week ago shot his
father in the back. 1t was at first re-
ported case of accidental shooting,
but the murderer has confessed.
Altogether, 272 business firms were
burned ont by the Haverhill contia-
grafton. Among these were lO6 shoe
manufactures, 26 sole leather firms, :
shoe trimming firms, 3 banks and
nearly 100 firms auxiliary to the shoe
manufacturing establishments and de
pendent upon them.
Three hundred and fifty Russian jew
refugees arrived at Philadelphia the
other day.
The New Jersey assembly has passed
a bill making property hereafter ac-
quired in cities by railroad companies
subject to local taxation.
The trial of Sergeant Mason for shoot
ing at Guiteau is progressing. 1t is
thought that Mason will be sentenced
to Fort LeavenwOrth military prison
for not less than three years. A strong
effort will be made to induce the Presi-
dent to pardon him but a pardon is
thought unlikely, and the probability
is that long after Guiteau has been
hanged Mason will he serving out a
penal sentence at Fort Leavenworth.
The conductor, engineer and other
men employed on the train that car
ried President Garfield to Elberon have
received silver medals commemorative
of the sad and eventful journey.
Ex-Presidents Grant and Hayes were
both invited to the Garfield memorial
service in Washington Monday, but
neither was present.
A memorial has been presented to
the senate asking an appropriation OF
$4,000 for the establishment at Wash
ingtOn of a free national training
school for kindergarten teachers.
John Held split Peter Joseph's head
open with an AK in a quarrel at a barn