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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-02-10
The Electoral Question.

The presidential elector question is
receiving some attention in Congress
this session, and possibly something
will he done to remedy defects in the
electoral college, which have made
themselves apparent. The workings
of the present system have been much
criticised, and just after the last presi
dental election the matter was warm
ly discussed. Nothing of any account
has been done about ii. however, until
lately. The Senate committee on this
subject have reported bill which pro-
vides that the electors of each state
shall meet and give their votes on the
second Monday i'll January next fol-
lowing their appointment, at such
places as the legislature of the state
may direct or that each state before
the time fixed for the meeting of the
electoral colleges may determine. by Il
tribunal of its own creation, all cOntrO-
verSies concerning the appointments of
Its own electors; that the governors
list of electors shall he made in accord
ance with such determination that no
electoral vote from any state from
which one return has been received
shall be rejected, except by the aflir
native vote of both houses of congress.
and in case two or more returns are re-
ceived from any state, those votes and
those only shall he counted which both
houses of congress, acting separately
and concurrently, decide are supported
by the state tribunal. If the counting
of the votes is not completed before
the fifth calendar day next after the
first meeting of the two houses, a re-
cess shall afterward be taken by either
house until after the counting has been
finished.
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teau-'I was acting as Gods man")-
and that Won had moral sense and con-
science enough to recognize the moral
iniquity of such an act. prisoner
"That's matter of opiniOn.") Your
own testimony shows that you recOiled
with horror from the idea. You say
that you prayed against it. You say
you thought it might be prevented.
This shows that your conscience
warned you against it, but by the
wretched sophistry of your own mind
you worked yourself up against the
protest of your own conscience. What
motive could have induced you to this
act must be "A matter of conjecture.
Probably men will think that some
fanaticism or morbid desire for self
exaltation was the real inspiration for
the act. Your own testimony seems
to controvert the theories of your cOun-
sci. They have maintained and thought,
honestly believe, that you were driv
en- against your will by an insane i'm
pulse TO commit the act, but your tes-
timOny showed that you deliberately
resolved to do it, and that a deliberate
and misguided will was the sole i'm
pulse. This may seem insanity to
some persons, but the law looks upon
it as willful crime. You will have
due opportunity of having any errors |
may have committed during the course
of the trial passed upon by the court
in banc. but meanwhile it is necessary
for me to pronounce the sentence of
the law, that you be taken hence to
to the common jail of the District from
WI nnnA md thApa no l-nnt m
confinement, and on Friday, the Thrift
eth day of June, 1882, you be taken to
the place prepared for the execution
within the walls of said Jail, and there,
between the hours of II III. and . p. M,
you he hanged by the neck until you
are dead, and may the Lord have mer-
cy on your soul"
Guiteau's response to this was char
acteristic of him. He struck the table
violently and went into another denun-
citation of all who had "hounded me to
death" He was then taken from the
court room.
Thus ends the famous trial-a trial
which has abOunded III Objectionable
features, and which, as it seemed to
most of us, might have been shortened
and made less prOminent-less of farce
and more i'll harmony with the deserts
of the criminal But it is over now,
and Guiteau will receive his just re
ward for the cold blOoded crime which
robbed a prominent family of its head,
and a nation of its beloved Chief Mag
istrate. And when the hangman has
done his work the country will be well
rid of one more representative of Il
dangerous class of individuals.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-02-10
The Jeanette Survivors.

Lieut.. DanenhOwcr, who has been
searching for traces of the missing crew
of the Jeanette, has telegraphed the
New York Herald that he has found
Belongs lost records, under date of
Oct. |. 1881, us follows -. Fourteen of
the officers and men of the Jeanette
reached this hut Wednesday, Sept. -
and having been forced to wait for the
river to freeze over, are proceeding to
cross the left shore this morning, ON
their journey to reach some settlement
on the Lena river. | have two davs'
provisions, but having been fortunate
enough thus far to get game in our
pressed needs, we have no fear for the
future. Our party are all well except
Hans Erickson, whose toes have been
amputated i'll consequence of frost bite
Other records will he found in several
huts on the east side of the river along
which we have come from the north
Lieutenant Damenhower saws that
three other records have been found
Erickson died October 7. The party
were i'll great distress for want of food
NOrOS and Nindcman were sent ahead
for relief October 9. They marched
south fifteen days and were found in IL
starving condition, October -, by
three natives, who took them to set
Element. They could not make them
selves understood. News of them
reached us October %. An immediate
search was commenced and the party
were traced to the wilderness on the
west bank of the Lena. The natives
refused to further work and return to
Bolonenga was necessary to get Rus
sian assistance on November 2sth. A
large force is now searching, having to
dig out everything, as the ground is
deeply covered with snow. The will
derness is devoid of game. Very
prompt and efficient action was taken
by the Russians. Lieut.. Danenhower
has been instructed by the secretary of
the navy to bring the recovered sea
men home, and will make the Journey
as rapidly us the precariOus health of
the wanderers will permit.
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Domestic Paper Patterns
T. G. FLETCHER y co.
WALDEN TAX SALE.

The nonresident proprietors of the town of Wal
den, III the county of Caledonia hereby mott
hed that the taxes assessed by said town wit hin
and for the year 1879 remain either in whole in
part unpaid. on the following described lands in
said town. to wit:
Part Lot No =, Great Lot No. -, original owner
Hebe Squire taxes assessed Ia aud supposed
owner. a. j. Olmstead.
Part Lot No 3, Great Lot No ~, original owner
John Fassett taxes assessed to aud supposed
owner, A. j. Olmstead.
South half Lot No. =. Great Lot No 80 original
owner, Ripley IoTrey. taxes assessed to aud sup.
posed owner \. j. Olmstead.
Part Lot No ;, Great Lot No. ~ original owner
Nathan Fassctt taxes assessed To and supposed
owner, \ j. Olmstrad. amount of taxes on the
above SIE II.
South part Lot No. 3 Great Lot No. "a. original
owner, Lemuel Bradley. taxes assessed to and
supposed owner. f. W. Greene amount of taxes
S2.l3.
Part Lot No >, Great Lot No l. original owner
Samuel Herrick, taxes assessed To- and supposed
owners \. j. a +. o. Clifford, amount of taxes,
S6.I4
And 80 much Of said lands will be sold at public
auction at the post office at North Walden in said
Walden ON the LIST day of March next at / O'Clock
y. M, shall be requisite to discharge said taxes
with costs, unless previously paid
l.. NJ. HOGABOOM,
Collector OF Town Taxes.
Dated at Walden. Feb /, \. ID I-s2. 2J-25
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Rum Did IL.

1t will he remembered that the con
ductor of the wrecked train at Spuy-
ten Duyvil testified before the cOro-
ner's jury that on that tated night there
were many politicians, assemblymen
and officials on the train, returning
from Albany. aud that there WAS much
drinking and carousing. This WAS af-
forwards denied by some official per
sons. 1t will be remembered also,
that the first report of that awful acct
dent gave the name of George w. Cur
It's as one of the passengers and one of
the victims. Fortunately the last part
of that report was not correct, although
he was Oh the train. An editorial the
following week i'll llarper's Weekly,
of which paper Mr.. Curtis is editor,
confirmed the conductors testimony i'll
these words: at is notorious that up
on that particular train on Friday dur
ing the session there is always Il crowd
of legislators and others, and that
there is "A great deal of drinking and
noise; and upon the Inflated train of
the 18th of january, however vehe-
mently it may he denied, there iraS, TO
our knoWIedge, The usual drinking and
cdrOuSing."
True bills of indictment have been
found against Brakeman Melius and
Conductor Hartford for manslaughter.
This may Ice Just. They were negli-
gent of duty without doubt. But Mast,
the caricaturist and artist, strikes at
the first cause of this calamity when he
pictures i'll the same paper from which
we have quoted above, the inside of Il
car, with whiSkey, rum and gin bottles
holding Il high revel and one of the
bottles reaching for the cord that ap-
plies the automatic brake-thus show
ing how this disaster was brought
about. Underneath are these signiti-
cant words "Was it not rum disas-
ter, after all, at Spuyten Duyvil2"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-02-10
CrOWding the Governor Ques-
ton.

a certain few papers i'll this state are
crowding the governor question and
taking it into their own hands. One or
two of them have announced that they
take kindly to John l.. Barstow and
w. 7. Dillingham; as the next governor
and lieutenant governor; whereupon
one OF two more take up the cry, throw
up their hats ttiguratively speaking),
and consider the thing as good as set
tied. One of the few-the Citizen and
News relieves the people of all re-
sponsibility in the matter, and almost
obviates the necessity of an election,
by going right ahead with the nominal
ton, election, Inauguration and biog-
raphies of the successful candidates.
Ia an article in last weeks issue the
Citizen admits that lit is quite early To
write the biographies of the next gov
ernor and lieutenant governor of Yer
mont" and then goes on 10 say: But
the entire unanimity of expression, on
the part of the press and public, seems
10 leave but little doubt that the ticket
will read as above written"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-02-10

ey than its taxes come to, and doesn't
know how it is going to pay its bills
during the next three months.
F. d. Gallup's house at Windsor was
burned on Saturday. Insured.
The Republican state committee meet
ut Montpelier on the Goth inst. to fix
upon a time and place to hold the next
state convention.
At the recent annual meeting of the
New England Agricultural Society at
Boston, the following Nermonters were
elected to fill vacancies on the board
of trustees J. ID. Wheat of Putney.
Holden of West Westminster. ID. G..
Pratt of Brattleboro. The location of
the next fair was left to the executive
committee.
|. I. Beeman, chairman of the St
Adams working committee" retires
from Office and gives IA summary of the
work done up to February |. There
have been ~ prosecutions. fines and
costs ranging from so to $40. A.
good many bottles and several barrels
of whisky and cider are reported seized
and condemned. The committee paid
out about Sis, $50 going to the pros
ecuting attorney.
The tive-dOllar passenger tariff from
Boston to Chicago. via the Central
Vermont and Grand Trunk, is still in
tween the Central Vermont and the
Boston and Albany.
Eddie Wilson of Sherburne. while
cleaning off horse, got kicked over
and laid unconscious an hour and II
half He was hit in the head, making
two small bruises on the face and one
above the ear.
The practice of loading fire wood
with powder for purposes of revenge
has begun in Rutland, according to the
Herald, which says IA case was brought
to the knowledge of the police IL day or
two ago. The stick in which the
charge was discovered had enough
powder i'll it to blow half il dozen stoves
in pieces.
A little child of Henry Pratt of East
Wallingford was terribly scalded last
week by sitting down in pail of boil
ing water while his mother was pre-
pairing to mop a floor.
b. ii. White of st. Adams has been
arrested for running away with young
girl and registering nj Swanton hotel
as man and wife.
Benjamin Wright, the third to die
from the foundry accident at Burling-
ton, expired Monday.-Peter Caba-
ma, the little lad hurt 10y the cars at
Burlington, also died Sunday night.
Elmer Fadden of East .Middlebury,
aged 10, was killed on Saturday by a
load of wood falling on him.
Burlington breakwater is to Ice
heightened 100 feet.
Eliel Crofutt, 81, Newfane's oldest
man, died recently.
The Fairhaven marble and marble
lied slate company has posted rules
stating that employees drinking intoXi-
eating liquors upon the company's
premises, or being intoxicated while at
work, will not only he discharged, but
will he held for legal penalties. Any
person giving or selling Intoxicating
liquor upon the premises will he pros
ecuted to the full extent of the law.
and reward of S25 viii he paid for
information leading to the conviction
of such persons.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-02-10

three quarters of mile in lateral di-
rection. \ similar disaster occurred
in the same shaft in 1876, by which
nine persons were killed. Five bodies
have been recovered, and the work of
digging for the others is being pushed
rapidly.
In General.
Meetings were held in London and
New York recently, attended by prom
ment people, to express sympathy for
the prosecuted Jews in Russia.
1t is now believed that seven persons
persisted i'll the New York fire, and
seven others are still missing.
A new temperance har-room" or
coffee room was opened at Boston the
other night.
committee of the Virginia legisla-
ture has reported adversely upon a
proposition looking to the abolition of
the public whipping post.
A relative of Mrs. Abraham Lincoln,
speaking of the recent act of congress.
donating to Mrs. Lincoln $4,000 and
an additional pension, said it was I'M
necessary, and, on being asked why,
vested i'll A per cent. government
bonds. In addition to that, she had
before pension of $4,000 year"
The railway tunnel under the st.
Lawrence is Il settled fact. so far as the
attempt is concerned. The contract
has been let to j. b. Rouillard for So
100000, including drainage and light
ing-the work to be finished in 1885.
A large amount of damage has been
done i'll Alabama by freshets along the
line of the Warrior, Bigbee and Tom
bigbee rivers.
A rumOr in New York the other day
to the effect that the Mills Building,
corner of Broad street and Exchange
place, was settling and was likely to
fall, created Il good deal of excitement.
The building, not yet completed, has
cost two millions of dollars, and the
land one million.
The conductor and brakeman on the
Spuyten Duyvil train have been in
dicted for manslaughter.
The British steamer Cosmo. from
Galveston via Norfolk, foundered in
the Black Sea, and many lives have
been lost.
The murderous Apaches have made
another raid, and Is persons have been
killed by them at Sonora, Mexico.
Troops have been sent against them.
At st. Johns, n. F., IA drunken wo-
man fell into Il fire place and was
burned to death.
Gambetta is trying to regain his in
tluence in France.
Rev. Geo. c. Milne. Il Unitarian
clergyman of Chicago, has created a
sensation by announcing that he had
given up his belief in personal God
and the Immortality of man.
A vote to discontinue prosecutions
against Sunday liquor selling in Utica
was carried in the Board of Aldermen
by Il vote of six to four, four of the ma
.iority being saloon keepers.
Three Chicago aldermen have gone
to New Orleans to see the prize fight,
on train run by Mike Mcdonald, the
boss gambler of their city, and the cir
cumstance well and truly indicates the
character of the Chicago city govern
ment.
The mayor of Philadelphia has de
cided to refuse licenses to all places of
amusement where liquor is sold.
An infant child of Mrs. Burns, of
Hamilton, Ont, was recently killed
and partially devourcd by rats.
Joseph IIadley, a wood-chopper, was
frozen to death, Saturday night, while
walking from Holyoke to South Had
ley, Mass.
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Vermont News.

The proprietor of the American
House at st. Adams has been prose-
cuted for selling liquor. He pleaded
guilty to two offences, was fined $50
and costs, and took an appeal.
Hon. Z. ID. Mason died at his home
i'll Richmond last week. He had three
shocks of apopleXy in the - hours pre-
ceding his death. He was 90 years of
age and was well known throughout
the state, principally as dairyman.
In 1860 he was Il delegate to the ma
tiOnal convention which nominated
Abraham Lincoln for president, for
several years represented Richmond in
the Legislature and also served term
i'll the state senate. He was president
of the Dairymen's Association from
1869 till this year.
Peter Cabana, I3 years old, got be
tween two freight cars at Burlington.
They came together, punching Il hole
in his chest and back.
Cyrus Green of Richmond became
raving crazy recently, and was taken
to BrattleborO.
Through the bursting of kerosene
oil lamp, the wife of j. G.. Spalding of
Nergennes narrowly escaped being
burned to death. Ncighbors seized
her and carried her into the street be-
fore the fire could he qucnchcd, sever
al being injured by her burning cloth
ing.
And now BrattlebOro wants a free
library and is trying to get it.
A might have been thrilling tale of
attempted burglary and unsuccessful
pistol practice comes from Brattleboro,
where the only thing that saved bur
glars life was a half-cockcd pistol.
Twenty-nine deaths and - births in
Wilmington last year.
The last September term of Franklin
county cost that county S7I7.22.
Franklin county bar comprises 63
members, of whom 33 live mt st. Al
bans. The Messenger suggests that a
good many of this 33 must find it
poor picking.
1t is claimed that there is only one
place III Richford where liquor is sold,
and that there is not saloon in town.
The ladies are responsible for this
pleasing state of things.
Sheriff Halbert of St. Adams has
ordered the places where liquor is pop
ularly supposed to he sold, to shut
their places before 1920 in the even
ing and not to open at all on Sunday.
Rev. James Cameron, aged "a. pas
tor of Presbyterian church at Oak
land, Cal, and formerly a resident of
Burlington, was fatally poisoned re-
Gently by his wife, who gave him car
bolic acid to drink, having mistaken it
for tonic.
c. b. Eddy, Esq, of Bellows Falls,
who has been very low with pneumO-
MIA, is slowly gaining.
At Montpelier, Henry Bowers, charg-
ed with mail robbery, was bound over
for his appearance at the next term of
the L. ). court.
The selectmen of st. Adams have in
structed a physician to vaccinate
everybody in town who has not had it
done.
SwantOn is afflicted with another
newspaper - the Sentry. Whether
Swanton can support two papers re-
mains to be seen.
The "working committee of st. AL
bans do not really like the action of
the sheriff in ordering liquor saloons to
close at l04 p. H.. but think he has as
much authority to order them closed
at IU4 a. III.
Lake Champlain was wholly frozen
over on Saturday morning. 1t is the
latest closing for II years.
Rutland village has spent more mon
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News OF the Week.
Washington Matters.


The reduction of the public debt in
January amounted to nearly thirteen
millions.
Mr.. Blaine claims that he has been
misrepresented in Il garbled publica-
ton of his invitation to South Ameri-
can republics to participate in Il Con
gress of American nations at Wash
ingtOn.
The town was arrayed against the
country in Congress during the CON
sideration of the post Office appropria-
ton bill. The disposition seems to be
adverse to increasing appropriations tn
livery system.
The river and harbor bill will ask
for nine millions.
A letter from eX-Secretary Blaine to
President Arthur defends the PROPOSE
ton to hold a congress of American
nations at Washington, and expresses
the hope that the United States will
not, after issuing the invitation, recall
it so soon.
1t is believed that the appOrtionment
bill of 800 will easily pass the House.
In the Senate it is expected the oppo-
sitiOn will be more decided.
There is IA belief in the minds of
some Congressman that the President
and Secretary of State have usurped
power that belongs to Congress in
dealing with the South American ques-
ton, and an investigation is likely to
be made at once.
The House has passed without dis
senting vote the bill disqualifying pO-
lygamists from eligibility to member
ship as delegates from the territories.
The Republicans voted aye and the
Democrats remained silent.
The bill providing for a commission
on the liquor traffic was defeated in the
House on Monday. Several of the
ladies of the Women's National Tenn
perance Union We're present in the gal
leries of the House while a vote was
being taken on the bill, and were
somewhat chagrined at the result.
The Sultan of Turkey has sent to the
United States for specimens of the
most improved agricultural imple-
ments.
Senator Sherman has had passed,
with the aid of the Democrats, the
Funding bill which has been discuss
ed during the past three weeks. 1t
meets the views of those who believe
that the country can pay the three
hundred and fifty million of 81 per
cent. bonds i'll five years.
Justice Hunt, of the United States
supreme court, has rendered his resig-
nation to the President.
The cable dispatches from Secretary
Frelinghuysen to Mr.. Prescott, at San
tiago, cost the government $3.50 per
word.
The house subcommittee has deci-
ded to report favorably the bill admit
ting Washington Territory as state
Explosion In a Coal Mine.
An explosion occurred in the Midlo-
THAN coal mine at COaltield, Va, Fri
day, and there is but little hope that
many of the thirty-twO men caught in
the shaft can be got out alive. The
gas testers went down nearly to the
bottom of the pit three times, but were
smoke and gas, which was suffocating
The cause of the disaster is not posi-
lively known. By some it is attribu-
ted to gas while others say the boilers
in the pit exploded. The shaft is near
ly six hundredfeet deep, running about
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-02-10

died last week, was one of the best
known and most esteemed of our
American clergymen. He was ma
tive of Boston, born June IL, 1914, a
graduate of Harvard in 1892, and of
Cambridge Divinity School five years
later. He became pastor of the first
Congregational church of New York,
subsequently known as All Souls
church, in 1898, and retained that po-
sition until his death He was the
chief originator of the Christian En-
quirer, which was first published in
New York in 1876, and has been for
many years frequent and most well
come contributor to the press.
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Public Opinion Oh Various Sub
jectS.
AN ITEM TO CONSIDER.

The agitation of the reduction on the
whiskey tax, which Senator Cameron
and Mr.. Wharton Barker have been so
actively championing, is bearing its
legitimate fruits. In the hope that
such a law will speedily pass, distillers
have been Withdrawing whiskey from
bond very sparingly. The amount
now bonded is 74,0O0,0O0 gallons,
which is 10000, 900 more than one year
ago. Here We can already see loss of
about SS0,0OO, 900 to the revenue if our
1906" bronze medal Senator carries his
point Lancaster pa New Era.