St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-12-29

III sleeping car and the upper berth
comes down and hurts You your suit
holds against the railroad company
and not against the sleeping car COM
pany which owns the car.
A boy named Eugene Hill, while
cOasting at Portland, went over an en-
bankment 30 feet high and landed on
his head. He will probably die.
Eugene c. Williams, a Portland
truckman whose leg was broken by
the carelessness of an employee of EN-
cry, WaterhOuse * Co., got a verdict
of Sl62l damages against the compa-
ny.
William T. Hill of Boston and A. S.
Chase of Dedham were put under bonds
at Boston on a charge of using news
papers and mails to effect sales of al
legged worthless time-keepers. Hill did
business under the name of H. T. Will
Hams u Co., and Chase under the name
of SandersOn & Co.
About 240 of the southern matrimO-
NAL and natal associations have been
placed upon the blacklist of the post
office department by order of the post
master-general, and the postmasters at
the places where these societies exist
have been instructed to return to the
senders money orders addressed to the
associations.
A Chicago judge has admitted that
he has not had valid jury before him
for IA months, all formal provisions of
the law having been ignored.
Canada claims to have retained S.
745 of the l62, 267 immigrants who
landed on her shores during the eleven
months from Jan | to Oct. |, and the
rest, "a, 522, came to the United States.
The st. Bernard breed is now the
favorite with dog fanciers, and fine
specimens of the genuine stock cost
from $500 to $1,000.
Gen. Sherman will retire from the
army under the compulsory retirement
act in the spring of 1884, but it is his
intention to give up the active COM
mand of the army in the fall of next
year, after he has made his annual re-
port for the present fiscal year, and
otherwise closed up his affairs.
DIR. w. S. Forbes of the jefferson
medical college of Philadelphia was
brought up in court in that city and
required to enter bail in $4,000 for his
appearance ut the next term of court
to answer charges in connection with
the robbing of graves in Lebanon Gem
etery recently.
Mrs. Moses w. FOss walked about
two miles to Milton, n. H., to do some
trading, the 18th, in snow storm
She attempted to return in the deer
and binding storm and had nearly
reached home, when overcome by ex-
haustion she fell down and persisted
She leaves three small children. Hell
husband was out of town.
As illustrating how public business
Is neglected by some congressman it is
said that fifteen members have not re-
ported to the house thus far during the
session, and about lis are absent with
or without leave
Christian Tinman, the hero of the
misunderstanding fire in Providence,
who rescued the two girls when the
tiremen failed, was presented through
the mayor Of Providence Saturday
with 1875. The father of one of the
girls gave him suit of clothes in ad-
dition.
Rev. DR.. Behrends will resign the
passionate of the Union Congregations
Church at Providence to accept a cal
to the Central Congregational church
Brooklyn, n. Y.
+. A. Newton was shot and probably
fatally wounded at Wahpeton, Oak.
Saturday by James Nash. The shoot.
ing occurred in the courtroom Just a,
Newton had pleaded not guilty to raw
ishing Nash's daughter, Is years old
who had been employed by Newton as
Il domestic.
Joseph S. Strichell of Washington,
ID. c., a student of Greenwich Or. L.
academy, broke through the ice while
skating recently and was drowned, af-
ter struggling Is minutes in sight of
persons unable to aid him.
Great distress is reported from sew
eral counties in Ireland, and it is said
little is being done for the relief of the
unfortunates. A cold winter is fast APP
preaching and the calls for aid will be
more pronounced and frequent.
Col. d. c. Cox of Washington, for
merly prominent Ohio politician,
walked into the river at Chicago Sat
urday and was drowned. He was a
cousin of Congressman Cox of New
York, and was pension agent at Wash
1ngton under President Grant and as
slstant acknowledgement of Ohio under
Gov. Cox.
Cheesequakes creek, in New jersey
for the Improvement of which the sun
of S4O,OO0 has been appropriated by
congress, is now IL inches deep. WheI
the improvement is expended, it viii
have an average depth of ID inches
thus making it navigable for row boat.
of heavier draft Post.
Lucius w. Pond, the Worcester forg
er, was pardOned from state prison
/ Christmas, after serving nearly seven o
the twelve years sentence.
Illinois is believed to be the creates
railroad state in the world, having 81 =,
4I3 miles of road, an increase of 40
miles during the past year.
The City bank at Rochester, n. Y.
has closed its business on account o
the appropriation by the President, c
Z. Upton, of several hundred thousan,
dollars of the banks money for use il
oil speculatiOns.
Mrs. Langtry has not had very smoOil
sailing in Boston. The scandal witt
which her name has been connecte,
and her peculiar action have turne,
the best sentiment of the city some
what against her. She is not classet
by the critics at the Club" among til
first actresses. Financially she is no
the success that was anticipated.
An Exciting Tragedy.