St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-04-06
General News.


the city charities of Montreal.
Howard Carroll is engaged on hi
ography of Alexander H. Stephens.
Lieutenant John w. Danenhower has
been granted years leave of absence.
Secretary Folger is now undergoing
special treatment on account of the
condition of one of his eyes.
Perry II. Smith, the Chicago million
aire, was placed in the insane asylum
at Madison, Wis, Thursday.
According to the figures of the pen-
sion office there are more than ,0OO,-
600 Union soldiers still alive.
The president has appointed f. c.
Graves assistant treasurer of the Unit
ed States, in place of A. U. Wyman.
A thOusand-dOllar bill was placed
upon the contribution plate in St.
Paul's church, Pawtucket, X. l., Easter
morning.
Christine Nilsson was entertained at
dinner by the president Friday evening.
The dinner was strictly private, only
few persons being present.
The mayor of Jacksonville, Florida,
is Jew. He is said to enforce the
Sunday laws with Il degree of strict
ness that is irksome even to church go
ers.
a few days ago Peter Cooper was
taken ill, but recovering, ventured out
caught a fresh cold which settled into
pneumonia. He died on Wednesday,
at the age of ninety three years.
The acting secretary of the treasury
has appointed Capt. I. n Burrill of
New York chief of the bureau of en-
craving and printing. Burrill has
been purchasing agent of the bureau.
Miss Alice Harris, daughter of ex-
Congressman Harris of Massachusetts,
is to be married next month to John D..
White, the only republican congress-
man from Kentucky in the last con-
gress.
DIR. John w. Green, who sued the
New York Central railroad company
for $4,000 damages to his property,
caused by running trains in front of his
! premises, got verdict in New York
for six cents.
General Manager Dodge, of the BOs-
ton, Concord & Montreal railroad and
its branches, who recently went to
Southern California for his health, has
resigned his position with the railroad,
and will hereafter reside near Los
Angeles.
! The supreme court of Illinois, the
full bench asserting, has filed an Opin-
ion declaring in substance that the
Pullman Palace Car company is like all
corporations and common carriers, and
places them in the same category as
railroad companies.
In New York full dress rehearsal
of the Passion Play was given The
theatre on twenty third street was
jammed. Hundreds were turned away.
There was no police interference The
play was much applauied. The great
er part of the audience were Hebrews
First Comptroller Lawrence, who
called the attention of the United
States treasurer to the prOpriety of
Withholding the pay of Congressman
Ochiltree of Texas on the ground that
there was a Judgment against him, now
decides that it is unconstitutional to
withhold the pay of a congressman.
The Boston Music Hall corporation,
at recent meeting, voted to sell the
great organ. Three parties from
other cities have been negotiating for
its purchase, and sale will probably
be made very soon. More room is
needed on the stage for the orchestral
concerts, and there is comparatively
little use for the organ.
Connection between the Colorado
and Utah division of the Denver and
Rio Grande railroads, fourteen miles
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Freight trains begin running between
Denver and Salt Lake April ,, and
passenger trains April :. At Ogden
connection will be made with the Cen
trail Pacific railroad.
A twelve-year- odd Buffalo girl read
all of Wiggins's prophecies, which af-
tected her so much that, as the time
for the storm drew near, she became
very nervous, and on the day it was to
occur she was completely Frustrated
The family tried to divert her thoughts,
but it was impossible, and after few
days illness the poor child died of
meningitis.
The new compulsory education law of
Rhode Island requires that every child
between the ages of seven and fifteen
years shall have siXteenweeks of school
ing each year. No child under twelve
is to be allowed to work in any manu-
factory, and no one under fourteen
who cannot write his name, age, and
place of residence, or read some part of
the state constitution.
Jordan, Marsh & Co. of Boston,
which for thirty years has been one of
the largest dry goods jobbing houses
in the country, will retire from the
wholesale business on the 18th, it is
said. The large building at Bedford
and Kingston streets, used as whole
sale house, will be abandoned. The
firm will continue its retail business.
No reasons are given for this action.
In Chicago the 29th, telephones were
found vibrating to musical tones. Even
poles and fire alarm Instruments were
affected. Friday it TRANSFERRED that
the tunes were being played on wires
of the harmonic system which passed
near number of other wires. The
telephone wires took up the sounds by
induction. This suggests rather
grave question as to the results should
the Gray harmonic system be generally
introduced.
Al bfaluWOOu, ILL.,, the TACT that
bodies discovered in the Diamond
mine were to be brought out Sunday
drew a large crowd. About three
o'clock news was brought that party
who had gone after bodies had been
imprisoned in the roadway while put
ting the bodies in collins. The ex-
element on top was intense. The
wives and relatives of the men in the
mine were wild with grief over the
prospective death of their friends. A
party was at once sent to search for
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