St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-01-19

A federal court at Chicago has de
cided that Clemens nom de plume,
"Mark Twain" is not a trademark,
and the failure to copyright his works
leaves them open to republication by
any one.
The annual sale of Plymouth church
pews brought $37 ,0Ol, of which S24,-
200 was for premiums and S12, 792 for
rentals, n decrease of SI2S2 from last
year. The prices paid ranged from
$500 to 1925.
Another movement has started in
Boston for organizing worlds fair to
be held next summer. A company is
already formed. 1t is proposed to have
an exhibition of foreign arts, products
and manufactures.
William Bucknell of Philadelphia, a
generous supporter of many public in
situations, has given the board of trus-
tees of the university at Lewisburg,
Pa, Baptist theological seminary, his
check for Sl00,000.
Last years immigration was about
735, 900, against 7I9, 200 in 1881. There
came from Germany 2;32 900, England
and Wales 81 900, Ireland 10000, Scot
land 1000, Sweden $1,000, Norway
y 900 and Canada $4,000.
A comet has been discovered at Ath-
ems four degrees southwest of the great
comet, with the same motion in right
ascension and declination. DR.. Swift
pronounces it fragment of the great
comet, broken off at perihelion pass
age.
The secretary of the treasury has
authorized the coinage of tive-cent
nickle piece of new design. The
new coin weighs one millimetre more
than the present coin, and is a little
larger and thinner than the one now
in circulation.
VOluntown, Conn.,, has an old bach
elor of near seventy years who never
was sick, never drank tea or coffee, or
chewed tobacco, never ate cake or
pastry, and who has never walked
rod with woman since his mother
turned him loose.
The Jersey City bank is totally
wrecked. G. S. Boyce, the president,
Shaw, his son -in-law, and John n.
Beach, the bOokkeeper, cOnspired to
rob the bank, and stole S49, 800. The
Fifth Ward bank, of which Boyce was
secretary, has closed its doors.
OF eight cities in the United States
having over 100000 inhabitants, the
number of churches in proportion to
the population is largest in Cincinnati.
Philadelphia is second in the list, Bos-
ton third, Chicago fourth, and Brook
Ign comes but fifth on the scale.
AT Brooklyn, n. Y, the jury in the
case of Mary A. Livingston against
Henry Fleming for breach of promise
of marriage and seduction, returned a
verdict of S75, 900 for the plaintiff, the
full amount claimed. The verdict was
received with storm of applause by
the spectators.
The Boston superior court gave the
Travellers insurance company II verdict
in suit brought by Ann o. futile to
recover $1,000 Oh policy upon her
husbands life, holding that as the dead
man was walking on railroad track
when killed by Il train he did not use
due diligence for his safety.
The new five-cent nickel piece
weighs one millimetre more than the
present coin and is little larger and
thinner. On the face of the new coin
is head of ''Liberty," surrounded by
thirteen stars the reverse side contains
ii wreath surrounding the Roman num-
eral denOting the denomination of the
coin.
One of the anomalies in the repre-
sentative system of Rhode Island is
pointed out by the Providence Press |
In the state senate, Block Island and !
Providence have exactly the same vOt-
ing power, and yet the latter has pop
ulation two hundred times greater and |
pays IA tax four hundred times larger
than the former.
A remarkable boy was buried at
North Adams, Mass, the 10th, James |
+. Owey, seventeen years old, who
stood six feet eight inches in his stock |
ings. His death was mysterious one.
He became unconscious at eleven
o'clock in the forenoon and died at two
o'clock in the afternoon. He never
would see visitors, and for the past few
years could not he induced to leave the
house.
The Tribune association has declared
a dividend of % per cent. Whitelaw
Reid holds seventy-five shares in his
own name and forty-eight in the name
of his wife, and his brother n-law
twenty more. The family therefore |
own I43 out of the 300 shares. The
remainder are held in small lots and in
nearly half the cases by estates. En-
cept loan of 100000, the new build |
ing has been entirely paid for out of the
profits.