St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-08-17
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Gladstone holds t2O,OOO in rebel
bonds.
The sum of SlO6 has been subscrib-
ed in Boston in aid of Capt. Webb's
family.
The Confederate bond spectators
are said to control S5OO0OO,0 of the
"Lost cause" securities.
The order prohibiting the importa-
ton of neat cattle into the United
States has been suspended.
The Cunard line has contracted for
the building of two elegant and fast
steamers ut 4 total cost of S3,OOO,O0O
George \. Cross of the Ipswich
academy has been chosen principal of
the Robinson wOman's seminary at EX-
eter.
The first trip to the summit of Mt
Washington on blackboard was made
10y party of nine ladies and gentle
men from North Conway.
John Wannamaker, the Philadelphia
dry goods king, paid two hundred
thousand dollars for advertising last
year. and made Il million.
ne Will III l'dllltl lltIStN DttIutdlnS
to the city of Nashua, n. H., S5O,OM
for public library on the condition
that the city purchase Il suitable site
ov2r i fHs T" Is vtftIl IT IS s"tIhGRMSiq siI
that it has become such mania witt
him as to have quite unsettled his
mind.
1t has already been found necessary
to relay the floor of the BROOKLYN
bridge. the heat having shrunk the
planks so that they were i'll some places
an inch apart.
The man who has given II 900. OM
tn establish new university in Wis
consin proves to he Charles l.. Colby
son of Gardner Colby, who endowed
the college which bears his name at
Watervillc, Me.
The women's department of the In
Sttutc fair at Boston will prove that
women can invent Among the invem-
tions to he exhibited there are Il strain
or for ciStcrn pipes, an apple corer, Il
waSh-hoard and rcin-hOlder.
Through the instrumcntalitv of the
managers of the ''cnuntry week vaca-
ton" given under the auspices of the
Young Mems Christian union of Bus-
ton. 400 children hauc already en-
ioyed short vacation this season.
The will of Martin Milmore. the
sculptor, gives $1,000 To the Little Sis
tcrs of the Poor, and 5000 to the city
of Boston in trust, the income to he
used annually to aid in clothing the
poor children who attend the Brmmcr
school.
Governor Robbie will refuse to accept
the resignation of Major General Cham
berlain as commander of the Maine
militia, but will grant him furlough
and insist upon his retaining his com
mission on account of his eminent ser
vices to the state.
August is an open month for wood
cock in the state of New Hampshire
and hunting has begun. Many sports
men want the open season postponed
one month, rs the birds are not yet fat
and hunters from other states come in
to supply city markets.
John Holland, who, it is claimed.
celebrated his one hundred and second
birthday in June, has just made the
journey from BentonSport, Iowa. to
Nashua, y. H., intending to spend the
remaining years of his life in the latter
place with Il married daughter.
John W. Bookwalter, the last de
feated democratic candidate for gov
ernor of Ohio, has reached his home in
Springfield after travelling Il 900 miles.
He brings from China and Japan a
S3O,00O collection of porcelain, con-
sisting of over 1000 pieces.
There was a panic among four hun
dred men, women and children at Ma
than's circus, at Portsmouth. Va. The
wind tore the tent asunder. which
caught fire. While the people were
trampling each other to escape, rain
put the fire out. Many persons were
injured.
At Bridgeport, Conn, the Howe sew
ing machine works were nearly de-
strOyed by fire the Doth. The buildings
destroyed occupy three sides of Il
square and were of brick, four stories
high. Four hundred hands were en-
ployed. The loss is $3.50, 900, insurance
S275,OO
Fatal result of boys fooling: Pat
rick Kane, roOfer, fell from the roof
of a fourstory building at Holyoke,
and died from his injuries. The acct
dent was caused by some boys who
threw stones at Mr.. Kane, and as he
looked down to identify them he lost
his balance and fell.
Workmen have discovered subter-
ranean forest seven feet below the sur
face of the ground near the mouth of
Savage river in Chazy, Clinton county.
n. Y. Many of the trees are declared
to be in an admirable state of preser-
walton. One of them is "A large oak
over forty feet in length.