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Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-10-02

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Probert to e. B. Ryan, saying that he had
considered the matter freely and would
wire his Secretary, Mr.. Morrison. to sign
the petition for the Richmond Company.
GEN. ~CADwALLApER RECALLED.
Questioned by Mr.. Mitchell, he testified
that the original cost Of constructing the
G. P. in Nevada Is $25, 900 or $26, 900 per
mile, which is at least twice a. much as it
would cost now. The franchise in Cali
fornia separate from the roadbed) is
taxed at IS, 900, making the entire assess
ment $4,000. They have not recovered
any taxes from the o. P. in any county in
California for the last three years. The
road through Nevada was built by the
Finance Committee, which I call the com-
pany.
Commissioner Baily asked the witness il
his estimates Of construction were based
on the superstition that the country was a.
II was before the present road was built.
Witness said: No. Without the present
facilities Of transportation Of building
stuff the cost would be approximately what
it was originally. Nearly all the iron rails
in this county have been replaced by steel
rails. the latter being worth 90 per ton.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-08-03
Editorial Notes.

Senator Platt of Connecticut puts
mint of argument into terse sentence
in line with the utterances of Senator
Edmunds on the subject of postal tel
egraphy, as follows: ''The telegraph
of to-day is the rich mans mail"
The fishing fever is catching. c. F..
Ranncy of the Newport Express tells
about his catching siXty-four in the
course of two or three hours. As Mr..
Ranney prepares treatises OH the sun
day-schOol lesson each week for the
Express, there can he no doubt of the
extent of the catch.
A Minnesota church has been found
to- he alive with bcdbugs. Too much
sleeping in the pews undoubtedly mis-
led the bugs.
A telephone dog muzzle has been in
vented that will carry the bark of the
canine out of hearing. Another inven-
tion is lacking to make the thing COM
plcte. and that is one that will carry of
the dog.
The dress and cloak makers in New
York are on a strike. There is nothing
like IA strike to enable man to find
support without work.
Governor Butler has done one good
thing in declining to pardon 5. Angler
Chace, the Fall River defaulter. Few
er pardons and fewer crimes will be the
result.
Austin F. Pike leads the republi-
can column, in the balloting for sena-
tor in the New Hampshire Legislature,
with 80 votes.
The cholera is raging at Cairo
There were 800 deaths on Tuesday.
Many of the telegraph strikers i'll
Boston are returning to work at the
company's terms, and it looks as
though the company will be tri-
umphant, though the strikers art
still defiant.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-08-03

country should have, or be within I'M
mediate reach of, postal telegraph.
That is what ought to be done, and
what will be done, within very few
years, beyond all question"
This speech attracted much attention
at the time and was very generally dis
cussed and it has an additional inter
est at this time, in view of the great
telegraphers' strike, and the large div
dends declared by the Western Union
company. The stock of the Western
Union company nominally represented
$50, OOO, 600 before the absorption of the
Mutual Union company. 1t is thought
the government could duplicate the
system to all the principal points OF the
country and construct IL better line for
1000, 900. 1t is certainly feasible
idea, and while there are many who
would not desire the government to go
into too many kinds of business, the
monopoly of the great telegraph com
pany, against whose unjust demands
the striking operators protest, is OF
such a magnitude that postal telegra-
ply will grow in popular favor. One
thing the people might depend upon
they would get the benefit of the profits
in reduced rates.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-08-03
state Personals.

Ex-Treasurer Spinner is summering
at Guildhall.
G. G.. Benedict of the Burlington
Free Press is ut the AdirOndacks.
Rev. c H. Coolidge of West Fairlee
Centre has accepted ii call to Fairfield.
Col. and Mrs j. j. Estey of Brattle-
boro have arrived at Geneva, Switzer-
land
f. Ely Goddard, now in Paris, it is
said. is soon to be married to a Mrs.
Whitney of Boston.
Prof. E. II. Higley of Middlebury is
expected home from Germany, where
he has been for the past year, i'll Sep
TENDER.
Rev. George Z. Martin, of the Centre
Congregational church of BrattlebOrO,
has resigned, to accept IL call to Brock
ton, Mass.
Charles f. yelling, president of the
Stark paper company of North Ben
nington, sailed for Europe the 18th, to
he absent three months.
DIR. Henry c. Tinkham, a graduate OF
the last class of the Medical college,
has entered into partnership with DR..
J. II. Linsley of Burlington.
Prof. c. c. Cove, for the last four
wears principal of the Beeman acade-
my, has refused an offer of another po-
Sition at a salary of $500 year.
Mrs. Dolly White of Newbury cele-
brated her centenary on Sunday, July
%. She has a most remarkable mem
DRY of past events, and her mental dis
cernment is almost phenomenal i'll Its
nature.
Rev. Merritt Hulburd of Bennington
will become pastor of the Washington.
square Methodist church in New York
city. Rev. NJ. b. Mead of Round Lake
\. Y, has been recommended as HUI
burd's successor.
-. &. I'~..i.., 4. d., a graduate OF thu
L. V. NJ, and Miss Emma Ferrin, :
graduate of Mt. HOlyOke Female semi
nary, have accepted the positions o
principal and preceptress of ESSEX
Classical institute, commencing the
school year in August.
Rev. Leonard Wheeler, who died o
paralysis at West Randolph, after 4;
painful illness of several years, wa:
born in Cambridge, Mass, Sept. II
1907, and was therefore in his 76tl
year at the time of his death His faith
er, Deacon Nathan Wheeler, moved t.
Cabot while he was yet "A small boy
The most of his life was spent i'll Cab
OF, Marshtield, Calais and Randolph
He became Christian minister at til,
age of %, and continued to preach til
about 1860, when, by reason of il
health, he began to abate his ministe
rial 1ahorS
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-08-03
Liquor Raid at Bellows Falls.

A raid was made on Towns hotel at
Bellows Falls last Thursday and over
100 gallons of liquor were seized. The
following account (Which is probably
one-sided) is published from a local
correspondent The rum raid of Thurs
day has caused more talk than any 9TH
er occurrence for the past few years.
\ good deal of severe criticism is heap
ed upon Grand Juror Slate, who has
initiated the movements of III. w. Love
of Rutland in some respects. Slate,
who was formerly trustee of the Town
property, had lawsuit with the Towns
two years ago which left bitter feeling
between them, and Il good many people
think that has something to do with
the present prosecutions. G. w. Town
closed the Island house, and on all the
doors of Towns hotel and Island house
appear placards CLOSED" They claim
that they will not open their hotels I'M
til Grand Juror Slate has served his
term of office out, which will be next
March. 1t is not possible for him to
he reelected with the present feeling
against him.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-08-03

not to advertise at all in country pa
pers that refuse them special positions,
having learned by experience that
there are weak kneed publishers
enough to give them the ear of large
constituency on their own terms.
The business is in a deplorable
condition. unjust to the local adver-
tiser and to the publisher, but the lat
ter has ONLY himself to thank for it. A
trif1e of frmness and independence
would have prevented 1t IN the outset
and will correct it now. There are
very few papers i'll the state VINO re-
fuse to grant these exceptional PRIV
Ileges, and we are glad to say that the
Standard has long been one OF them
| Woodstock Standard.
TILDEN, THE ATHLETE.
We don't feel altogether sure that
Mr.. Tilden is the feeble, mOribund
creature that some newspapers repre-
sent; but we strongly suspect
that while Mr.. Tilden is not an athlete
at the present writing that he Is far
from being the dismal old dOtard in
mind and body that some of our enthu-
siastic contemporaries would have us
DCllCNt. w Z ouSlStO All
i if elected President, would prove to be
about as wilful, arbitrary and positive
a fellow as the democratic party con
tains the men who voted for him as a
helpless old invalid might find him as
disagreeable to climb over as barbeC
wire fence wire Rutland Herald.
THE FOOL AND HIS MONEY.
The capital stock of the Louisiana
Lottery company is worth five times 1T
| par value. 1t is owned by few men
, and its dividends are enormous. Las
year it divided 20 per cent among 1T
stockholders. One man who own
5000 shares, of a par value of S6O,OOO
received S420,00 in dividends anoth
er, who owns 1000 shares, received
$3.50, 900. We wonder if people WHIT
are in the habit of buying tickets IL
the concern see the point Brattle
: bOrO PheniX.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-08-03
Sunday Trains.

There is no cause 50 bad but what
it will find advocates. The Montpe-
licr Argus joins the Rutland Herald
in clamor for Sunday trains as fol-
lows:
There has long been a disposition
to make the cheerful Sunday as
gloomy and austcre as the Jewish Sab
bath, but many of the bonds have
been broken, and the rest will be in
time. Even Sunday was made for
man. and not man for Sunday. We
are glad to announce that if the bust
ness between Boston and Chicago con
tinues to increase as it has for the
last three months, daily trains will
be put on before long, and the inter
ruption to travel on Sundays Will
cease. 1t is curious to see this war
tarc against sunday travel rage in
Vermont after it has been abandoned
everywhere else.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-08-03
General News.

The Tewksbury investigation cost
SI3,600.
Longfellow's estate is appraised at
S356, 32O.60.
The New Hampshire state fair com
mences ut Dover, Sept. l.
The faith cure convention was COM
menced ut Old Orchard beach, Thurs
day.
All of Cctcwayo's wives and many of
his chiefs were killed by the insur-
gents.
The Georgia legislature has unseated
IL white representative to give color
ed man his rights.
The Hanlan- ITosmer-Le boat race at
Fulton, n. Y, was easily won by the
former in I9m. los.
The late Henry L. Kendall of Provi-
dence, r. l., gave in his will over $685.
600 to public charities.
The veterans of the Grand Army, in
camp at Denver, Col, paraded Tues
day, to the number of 10000.
At Rushville, Kan, farmer named
Amos Floyd, detected in demonstrating,
was lynched by his neighbors.
Ex-Treasurer Polk of Tennessee has
been sentenced for twenty years and
fined the full amount of his embezzle-
ment.
In New York, Fred Matthews, Jr., a
member of the well-knOwn firm of soda
water manufacturers, shot himself
dead.
William AstOr is not to he OutdOne
by Gould, and has contracted for a
yacht to cost SI00,000 more than the
Atlanta.
A great sensation has been caused at
Berlin by the suicide of DR.. Pullitz,
professor OF political economy at the
Berlin University.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-08-03
Sad Accident mt VT. Desert.

A blackboard team run away ut Bar
Harbor Thursday, killing one woman
and iniuring seven other people. A
party composed of Mr.. Case and four
daughters, Miss Pierce and Miss Lewis,
all of Boston, and Miss Sally White of
Baltimore, were driving home from
Southwest Harbor when the kingbolt of
the blackboard on which they were
riding suddenly gave way and precipi-
tated the board on to the horses, fright
ening them. The latter turned and
overthrow the entire party, all, with
one exception, being injured. Miss
Case, the second daughter, died i'll two
hours, before her mother came from
Bar HarhOr. Miss White had her arm
broken in two places, her shoulder
dislocated and wrist smashed. The
driver, Seward DOrr, was cut about the
head and body in shocking manner,
but will recover; and the others sus-
tanned various cuts about the head and
limbs. AS all are well known in social
circles the affair has created great eX-
citement among the 5000 visitors at
the island. The accident happened
near the cottage of President Eliot of
Harvard college, and the injured per-
sons were taken there.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-08-03
Another Railroad Slaughter.
A HORRIBLE AFFAIR.

A terrible accident occurred on the
Rome, WATERFOWL and Ogdensburg
railroad at Carlton station, \. Y, obout
go Friday evening, by which seven
teen persons were killed and some
twenty wounded. The train with two
engines was an excursion train bound
for Carlton with Thousand Island tour
lists, mostly from Michigan. 1t was be-
hind time, and at the point of the col
lisiOn was running at the rate of forty
miles an hour. The wind had blown a
freight car off the siding partly on the
main track. When the excursion came
laundering along the collision threw
one of the engines on its end and the
other one into the ditch. The baggage
car and two of the sleeping coaches
were completely demolished and cars
were piled upon one another until there
was one vast heap of ruins. At the
time a heavy thunder storm was pass
ing over, and the night was dark but
the distressing cries and shrieks of the
dying and wounded could be heard
above the storm.
The place of accident is thirty two
miles from Rochester, the country but
thinly settled, and it was some time
before assistance could be obtained.
| The engineer, fireman and train dis
patcher of the first engine escaped, al
though all were injured. The fireman
of the second engine was instantly
killed, and the engineer, James Me
Carthy, was terribly scalded. He died
after being put aboard the train for Os-
wegO. Those of the INJURED who could
travel were placed in IL sleeping cal
and taken to the Falls, while the resi-
were carried to the neighboring house.
and cared for. The following is IA lis
of killed
Thomas lIayne, Chicago.
Jane Elizabeth Carl, Lansing, Mich.
Prof c. w. Stone, Battle Creek
Mich.
Lutte j. Francis, fireman, OswegO, n
Y.
A. b. Bostwick, Carlton, n. Y.
Mrs Lafeure, Bay City, Mich.
james Mccarthy, engineer, Oswego
NY.
Frank Lafevre, Bay City, Mich.
Ashley Taylor, baggageman, Cam
eron, n. Y.
Thomas Still, (colored), Watertown
\. y.
O. b. Troop, Schoharie, n. Y.
J. c. Schenck, Cleveland, O.
Louis j. Boos and wife, Philadelphia
Thomas Dixon, Chicago.
Mrs. j. c. Wortley, Salina, Mich.
Henry Mccormick, Benton, Mich.
All the injured may recover thong
some are terribly hurt.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-08-03
Death OF Montgomery Blair.

Montgomery Blair died Friday at his
home at Silver Springs, near Baltimore.
The cause of his death was inflamma-
ton of the membranes of the spine
He had suffered from this disease for
some years and for the last eight
months had been confined to the house.
On his removal some weeks ago to his
country home he seemed to rally and
hopes were entertained of his recovery,
but he soon began to lose strength
again, and for the last ten days he has
been gradually sinking.
Mr.. Blair was son of Francis p.
Blair, Kentucky editor. Montgomery
was educated at West Point, where he
graduated in 1885 and was in the Semi
mole war, but went to st. Louis to make
his career as Il lawyer, being admitted
to the bar in 1889. He served as United
States district attorney, as judge of the
local court and mayor of st. Louis, and
in 1852 returned to Maryland. He was
the leading counsel for bred Scott, the
negro, in his famous trial for freedom.
The repeal of the Missouri compromise
in 1850 and the decision of the demo
cratic supreme court that the cOnstitu-
ton recognized property in man and
no rights in the negro drove all the
Blairs into the republican party. Pres
ident Buchanan removed Montgomery
from Office in 1855, and he presided
over the republican convention OF
Maryland in 1860.
He was appointed pOstmaster-gen-
eral by President Lincoln i'll 1861 and
is the last but one of Mr.. Lincoln,
first cabinet, the only other survivor
being Simon Cameron. MIR. Blair
within few months of his accession
excluded from the mail several New
York papers whose reasonable utter
ances had caused their presentation t.
the grand jury. This act was mucl
discussed, but was upheld by Congress
as a proper exercise of war powers
Mr.. Blair greatly improved the posta
service. The South had always been ;
burden upon the mails and the act o
secession therefore was favorable t.
the postal revenue. Mr.. Blair was the
, first to establish free delivery i'll cities
the postal money order system, and The
postal card system, three great features
which now contribute vastly to thu
public service.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-08-03

publisher of Montpelier Argus, by
Hiram G.. Fay of Rutland. He claims
5000 damages for articles published
by Mr.. Atkins rejecting on his finan-
cial reputation. MI. Fay formerly
lived in Burlington, and the Free
Press says that few people there will
believe that his reputation could be
damaged five cents worth by any
newspaper article.
The death of the oldest man in
Northern Vermont was that of Joseph
GreenOn of SwantOn, which took
place July Goth. Had Mr.. Greenon
lived until October next he would
have been l04 years of age. He was
born near Montreal and has lived in
Swanton for the last 50 years. He
was able to converse intelligently up
to his last days, although he had not
been able to leave the house for the
past ID years.
The mother of Professor Foster OF
Middlebury college fell down stairs
Sunday evening, killing herself in
stantly. Professor Foster and family
had Just retired for the night, his
mother was in her room, when it is
supposed she wished for something
from below and while descending the
stairs fell. Professor Foster hearing
his mother fall ran instantly to her
She gave two faint signs when al
signs of life ceased. Mrs. Foster had
been visiting her son since April. Sh,
was 81 years old and an estimabl,
lady.
Harlow Sears, who saved a specia
train, bearing Gov. Smith, Superinten
dent j. w. Hobart of the Vermont Cen
trail, and T. NJ. Deal, superintendent o
the Missiquoi railroad, from terrible
accident on the latter road July I3, ha
been rewarded by them. Gov. Smitl
has presented him with check for So
and an annual pass over the Central an'
its leased lines; Superintendent Ho
bart gave him the Peoples CyclOpGdi
of Useful knowledge; 7. NJ. Deal II
annual pass over the MisSiquoi railroad
q. Had it not been for Mr.. Sears, thes
gentlemen, it is thought, would hav
been instantly killed.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-08-03
Captain Webb'S Body RecOV-
cred.

On Saturday the body of Captain
Webb, who attempted to swim the
rapids and whirlpool at Niagara, was
found nearly four miles below at Lew
istOn, n. Y. The arms were extended
us though in the act of taking IA swim
ming stroke, and the feet were like
wise extended as though in the act of
swimming. In this position the body
was found. The flesh was blOated to
double the usual size, but none of the
features were distigured. On the
right thigh of the body was found a
deep flesh wound. Above the
small of the back on the left side was
another flesh wound. The body was
at length turned face upward. 1t pre-
scented IA terrible appearance. Over
the left temple was Il deep cut, which
was only Il flesh wound, however. 1t
was found that directly in the top of
the head was a cash about three in
ches long, penetrating to the brain.
This would seem TO have been the
cause of death.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-08-03
The Rutland InbrOgIiO.

A special to the Boston Journal from
Rutland says that John b. Page Fri
day began "A libel suit against Clement
n Sons for statements contained i'll the
recent circular of the defendants in re-
lation to the Rutland railroad COM
pany, that Gov. Page had used $4,000
per month of the funds of the company
without paying interest, and had fab
ricated book between the COM
pany and the national bank of Rutland
to deceive the accountant, who was ex-
aiming the books. Two hundred thou
sand dollars damages are claimed, and
the real estate and stocks of the defend
ants are attached.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-08-03
Government TcIcgraphy.

At the last session of Congress, dur
ing the debate on the postotiice bill,
Senator Edmunds spoke in favor of
postal telegraph. He said all there is
To the postofiice department is the
transmission of intelligence, and he
thought there should he an amendment.
as well as one for the reduction of
postage. providing for transmission by
wire a. well as 10y the steamboat. the
railroad and the postofiice. lie would
have "a postal telegraph beginning
moderately between great points in the
country, and all intermediate points,
aud then extending it. just as We have
the mail system, rs the needs of the
community and fair economy would re-
quire, until every postoffice in the
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-08-03
Carey, The InfOrmer, Shot.

Intelligence has been received that
James Carey, the informer, was shot
dead on board the steamer Mel
rose, between Cape Town and Port
Elizabeth, South Africa, by a fellow
passenger named O'DOnnell.
Carey was travelling under the as
sumed name of Power. His family
were with him. O'DOnnell logged
Carey from London. According to
the latest accounts, the murder Oc-
CURED at sea. Carey was not killed
outright, but died shortly after he
was shot. O'DOnnell surrendered
quietly, was irOned and gave himself
up to the police when the Melrose ar
rived at Port Elizabeth. A large
crowd gathered in front of Carey's
late residence in Dublin, cheering
loudly because the informer had been
killed.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-08-03

STATE OF VERMONT, CALEDONIA DISTRICT, 50
- In Probate Court holden at the Probate Office.
in st. JOhnsbury, ON the LIST day Of August \. ID.
1888.
Caleb II. Marshall administrator upon the estate
Of Charles II. Davis late of Danville, in said
district deceased makes application to said Court
for license to sell the whole of the real estate of said
deceased representing that it would be beneficial
to the heirs and all persons interested in the estate
of said deceased to sell the whole of the real
tate of said deceased and convert the same into
money and said administrator brings into Court
Herewith. the consent and appreciation in writing
of all the heirs Ia said estate residing in this state
to the granting of such license
WheTeupOn il il ordered by said court that said
application come under consideration and he heard
the 18th day of Aug, \. ID. lsS3. at the Probate
Office in st. JOhnsbury; and it is further ordered
that all persons Interested be notified hereof by
publication of notice OF this application and order
thereon, three weeks suecessively in the CaledO-
man. printed at St Johnsbury, before said time of
bearing, that they may appear at said time and
place, and if they cause, object thereto.
By the Court Attest,
IL WALTER p. SMITH, Judge
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-08-03
Lightning Strikes Il Printing
Office.
EDITOR BURT INJURED.

A thunder bolt exploded on the
summit of Mt. Washington about six
o'clock Saturday night, part of which
office of "Among the Clouds" news
paper. Its editor, Henry NJ. Burt, and
two printers, w. A. Perkins and F. H..
Darby, were struck. Mr.. Burt was
the most seriously injured, the light
ming striking him in the back and
passing down the left leg and out
through the sole of his boot. His low
er limbs were paralyzed by the shock,
and he did not recover the use of them
for several hours.