St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-12-04

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many personal letters during the past
few weeks so many indeed that it is |
impossible to reply to them. 1t is
however due those who are so friendly, !
to acknowledge their good words in
this public manner.
1t is pretty generally admitted now |
by both parties that there will be no
attempt at radical tariff legislation in
Congress this winter, but Editor
Watterson thinks next winter will see
an earnest effort at tariff reform. |
Sufficient unto the day, etc.
The suit pending for years in the L.
$. circuit court of the Bell telephone
company VS.. the Peoples telephone
company, involving a larger amount of
money than any previous suit i'll the
United States courts has been decided
in favor of the former company. The
case will be at once appealed to the
United States supreme court.
Mr.. Blaine has to undergo many off
the trials incident to nOtOricty and
greatness. 1t is now reported that
Rev. \. Anderson, pastor of st. Pat
rick's church, Cincinnati, Ohio, called
ON Mr.. Blaine at Augusta and present
ed him with an elegant cane in the
name of his church. The head of the
cane is of beaten gold, enclosing Il
crystal, beneath which is seen picture
of an olive branch with dove perched
thereon.
Next Monday is the time set for the
trial of DIR. Samuel Allen OF White
River Junction, for the murder of Ed
win A. Hanscll of Rockland, Maine,
NAV ~, in Boston. Ben Butler is one
of Aliens counsel. Our readers may
remember that Allen and TIansell were
strangers who met in drinking sa-
loon in Boston, where Allen shot Han
sell dead in cold blood. Allen is Il son
of the celebrated DIR. Allen of Hart
ford, who is greatly crushed 10y his
sons conduct.
One hold Senator Edmunds has on
the people is his stubborn resistance to
monopolics. He has already begun II
- fight with the telegraph and tele-
phone companies to get them to take
their poles ont of the streets of Wash
ington. Some poles were erected back
of his house hence his active upposi-
ton, which has already secured an or
der from the authorities restraining
further pole raising. The Senator is
hard at work working Hp his case
against the Pacific railroad companies,
ready for the opening of Congress.
In The Caledonian of October was
a vivid description of the sufielingS
and death of wealthy young lady
Miss Carrie j. Welton of New York
city-while making the ascent of
Longs Peak, ii high mountain of
Colorado. She was overtallcn in IA
storm and her escort or guide went for
assistance and when he returned she
WAS found frozen to death. Her will
gave most of her large property some
two hundred thousand dollars-to
charitable institutions, and now her
relatives are contesting it in the
courts.
Among the omissions of the late leg
islature cannot he reckOned the failure
to recompcnsc the speaker and clerk
for scratching the backs of Il few fl-
vOred members, for we learn from
official reports that both Speaker
Batchelder and Clerk Stiekney were
presented with elegant gold Watches
the last night of the session by the
members of the house ''as fitting testi-
mony of the esteem in which they are
held" Ii is time this form OF bribery
in the state legislature came to an end,
and in the good time coming we look
for speaker who will have the good
sense to decline such "testimony.''
Michael DeN onng, proprietor of the
San Francisco Chronicle who vas re-
Gently shot by son of Claus Spreck-
les. the Hawaiian sugar king, is now
considered out of danger. Since the
acquittaI of /. NJ. K;tiloch (nstead oi
Rev. |. ). Kalloch as announced in Th,
Caledonian last week for the killing ot
. DeY oung's brother. on what wa,
proven afterwards, 10 bc manufactured
testimony, the pistol has been too free
IL used, and reaction in favor of Law
aud order is already felt nj the Colder
Gate, it would seem, from the fact tina
the murderous assailant is likely to &c
little mercy in the criminal courts.
For some reason EN-Goy. st. John i:
not as popular in Kansas and othe
parts where he is well known as some
people could wish. Whether it i
simply because lac is an oHt-and on
temperance man, with no back dow
or compromise in his nature, oT wheth
er there are good reasons why mel
who know him best cannot endors'
him, we do not know. 1t Is expected
that the rum interest, with all it cal
control or influence, will lee deadl,
opposed To any leader of the temper
aMce cause; but the. Temperance plrt'