St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-09-18
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The will of the late Senator Anthony
left 5000, 900 in legacies.

The will of the late Senator Anthony
left 5000 900 in legacies.
/ The Missouri republicans have in-
dorsed Il fusion candidate for governor.
| Independence seems to prevail in
| England, where there is said to he
/ 1900 independent papers.
The Connecticut greenbackers are
enthusiastic for Butler, and have nom
mated j. n. Curtis for governor.
The Boston Journal fears the Maine
election will have il tendency to make
the republicans over-contident.
| 1t is understood the secretary of war
will make thorough investigation of
the horrors of the Greedy expedition.
| New Orleans is the first cotton port
of the world, with Savannah second,
Galveston third and Norfolk fourth.
Assistant Secretary Coon refused to
sanction the use of the public money
for train to attend Secretary Folger's
/ funeral.
Bernhardt will make the tour OF
North and South America in 1886.
She is engaged for IL year at Il salary
of E60,00O.
a chemical analysis of cigarettes
show that they contain an astounding
| ly large quantity of opium, which
gives them the dangerous flavor that
they possess.
The defense in tie Blaine Sentinel
case at indianapolis has served notice
on the plaintiffs attorney that they
would begin taking dispositions in
Kentucky on the 22d.
There are now SO Young Mems
| Christian associations in this country,
with Il total membership of los, I37
| There are 80 buildings and real estate
in all worth S2,956,000.
The original briefs of the three great
lawyers, Daniel Webster, jeremiah
Mason and Judge Hopkinson, as pre-
pared and used by them in the Dart
mouth college case, have lately come
into the possession of the college.
1t is always pleasant to have Il break
in monotony. The last defaulting
treasurer was woman, and black
woman at that, and the money belong
ed to the negro woman's Christian
temperance union of Anderson, 5. G..
Eugene V. X. Thayer and J. II.
Blake of Boston drove IL skin hand
from the Glen house to the summit of
Mt. Washington, in ! hour and 10 min
utes, beating the record made by VIM.
ii. Vanderbilt last year by seven min
utes.
Mrs. Erminnie A. Smith of New Jer-
sey is the first woman ever elected an
officer of section by the American
AGSnaiatiAp no nj, -
Science. Her essay on the "Use of
Certain Iroquois Pronouns" attracted
much attention in Montreal.
The Philadelphia electrical exposi-
ton will have the original Morse in
struments with which the first tele-
gram was sent from Washington to
Baltimore, and alongside will he placed
the latest invention in the line by
which an operator can send u mes
sages ut once over one wire.
Henry II. Faxon, the prohibitory
candidate for lieutenant governor of
Massachusetts, is also special police
officer in Quincy. The other evening
he went to the assistance of two
brother officers who were making an
arrest, when he was knocked down by
a rough, who made his escape, though
Mr.. FaXon chased him some distance.
The Portland Advertiser thinks
presidential candidates may not viO-
late the proprieties by taking the
stump, but they may make speeches at
agricultural fairs as much as they
please. Agriculture is neutral and
partisan ground on which both
may stand. Republicans and demo
Gratis have common interest in the
crops.
Sergeant 81 ainard is said to he the
originator of Il practical joke at the
place nearest the North Pole ever
reached by man. He carved his name
on rock at that point and ''fOr the
fun of the thing" added an advertise
ment of Plantation Bitters that he had
noticed on the rocks all over the Uni
ted States. The next explorer will be-
hold the mark of the American.
At the recent annual meeting Of the
American Board of Commissioners for
Foreign Missions held in Boston, an
appeal WAS made to the public for
100000 with which to carry on the
work of the society. The secretary
reports that the August receipts (since
the appeal was made) have been over
S9l 900; the donations for the year
have been about 1892 900, legacies
about $4,000, leaving small balance
in the treasury. The receipts for the
Morning Star, the new missionary ship.
were over S3,jO0.
eyes, ] knew Tom Waller when we
were both wharf rats and nsed often
to sleep on the docks in a fish box, and
he generally gave me the softest side
! the side that had the most feathers
in," said John Dyer, a well-known
obese and good natured salesman at
the Fulton fish market, to a Herald
reporter the other day. ayes, knew