St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-09-11

was admitted to the bar at the age OF
twenty-one, elected county Judge in
1851, and state senator as republican
in 1861 was appointed assistant
| United States treasurer at New York
in 1869 elected judge of the court of
appeals in 1870 and in 1880 succeeded
Chief Justice Church of that court. In
November, 1881, he resigned to become
secretary of the treasury.
The crops are almost n complete
failure in the interior of India, owing
to the drought. The distress is great.
some women killing themselves be-
cause they were unable to give their
children food.
The voman's national equal rights
party, at its convention held recently
in San Francisco, nominated Mrs. Belva
A. Lockwood of Washington for presi-
dent of the United States. Mrs. Lock
wood has forwarded the president of
the convention her letter of accept
ance.
Moody Currier, who has been nOmi
mated for governor by the republicans
of New Hampshire, is 7S years old.
During sham battle at the soldiers
reunion at Fremont, Neb., a platform
upon which was large crowd, gave
way precipitating the occupants to the
ground. Forty persons were injured,
some quite seriously, but no one was
killed.
Sister Harriet Morrow of the New
Lebanon IN. W Shakers went into
the Sisters workshop, and while pre-
pairing to wax some autumn leaves and
flowers the liquid wax caught fire, set
ting her clothes in blaze, fatally
burning her and destroying the build
ing.
The New England fair, which closed
at Manchester, n. H., Friday, is said
to have been the most successful ever
held by the society.
The New Hampshire greenback state
convention ut Manchester Friday in
dOrsed Gen. Butler rs presidential
candidate. George w. Carpenter of
Swazey was nominated for governor
and John F. Woodbury. and }. f..
Williams of Lancaster for congress
men. The platform of the national
convention ut Indianapolis was indoors
ed.
The South Carolina republicans and
anti bOurbOns have come to an agree
ment to put Blaine and Logan cleo
toral ticket in the field.
The freshman class of Colby univer-
sity numbers 33, and Wesleyan acade-
my l75.
Under Secretary Folger's admins
tratiOn the public debt has been re-
duced over $500, 100000 and the an
nual interest charge cut down mate
rally. This is a greater reduction of
the debt than under any other one
secretary before. Secretary WINDOWS
reduction was about $l00,000,000 and
Secretary Sherman's i'll his four years
about S2l0,0O0,00O.
Samuel J. Randall has been nOmi-
mated for congress from Pennsylvania
for the eleventh successive time.
A colored man has been refused adj
mission to the West Virginia universe
ty, an institution supported by the
state. The matter will cause trouble.
Austria is about to send four or five
vessels on cruise around the world in
the hope that they may be efficient in
promoting Austrian commercial inter
estS.
The centennial anniversary of the
introduction of colOred Masonry into
the United States will be celebrated in
Washington, Sept. 90. The first lodge
was formed in Boston.
At the annual meeting of the Fat
| Mems association at StoningtOn, Conn,
the heaviest man weighed 345 pounds,
and another 273. The sum total of
| fOrty-One members was 1898 pounds.
There were I53 deaths in New York
city, Sunday, a majority of which were
directly the result of the intense heat.
! Henry Wood, a twO-years-old son of
Mrs. Georgia Wood of Atlanta, Ga, in
sliding from Il high chair at the supper
table, struck his chin on the table and
broke his neck.
1t is believed that the forgeries of
| Frank Patterson of Asbury Park, n. j.,
will reach $4,000. Nearly every bank
in Monmouth county has been victim
lied, as well as many individuals.
In the northwestern part of Harrison
and northern part of Guernsey coun-
ties of Ohio, sheep are dying by hun
dreds from scarcity of grass, due to
drouth and grasshoppers. Sheep
formerly held ut So head can now he
bought ut 81.
Mahlon Runyon, president of the ma
tiOnal bank of New Jersey, suicided ut
New Brunswick, Monday, by cutting
his throat in small room in the bank.
The cashier, Hill, committed suicide
last week. The defalcations of both
officers foot up S235, $50. Runyon's
property is heavily mortgaged, and
will not meet the deficit.
Charles f. Coon is the present acting
secretary of the treasury, but he car
take the late Secretary FOlger's place
for only ten days without being desig-
mated as acting secretary. 1t is posi-
BILE that the president may appoint Mr.
Coon, who has been in the treasury
department for twenty years, to take
Judge Folgei's place. Assistant See
Rotary Henry +. French of Massachu
sets, ex-COngressman Richard Crow
ley of New York and Postmaster Gen
eral Gresham are also mentioned a
Washington us possible successors o
Mr.. Folger.
A peasant woman was found in
Bohemian forest on the forty-sixtl
day after she was lost, who had man
aged to keep alive by sucking dew
from the leaves and by eating grass.
1t is said that seventy thousand PEG
Pile participated on Saturday in Tia,
Franchise bill demonstration in Glas
gov.
The first section of Il train carrying
Doris circus ran off the track nea
, Nashville, Tenn, Sunday. Eight ear
were derailed. one man killed OutriOl,