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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-01-17

Gov. Waller of Connecticut opposes
bienuial sessions of the legislature.
The supreme court of Illinois decides
that contracts made on Sunday are
valid.
1t was reserved for Chicago medi-
cal student to distinguish himself by
rohbing the grave of his dead sweet
heart. Great place, Chicago. No mar
row-minded bigotry or soul -enslaNing
superstition there Free Press.
1t is said that President Arthur gets
through the Misunderstanding campaigns
without serious fatigue by doing the
shaking himself. lie gives the grip
quickly and that ends it; even the
"knuclllc- crusher," whom all civilized
men dread, is circumvented.
Some thoughtful observers note that,
whereas newspapers of consequence
used to sneer ut country week.-Mrs. toI
repairing dog-fghts, the latter nov
have nothing of the kind, while the
mighty journals, particularly those oi
New York, ill their columns Will
| them.
Gov. Ireland of Texas says thai
when men quarrel in his state ''thcy
! generally mean business, but homicide,
are no more frequent here than in the
same extent of country elsewhere.
Inasmuch as the greater part of TeNai
| is peOpled only with cowboys at tn,
rate of a dozen to Il county, this methot
of reckoning murders by the acre is a
! least ingenious.
Bangor (Maine) has the prize chrom,
mayor. His name is Cummings, an'
he has just vetoed an order of the city
council to set back the town clock to
make it correspond to standard time
on the ground, for one reason, that the
standard time scheme is in cOnllic
with the immutable laws of God anC
teaches wholesale falsehood. The cit,
ought to tcuderly wrap Mayor Cum
nings lit cotton wool and lay him gent
" away in Il bank vault. He is to,
good and pure and fragile for thi
coarse, rough world Burlington
| Free Press.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-01-17
The Way They Slide in Bur-
IinStOn.

Coasters of all ages and sexes on
Saturday night awaited themselves
fully of the Mayors permission to slide
on Maple street. Sheds aud double
runners of all sorts were out, including
one tObOggan. The coasting was SUI
perb, and there was any amount of
sport. The merry shouts of the coasters
could be heard all over the city. The
speed attained was something terrific.
Those who had courage enough to try
the experiment started near Willard
street. Others started at Union. The
spectator ut Union street was made
aware of the start ut Willard street by
a prolonged shout. In a moment more
black speck became visible over the
hill. Before ii could he fixed by the
eye it had dashed by--in some cases
with jump of ten feet over the street
| crossing no impression but a
prolonged streak and an equally pro-
long0d shout. Before one could realize
what had passed, it had disappeared
over the next Hill and gone on its way
toward the lake, nearly Il mile from
the starting point. The spectator
could hardly turn around before an
other streak came tearing after the
first, with, if possible, greater speed,
It's though it would overtale and crush
its predecessors to powder. Next
would come Il sled with single occu-
pant, like Il mere speck in the distance,
and then instantly dashing by like Il
cannon ball, with a clear jump of fit
| teen feet. was in a moment lost in the
distance The hill was glare ice from
end to end, the moon shOne ''bright AS
| day. and this sport was Kept up till
ten o'clock with apparently us much
enjoyment to the spectators rs to the
coasters. There were few mIshaps.
A traverse would jump the track Oc-
casionally, Overtnrn and dash itself
and occupants into the gutter, throw
ing the snow up in the air like loco
motive snow plough. A business man
who wished to 90 down town thought
to save time and tronhle 10y yoasting.
| He got on one of the double runners
with large party and started down
| hill. The speed astonished him, not
withstanding he is the owner of "A fast
horse, but he managed with hard work
to keep his breath. Before he reached
his Journeys end the traverse tipped
over and sent the whole load blowing
through the snow, headlong into the
ditch. He says fifty dollars would not
hire him to take another such ride.
Free. Press
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-01-17
The stewart Claimant.

Another legal step has been taken
toward establishing the relationship of
John Stewart of johnson to the late
Alexander T. Stewart of New York
city, in proving his claim to share in
the estate. On petition of the claim
ant, Judge Taft of the supreme court
proceeded to Granville one day last
week to take the testimony of Mrs.
Isabel CosgrOve, in relation TO the
claim. The claimant was present in
person, with counsel. Mrs A. 7. Stew
art and Judge Hilton were represented
by Judge Horace Russell of New York
city and Guy c. Noble of st. Adams.
Mrs. COsgrOve's testimony WAS in effect
a snbstantiation of the claims made by
John Stewart. Several alleged facts
in his affidavit however, were not cor
roborated- suit will probably soon
be brought John Stewart for the re-
covery of PORTION of the Stewart es-
tate. Judged HiltOn looks on the suit as
a blackmaili3g affair.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-01-17
Another Big storm.

The storm of Tuesday, Tuesday
night and Wednesday of last week was
of great severity and prevailed over
wide extent of country. Some places
in Pennsylvania, including Pittsburg
and Titusville. report the heaviest
snOwstorIn on record. All the rail
roads centcring at Buffalo were obliged
to abandon efforts to move their trains
for the time being, and all of them had
large gangs of shovelers at work. In
Richmond, Va, II inches of snow fell
and in West Virginia IL to Is inches.
In the Province of Ontario the snowfall
amounted to two feet and all travel
was blocked In the Wyoming valley
terrible gale blew, unroofihg and
damaging buildings. Tho air was
filled with sleet. On the New England
and New Jersey coasts much damage
was done by the gale 10 shipping,
wharves and buildings. The sound
steamers could not make their regular
trips.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-01-17
Two Western Towns.

The newspapers in some of the grow
year 10y summarizing the business and
growth of the past year. The Mime
sofa Tribune gives much space to "A
history of that thrifty city of the north
west, Minneapolis. From this resume
we gather these figures Wholesale
trade, SIl5,55S, 900 value of manu-
features, SlS, 1921 900; real estate sold,
S26,977 900; new buildings erected,
3,52S cost of the same, $40. 533. 900 A.;
barrels of flour manufactured, 4,52I, =
500; feet of lumber sawed, 274 ,6I3, 900 ;
miles of sidewalk made, 30 and so on.
The new buildings erected during the
year would make a line over 30 miles
long.
Nor is Minneapolis the only western
city on the boom, not by any neans.
The little city of Des Moines, iowa, is
feeling especially good over the pro-
gress 1t made in lsS3, having put about
four millions of dollars into improve
ments, with one hundred new business
houses and twelve hundred residences
during the year. The city now num-
beers nearly 10000 inhabitants. With
such figures as these from two speci-
men western towns, is it any wonder
that Nermouters well fixed there
should look upon a return to the east
as a rctrograde step?
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-01-17
The COpiah County Murder
Again.

The son of John p. Matthews, the
republican murdered by democrats ut
the polls of Hazelhurst, Copiah county,
Miss, has written Il concise and con
vincing reply to Congressman Banks
dale's ISLANDERS of his father, which Is
published in the New York Tribune.
The young man, who writes from the
university of Oxford iii Mississippi,
where he is Il student, sharply defends
his fathers character against Banks
daIe's charge that he ''was sheriff dur
ing the Ames regime and accumulated
large fortune Z; he banded the negroes
against the whites and taught them to
hate and in every manner to antagon-
ize them us their enemies" etc. Mat
thews reiOins:
Barksdale knows that my father was
in good circumstances when he went
into the sheriff's office that he was II
good business man; that as az officer
and man, outside of being IA republic
can, he stood high with all. He knows
| that nv father is the only sheriff who
has gone out of the office in Copiah
county since the war who has not been
defaulter, it being generally Il demo-
cratic county. Barksdale knows that
democrats of the county repeatedly in
sisted on my fathers becoming a can
didate for sheriff on their ticket, tell
ing him if he would that he could hold
the Office as long as he Wished. He
knows. what the record will show, that
during Ames' administration, when
some efforts were made to remove my
father, every prominent democrat in
the county petitioned the governor to
retain him, speaking of him in the
highest terms rs an officer and citi-
zen.
He quotes IL letter addresse to his
father by Judge Tim Cooper, now 0i
the supreme bench of the state, written
after Matthews had been sheriff many
years, and covering the Ames regime,
in which the writer warmly ac-
knowledges his excellent administra-
ton of his office and regrets the party
necessity which obligcs the writer to
work and vote against him. 81 know
of no One," wrote Cooper, ''whO ] think
has more faithfully and honestly filled
an office than you" Young Matthew,
sharply adds:
One would have thought that thi.
congressman would scarcely have re
ferred to the Games regime" when il
is remembered that it was during this
same "rGgime" that Barksdaie, ther
editor of the Clarion, bargained anC
intrigued with the Pilot (Ames' organ)
for division of the public printing il
such way that it is claimed the state
was defrauded out of many Thousand
dollars.
Not to quote furthur, or to touch mp
on other well made points, we note
that curious light is thrown on the
state of Mississippi society, in which {
man can, as Wheeler, the slayer o
Matthews did, accept rs a party duty
the murder of a man he is in friendl!
relations with, whom he had taken tel
with at his house Il little while before
whose vote he had solicited in his owl
behalf for mayor, and at whose store
he had an open accOunt,-which is still
open, it appears.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-01-17
A Horrible Disaster.

A Bradford, Bordel and Kinzua pas
senger train from Wellsville for Brad
ford, Pa, dashed into ii stream of waste
oil running for 800 feet over the track
Tuesday. set the oil on fire and became
enveloped in flames. The engineer
discovered the oil before the train
reached it and reversed the lever, but
too late. The brakes would not hold
and the train dashed down steep
grade with the passenger and baggage
cars a mass of fire. The heat was so
intense that the windows cracked and
fell in in ST jitfy. 1t was "A terrible mo-
ment The coach was filled with pas
sengers, who rushed for the doors, but
the heat was SO great that. the panic
stricken people were driven back and
forced to jump through the windows
into the snow. The train ran half a
mile and then jumped the track.
Three women, Mrs. l.. &. Fair of Kin
qua Junction, Pa, Miss Katie Moran of
Athens, n. Y, and an unknown woman
were burned to death. Mrs. Fair was
burned almost beyond recognition.
Her husband jumped from Il window
and escaped. Miss Moran was found
burned almost to a crisp and hanging
outside the coach, graspLnS inc VIII
dow-sill. Sixteen persons were burned
or otherwise hurt. They are: Engin-
eer Patrick Sexton, who stuck to his
post heroically, terribly burned about
the face aud hands Prof. Taught,
badly burned about the face and hands
and viii die; Fireman Nike Walsh,
horribly burned about the face and
hands: George E. Mccartney, news
boy, terribly burned abOut tho head,
and hands burned to a crisp, will prob
ably die Jobu Kafe0s of Aiken, Pa,
terribly burned about face and hands,
and others more or less injured. There
were 40 passengers on board. The
passenger coach was wholly and the
baggage car partly burned
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-01-17

Mrs. Mary Dolan, aged -, WAS burn
ed to death at Troy. While lighting a
Kerosene lamp with paper, her clothes
took fire
For clear ''sand." unmitigated cheek,
give US the average Connecticut tramp.
a resident. of Norwich. coming home
the other night, found one fast asleep
in the best bed in the front chamber.
Mrs. George, widow living near
Manheim, Pa, locked her two children
III the bon<e while she wcut To visit a
ncighbor. When she returned one of
the children, aged 8 years, was found
burned to IL c.isp. The other child
was not injured.
The remaiGs of Commander DE Long
and his companions passed through
Tumsk, Russia, ON the 3D., the funeral
cortege being escorted through the
streets by the military.
While a party of twenty men were
clearing the snow from ii railroad cut
near Pittsburg, Pa, one day last week
| a passenger train without warning
dashed through them. killing some and
terribly mangIing others.
| The Atlanta Constitution mOurnfuliy
| sets forth how Georgia has Onc-thir-
tieth of the population of the country,
and offers all sorts of attractions to
new corners, how one thirtieth of the
immigration for the past year wls l3, -
900, and how, in fact, the state got but
/ lSS of the immigrants.
The case of the New Hampshire
land company against Henry l.. TiltOn
and others to determine the title to IA
large tract of land in the White Noun
| tain region, has been decided for the
defendant by Judge Lowell of the
| United States circuit court.
While working in the woods. David
| Elmer of Orange was caught by IL fall
ing tree in such IA manner as to bruis1
his limbs in II frightful manner, al
though the attending surgeon did no
deem amputation necessary. Blool
poisoning set in and Mr.. Elmer dice
last Saturday, leaving a wit" and si>
children to the charity of the town.
VIM. Henderson of Pittsburg ha
brought suit against the Allen steam.
ship line for S25,000, alleging that il
exchanging tickets for his wife waei
she arrived in this country from Eurnp,
they gave her wrong ones, and the in
convenience caused thereby SO affecte,
her nervous system us to cause death
The postal authorities are movin:
against lotteries in Louisville. and tw
r men concerned i'll the Henry collcg
T lottery of that city and the agent O
, the Louisiana concern have been ar
rested for using the mails in their I'm
! lawful business.
Nine weeks ago 1000 men. women
t boys and girls employed in Higgins
Co.'S worsted and carpet mills, New
5 York, struck on Il question of wages
e Now the difficulty is to bc settled b.
- arbitration and the strikers will rctur
5 to work, having lost an aggregate 4
e Sl5O,O0O, an average of 80 each
/ Most of them went out reluctantly
t under trades union coercion, at tim
when the business of the firm was dull
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-01-17
senator Edmunds Interviewed.

Senator Edmunds talks about the
presidency, and his words will COM
mand wide attention. As to himself
he once more says that he does not
want the office, that he has the conf
dence of his constituents and is content
where he is, and that his real friends
should not urge him for the place.
But he is sure that a majority of the
people still believe in the republican
tparty, that the adverse votes of 1882
were protests against methods merely
and should be taken as warming, and
that the Chicago convention has but to
do it's work wisely to insure success.
| There are three or four men who
would mako excellent candidates and
good presidents, he says, hut appar-
emily he does not consider Arthur one
of them, for he speaks of him thus 4:
president Arthur has some points as
skillful politician, and a thOrOhghness
in the details of party management,
which is always "A strong point III the
preliminaries of organizing for active
operations in a convention. The fact
of having successfully handled con
ventiOn, however, is not always nee
essarily the antecedent of Il successful
campaign" Mr.. Edmunds goes on to
speak of republican disattectiOn in
New York, and the plain necessity for
uniting all factions of the party, and
the whole of his talk on the subject
seems to mean simply that it would be
bad policy to nominate Arthur because
he could not carry his own vitality inn
portant state. Mr.. Edmunds is Il
pretty strict party man as we'll as d
clear headed one, and when he de
clares that the independent voter will
elect the next president, and thai
nominations must be made accordingly
it is time for minor political doctors IL
| listen
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-01-17
Personal Items.

Luther Holden of Wallingford has
Just celebrated his ln2d birthday.
Rev. William Sewell. formerly of
Littleton, Mass, has become acting
pastor at South ROyalton.
Mrs. Edmunds, wife of the senator.
and his daughter, Miss Mary, have ar
rived ut Nassau. New Providence, in
good health.
Attorney General Sherman of Mas
sachusetts is a Nermonter, as are eight
members of the house of representa-
tives and one senator.
Principal Oscar Atwood of the Rut
land high school, kept away the great
er part of the fall term 10y sickness, is
unable to return ut present.
\ pleasant social event in darlington
was the marriage at st. Paul's church
the 10th, of Miss Helen NJ, daughter
of II. NJ. Phelps, Esq, and James c.
Jennings of Portland, Me.
Hon. David Sankey, father of Ira ID.
Sankry, the singing evangelist, died at
New Castle, O., Saturday night He
was the youngest son of Major Ezekiel
Sankey, one of the early pioneers OF
Western Pennsylvania, and was born
Jan. 10, 1909. He was u member OF
tho Pennsylvania Senate in ISIS, and
was editor of the Lawrence Journal
from 1867 To 1874. He was a Jealous
member of the Methodist church, and
III pelIticS was a republican.
A dispatch from Montpelier on the
10Th tells of the marriage of Hon. J. l.
Martin, speaker of the Vermont house
of representatives, and Miss Jessie l.
Dewey, daughter of Edward Dewey
Esq, of Montpelier. The nuptialr
were solemnized in the Episcopal
church, by the rector, Rev. Howard F.
Hill, in the presence of large and
fashionable assemblage, including a
number of prominent persons from va
rious sections of the state.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-01-17
Beach Lots For Sale.

Fifty Of the most desirable lots tho Atlanta
coast, situated At Wallis Sands, Rye y. H., four
miles from Portsmouth. These lOts all front on
the ocean and beach. about thirty feet above ihe
highest tides. unfailing supply Ii son water on
each lot perfect drainage and ali graded and ready
to bald upon.
This pruPertyis pronounced by all visitors a.
the best located for ocean and inland views and
sanitary conditions. of any the coast, and with
the improvements now being made, will plars this
location among the most desirable for simmer res
licences that can be found For further ininrma-
tinn in regard To these lots, address
JEROME G. BUTLER.
tJune25 Portsmouth,. y. H.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-01-17

is as late as 10 a. m Talking over the
matter with the postmaster, the gallant
commander of the Fighting Fourteenth
"Redlegged D-ls,n Col. McLeer says
he has too few men to send round, that
his force is regulated by the number of
stamps he sells, and as all Brooklyn
ties who do business in New York
commonly post their letters here, their
early mails have to suffer, RADIX.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-01-17

A horrible suspicion Charles Del
monicO, the noted New York caterer,
has been missing now for some time
and no trace of him can he found. The
Springfield Republican says that the
latest theory of the police is that he
stayed out until he saw the alleged
portraits of him produced 10y the New
York papers and then drowned himself
in despair.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-01-17

The management of the Northern
Pacific railroad are still seeking a
president. Senator John Sherman has
been sounded, but offers no encourage
ment that he would take the position
if offered him. He does not wish to
withdraw from political life.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-01-17
Dartmouth College gets $50. 900.

fhs will of Julius Hallgarten, New
York broker who died recently in
Switzerland, disposes of $4,000, 1000, OF
which over $I50,0OO is given to public
institutions. Dartmouth college is
given S5O,000. The bulk of the estate
is bequeathed to the testator's son, AL
bert, now an infant, when he reaches
his 2Sth year. In case he dies before
that time the will provides that the
share which would fall to him shall be
divided into II equal parts among
as many charitable, educational or
public institutions, among which are
specified Yale, Harvard, Columbia and
Williams colleges and Cornell Univer-
sity.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-01-17

Dir. John Staufter, aged 80, son of
DIR. Benjamin w. Stauffer, committed
suicide at Campbellstown, Pa. He
lost his wife and babe by death, and
he grieved greatly. He went to his
fathers elegant home, and when out
side the house swallowed poison. In
the ball lie met his mother and said :
"Mother, |, too, am going to die now
He went up stairs and in few mo
ments expired.
The telephone company at Terre
Haute, Ind, is boycOtted into its grave
at one fell swoOp- Extortionate charges
led people to order the instruments
out all over town at once, and a new
company is being organized TO take up
the work.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-01-17

Ex-senator Edmunds denies the enter
view" which a Philadelphia paper
prints. Nevertheless there is some
good sense in it,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-01-17
Ready-Made Clothing.

have inst received a new and ipe stock al
Ready Made Clothing, which will be sold CHEAP
FOR CASH. W. r. KELLEY
St Johnshury Centre, Dot. 3. 1873 jD,f
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-01-17
Wood and Timber Land For Sale.

Thirteen acres OF wood and timber land also a
pasture Of liz acres with h.mlock snrnee s,y1
a big bargain.
st. Johnsbury Centre, Mar / ies3 7gtf.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-01-17

a public hcnefactor passed away in
the death of Mrs. Valera G.. Stone,
who died at Maiden, Mass, Tuesday OF
this week. Mrs. Stone was left ii child
less widow some years ago, and since
that time she has acted on belief OF the
famous John of Doncaster, who more
than three hundred years ago had en-
graved on his monument, "What
gave | have and has given away a
princely fortune, largely to education
al institutions, such as Andover theo-
logical seminary Sl50,00O, WELLESLEY
college SlO0,0OO, and S5O,OO0 each to
Drury college and the Chicago theo-
logical seminary. Her private CHAIR
ties were also almost without limit.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-01-17

II not too late we wish to make men
ton of the fact that some weeks ago
both the Northampton Gazette and the
Bellows Falls Times came out in on
larged forms, and the Brattlchoro Phe-
nix began with the new year its fifty
first volume. These are three excellent
papers and we most cordially cOngrat-
ulate their publishers on every evil
dence of prosperity.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-01-17

Ii il true as reported that the Metro
p"litan hotel on Broadway, New York
reduced its rates January LIST to $500
per day. When it is considered that
many of the other large hotels of the
city charge from five to eight dollars a
day. as they can Eight upon chaps
as the boys used to say, it will not take
any great foresight to see what New
York hotel will always be full. The
signs Indicate that the average hotel
traveller cares for comfort, but does
not care for expensive show, and is
getting decidedly tired of paying for
what he don't want and would be bet
ter pleased without.