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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-10-16
The Prohibition Convention.

BY telephone dispatch TO the CaledoDian:
The prOhibitionists of Vermont held
state convention at Montpelier on
Tuesday and nominated full electo-
raj ticket. The convention was called
to order in Capital hall at 2 O'Clock by
Rev. J. r. Bartlett of MiddleseX, and
prayer was offered by Rev. Mr.. Nor
gan. Rev. Mr. Bartlett was chosen
president Rev. Charles Woodhouse
of Rutland, vice president Rev. E. l..
Story, secretary. A committee on res
olutions, consisting of Rev. Mr.. Nor
gan, Mrs. NJ. l.. T. Hidden of Lyndon
and Rev. K. Bruce, was appointed. A
committee, consisting of one from each
county represented, was appointed to
report on an electoral ticket, and they
reported as follows: Delegates at
large-Rev. Charles WOOdhOuse of
Rutland and C. w. Wyman of Brattle
boro district delegates Judge Par
ker of Elmore aud L. B. Beckett of
Bradford. The report of the commit
tee on resolutions was adopted. The
convention was addressed by Rev. II.
c. Farrar of Troy, n. Y, on "Ameri
can Homes VS.. American Saloons" and
he spoke for two hours, the hall being
well filled. There was large attend
ance at the convention from all parts
of the statp
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-10-16

fact has Just leaked out, the authori-
ties keeping still in hope of catching
the thief. The woman clerk was care
less with the safe key and left it where
the thieves found it.
A farm hand answering to the name
of viii Blakely, and employed by
John Sears of West Addison, took a
trip to Massachusetts recently with a
$3.50 horse and a quantity of plumber,
the result of a burglary, as the sequel
proved. The mans real name is Stod-
dard, and is now in Middlebury
jail.
ID. G.. GOrham's five barns and sheds
in Westminster, together with IS tons
of hay, ID acres of oats, 200 bushels of
corn, 200 fieeces of wool, and quanti-
ty of farm implements, were burned
Friday morning. The fire is supposed
to have been incendiary. Loss esti-
mated at 5000; insured for about
$500.
Among the six cases from Rutland
on the docket of the next general term
of the supreme court are those against
John O'Neil of Whitehall, liquor
dealer, who sent liquor to Rutland
parties in jugs, C. o. D. 1t is claimed
by the state that the sale was made in
Vermont, and if this view is sustained
by the court the penalties amount to
about $500.
An employee at the grist mill of E.
w. Bailey & Co., at Montpelier, in
raking out the grating of the flume,
Saturday afternoon, discovered among
the rubbish human fetus, apparently
six or seven months grown, well
formed, and with no appearance OF
having long been in the water. There
Was no clothing on the body and no
marks were found indicating an in
IGNITION to sink it.
Clark w. Sanders will not be tried
at this term of Washington county
court. He was indicted for the muir
der of Daniel Carr, and desired his
trial at this time, but his counsel de-
sire more time to work up the defence,
which will be hereditary insanity, and
considerable time will necessarily be
consumed in looking up the history OF
his ancestors. Consequently the case
has been continued until the March
term,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-10-16
Reformed PresbyIerians and
Politics.
To the EDITOR of the Caledonian

To the Editor of the Caledonian
In your columns lately appeared an
appeal to Reformed Presbyteriaus to
vote this year for the prohibition can
didates and a reply, explaining how
it would be inconsistent with their
principles. The correspondence raises
more questions than it answers, after
all Here are few of them =
/. How does the declining to vote,
hold office, etc, privilege one class of
people in this country to call the rest
i the nation" and to hold them re-
sponsible for its shortcomings 7 Does
u nation comprise only those who are
willing to vote, or those also who can
aud will not?
. By what instrument, if not the
ballot, are governmental changes to be
actually brought about, and how much
more elective for his purpose does
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-10-16
A Question of veraciry.

Mr.. Blaine told a reporter at Canton,
O., that the assertion of Warren Fisher
that he (Blaine) had offered sum of
money for the Mulligan letters was
utterly untrue. 1t was Il mere mali
cious invention" Mr.. Blaine added
that there was never time when he
would have paid a single penny for the
letters, though he always maintained
that it was gross invasion of his pri-
vate rights that the letters should be
hawked about and published.
Warren Fisher reiterates his state
ment that Mr.. Blaine did authorize
him to get possession of all the letters
in Mulligan's custody, ut an expense of
$4,000 if necessary and he gives the
name of John Cummings as the man
who had Mr.. Blaine's money and was
eognizant of the negotiations.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-10-16
Tuesdays Elections.

The republicans claim a majority in
Ohio of %, 900, bnt the democrats are
in hopes of reducing the majority to
5000, when the full returns are in.
There was no change in the German
vote, and the prehibitionists generally
voted the republican ticket, which az
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-10-16

GTATE OF VERMONT, CALEDONIA DISTRICT 81
- In Probate Court. holden at the Probate Office
in ST. bloomsbury, the 18th day of Oct. A. ID.
1854
Charles II. HOughton executor upon the last VIII
and Testament Of John Bacon late Of st. Johns
bury in said district, deceased makes application
to said Court for license to sell tho whole of the
real estate of said deceased, representing that il
would be beneficial to the Divisees and Legatees
and all interested in said estate, to sell the whole
of the real estate of said deceased and convert the
same into money; and said executor brings there
with into Court the consent and appreciation in
writing of all the Divisees and Legatees residing III
this state to the granting Of such license.
WhereupOn, il is ordered by said Court, that said
application come under consideration and be heard
on the LIST day of November A. ID. 1884, at the Pro
bate Office in st. JOhnsbury; and il is further
dered, that all persons interested be notified hereof
by publication of notice Of this application and
der thereon. three weeks successively in the Gale
DOMAIN. printed at St Johnsbury, before said time
Of bearing, that they may appear at said time and
place, and if they see cause. object thereto.
BY the Court, Attest,
64-66 WALTER p. SMITH, Judge.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-10-16

Leading physicians state that never
has diphtheria been so prevalent in
Canada as at present. Montreal has
beeu severely attacked, many families
losing two and three children each
A resident physician of that city at
tributes the prevalence of the epidemic
to the closing up of the houses of those
who leave the city for the summer,
which are found to be damp and unfit
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-10-16

Ice froze half an inch thick at Mont
gomery, N. Y, Thursday night.
Andy Meader OF Nashville, Tenn,
has beaten the record of DIR. Carver
and Bogardus, breaking 81 clay pig
cons at Is yards rise. The best rec
ord heretofore attained was 80.
The Liquor party was completely
crushed by signal defeats on Friday i'll
Stanstead county, Quebec and Simcoe
county, Ontario. The feeling is grow
ing at Toronto that if the Scott act
was submitted it would be carried by "a
large majority.
A Boston gentleman who was re-
Gently i'll Montreal visited the cafe OF
w. ii. II. Murray, whom he found bus
lily engaged in culinary duties but who
mt once recognized him and received
him with as much eompOsure and cOur-
tesy rs if the meeting had taken place
in the Park street church.
The family of Samuel Sweigert,
Roaring Creek, Pa, consisting of Swell
CERT, his wife and four children, were
poisoned by drinking water from a
well into which the children had
thrown Il can of Paris green. Two OF
the children have already died and the
rest OF the family are in Il precarious
condition.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-10-16
Reports OF state Omcers.

According to the annual report of
the state railroad commissioner, Yer
mont has 1865 miles of railroad, which
cost SAL OBS ,9l5. The roads have a
capital of So, 45S, 800, and funded
debt of 1920 300. During the two
years ended July 81, 1884, % persons
were killed by the cars, all employees
of the roads; 80 persons were injured
of whom were passengers.
The annual states prison report
shows that for the two years ended
July 81 last the expenses exceeded the
income by Sl7 ,46i. The average nnm-
Der of prisoners was IS as against 100
for the preceding two years, and the
present number is SO. The mousse of
correction cost the state about 5000
for the two years. During that time
it received 327 prisoners and now con-
tains 81. The reform school has cost
the state So, $50. 1t contained on July
81 last 67 boys and II girls.
State Tax Commissioner Diling-
hams report for 1883 shows that the
corporation taxes assessed and paid
were Sl99,33 of which $50, 500 was
paid under protest. The commission
er suggests that the law be amended
so as to require the corporations to
make their returns to him at least fiji
teen days before the tax is made pay
able to the treasurer. He calls atten
ton to the manner in which the pur-
pose of the legislature in assessing a
tax on railways, graduated upon the
returns for the year, was defeated by
section I3 of the law, making the tax
payable semi-annually and basing il
upon the earnings for each half yearly
period. This cost the state S25, 0W
last year.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-10-16
1ICHARn III HAYILANn,s KsTArE-

DICHAKD B. HAvILAND'S ESTATE.
III The subscribers having been appointed by
the Honorable Probate Court for the District OF
Caledonia Commissioners to receive, examine
aud adjust all claims and demands of all persons
against the estate of Richard y. Haviland late Of
Danville in said District deceased, represented
in soivent and the term of six months from the sth
day OF Oct. 1894 being allowed By said Court to
the creditors of said deceased exhibit and prove
their respective claims bafore us Give notice
that we will attend TO the duties of our appoint
ment at the dwelling house OF RhOda W. HAvilaDd
in Danville in said district the 2Yth day Of
October 1884 and the sth day of April, 1875
next, at one O'Clock in the afternoon, each Of
said days.
II. A. KELSEY, lc.,,
6466 b. F. CLIFFORD SSoihin To-
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-10-16

Moral bull-dozing seems to prevail
in Massachusetts rs well as in Yer
mont. The Sonthhridge Journal, a
paper of Independent procIivities, asks
this question: Glow many who de-
nounce bull-doziug ut the south and
preach tolerance of opinion, would
have as kind and courteous a word for
the grocer, or doctor, or pastor, ar To-
cal editor if he should come out for the
opposition ~ The Westburo Chrome
type copies its contemporary query
and remarks:
That's the point. Let the local edi-
tor or other business man take such a
course as seems to him honorable and
right, and if it conflicts with the idea
entertained 10y certain others, their
first work is to deDounce him and at
tempt slyly to mjure his business.
This is northern bull-dozing, which is
the same thing in spirit as southern
bull -dozing. One uses pistol and
the other the tongue, which is the
most disreputable weapon of the two.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-10-16
st. cJolmsburp GaledOniall.
Eirht stntes hnye already held their-

Eight states have already held their
elections, and it is well to make a note
likely to be repeated in November.
The republicans have carried Rhode
Island, Oregon, Vermont, Maine and
Ohio, with Il total of 10 electoral votes,
while the democrats have carried Lou
isiana. Alabama, Arkansas and Geor
gia, with a total of 81 electoral votes.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-10-16

The Boston young wOman's Chris
tian association have just finished a
new building on Berkeley street, los by
20 feet. with rooms for lectures, an
employment bureau, evening classes,
industrial classes, reading rooms, and
kitchen and diniDg-rOOms, intended
for the benefit of working girls. The
association already has a home on
Warrenton street that accommodates
200 girls, bnt more room WAS needed.
Bntler gets his private car at last;
an elaborate affair made in Delaware
for Patti. The champion of the poor,
-trodden laboring man riding
about in a gaudy $4,000 coach is in
deed a spectacle.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-10-16

STATE OF VERMONT, CALEDONIA DISTRICT, IS.
- In Probate Court. held at st JOhnsbury, with
in and for said district the 9Th day of October
A. ID. 1854.
Hiram Moody guardian OF Walter N. Blanchard
a minor makes application to said court for license
sell the following described real estate of his said
ward to wit: Being one hundred acres, more or
less of wild land, situated in Peacham, in the
County of Caledonia and more particularly de-
scribed as being lot number sixty six of the lands
Of Peacham aforesaid, representing that the sale
thereof for the purpose Of putting the proceeds of
such sale at interest Wrestling the same in stocks
real estate, would be beneficial to said ward.
WbereupOn. it is ordered by said court, that said
application be- referred TO a session thereof TO be
held at the Problte Office, in said st JOhnsbury
the LIST day OF November A. ID. 1884, for hear
ing and decision thereon:
And, it is further ordered that all persons inter
ested be notified hereof by publication of notice of
said application and order thereon, three weeks
successfully in the Caledonian. printed at st.
JOhnsbHry, before said time Of hearing, that they
may appear at said time and place, and if they
cause, object thereto.
By the Court. Attest,
GAG WALTER p. SMITH, Judge.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-10-16
Mankato. MINI.

"UHNUtUi HHEETHs Possible advantages Tor
Manufacturers Jobbers and Capitalists 70 make
money in legitimate business. We have many pros-
shipping facilities. and need larger hotel more
tenant houses wholesalers furniture wagon glass.
paper boot and shoe factories. We have 1000 PEG
pie trunk line railroads with branches line edu-
catiOnal religious and social advantages. with
beautiful sheltered, healthy location. For special
information address u. G.. WILLARD,
647 Sec'y Board Of Trade.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-10-16

Once in a great while an organ may
he found that can not only see point
against its candidate, but ready to ad-
init it. In speaking about the much
quoted letter of Senator Edmunds, in
which he said that Mr.. Blaine was on
the side of the railroads in 1873, the
Brattlcboro Phrnix remarks: at does
really seem, to the average mind, as
though Mr.. EdmundS was unuecessari-
ly lrigid in his illusions to the gen
tleman to whom you refer" Per
haps the senator is unnecessarily
frigid" for a partisan, but it must be
remembered that Mr.. Edmunds will
have no favors to ask or expect from
the Blaine administration, if he should
achieve victory at the polls, hence has
no reason To conceal his real sentiments
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-10-16

Polling the college students AS to
their presidential preferences seems To
he II very popular thing just now. That
the students do not look ut things in
the same political light is evident
from two cases. The canvass of lIar-
ward college results as follows: Blaine
Ash, Cleveland 462, st. John %, no
choice 30, showing that there are 81
more who favor Blaine than Cleveland.
A private letter from one of the pro-
fessors of Princeton college says that
Cleveland will defeat Blaine in the
student vote, Il thing unheard of since
1856. OF the professors, there are but
seven, he says, against Cleveland.
There is another side to this presiden
tial question than that which appears
in the Boston journal.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-10-16

The extent of the prohibition move
ment may he understood from the
fact that every state in the Union now
has u st. John electoral ticket in the
field with the exception of Mississippi
and South Carolina, and they are to
fall into line. 1t is the cause of the
people against the politicians, and II
blow is to be struck now that will tell
on the future politics of this country.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-10-16

The prohibitionists of our sister
state of New Hampshire are making
an energetic canvass, and will proba-
bly, cast the largest vote ever pOlled.
Ten years ago they gave their candi-
date 2l0O votes, which was sufficient
to prevent an election of governor by
the people. Good judges estimate that
Larkin ID. Mason, the candidate for
governor, will receive between 1000
and 1000 votes aud st. John 2O00. In
1850, when Neal Dow, the prohibition
candidate for president. received only
$50 votes in the state, Gartieid's plu-
rality was only 1000, and if they
should poll their anticipated vote this
year, New Hampshire becomes Il
doubtful state.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-10-16

Speaking of the st. John movement,
which it thinks is ill-timcd and pre-
mature, the Newport Express says ::
During the four years to come, if the
temperance issue has the life we be
licve it has, advanced state action will
he seen and congressman will be
elected pledged to frame national
law regulating the traffic, so that if Il
prohibAtion president should then be
elected, he would have some gIound to
work upon besides his influence as the
first citizc.i of the republic We are
are afraid that, even then, the Express
would escape the ''independent dis
ease and bolt its crow with the same
gusto that it has in the present cam
paign.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-10-16

There are some good job printing
establishments in Vermont, and there
is no necessity for the report of the
state superintendent of education to
he sent to Boston to be printed. The
prosperity of the educational interests
of the state are identical with its bust
ness interests, and the policy which in
duces II public officer to send report
out of the state to be printed, because
the foreign printer will do the work mt
less than living profit, is shortsight-
ed and not conducive to that mutual
helpfulncss that should exist.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-10-16

If Grover Cleveland wants to get a
certificate of good moral character, he
ought TO sue somebody for libel and
have his case tried in Orleans county.
Il Riehford Gazette.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-10-16
CLOTHING

As can be found in the Cities. Also new and
elegant line OF
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-10-16

the Old Reliable Clothing Store on the corner. As
alive to your interests. We have again
placed on our counters rs large and well selected
line of Mems, Ycuth's Boys, and Children's
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-10-16

Alfred W. Morris of Rutland has
brought suit against his brother-in-
law, Harrison Lee, claiming $1,000
damages for entieing away the affec-
tions of his wife, who recently brought
petition for divorce which the court
refused to grant.
The postoffice at Ludlow was robbed
of 500 in stamps August 23d, aud the
Delta chief., 1884-07-30
The Soldiers Reunion.

MINNEAPOLIS, July 23.--2p. m.-The
Grand Army parade is now passing City Hall
where chill !ren on a canopied platform are
waving banners and singing old war songs,
which the veterans take up and pass on with
uncovered heads. The blare OF bands. the
waving OF banners, the shouts Of the thous-
ands from the streets, windows and housetops
contribute to form an inspiring scene. As the
tattered battle-hags are recognized by the old
veterans a wild cry Of delight goes up. The
enthusiasm was never equaled here, and 1t is
the greatest of all demonstrations ever witness
ed in the northwest.
To-day was the greatest day Of the Grand
Army Encampment and was witnessed by the
largest gathering Of old soldiers in the history
Of the organization. There were 5000 in the
procession, which WAS an hour and twenty
minutes passing q given point. There were
probably 5000 to 1000 in the city who did
not Join in the parade. There are about a, 900
strangers, besides the veterans, In the city.
General Logan occupied prominent place at
the head Of the procession. General Sherman
rode in the middle. Both were received with
continued ovations from the veterans.
General Thomas, KountZ, Warner, Nagel,
and Gibson were also received with cheers.
In the evening u, 900 people crowded the en-
campment grounds and Witnessed the fire
works'by the Flambeau club Of Topeka, Kan
sas. General Logan will be given reception
tomorrow merning, and General Sherman and
other distinguished Generals present will re-
ceive at General Washburne's residence in the
evening,
Delta chief., 1884-07-30
Indian Troubles.

Special Dispatch to Denver Republican.
DURASGo, Colorado, July 23.-The
Iudian troubles in the southwest seem to be
growing in proportions. Captain Perrin's
command of detachment Of cavalry found the
Indians entrenched in their strongholds about
100 miles west Of Blue Mountains, on the 18th,
and after a sharp attack he was compelled to
retire, after the loss of two men. man by
the name of Wormington, one of the scouts,
and a cowboy by the name of James Higgins,
were killed. The Indians were fortified In the
bluffs, and were so well protcctedothat 1t WAS
impossible to dislodge them. From the des-
cription we would say that the strongholds Of
Captain Jack in the lava beds were not to be
compared with them. There seems to be about
$50 or 200 OF them, all well armed. They live
by making raids on the settlements and ranches
and stealing horses and cattle.
Delta chief., 1884-07-30
The Independent RepubIicans.

The meeting of the Independents who are
opposed to Blaine anc Logan took place at the
University Club Theatre, New York, on the
22d inst. Among the prominent faces notice
able we're George William Curtis, Carl schurz,
Benjamin II. Bristow, Clarence W. Bowman,
President Seelye and Charles 8. Goldman. Mr.
Goldman was elected president and Mr.. Curtis
read an address to the country in which is set
forth their reasons for boiling It claims that
the issue between the two parties this year IL
OF the two parties do not essentially differ,
that in their opinion the Republican party has
offered candidate who Is unworthy OF respect
and confidence, that the Democratic party
presents q candtdste whose name is a synonym
Tor political courage and honesty and admins
tratlon reform, that they do not propose to
abandon the Republican party, but they do in
tend to do everything in their power to defeat
It's candidate and to aid In the election OF Gov.
Cleveland.