St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-11-06
General News.

The Presbyterian synod of Alabama
has condemned the teaching of evolu-
ton in its seminary.
Prof. Nordenskjold, the Arctic ex-
plorer, is preparing to undertake an
expedition to the South pole.
Mrs. Virginia L. Faragut, wife of the
late Admiral Faragut, died Friday in
the sixty first year of her age.
One boy killed another in Boston
Sunday, during game of hockey, by
striking him with his hockey stick.
The value of the 5000 volumes pre-
scented to Brown university by the late
Senator Anthony is said to be $25 900.
Ex-GOv. Moses of South Carolina, in
Jail at Detroit charged with swindling,
tried to hang himself on Thursday but
failed.
Rev. Caleb A. Stevens, Methodist
minister, dropped dead at Lansing
burgh, n. Y, just after eating break
fast Saturday.
A house was burned at Hueta,
Spain, Friday, i'm which q of the in
mates persisted in the flames and ~
more seriously injured.
The two daughters of John Bell,
one of the presidential candidates of
1860, are keeping young ladies' acad-
envy on Chestnut Hill, Boston.
The grand jury at Washington has
indicted J. o. F. Burnside, late dis
bursting officer of the pOstOffice depart
ment, for the embezzlement of S54 900.
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad
company advertises a limited express
train to run between Chicago, Wash
ingtOn and Baltimore, the run to be
made in % hours.
A verdict of acquittal was rendered in
the Connolly case ut Salt Lake City on
Friday. The judge declares his con
victiOn that the ends of justice have
been defeated 10y false swearing.
Major Isaac Walker, who died in
Richmond, Va, Friday, begged the
doctors to prOlong his life until cleo
ton day that he might be carried to
the polls on "a stretcher and put in his
vote.
Rev. DR.. Phillip Brooks will be the
select preacher in the University of
Cambridge, England, next June. This
is the second time that this honor has
been conferred on an American cler-
gyman.
A crowd numbering 1000 persons
assembled at Winnipeg, Man., Friday
and burned Attorney eneral Miller in
etfigy on account of the fiogging of a
prisoner named Mccormick for escap-
ing from Jail.
In Lower California there are three
mountains of alum, and one of alum
and sulphur. They are almost chem
ically pure, and the quantity of alum
is estimated at 100000, 900 tons and
the sulphur l,000,000.
The general term of the New York
supreme court decides in favor of the
completion of the New York end of the
! bridge on Chatham street, where an
extension of the roadway from the
bridge is to be made.
Brignoli, the great tenor, who died
in New York on Thursday. was about
fifty seven years of age. He was born
at Naples and was the son of glove
manufacturer. His voice was, in its
best days, one of the finest tenors of
the time.
Some time ago, George Dengman, Il
clerk in drug store at Mt. Bridges,
Can, gave two little girls strychnine
instead of santanine. The children
died, and Dengman was arrested. His
trial ended on Friday in verdict of
manslaughter.
The New York grand jury say that
nearly all the cases of homicide passed
on by them were committed in drink
ing saloons or committed when the
actors We're under the influence of
strong drink. The grand jury ask for
a more stringent enforcement of the
excise laws.
An autopsy was made on the body of
William Martin, the tw0-year-old son
of Edward Martin of Schenectady, n.
Y, and who died after an illness of a
few days. The examination revealed
that half of peanut had lodged in the
child's windpipe, causing congestion of
the lungs and death.
The elections for members of the
Reichstag in Germany resulted as fol-
low /: Conservatives, 60 Centre, % :;
Imperials, "a Nationals, 35 German
Liberals, 81 Poles, I6; Vokls Partei,
3; Alsatians, IA; Guelps, 5; Socialists,
10; including Liebknrecht. About
100 second ballots will be necessary.
The international meridian confer
ence held its final meeting ut Wash
ingtOn Saturday. Upon the resolution
adopting the meridian of Greenwich
for universal initial meridian, only
one nation voted in the negative San
Domingo. France and Brazil abstained
from voting. The proposition defining
the universal day was almost unani
mOusly supported.
/ u'ha train on tLa
more and Ohio railroad, on Saturday,
jumped frog near Alta, Ohio, while
going forty miles an hour. The first
two cars were not damaged, but the
third struck freight engine on side
ing and the cars following were tele-
scOped and totally demolished. No one
was killed, but a large number of per-
sons were injured.
The Montreal carnival will begin
January % and last week. The ex-
ira attractions this year will be a tab
leau vivant, an immense skating rink
in the dill shed, and an allegOrical
procession. Another proposed attrac-
ton is representation of an old HUI
ron or Iroquois Indian village, similar
to that of 300 years ago. Several of
the minor events of last year will be
| omitted.
In New York four story tenement
house took fire Sunday morning, caus-
ing panic among the inmates. Della
Murray attempted to descend from the
second story by means of a rope, which
broke. She fell to the pavement, re-
ceiving fatal injuries. That evening
fire broke ont in three story storage
warehouse. Bella Jones and two chill
dren, aged four and one, living on the
| top floor, were suffocated before they
cOuld be rescued.
The Institute fair at Boston, which