News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-04-30
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A snow storm occurred in VIRGINIA
on the 10th of April, which is quite an
event.
The California Legislature has
passed hill appropriating $40, 900
to build a hotel for travellers in the
Yosemite Valley.
A funny incident happened at St.
PauPs Church, London, on Easter
Sunday. Just as the service was be-
ginning there entered tall gentleman
in skull cap, with a dignified mein
and thin, ascetic face, toward whom,
for moment, all eyes were turned.
Cardinal Manning" whispered the
congregation. The authorities of the
cathedral were of the same opinion.
and began to look for the best seat in
the very centre of the house. They
began to wonder what had come to
His Eminence that he should visit an
Anglican cathedral on an Easter Sun
day. To their intense disappoint-
ment, they found on close scrutiny
that he was not the Cardinal nor any
other somebody, and at once he was
shuffied off to side aisle.
Mr.. Miller, the Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue, said that the three
appointments of Collectors of Inter-
nal revenue in New England recently
made were almost without opposition.
"There were very few candidates, and
they had the Endorsements of a
majority of the influential Democrats
of their respective States. There was
not much of a contest at Boston or
in Connecticut, and in Maine the new
appointee has the endorsement of
nearly all the prominent Democrats
in the State. The men are commend
ed by the Democrats in the highest
terms. Where removals are made
there are no specific charges. 1t is not
necessarily a reflection on the man
displaced. In one case we thought
the service would be benefited by
| securing younger man, and in the
other case the service will not suffer
in efficiency by the change"
The Troy Times reports that man
from Shelburne Falls, Mass, careless
ly left wallet containing 5000 in
money and 81 400 in notes and secur-
tiles in the waiting room at the Union
depot in that city recently. At John
sonville he missed the wallet, which,
meantime, had been found and taken
into safe keeping by the ticket agent.
Says the Times, "The Shelburne Falls
resident was allowed to send from
Johnsonville free dispatch ANNOUNCE
ing his loss. He then came to this
city and obtained the property of Mr..
Coon. To the amazement of the latter
the Massachusetts party followed a
gruff thank you,' with a volley of
fault finding because he had been put
to the expense of paying his fare back
from Johnsonville to Troy. He did
not even offer Mr.. Coon a cigar or a
dime with hole in it, and the ticket
agent was forced to believe that vir-
tue is its own reward. Mr.. Coon will
endeavor to get the mans photograph
to hang in the ticket office-or the
Hoosac Tunnel"
Mr.. Miller, the new Commissioner
of Internal Revenue, appears to have
repeated the error in the Craig case
which Commissioner Black made in
the Sweet case. Commissioner Miller
telegraphed Craig, the collector for
the Stanton, Va, district that his
resignation would be accepted, and
Craig telegraphed back asking for the
authority aud explanation for the de-
mand. Commissioner Black says that
Craig is apparently an efficient collec
tor and would not have been disturbed
at the time but for the fact that friends
informed Mr.. Miller that Craig did not
wish to embarrass the administration
and waslwilling to resign if his place
was desiked. Acting upon this infor-
nation, the request for the resignation
was made and promptly refused. Mr..
Miller says he does not know what
will be done in the matter. Craig
can Of course be removed if it is
deemed expedient, but there are many
other cases in which there are more
urgent reasons for making changes,
and which will first be disposed of.