St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-04-16

The revised version of the Old Tes-
lament will be issued in May.
The prince and princess of Wales
are making a tour of Ireland, and are
enthusiastically received.
A Texas paper feelingly remarks
that "the fellows who are waiting for
the office to seek the man are getting
awfully tired"
The venerable Rev. DR.. Stephen H.
Tying is represented as incapable of
managing his property, and steps are
being taken for appointing guardian.
A sensation was caused in n st. Louis
hotel Tuesday by the discovery in
trunk of the corpse of a man, who had
evidently been murdered and there
concealed.
Bishop Foss presided at the New
England Methodist conference at
Springfield, Mass, just ended, and
goes thence to the New Hampshire
conference at LittletOn.
Ex-president Arthur is again in pri-
vate business life. Cards were issued
Thursday announcing that he would
re-enter the law firm of Nevals & Ran
som the 18th inst.
Richard Grant White, the brilliant
4 IL Il ial
at New York Wednesday, aged 63. He
was prominent as Shakespearean
critic and was scholar in the science
of music.
The death of another member of the
Illinois legislature-the third during
the session-leaves the House a tie on
party questions. The deceased was a
democrat. The election of U. S. SEN
ator is delayed still further by this
death.
Mingled with the flood of sympathy
for Gen. Grant is more or less gush.
Somebody falsely reported that Jetfer-
son Davis had sent a letter of sympa
thy, and a great many pleasant things
were said in the papers about Davis
because of the letter he didn't write.
Mr. Moody seems to have lost none
of his power to move the multitude.
The attendance at his meetings in
Pittsburg was only limited by the ca
pacity of the largest hall in the city,
and large number of converts is the
result He goes to Princeton, n. j.,
soon.
The Grand Army of the Republic,
has though committee, formally re-
quested the president to retain, in
Washington, in the places they now
fill in the government service, except
in the higher grades, those comrades
who perform their duties satisfactorily.
The president is reported to have ex-
pressed himself strongly in favor of
this course.
Oliver DitsOn & Co. publish charm
ing little musical gem, entitled "Fresh
Flowers" for infant classes in the Sun
day school. 1t is compiled by Mrs.
Emma Pitt of Baltimore. The music
is sweet and simple, and the words are
appropriate. 1t is neatly illustrated,
making it more attractive to the little
singer. 1910 a dozen.
The leading illustration in last
weeks "Puck" happily illustrates the
situation of England in the Soudan
war and the defeat of the French in
China. The British are fleeing on the
left of the picture and the French on
the right, while in the centre FL Mahdi
and John Chinaman are grinning at
each other and saying, "Great Scott
What terrible fellows we are ~
Hon. Chas. w. Slack died at his
home in Boston Saturday, of pneumO-
mOnia, aged 90 years. He was an orig
inal freesoiler and later prominently
identified with the republican party. He
became publisher and proprietor of the
DOStOn dOOub ~
ago, and had been collector of internal
revenue at Boston since 1869. He was
an intimate friend of Charles Sumner
and of Henry Wilson.
Bishop McQuaid of Rochester, n. Y,
seems to have stricter ideas about
church singing than most Protestant
clergy. He has ordered that hereafter,
in his diocese, none but Roman Catho-
lies and actual communicates shall
sing in the chOirs. He says: Chow
revolving it is for the congregation to
hear the voice of one who does not be-
lieve in what he or she is singing. 1t
is mockery instead of worship"
Public Opinion.
In letter to the postmaster general,
the president makes out a strong case
against the postmaster at Rome, n. Y,
whose suspension has been ordered
New York Tribune.
We cOnscientiOusly believe if the
democratic platform in this state next
fall should consist solely of the words,
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