St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-06-18
General News.

1t is believed that nearly 1000 per-
sons persisted during the recent earth
#quake shocks in the vale of Cashmere,
India.
President White of Cornell Univer-
|sity has resigned. In token of their
|apprcciation of his past services, the
trustees elected him honorary presi-
|dent of the Institution.
An Italian was caught recently in
\ the act of gathering cigar stumps in
|the street. and confessed that he got
DO cents pound for them from ci-
garette maker. Paste this in your
Sons new straw hat.
Ex-Congressman George A. jerks of
|Bennsylvania. who was rendered TIE
=hssistaut secretaryship of the interior
tlepartment, has decided to accept the
Ibhice.
Prof Bryce gave dinner party Fri
{alav night to Minister Phelps, Senator
3CdmunIs and the Rev. Phillips Brooks
b. enable them to meet Mr.. Gladstone.
(7The latter had a prolonged and ami
bnated talk with them.
Buddensiek. the reckless builder,
Nvas found guilty of manslaughter in
1 the second degree at New lOrk Thurs
HAY for causing the death of Walters
boy the falling of his buildings. The
|penalty is imprisonment for l to 10
fkears.
Newport. y. H.. had a 500, 600 fire
last Sunday. 1t originated in and
DESTROYED the Nettleton block, also
several stables. tenement houses, the
town and county building, containing
H the town hall, court room, county of
fees, Odd Fellows hall and Grand Ar
my hall. Three tiremeu were injured.
John Weaver. workman in the
Bessemer steel works near Denver,
Col. Wednesday afternoon practiced
rifle shooting with the door of IA pow
der magazine belonging 10 the Colo
.rado coal and iron company for tar
get The magazine contained 81 900
|pounds of powder and a quantity of
<dynamite Weaver and a companion
|named Charles Nelson had their legs
and arms broken and their eyes blown
out. Weaver l. dead and Nelson Is
dying.
Last weeks tornado in Plymouth
land Cherokee counties. Iowa. seems to
|have been an exceedingly severe one.
nineteen persons are known to have
.hbeen killed and 20 injured, some of the
I latter fatally. The loss of property in
|the counties visited by the storm will
aggregate S3OO.0OO. There were two
distinct storms, one coming from the
Southwest and passing on TO Lemars, Il
'town to the northeast, where it was
met bv another storm that had come
from Yankton. Dakota, and two united
land left track of devastation to Fort
|BDodge, IS miles to the eastward.
Fl Mrs. Garfield has arrived in Williams
Flown, Mass, with her daughter Mollie,
and will remain till after commence
ment.
Bishop Niles has recently received
from Mrs. y. b. 'Tilton of Tilton, y.
H.. an unsolicited gift of $4,000 to be
used in establishing in Concord the
proposed Episcopal school for girls.
This gift il Il memorial of her daugh
ter. Evelyn TiltOn.
The state Eclectic medical society
held its annual session ut Montpelier
Hast week Some papers were read
and interesting reports of cases made.
Eamong them being one on cancer by
Dr Ingerham. the blind doctor from
sWalpOle. y. II. The following officers
swerc elected for the ensuing year
president. DR.. H. (. Templeton of
Montpelier; vice presidents, Drs. w.
+ ID. Waller, A. ID. Aver; secretary, DR..
c. II. Gray Of Calais.
The American bottoms, just across
.fhe Mississippi from st. Louis were in
Hundated Saturday. the water covering
Ia strip of territory nearly 30 miles
square and doing over S2D,OOO dam
age. There has been great loss of
property. The cause of the sudden
food was the bursting. at about a.
N. of waterspOut near the town OF
O'FallOn. which, before day break, con-
verted all the neighboring creeks and
sloughs into rivers. There are TumOrs
of loss OF life. The food played sad
havoc with all railroads entering St.
Louis from the east.
The exercises OF the Springfield
academy graduating class occurred
Friday night, l. girls and two bows
participating. This Is the largest
class that has ever graduated from the
school.