St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-08-27


The CINCINNATI Commercial thinks
that President Cleveland deserves
a great deal of credit, not so much for
what he has done as for what he has
not done. ........:.. -. =.
The deepest hole on this continent
is what is known as the Combination
shaft, or the Comstock lode at Virgin-
in city, Nevada. This shaft has reach
ed perpendicular depth of over 3,IO0
feet.
w. A. Simmons Of the Boston water
board doesn't know whether he step
ped down and out of office or was
kicked out, but says he is "tired out
and disgustedr. and no wonder. 1t
takes a busy man to look after Mr..
Simmons interests and he never failed
to do that. r. ~
Now comes the report from Mt: Nc
Oregon that the financial affairs of the
Grant family are in "a bad shape. 1t is
said that the family will carry out
Gen. Grants request to devote the
first proceeds of the book to paying
relatives of the Grants who lost money
through Wards rascality. .........
A very intelligent republican OBJ
server of political affairs i'll Washing
ton concludes Il private letter by say
ing, 81 have the greatest faith in Cleve-
land, but none in the democratic par
ty.n There is abundant food for
thought in this observation, observes
the Springfield Republican.
A foreign correspondent says that
the general Impression prevails in
England that Mr.. Gladstone's disabili-
ties are such that he will never again
be an important factor in English poll
tics. 1t seems that Mr.. Gladstone in
the trip was forbidden by his political
associates.
The Massachusetts and Connecticut
mill owners are becoming alarmed
over the way the White Mountain
forests are being destroyed as it Sc
riOusly effects their water supply.
Thousands of mills are run by the
streams that start up this way, and
thousands of farms are made arabic.
ID. b. Rowland of Northampton,
Mass, takes II position on the editorial
staff of the Rutland Herald, Sept. |.
Mr. Rowland graduated from Amherst
college in the class of '63, and has
since been local editor of the Hamp-
shire Daily Herald, at Northam pton,
where he has done very successful
journalistic work.
Should it he found that Frank
Mitchell of Boston murdered his wife
last month it will be another curious
illustration of the old saying, "Mur-
der will out" The most important
evidence against him is the finding of
bit of carpet in his house on which
were the stray hairs from the back OF
dog kept by him. The carpet
matches the piece found wrapped
about the murdered woman's body and
on this piece were also found the tell
tale dogs hairs.
A man named Love very appro-
priately presided at the peace conven-
ton, in New London, last week. To
show how much of crank he could
be, Il Providence man at this conven-
ton boosted: 81 did not pay homage
to General Grant in closing my store
on the day of the funeral" He said
that he "cOuld not do homage to a
man who ordered thousands put to
death" But the peace-makers did
one good thing in electing to life
membership of the association a girl
named Geneva Arbitration Whipple.
Such are the victories of peace.
Vermont has one thing to be thank
full for. Up to this time the admins
tratiOn hasn't gone into any of the
county .jails for candidates for post
masters. But other states haven't es-
capped as WE'LL BrattlebOro Phoenix.
The attempt to suppress the two
dollar and one-dOllar bills, and force
silver into circulation in their place, is
Il foolish notion. 1t will never sue
ceed. The people prefer the paper
and they are bound to have it New
York Sun.