St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-05-10
NOTE AND COMMENT.

The House passed the River and
Harbor bill Monday, l6l to II. Rep
resentative Grout voted no.
Bismarck, it is said, has expressed to
Carl Schurz the positive conviction
that the peace of Europe will be main :
tanned.
at was a good appointment, Mr..
Cleveland, an excellent appointment"
says the Chicago Tribune, referring to
the appointment of Mr.. Fuller as chief
Justice, "but it wont carry Illinois next
November"
1t is said that Melville Fuller, whom
the President has nominated for the
chief justiceship, was not anxious for
the place and in accepting it surren-
ders an income double or three times
the modest salary of $40, 500.
In spite of last weeks reassuring dis
patches from Berlin, it is plain that
the German emperor is much lower
than he was upon his arrival in Ger
many. He remains in bed most of the
time and does very little work.
Senator Edmunds reported the fish
cries treaty adversely, Monday, sub
hitting a written majority report, and
Senator Morgan submitted the favOra-
BILE minority report. Mr.. Edmunds
gave notice that he would call up the
treaty week hence.
A Washington dispatch says that
Senator Morrill, has gone to Fortress
Monroe with Mrs. Morrill, for a few
days. The venerable senator is far
from vigorous these days, and occa-
sional outings of this kind are becom-
ing more and more a necessity.
A Brattleboro clergyman recently
took from a neat little box inscribed
"For the PASTOR" which had been up
in church for the reception of personal
advice, seven cents and a note on
which was written, "DOn't talk so
fast.n
Some of the choice tid-bits in the
Ingalls, Voorhees, smuggling match in
the senate last week will be found on
the second page. Senator Voorhees's
friends excuse his violent language on
the ground that he had a carbuncle on
his leg. 1t was the boil that made him
boil.
While the Methodists in conference
at New York last week were discussing
the question as to whether they should
admit women to the conference, the
Massachusetts Episcopalians at their
annual meeting in Boston, by a vote of
1O2 to 70, restricted parish member
ship to men.
The Mortified News has been sold
to E. Gerry & Co., possession to be
given June L. Mr.. Whitney, the pres
ent publisher, goes to Burlington, June
I, to assume the editorial and business
management of the Clipper in which
he has had financial interest for
some time past.
The Methodist general conference at
New York, after an extended and spir-
tied discussion, decided on Monday,
by a vote of 249 to 173, not to admit
women as lay delegates to this confer
once, submitting the question of eligi-
bility to future general conferences to
the annual conferences.
The war lecturer, H. w. Tewksbury,
who was seriously injured at the Hart
ford bridge disaster over year ago,
entered a suit Monday in the superior
court for Suffolk (Mass) county against
the Central Vermont railroad for $780,
600 damages. His counsel are Gen. B.
F. Butler and F. Z. Manchester.
The Dartmouth college faculty have
decided that the students put too much
time and money into base ball, foot
ball and general athletics and have
passed royal edict that one of the
three must be abandoned. AS the
boys stand so we'll in athletics and
base ball they will give up foot ball.
The supreme court of Massachusetts
decided against the defendant in the
case VI CdTdD IlOU-
inson, convicted of murder in the pois-
oning of Prince Arthur Freeman. 1t is
thought that Mrs. Robinson will not be
granted another trial, but that Gov.
Ames will commute her sentence to
Imprisonment for life. She is very
sick
The Canadian Pacific with its 5000
miles of road has close rival in total
mileage in the Atehison, Topeka &
Santa Fe railroad whose branch from
Kansas City to Chicago was opened
the past week. This road has now an
Independent line from Chicago to
South California. Their rolling stock
has recently been increased by $500
freight cars and an order for 1000 gon-
dOla cars has just been placed with the
car works.
New York has another disgraceful
sensation in high life on hand which
resulted in a tragedy Tuesday night.
The victim was Nathaniel w. Hatch,
son of the Wall street banker, Walter
T. Hatch, and a member of the
banking firm of Walter T. Hatch
81 Sons of Wall street, who was
found with his skuT ernshad in