St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-07-25
NEWS IN GENERAL.

The tomb OF Virgil at POSll1ppO,
just outside of Naples, is for sale.
The gubernatorial election in West
Virginia, held last November, is not
yet decided.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
Tuesday to shoot the Emperor of
Brazil as he was leaving a theatre.
His assailant was arrested.
In Japan SIS dailies and weeklies
are now published. 1t is only IS
years since the first newspaper was
allowed to make its appearance in
the realm of the tycoon.
Congress will be petitioned next
winter to enact laws for the coinage
of half-cent piece. 1t is held that in
the large cities, and especially in New
York, such a coin would be popular.
Five judges of the supreme court of
New York have signed, i'll their Off
cial capacity, a memorial to Mr..
Gladstone, expressing their sympa-
thy with the cause of home rule in
Ireland.
1t is expected that the Dakota
wheat crop will be 1000 900 BUSH
els short this year, and the Montana
crop will also be short. This is due
to the severe gales in the spring and
the dry season.
A tower similar in design to the
Eiffel tower at Paris is to be built at
Eagle Rock, N. ]. 1t is to be but 400
feet high, but will be built on a lofty
summit. The electric light on its
top will be visible far out at sea.
While workmen were opening a
road up the side of Pigeon mountain
in Georgia, they found beneath
large fiat rock, and iron pot contain
ing $4,000 in specie. 1t is supposed
the money was hidden during the re-
bellion.
One hundred and fifty persons have
been indicted for crimes against suf-
frage in the tenth congressional dis
trict of Tennessee at the last election
"a fact which is calculated to clear
up a good deal of the mystery as to
how a district nominally republican
happened to be carried by the demo-
Gratis by 5000 majority.
A Philadelphia newsboy was push
ed off a horse-car by a conductor,
and so badly injured that one leg
had to be amputated. The company
was sued for damages. the boy secur-
ing a verdict for SIS, 900. The COM
pany appealed, and at "a second trial,
just ended, the boy was awarded
$4,000. A motion for another trial
was overruled.
Mrs. c. c. Coffin, the wife of "Carle-
ton," the distinguished journalist,
suggests to the war department that
in arranging the new stars on the
flag, thirteen stars, representing the
original states, should be arranged
in the shape of star in the centre of
a blue field, and the remaining 20
be placed around this central cOllec-
ton.
The Railroad Gazette publishes a
table of new railroad construction
for the first half of 1899. The table
shows 141O miles of new main line
track built in the first six months of
this year in the United States against
$3.50 for the corresponding period of
last year. The Southern states have
built 45 per cent of the new con-
struction of this year; the South
western states "a per cent. No 9th
er group is represented by any large
percentage.
The directories of st. Paul and
Minneapolis, just issued by the same
firm, show rather remarkable state
of things, and st. Paul is doing a
good deal of growing. The St. Paul
directory shows a gain of 1910
names, indicating a population of
1913, 900. The Minneapolis directo-
~, on the other hand, shows a fall
ing off of 264O names, indicating
that the Flour city's population has
has actually decreased 799Oin year
and that the city's total is but 49,
600.
The get of Ben Franklin made a
wonderful showing at Paramount
park, Fair Haven, Vt, July 4. N. o.
D., five-year-old son of Franklin,
got a mark of go: Kitty J., five
year-old mare by the same horse,
took a record of 2.331a. r. w. S.,
black five-year-old gelding, also by
Ben Franklin, trotted to a record of
1882, and H. H. Franklin, four
year-old son of Ben Franklin, scored
2.36. The Lamberts are likely to
prove even more troublesome set of
customers in the future than in the
past. Cross them properly and they
will not only trot fast, but stay to
the finish Cultivator.
PEPPER AND SACJDLT.