St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-11-07
NEWS IN GENERAL.

Georgia is about to pension the
widows of her Confederate soldiers.
President Cheney of the Nicaragua
canal expects within five years to see
ships passing from ocean to ocean by
way of the Nicaragua route.
Acting Secretary Batcheller has de-
cided that Chinese laundrymen are
laborers within the meaning of the
Chinese restrictive act, and are,
therefore, prohibited from landing in
the United States, no ma tier wheth-
er they have been here before or not.
On Friday last, in Galloway, Pa,
two young men made bomb by fill
ing gas pipe with giant powder ;
and then they permitted some school
children to play with it. The result
was that it exploded, and eighteen
of the children were badly injured,
four of them fatally, it is feared.
A Republican candidate for the
New York Senate was recently noml-
mated at Utica on the 7S1st ballot,
and the Boston Herald takes occa-
sion to say that this is the longest
contest on record since the famous
struggle over the asses ears before
the tribunals of ancient Greece"
Elkins & Co. of North Troy receiv-
ed an order last week from q gentle
man in Chicago, for some genuine
Vermont salt pork. The order came
from former rsident of this state
and shows that this Vermont pro-
duct is regarded, by him at least,
better than that of the porcine city
Some idea of the work done by the
United States life saving service can
be gained when it is stated that All
disasters to shipping occurred during
the year ending September I, and
that of 1862 persons on board, only
- were lost. The estimated value
ofthese vessels and their cargoes was
SO, 555, 2S5, and of this amount only
81 ,7SS, $50 was lost.
The recent report that the c. {.
Washburn mills at Minneapolis have
been sold, is now followed by the an
nouncement that the sale of the Pills
bury mills and also the WaShburn
mills is about to be cOnsummated.
1t is stated that the option on the
Pi1lsbury system of mills and e1eva-
tors calls for $5,2OO,OOO. The pur-
chasers are the English syndicate
heretofore mentioned, and the sale is
on the same plan as outlined some
time since. The Pillsburys will retain
an interest in the company.
Illegal liquor selling is attended
with no little risk in Rockford, III.
Two cases decided recently may be
recited as proof of this. Robert
WestendOrf was sentenced to four
months in jail, and to pay a $4,000
fine, and to stand committed until
paid. He was found guilty of selling
liquor without a license. Patrick
Downey, who gave glass of liquor
for every cracker he sold for a dime,
was sentenced to four months in Jail
and to pay a fine of 500. For the
next four months they will probably
agree with Neal Dow that "profibi-
ton, especially in their cases. does
prohibit
The war upon the sugar trust by
Claus Spreckles has already brought
down the price of sugar Is of a cent,
which means a loss to the trust of
$4,000 day. Mr.. Spreckles will
start his great refinery in Philadel-
phia next week 1t will turn out at
first a million pounds a day, and in a
few weeks two million pounds. In a
year more additional buildings will
be erected, which with his refinery in
California, will turn out six million
pounds day, or within two millions
of the quantity turned out by the
trust Mr.. Spreckles anticipates q
further decline within 80 days, to the
extent of one cent a pound, which
will make decrease in the income
of the trust of $50, 900 day.
ENTERTA INTENT WITHOUT WINE.
When l came into office as mayor,
says Mayor Hart of Boston, |
thought, Can we go through the year
without the city of Boston paying
fora bottle of wine? Up to this time
that has been the result. We have
entertained, as you know, the Presi-
dent of the United States, and we
have entertained the Pan-American
Congress, and | believe that they
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