St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-11-27
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position is soon to be held in Sac
Paulo, Brazil
John M Langston declares his in
tentiOn of cOntest1ng the congress
sional seat for his district before the
SD congress and accuses Malone of
conspiring with the democrats to
defeat his reelection.
If reports are true the physicians
of Berlin have shown a most selfish,
discourteous and unprofessional
spirit in connection with Prof.
Koch's recently discovered lymph
cure for consumption.
The increasing call for lady practi-
TONERS in Glasgow has led to the
foundation of medical school for
women in that city, in connection
with Queen Margaret's college.
There are already four such schools
in the United Kingdom.
Ex-Mayor Roche of Chicago de
clares that Blaine is the strongest
republican now in the West and adds:
Nothing can prevent his nOmIna-
ton by the republicans if he con-
tinues as popular as he is now. In
the cold East no one can understand
the warm enthusiasm that exists in
the West for Mr. Blaine
A pamphlet has recently mysteri-
OuSlv appeared in the Cars private
apartments arguing in a calm and
diSpaSSiOnate matter the need of his
providing constitution for Russia.
Nothing in the Russian reform move
mcnt has vet occurred so mysterious,
so effective, and SO at variance with
the usual methods of the terrorists.
lay Gould is evidently a heavy
buyer in the stock market just now.
Close upon the story that he had
secured control of Union Pacific
came the report that AtchisOn was
in his hands, and now comes more
reliable report that he has acquired
control of Pacific Mail. It's queer
panic when the little wizard"
doesn't make something out of
others failures.
1t is said of DIR. Kerr, a medical
missionary of the Presbyterian Board
at Canton, that he has i'll the past
thirty-six years treated over $50, 900
patients, and has prepared twenty
seven medical and surgical books.
He has trained 100 medical assis-
tants, chiefly Chinese. China now
possesses 1O4 hospitals and dispen-
saries, at which, in 1889, more than
34S, 900 patients received treatment.
Bishop Walkers Pullman church
car, for use in Episcopal visitations
in North Dakota, has been finished,
and will be put to immediate use.
Its made to have as churchly look
as possible, and contains the bishops
private room at one end, the rest
being real travelling church editice,
with chancel, altar, lectern, baptis-
NAL font, a bishops chair, a cabinet
organ, and seats for seventy people
The Methodists are trying to unite
the various branches of that denOm-
nation at work Ill China, and a
committee appointed at the Shanghai
conference has just reported a plan
of union, looking toward the adop-
ton of common rules regarding
church membership, common
course of study for native preachers,
a common hymn book and periodi-
cal, and one name for the entire
church.
The Portland Advertiser makes
this observation: As shown by the
census, the municipal indebtedness
of Maine has been reduced nearly
two and half millions during the
last decade This is progress in the
right direction. Vermont and Con
necticut are the only other New Eng
land states that have cut down
theirs, while Massachusetts has in
f.In Of InI l.
over sixteen millions.
Senator Sherman attributes the
recent financial disturbance to the
feeling of uncertainty and distrust of
the policy of the next Congress
caused by the turn in the late cleo
tons Timid investors and foreign
ers do not understand the conserv-
atism of our institutions and hence
are thrown into a panic by such a
political revolution. He thinks the
policy regarding silver does not tend
to give stability to the situation.
A report comes from Paris of two
French surgeons who were foolhardy
enough to attempt to cure case OF
fatty degenerate of the heart by
removing the heart and cleansing it
OF the adipose tissue which interfered
with the proper action of the organ.
hey got along very well until the
heart was removed, when of course
the man died. The surgeons had
hoped life would continue long
enough to allow them to clean and
replace the heart
Ex-PresidentC Cleveland and Cham