St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-08-21
NEWS IN GENERAL.


John Henry Newman, Cardinal
Deacon of the Holy Roman church,
died in London, August f. He was
born in London in 1901 and was the
son of John Newman, a banker, and
a brother of Prof. Francis w. New
man, the distinguished deist and
essayist Mr.. Newman began his
education at Ealing school and soon
after went to Oxford, where he grad
uated with high honOrs at the age of
10 He held several high offices dur
ing the next five years and in 1926
became tutor in his alma mater. He
was the author of the beautiful
hymn Lead, Kindly Light" Grad
ually his religious views were under
going a change from Protestant to
Catholic faith. In 1877 he was
made an honorary fellow in his own
college, Trinity, and in 1879 he was
created a Cardinal Deacon by Pope
Leo XIII. His life of late years has
been somewhat secluded but in his
retirement he was leader of the
church until his death.
Twelve hundred laborers are now
at work on the Nicaragua canal.
There is so much snow in portions
of the Yosemite valley, and it is
packed so hard, that it will not melt
all this year.
The fruit crop in the Eastern states
is nearly failure and California is
sending q large amount to this sec
ton at an advance of 20 per cent in
price.
SunOl, Robert Boomers wonderful
horse, redeemed herself completely
Aug. s, when she trOtted q mile
in 2:11A, the best four-year-old re-
cord made this season.
The first patent issued by the
United States was dated July 31st,
1890 Since that time 40, 900 have
been issued. The present average
weekly issue is about $50.
A summary of the census returns
for the state of Maine show Il falling
off in population of over 1 900 since
1850, the figures being 647, 400 in
1890, against Gas, 500 in 1880.
The lightning fired the gable end of
a barn at Neuendorf, Prussia, where
a pair of storks had built their nest
The flames caught the nest in which
the brood was screaming, but the
mother stork spread her wings over
the young ones and was burned
alive
A Glasgow magistrate recently had
to decide whether a man could inter
dict a person entering his house in
his absence against his wishes,
though with the permission of his
wife. The magistrate said that his
contention was sound law, and
granted the injunction
Elections took place on Monday,
Aug. 4, in Alabama and Kentucky.
On September l the State election
takes place in Arkansas, on Septem-
Der in Vermont, and on September
s in Maine Georgia follows on
October 1. No other elections will
take place until November.
The one-rnile worlds bicycle record
was broken at Hartford, Conn, Aug
s, when H. E. Laurie, English
rider on a safety, and w. S. Camp
bell, American rider on an ordinary,
each rode Il mile in 2 minutes 2912
seconds. The former record was 2
minutes % and four-fifths seconds
The Vermont division of the Sons
of Veterans will be represented at the
National Encampment to be held at
St Joseph, Mo, Aug &c to % next,
GeorgeE E. Wright of Burlington hav-
ing been elected delegate-at-large
O. a. Gee of Brandon delegate, A. g.
Fay of Montpelier alternate-at-large
and NJ. l. Powell of Richford alter
nate.
George Goodyear of Wellesley Hills,
Mass, was working near an elevator
in Boston store last Saturday He
went to the elevator we'll and was
looking upward when the car, which
was going up, caught his head be-
tween the elevator floor and the top
of the door casing and completely
beheaded him. The head was found