St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-07-31

irving only the other day. The isl
and is in this way becoming slowly
depopulated.
The population of Portland, Me-,
is about 10000.
The number of Indians in the
United States who can read English
is 1855.
The Farmers Alliance of Mime
sofa has voted to put ticket in the
field
The Winnipesaukee Chautauqua
assembly opened at Weirs, n. H.,
Tuesday.
The city council of Chicago has
granted the use of the lake front for
the worlds fair.
Professor James X. Solely of the
Naval academy has been appointed
assistant secretary of the navy.
There is great excitement at Buenos
Ayres on account of the discovery of
a plot to overthrow the Brazilian
government.
War is imminent between Guate-
mala and San Salvador. An alliance
has been formed between Costa Rica,
Nicaragua and Guatemala.
A plank has been sawed in Eureka,
Cal, for exhibition at the worlds
fair. 1t is of redwood, twelve and a
half feet long, six teen feet wide and
four inches thick.
1t is estimated that the Louisiana
lottery takes from New England
4 RI
annually. The amount returned
would not reach i'll all probability
$4,000.
The most densely populated square
mile in the world is in the city of
New York 1t is inhabited by 27O,-
600 people, the larger part of whom
are Italians, who speak only their
native language.
The export of rum and other liquors
from Boston to Africa shows great
decrease thus far this year as com
pared with the previous. For the
nine months ending April 1 the ex-
port amounted to $167, 3O2.
Mr.. Stanley estimates the amount
of territory in East Africa recently
acquired by Great Britain from Ger
many by the swap of Heligoland, at
65O,OOO square miles. This is five
times the area of the British Isles.
A yearly pension of $4,000 is to be
given by Congress to the widow of
Gen. Mcclellan and also to the widow
of Gen. Fremont. They are recog
nized as widows of presidential as
pirants as well as distinguished sol
dierS.
The Canadian Pacific railway has
bought the entire New Brunswick
railway, and thereby connects ocean
to ocean by its own iron. The New
Brunswick system comprises nearly
500 miles of railway, and will never
have a competing line in the province.
unless Russell Sage's plans for the de-
velopment of the Grand Southern
railway fully mature.
Nathaniel R. Locke, father of the
late d. r. Locke, better known as
petroleum V. Nasby," died on
Friday at Toledo at the advanced
age of 81. He was a native of Deer
field, Mass, and served in the war of
1912 He had been q jealous and
consistent member of the Methodist
church since his fifteenth year, and
was probably the oldest Methodist
in the United States. He was an
old-time abolitionist and one of the
founders of the republican party.
This is a fast age, even among the
equines. Belle Hamlin, a Buffalo
horse, has just made an eighth of
mile in 1434 seconds, the swiftest
speed ever attained by an equine.
Kept up for a mile, this would cover
the distance in 1.5S. considerably
less than the best time made by
Maud So. OS34. The speed might
not be maintained for the whole dis
tance, but it seems likely that the
question, Can horse trOt mile i'll
less than two minutes may possibly
be answered in the affirmative. The
old-fashioned 2 40 trotters are get
ting badly left.