St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-05-29
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

her richer by $15O,OOO.
A new bridge has been completed
across the Mississippi at ST. Louis,
costing S2,SOO,OOO, to be used by
railroads only The other bridge
cost five millions.
Rev Sam Small has announced
| himself as a candidate from Fulton
county for election to the next
Georgia House of Representatives on
a straight-out prohibition platform.
The American Institute of instruc-
ton, the oldest teachers organiza
ton in existence, holds its annual
meeting for the present year July Z
10, at Saratoga Springs, n. Y.
An International Congregational
council will be held in London in
July, 1891. There will be 100 dele
gates from England, 100 from Amer
lea, and 100 from the rest of the
world.
The unwilling of bronze statue in
memory of Seth BOyden occurred re-
Gently a Newark, n. ]. He is the
first working-man on this continent
to be thus honored. He invented the
process of making malleable iron.
The temperance women of Topeka,
Kan, have become so thoroughly in
dignant over the effects of the orig
inal package decision, that they have
banded together, 500 strong, to en-
force the state law, regardless of the
supreme courts decision.
Captain Edwards of the sailing
vessel, Moelly Don, now taking on a
cargo at Port Royal, S. c., claims to
have sailed around the world in SO
days and the log book substantiates
his statement. He sailed II, 900
miles, an average of 24S12 miles a
day.
Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British
minister at Washington, planted an
English oak near the tomb of George
Washington at Mount Vernon, Tues
day. 1t takes the place of tree so
planted by the prince of Wales at his
visit in 1862, which unfortunately
died.
A steam launch, capable of holding
15people, has just been completed at
Boston for the American board of
commissioners for foreign. missions.
The boat is intended for use by Rev.
F. E. Rand in missionary work
among the Caroline islands, and will
be shipped to him as soon as pos
sible.
A Saratoga man has in his posses
sion monster fish somewhat resem
bling a sturgeon, but having long
sword-shaped jaws, which was taken
from Lake Champlain. 1t is called a
fresh water sword fish. This speci-
men weighs Is pounds, and is four
feet three inches long, Is inches
around the body and six inches across |
the back.
Congressman Boutelle of Maine |
has introduced a bill in the House, |
in amendment of the interstate COM
merce act which reads as follows:
THAT nothing contained in this act
shall be construed to authorize the
sale or traffic i'll intoxica ting liquors
in any state contrary to the laws |
thereof" Mr.. Boutelle's amendment
is likely to have a good deal of prom
inence during the next few weeks.
A bill has passed the New York
Legislature creating a commission to
inquire into the expediency of organ
ling New York, Brooklyn, and the
Immediately adjacent population in
to one great municipality, similar to
the recent legislation for the con-
solidation of London. Should this
take place New York city will con-
tain 100000 of people before the
first quarter of the next century.
The United States supreme court
have decided against Cornell univer-
sity in the Fiske will case. The
constitutionality of the Edmunds
anti-polygamy law has also been af
hrmed, ma ority of the court hold
ing that Congress had the power to
revoke the charter of the church of
Latter-Day Saints and conhscate the
church property. The chief justice
and Justice Field and Lamar dis
sented.
Attic recent annual meeting of the
Kings Daughters and the Kings
Sons, of New York city, the president
and founder, Mrs. Margaret Bot
tome, denied the truth of reports
about the recent trouble in the CEN
trail council, and declared that every
woman in the council was Trinitarian
and evangelical in her belief Nearly
all the members of the order were of
the same opinion. The central coun-
ell declines to impose creed-condi-
ton of membership