St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-05-08
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Death of Judge Nesrnith.


Judge George Washington Nesmith,
and one of New HAMPSHIRE most
noted iurists, died on Friday, in
Franklin Falls, after a short illness
He was nealy 90 years old. He
graduated at Dartmouth, in 1920.
In 1859 he was appointed one of the
judges of the supreme court, which
place he filled until October, 1870,
when, having reached the age Of 70,
he was retired. He was a trustee
and afterward president of the New
Hampshire Agricultural college
His political career was devoted
to the wing and republican
parties. His intimacy with Webster
was one of his most pleasant recOl-
lections, and he has long been quoted
in matters relating to the history of
the great expounder He resembled
Webster somewhat in personal ap-
pearance, and his presence on ''com-
mencement day" at Dartmouth has
been one of the notable features of
that occasion in recent years. His
activity on the verge of 90 years was
surprising, and only q few weeks ago
he contributed an artical on Ora
tory" to 1.-The Dartmouth"
Death of Senator Beck.
Senator Beck of Kentucky dropped
dead in the Baltimore and Potomac
depot at 4 O'Clock Saturday after
noon. The cause of death was par
alvsis of the heart. He was one of
the democratic leaders in the Senate.
He was a man of marvellous re-
sources, of fine courage, strong in de-
bate and of unbounded value in COM
mittee. 1t was in this same depot
that President Garfield was fatally
shot nine years ago, and within a
few yards from the spot, which is
marked by a little brass star in the
floor and a marble tablet on the
wall, Senator Beck fell dead on Sat
urday.
DIR. Young Tye Hing, the father of
Chinese Freemasonrv, died
in New York last week.
The body of DR.. Cronin, who was
murdered one year ago, was buried
at Chicago Sunday afternoon.
Rev. William Barnes, who preached
the funeral sermon of Daniel Webster,
died in Jacksonville, H., May 1, aged
a.
President Harrison has accepted
an invitation to be present at the
dedication of the Garfield statue at
Cleveland, Ohio, on Memorial day
According to the official figures, 20
corporations in Fall River, with
capital of $14,O2O,OOO, have paid
dividends for the April quarter
amounting to $2SS, $50, or an aver
age of a little over 2 per cent
kilograms to Secretary Proctor
state that over $4,000 persons in the
flooded districts of Louisiana, Mis-
sissippi and Arkansas are in need of
assistance. Congress has already
appropriated $15O,OOO for the flood
sufferers, besides other benefactions
already bestowed upon them by the
secretary of war.
A bill abolishing capital punish
ment has been passed by the New
York assembly and it is believed that
the Senate will pass it. tits thought
that the Westinghouse electrical peo-
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electrical executions in that state be-
cause the Edison electricians are at
the head of it, are working for it.
William Galloway, who ran the
first locomotive on the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad, and was called the
oldest railroad engineer in the world,
died recently in Baltimore, aged SO
years. He was retired in 1887 bv
the Baltimore & Ohio company, for
whom he had worked over so years,
never missing a trip or meeting with
a serious accident In all, he run his
engine over 1 $40, 900 miles.
Senator ingalls, has introduced a
bill granting pension of Sc a