St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-06-04
RECORD OF THE WEEK.
THuYSddV.

Wins Bros. of New York city with a
capital of $2OO,OOO.-Joseph New
ton, a counterfeiter, was captured in
Johnson county, Ill. He at once
| drew a revolver and shot himself
dead, preferring death to confne-
ment-A banker of Bordeau, France,
failed for $1,000, OOO.-A house
burned at Topeka and a woman and
two children persisted. - Plenty
Horses, the Indian murderer of Lieut..
Cases, was acquitted and is a free
Indian.-John Donnelly, river
driver, killed respected citizen and
injured police officer at Berlin Falls
while in a state of frenzy. He was
arrested and imprisoned.
Friday.
GENERAL.-Trainw are at
work in Illinois, one train being
thrown from the track near DuQuoin,
with 81 injured, and another near
Centralia in which three were killed
and several injured.-John Bardsley,
city treasurer of Philadelphia, was
arraigned for three crimes, misap-
propriating $4,000 of city money,
embezzlement of 100000 of state
funds and perjury in violating oath
of office by loan;ng the city money
out at interest.
VERMoNT.-Eighth annual musical
festival at Rutland closed. 1t was
the most successful one ever held
Orleans county supreme court con-
vened at Newport with Is cases on
the cket.-Officials of the Mont
pelier and Wells River road met at
Montpelier and elected officers: D. r.
Sortwell, pres; A. F. Sortwell, vice
pres; w. A. Stowell, gen. supt.
Saturday.
Observation-Disclosures Legislature APP
propriates $1,OOO,OOO for the
Worlds fairly vote of 1925 to
81 the Presbyterian assembly vetoes
DR.. Briggs appointment to the
chair of Biblical theology i'll Union
Theological seminary, New York
Unsuccessful attempt to steal P. T.
Barnum's body from the Bridgeport
cemetery AT Owensville, KY, as 100
Grand Army men were marching to
the cemetery they were set upon by
gang of toughs But the old vet
Grams hadn't forgot how to fight.
They turned upon their assailants and
effected a complete rOut, the leader of
the toughs being fatally stabbed
during the fght.-Four miners were
killed by a premature explosion of
dynamite in the Atlantic-P acitic
tunnel at Kelso mountain, Col.
Sunday.
metropolitan Museum
of art in New York city was opened
for the first time in it's history on
Sunday.-A German Lutheran col
lege at Springfield, ILL.,, was dedicat-
ed-M. Dublan, Mexico's finance
minister, died at Tacubaya.-Sir
Antoine A. Dorion, chief justice of
the Quebec Queens court died. He
was a leader Of the liberal party and
for many years was a prominent
figure in Canadian public life.
VERMONT-ROllin Pease, a retired
merchant of Burlington, died at his
home after an illness of eight weeks.
Monday.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and Mrs.
Blaine and Mrs Damrosch started for
Bar Harbor, Me-Brooklyn Coop
erage buildings burned at Will
iamsburg, N. Y, doing damage to
the amount of $1,OOO,OOO. The
wolves the Prince of Wales, was
begun at London. Sir William
Gordon-Cumming, the plaintiff, test
flied that the Prince of Wales was
banker and that he (the plaintiff)
Won e225 in two nights but never
cheated at cards as was alleged.
Fire was discovered at Parker &
Young's box shop and saw mill at
Lisbon, n. H., about 2 p. m. and in
80 minutes the whole establishment
machinery, box shop, piano sounding
board and chair stock mills, the i'm
mense lumber yard, with millions of
manufactured lumber, situated direct
ly north of the mills, together with
the company's office, blacksmith
shop, barns and outbuildings, were
one mass of flames. Dwelling houses
adjacent soon followed, and the whole
village seemed doomed. Assistance
by special trains from Woods Vile and
Littleton reached the scene about so
minutes after the first alarm, and to
their prompt response to the sum-
mons the citizens are indebted for the
salvation of the greater part OF the
village. By their aid the fire was
under control about 5 o'clock A
conservative estimate places the loss
at 100000. The Concord and
Montreal Railroad lost four cars.
The fire destroys theleading industry
of the town, giving employment to
100 men, and the loss is severe blow
to the town. The Parker & Young
company were burned out about five
years ago.
VERMONT-The Park house block
at Barre damaged by fire to the
amount of SIG, OOO.-The Norwich
university nine defeated the Dart
mouths at Northfeld.; score s to 7.
Tuesday.
GENERAL.-The Japanese police