St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-02-11
RECORD OF THE WEEK.
Thursday.

! Thursday.
Russian Jews arriving It New Bed
ford, Mass. to take positions pre-
viouslv secured for them.-A freight
on West Virginia road plunged
into the Potomac; one life lost
Arrest of a green goods man at
New Rochelle, n. Y, who was trying
to work VermOnt.-The Chinese gov
eminent is paving indemnity for the
murder of foreigners during the recent
outbreaks.-The Danish brig Thor
sunk and her crew drowned in col
lision with steamer-Gov. Flower
| of New York has signed a bill allow
ing newspapers to publish full
accounts of electrocutions- The
property of the late Cardinal Man
ming amounted to less than e1OO.-A
big gold find reported from Cripple
Greek, Cola $4,000 fire at
Trenton. N. J., and nearly 500 hands
! thrown out OF work.
Friday.
A Greek steamer wrecked off the
/ Sicily Islands, and captain and nine
| men lost-Death of Hamilton Gray,
the oldest postmaster in the United
! States, who had served at Gray Hill,
Tenn, since his appointment by Pres
ident Polk .-Spotted fever devastat-
ing a small section of TeXas.-The To-
ronto Globe makes startling charges
! of the use ofDoOdle among Canadian
politicians-A supposed corpse comes
| lin a dissecting room and leaps from
the window
Saturday.
A fire in Gorham, Me, destroyed
$4,000 worth of property.-A 500
900 blaze in Meriden, Conn.-Serious
feuds still existing bet ween political
parties in Buenos Ayres.-Northern
Spain being devastated by heavy
| hoods.-Secretarv Blaine writes a
letter withdra wing from the presi-
tial race
| There was serious coasting acct
dent at Goderich, Ont; one Young
man had both legs broken, another
had a thigh broken, and young
| lady suffered conclusion Of the brain.
Sunday.
Terrible fire in hotel corner Sixth
avenue and Fortieth St.; many peO-
pie perish; the loss of life estima ted
at seventy; many thrilling scenes;
numbers jump from the windows
and are killed or badly hurt.-Three
trainmen killed and two hurt in a
wreck on the Chicago & Alton road.
Two large business blocks in Man
chester, N H., DESTROYED by fire; loss
$125, OOO.-A $4,000 fire in the
Birnie Paper company's building in
| Springfield, Mass.
Monday.
Charles McElvaine, a murderer, cleo
trocuted at Sing Sing, N. Y.-Many
dismissals among Adams express
company employees in Pennsylvania,
which may possibly result in strike
of railroad men.-A disastrous fire
in Memphis, Tenn, entailing a loss
of about ,OOO.-Resignation
Of President Beers of the New York
Life ms. Co., and the directors vote
year.-Loss of captain and seven
of the crew of a Norwegian bark
The two-years-old colt Ralph Wilkes
sold for O,OOO.-Eighteen passen-
gers burned to death in a railway
accident at Bucharest, Roumania.-
Resignat ton of President Bartlett of
Dartmouth college.-The Behring
sea joint commission, consisting of
Sir Baden Powell and DR.. Dawson of
Great Britain, and Profs. Manden-
hall and Merriam of the United
States, met for the first time at
Washington and made preliminary
arrangements for series of secret
sessions on the general subject of the
seal hunting industry.
Tuesday.
Re-opening of the British parlia-
ment.-Serious fighting in connection
with the elections in the Argentine
Republic; number of men killed.
Three men killed by the explosion of
an engine on the Reading road-Five
persons injured on a runaway grip
car in Brooklyn.-Fifty thousand
persons viewed the remains of the
late Rev c. H. Spurgeon at London
The Merchants bank at Moore
head, Mimi, has closed it's doors
with $4,000 of deposits.-A new
epidemic developing at Vienna, the
symptoms of which are fever, acute
collie and the election of blood.-Death
of ex-U. S. Comptroller ]. ]. Knox at
New York.
Wednesday.
Four anarchists garroted at Heres,
Spain.-Secretary Blaine denies that |
he is to resign the state portfolio.-A
wild scramble for the possession of |
town lots at Ell Reno, o. T.-John A.
Mccall offered the presidency of the |
New York Life. and says he will &C
cept if he can have absolute control.