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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-11-01
McINDOES FALLS.

Miss Susie Kimball, who has been
spending a number of weeks with her
sisters at Percy, n. H., returned last
Wednesday.
Morris Hunt and family went to Bos-
ton last week to visit relatives.
Mrs. Charles Manchester has gone to
Littleton to visit her sister, Mrs.
G~oodnough.
Frank Ford came from Boston here
last Thursday. He left for the West on
Monday.
Our young people are getting up an in
terest1ng entertainment which will be
put upon the stage mex month.
The cemetery association held a meet
ing at the district school house OIL Fri
day evening.
Dudley Chase is having charge of the
boarding house.
Miss Mabel Smith is quite sick.
home from Boston.
The Fencing Master at the Howe
Opera House. St. Johnsbury, next Tues
day night, will be worth seeing.
Selden Jenne Of Troy visited at W. H.
Gilchrist's on Friday.
Mrs. Cora Stevenson, who has been
SICK dt MdIllH OlDSOn at NyeSdIe, IS
improving.
The harvest concert at the church on
Sunday evening drew a crowded house.
Mr.. and Mrs. Winch's reputation for ar
ranging Sabbath school concerts is we'll
known. Miss Dewey trains the young
people for the singing and they did well.
All deserve special mention.
The auction at Mr.. Humans on Sat
urday was well attended and things sold
at good prices. DR.. Gibson bought the
place, consideration paid $1O55. He
will move into his new home imme-
diately. DR.. Gibson's many friends are
pleased to learn hat he will settle
among US.
A family by the name of Hunt from
Massachusetts have moved into the
brick house.
Mrs. Baldwin of Wells River visited at
Mrs. Seth Ford's and Mrs. R. Bruce's
this week.
Our milliner, Miss Carr, was in Bos-
ton last Wednesday, returning home
Thursday with her winter stock.
A. B. Perry spent last week buying
goods in Boston.
Mr.. Placey has bought one of James
Manchester's farms.
The infant child of George Cushing died
last week.
Mrs. George Wheeler of Lyndonville
visited her mother, Mrs. Peck, last week.
Mrs. Sam Bailey, a former resident of
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-11-01
WORTH DANVILLE.

Mrs. ]. P. Weeks and F. E. Bickford
went to Barton Monday to attend the
funeral of their cousin, Mrs. DIR. Gale.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Emerson were called
to Barre Monday by the death of his
mother.
Moses Varney went to Boston last
week on the excursion.
Mrs. Hannah Thayer of St. %Johnsbury
is visiting her sister, Mrs. L. Stevens.
Mrs. Alice Wells visited friends in Lit
Teton last week.
Rev. and Mrs. A. H. Williams, Deacon
Chas. Clifford and R. w. Winslow at
tended the quarterly meeting held at
Sheffield recently.
The band will give a promenade at the
town hall Danville, Saturday evening.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-11-01
SOUTH

No services were held in the Reformed
Presbyterian church Sunday, the pastor
beingin Flaggville, N. Y.
A sociable under the auspices of the
Christian Endeavor societies will be held
in the Presbyterian church on Thursday
evening, The programme consists of
musical and literary exercises. Refresh
ments will be ser Ved.
Mrs. Maggie Pierce has gone to Boston
to spend the winter.
The youngest child of Alexander Nc
Queen is dangerously sick with only faint
hope for its recovery.
The remains of the infant son of Henry
J. Park were inferred Tuesday afternoon.
The funeral services were held at the
home of the parents, conducted by Rev.
j. Hall.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-11-01
EAST HARDWICK,

Louis Lamareuc has moved to Green's
boro Four Corners.
into his house, WEIGH 6 Co. of Hard
wick doing the work.
M. H. Remington visited relatives in
Sheldon last week.
A. 6. Aston and wife are at Bellows
falls this week attending the meeting of
the Sons of Temperance.
The Fencing Master at the Howe
Opera House, St. Johnsbury, next Tues
day night, will be worth seeing.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-11-01
D4NVILLE.

DIR. F. L. BeckwIth is in town and will
remain until Nov. 10. He has rooms in
Mrs. Trusselrs house and is prepared to
do all kinds Of dental work.
There will be a meeting OF the Congre-
gational society at the vestry on Satur-
day afternoon at half-past w O'Clock.
DR.. Weaver has returned from a trip to
his home in New Bedford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Ranney, Mrs. J. H.
Clark, Murray Harris, DR.. o. E. Carter
and Mrs. DR.. Haviland have returned
from Boston.
Mrs. Herman Osgood has returned
from a visit to L~unenburgh.
Miss Flora Simpson from st. Johns
bury was in town over Sunday visiting
at Newell Williams.
Calvin Mosher has bought the Tom
Bray farm near No. Danville.
Mertie Clifford, daughter of William
Clifford of this town, is boarding at
Amasa Badgers.
A. NJ. Mcfarland has sold his farm
near No. Danville to Norman Sizen.
Chas. Oakley has bought the Thadde-
us Ward farm near No. Danville.
Mrs. Merrill Weeks from Waterford
has been visiting in town a few days.
Mrs. Chas. Thurber is spending a few
days in Boston.
Will Cheever has gone to Boston to
look for work.
Mrs. Lucy Preston from Ticonderoga,
N. Y, is stopping at F. ]. Preston's.
w. H. Blake has sold his farm near
Greenbanks to Harvey Kingsbury. He
buys it for his son Fred who takes pos
session April 1.
Miss Aggie Stocker has returned home
from W~oodsville, N. H.
Singing school commences Friday I'M
der the direction of Chas. Dudley of East
Montpelier.
Moses Porter met with quite a serious
accident on Thursday night while on his
way to the house warming at E. Badg-
er's. 1t was a very dark night and he
was thrown down bya a coming out
of the yard. The horse stepped on him
and he was run over by the wagon, bruis-
ing him a.good Zealand breaking his arm.
Mrs. Charles ingalls, from L~yndonville
visited her cousin, Col. VIM. Dole, last
week.
Mrs. Catherine Gibson from McIndoes
Falls will spend the winter in town with
her neice, Mrs. J. S. Durant.
Col. and Mrs. VIM. Dole spent Sunday
in McIndoes with their daughter, Mrs.
Pearl.
Charlie Tise has so far recovered as to
be able to ride out.
Mrs. Fred Stocker is in Montpelier
with her husband this week.
Chas. Mattocks, Geo. Smart, Aaron
Wesson, and Everett Morse attended the
opening concert of the Y. M. c. A. lee
ture course at St. Johnsbury Friday
evening.
Plyn Mcdonald has beer quite sick for
a few days.
MIR. and Mrs. John Page and son Sid
ney were in town over Sunday.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-11-01
SLAMMED.

The wife of Representative T.. l.. Pierce
of this town passed away about 9 O'Clock
Sunday evening after a long and painful
sickness, reaching back at intervals to a
severe attack of the grip nearly three
years ago. Mr.. Pierce himself has been
twice seriously threatened with pneu-
monia since the opening of the session.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-11-01
WEST BARNET.

A school exhibition and entertainment,
gotten up by the scholars and young
people of the town, is to be held in the
school house hall next week Friday even
ing, Nov. 9th. Refreshments and social
after the entertainment. The proceeds
of this exhibition will go to aid the
church.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-11-01
EAST

Horace Gage is no better.
The Kings Daughters will hold a fair
in Good Templar's hall Nov. 10, paticu-
lars next week.
Miss Anna Jenkinsi is visiting at Barton.
Grace Gibson returns from Montreal
this week.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-11-01
PASSUMPSIC.
Will Build a Church.

A new church will be built this fall on
the parsonage lot. Its dimensions are
40 by 90 feet. The plans were drawn by
Lambert Packard of St. Johnsbury. The
contract for building has been awarded
our townsman. r. c. Morse.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-11-01
Fruit Trees and Nursery Stock.
I am agent for
row Bros. & Co..

of Rochester, N. V, the we1l-known Nursery
men, and would be pleased to receive orders
for anything you want in this line.
GEORGE w. K
St. Johnsbury, VT.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-11-01

Monroe, N. H., has been visiting at Mrs.
l. NJ. Smiths.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-05

The figures collected by Dun's agency
showing che failures for 1898 give results
which arc surprising. The total number
OF commercial failures. 1850, of which
1i.2i2 were IN the United States, in-
dicnics the disastrous result of the years
business In The distribution OF failures
10y geographical sections, we iud that
Now Yorl. leads. with 1901. Pennsylvania
following with ilG3. The next state on
the let h not 81 the order of population,
nor, being ont Of the order Of population,
is & one Of the boom" states Of the
West. but the stnid, conservative COM
monwcalh Of Massachusetts. whore busi-
ness "a supposed 10 he conducted on prin-
olplcs Of safety, and whore two and three
quarters centuries might have adjusted
commercial operations aud put them upon
a basis Of safety such as would make the
wea,herinc Of such stress az came upon
Us last year q matter Of comparative ease.
North Carolina had II failures. AInssa-
chusetts has a population Of 2,23S,0i3,
while North Carolina has 1,GlTai1 Tho
failures In Massachusetts were 9GO
Texas leads an Southern states, with
6lS failures, while Colorado with I2l
rcroris a greater number than any other
Western state
Failures Of railroad companies are not
included In theve statistics, as railroad
goes into the hands Of receiver when Il
fails, aud these reccivcrships are The sub.
iect of separate report. Railroad re-
ceiyerhips during the year 1893 hay,
completely ovcrshadowod IN importanc,
all others" says the Review, that have
occurred for twenty years or more. In.
deed, the aggregate Indebtedness Of al
roads paced in tho hands Of receiver,
iurlng three years following the panic Of
1873 was smaller than the Indebtedness
,f the sevcnty-iive roads placed In charge
Of rccciycrs this year whose mileag,
operated was 25,375, or about oue-seycnth
Of the entire mileage Of the United States,
their stocks outstanding being S07I,4l2,.
4sT. also about ecvcnth Of the stock ot
all railroads in the country"
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-05
TIE sourHs pRoGREss.

The Manufacturers Record of Baltl'
more. in reviewing the progress of the
southern states during the past week.
reports considerable activity in many
branches Of industry. the organization Of
now enterprises Of various kinds pre-
senhng very good showing The en-
largcment Of established plants or an
nouncemenis TO do so have also been q
feature of the closing week Of the year.
Textile interests continue active, ana the
fact that the South i the natural home of
this industry Is forcihy Illustrated in tn
fact that most Of the mills Of this sec
ton have operated on full time during
the financial strain of the year 1nd arr
now declaring good dividends, The iron
business continues to show some signs OF
improvement, and q number OF Southern
furnaces are soon TO 20 into blast. Inc
new Industries for the past week include
broom factories, oil mills. rehncries, lum'
her plants, furniture company, cement
works, agricultural implement works,
laundry, mines, ctc. The following are
the more important ones;
Baltimore. Md Monumental Manu-.
fucurng company, erecting paint aud oil
works
Montgomery, Ala.-Southern Refinery
company. TO refine sugar, molasses,
syrups etc; capital stock, $4,000.
Houston, TtN,-Gihbons Manufacturing
COMPANY, manufacture clothing; capital
Clarendon, Ark.-White River Stove
company; capital stock. $4,000.
Fcruandina. l'ln.-Afirror Publishing
company; capital $4,000,
Augusta, Ga,-COmpany 10 manufac'
tllre brooms
New Orleans. Ln.-Sewall Harbor and
IHuftwHl TtseuHafn,tNftF rt1
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-05

superior calm Is that he i' the governor
Of a state and his antics have kepl M"
before the public eye.
Here Is what ne has 20 say 10 support
o. bis plan 10 have Colorado MAKE
legal tender Of silver money coined Wy
the state
As a matter Of Constitutional law mere
can be no doubt that the concurrent tlghe
Of tho national government 70 make iesnl
tender does not lu any way aheet zoe
right OF u state to make gold ana SILVER
coins, domestic aud foreign a legal tenler
within It's borders; and yet there IS no ne
ccsslty that there should be any conflict be-
tween any state and the general govern
ment In 1892 congress enacted that 81 II
grains fine siivor should constitute the
money.unit Of tho United States, or The
American dollar This power was given by
the states to congress IN order that It might
create a legal uniformity OF value Of money
IN all The states, ana such a money unit
having been created, there is high nu'horliy
that the trust given to congress in this re-
spect Is executed, and gan neither be
changed by congress or the states. Daniel
Webster recognized the constitutional right
Of a state to make loyal standard OF
money, but held that the value Of sueh
tender must be tho money-unit established
In iTo2. so long az the general government
made the silver dollar Of the United safes
aud the foreign dollars Of our sister repub-
lies IN North and south America legal ten
der Al not less than 97i IA grains dne silver
10 tho dollar there was NJ necessity Tor
any state 10 leslsInte ps to icsal tender.
I The remedy Is Tor each state 10 enact Thar
the silver dollars II the United states ana
OF our sister republics In North and South
America, containing not less than 81 1T
grains nne silver, shall bn legal ionder
by sale or at 100 cents each. for all debis'
public ana private, collecluble Within thar
state.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-05
MUST PAY LICENSE.


by AssOcluteu IreSs.
New Orleans. Jan. A very import
ant decision was handed down this morn
ing by Judge Monroe in the civil court
In the matter of the State against Ma
son Smith & Co. Smith & Co. are large
shippers of cotton from New Orleans.
Heretofore they have protected thor
shipments by eGfecting Insurance risks
with foreign companies having no rep
rcsentatives In Louisiana. The policies
were effected by mail. Many other firms
doing an exporting business followed the
example Of Messrs. Smith & Co, and the
state brought large number of suits
against them, the one today being Il
test The state claimed that AIessrs.
Mason, Smith * Co., and all
firms made defendants or to be made
defendants. are agents Of foreign insur-
ance companies with whom they DO
business, and that, being agents, they
must pay the license ra0mred hy the
state Of agents representing foreign in.
surnnce companies here.
Judge Monroe decided the state TO be
correct In its contention. and declares
That companies must pay licenses. . The
dcrision will have considerable effect on
foreign exporters Of cotton
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-05

house was filed with smoks (
women, a lady aud a poor q.
German. who had rooms In me
were nearly suifocated. II N
late at night. and 1t il a MN
the building and its inmates
burned to death"
'Wen. what is the --latest
added fuel to the flamesW
"Since the ATTEMPT 10 bun
building an armed guard has
the streets nightly. Last ulEhi
Maromey's saloon building en-
stuff was destroyed by fire
IL is not out of place 70 2,
three or four weeks ago a "
election was held in the HUE
cinet. and after q most anl1
test the drys won by ten nav
liam Maroney. who ran me "
IN the precinct. contested the
the election. and the suit wa'
for trial by jury in Jld@
Glay's court yesterday. NOE
oncy has been burned oql Y
missed that the suit will rH
A number of officers yisit1
today on a tour Of inyestisap@
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-05
TEXAS SETTINGS.


Balinger will have water works.
Gainesville continues the war on her
gamblers.
West Texas fears land monopoly more
than goldbugs-
rylrr has 10000 people and wants a
board Of trade
Gainesville has decided to have one
mounted policeman.
Wichita Fails wan;l Il understood that
Il Inns a nackcry also
"Relief Is coming" is the glorious assur-
ancc Of the Tyler Telegram
Dpnison Is nsulted. A variety theater
has located right on Main street
Cogsicnnas bi.ehorlde Of gold institute
is working some wonderful cures.
The Corpus Christi Caller bubbles over
with 4 column Of happy New Year greet
ings.
WhlteCaps are said 10 Lave ordered the
negroes TO leave Ennis within ninety
days
Diversity your crops and improve your
stock" Is the Dcnison Hera.d's soyer-
eign remedy for hard times.
Brazoria has raised q large bonus for
tho extension Of the International and
Great Northern from Columbia.
The Austin Statesman gives column
editorial - the question. Is Life Worth
Living, and concludes that much depends
on he liver,
H0nston Is enforcing Eer II O'clock mr..
dinance Those who are found on thc
streets after thnt hour must give an AZ
Conn; af Themselves.
HE $1,000 bridge bonds issued by RIM
nels county are Illegal, so tho courts stv
aud the county gets three BRIDGES f,r
nothing and her credit gets black eve.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-05
1IrnAL rENnER MoNrY-


San Francisco Call.
A contemporary says In reply to cor
respondent that congress has passed no
law making sold alone full lcga tender.
The statement of our contemporary Is
literary trne. IA, congress has repealed
all laws authorizing tho coinage OF sll-
yer dollars, and without coinage no new
silver money viii appear Admitting that
the SECRETARY OF the treasury has power
10 order the coinage Of the amount OF
silver which represents the seignlorage
on purchased silver, there Is no conten.
tinn that under our present laws enough
silver can be coined TO continue silver
as a Potential e.emeut in finance Tho
silver dollars now in circulation, whether
ns coin or certificate. viii continue 10
be received Ia payment OF az government
dues, but they are NOT counted IN treas-
nry reports as money ia which lcanl
ieadcr may be icsleomod or Interest," an
bonds hc paid Ia effect. therefore. n
MOI IN law, silver has "a sed TO be a fun
lcsa, icnder II i The eject which tells
on business. Comparatively fcw pc0n.c
can trace legislation from 1873, deter
uine To- what an extent q new act has
superseded an old one and declare on
hand tie present status OF silver. But
WHEN they see thai NO silver is being
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-05
FIRES AT HuTCHNs.

SneciNl w IN t'f7Ctt
Dallas. Tex. Jan, 4.-"There has been
h TO pay in our town for ten days past"
said citizen Of Hutchins to the Gazette
correspondent tonight;
What sort Of birthstone do they use
down thereY he was asked
THE genuine old fashioned article,
mixed with fire."
win you kindly enlighten the outside
world on the nature OF the trouble
theref''
well, I'll tell you. but not for publ
cation. A week ago last SATURDAY. night
an attempt was made to burn III Nh
lage The wind was high. and Late at
night an unknown nhn piled hay against
the rear of Hugh Hams store q llrge
two-story building. The flames crawlal
IN on the building Luckily a lalv
saw the blaze and gave the alrm The
citizens gathered and extingnisled the
flames Just in the nick Of TIDE The
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-05
cErTTNG AROUND THE LAW.

Des Moines, Iowa, Jan. 2.-Grand Mas
ter Workman Sovereign of the Knights
of Labor says dat it is probable tl.at
the headquarters of the order will be re-
moved from Philadelphia to Washington
OH account of the recent Ann Arbor dis
cussion In regard to the right of an or,
gunzltiun TO order men Oh a strike and
making II a crime to do so. He says i
Is proposed to place tie central head
quarters In the District of Columbia in
order to escape the state Jaw In this mat
ter. The general executive board is now
wrestling with the problem.
II Is about settled that the headquar-
tiers will he moved from PHILADELPHIA,
and Des Muines, Omaha, Cleveland, Bal
timore and Niagara Falls are candidates,
Mr. Sovereign fayors the West except
for the reasons stated that Il would
mike Ii dangerous for the Board to order
a strike. lie says he is opposed to strikes
aud docs not have any in mind. Mr. Sow
ercign win keep his own headquarters
l.erc. lie said the other day that he
thought II wise to not sell the property Of
tho order in Philadelphia, as it was n
good investment
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-05
rnn srNrrs ANp sILvnn MoNnY

To gain notoriciy is to win an invita-
ton TO contribute to one Of the many
reviews that essay to represent the most
advanced ideas Of the age. Neither liter.
ary ability, wit, depth, nor other mental
requisite Is called for In those pages, tho
only thing asked for boing that the con-
tribuior shall have made shit" at
something, aud Is talked about. When
John l.. Sullivan was at ihe height Of HE
fame he becaue literary contyihutoH
with the moral tcndenpy OF the prize
ring as tho snbiect for biz treatment
--as II emnence as psa!ser carried
with l, unquostioned authority as CEN
snr Of morals, Carmencita, the dancer,
appeared in Tie pages of one of the re-
views, giving her ideas Of the poetry of
motion, etc. OF course these "contrlbu.
tions' were written by literary hacks,
aud Sullivan, the slugger, and Carmcnclta,
the dancer. We're paid good, round sums
merely to permit the use OF their names
In connection with the articles that
neither Of them knew the contents OF.
One OF the much-talked Of men OF to-
day Is the cratic governor Of Colorado.
and Il evidence Of lhis were lacking /,
could be supplied Ivy the appearance Of
contribution from his pen Ia the North
American Review, He writes on "Are
the Silver States Ruiped?r Il Is no,
likely that IN his case tho manuscript was
supplied by a hack, as the pu.athe
author probably wrote il, and there 4.
nothing Va II 20 show THAI lie could NOT
Ialnna a
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-05
NOT CAUGHT YET.

Fresno, Cal, Jan. 1.-The latest news
from the mountains is that Evans and
Morrcll, the bandits, have been located
at Demaster's logging camp on Dinkey
creek, about four miles from Pine Flat.
Officers were to surround the cabin last
night, and it was expected that by to-
day the question would be settled as TO
whether Evans would be brought from
the hills dead or alive. Parties who ar
rived from the hills were so confident
the officers had trapped the outlaws that
they were freely offering bets TINT Evans
would be brought In within forty-eight
hours.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-05
FREEBoRN EN- ROUTE.

by Associated lTeso'
Kansas City. Mo-, Jan. 3.-An o,atf >
Kan, special says; Freehorn. appointed
by Governor Lewellng as Mrs. Leases
successor on the .nte board of charities,
arrived here this morning He took the
same train from here with other mem
bers Of the hoard. aud says he will trke
his plnce as a member VI the bolr1 as
scol MS they rcnch Ossnwatomie. Mrs.
Lease snys II the board recognizes HIM
that she win wire her attorneys to bring
an action before the supreme court. FIX
Superintendent Carter and sister. Mrs.
Powell, the mntron. left this morning,
their successors having arrived and en-
tered upon the duties of their positions.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-05
AT CoRsCANA.

Special to the Gazette
Corsicana. Tex, Jan. 4.-Dr. NJ. S.
Reeds residence was destroyed by FIRE
last night about 100 O'Clock. Dr. Reed
carried $i100 on house and $685. on fur
nituro, in the Queen insurance company.
Ere was discovered IN the grocery
store Of Jake Golden on the East Side
last night, but was extinguished before
much damage was done