St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-02-08
RECORD OF THE WEEK.
Thursday.

Destructive fires at st. Louis. No,
Fort Wayne, Ind, and Alliance. O.-The
| Pail Mall Gazette hints that Gladstone
is to resign in the near fut ure..-The
Wilson tariff bill passed in the house by
| a vote of 2O4 to 14O-There was an in
crease of nearly 5000, 900 in the public
debt during January.-Serious riots have
broken out in Bogota, Panama, by way
of protest against a monopoly in
tobacco.-Trouble with miners on Grip
pie Greek, Col. has resulted in the clos
ing of seven mines.-A hot fight between
North Carolina and Tennessee farmers
working on the road is said to have re-
suited in the injury of fourteen men,
SIX of whom died no cause is assigned.
Friday.
The Brazilian insurgents have captured
Nictheroy, which gives them command
of an important fort at the entrance to
the bay of Rio Janeiro.-A disastrous
conflagration has occurred near Neisse,
in Prussian Silesia. The fire burned over
fifty-twO farms, destroying the wood
land, all the dwellings, outbulldings,
barns, etc. upon them. All their pow
siOns, hay, grain and other farm products
were consumed, and this loss has entail
ed great miserv.-Desplaine, H., nearly
destroyed by fre.-A Hyde Park Mass
man has designed a new flying machine.
Saturday.
Imports at the port of New York for
the week amounted to more than ST.
600, O0O.-Walter Johnson of Gloucester,
Mass, a jealous lover, shot and killed
Carrie Andrews of Essex, in a music
room in Boston, and then killed himself.
The old Lincoln homestead III Larue
county, KY, bought by syndicate and
will be preserved.-Death of Editor Geo.
W. Childs of Philadelphia.-The Boston
dry goods store, a big concern in Omaha,
Neb., burned, at loss of $3.50, O0O.-
Apaches the war path in Arlzona.-A
church blown down at Gate City, Ala,
and nearly thirty people were buried in
the ruins; two OF them fatally hurt
Unusually severe weather in the eau
casus, and IS men are reported to have
been eaten by wolves.
Sunday.
Several business blocks at Savannah,
Ca, burned, loss nearly half a Million
Dr. Talmage announces that he intends
to make a tour of the world, beginning
in April, and will preach every Sunday.
In the burning OF two barns at Chill
icothe, Mo-, 46 horses persisted, and
1000 bushels of corn, 100 tons of hay
and much valuable farm machinery
were lost.
Monday.
The bomb-thrOwer valiant 9uillotined
at Paris, in the presence of 1900 people.
Representative Morse of Massachu-
setts talks too plainly about the demo-
cratic side OF the house and is called up
on to retract.-Boss McKane of Grave
send, N. Y, on trial for political out
RACES, backs down considerably from
former statements, under a hot |
cross examination.-Socia demon
STATIONS at LondoD.-Lively debate in
u. S. senate over the federal elections |
bill.-Mr Boutelle denounces the ad- |
Hawaiian policy, in the |
house A brilliant meteor fellin Nevada; |
searchers report that they found a hole |
100 feet square where the meteor struck |
and that fragments were picked up all !
around,
Tuesday.
Serious trouble is expected among the
miners at Acme, w. Va.-Kansas is
making war on foreign insurance COM
oanies.-A Brighton (Mass.) man fined
S13 for killing a cat with DIGESTIVE
men drowned by the capsizing of a
boat in Santa Rosa sound, Fla.-Abro-
cation day celebrated with a parade
md reception at Honolulu.-Mr. Sickles,
4 democratic member from New York,
lrraigns Cleveland's Hawaiian policy