St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-07-26
News In General.

The postofice department OF the gov
e~rnmentissued the last fiscal year $S,7OO,-
900 worth of postage stamps and stamp
ed paper, cards and envelopes above
what was sold in the previous year.
For two years past the increase in post
age sales amounts to an average OF over
10 per cent a year, and %strikingly reflects
the improvement which has taken place
in business conditions throughout the
country.
The last Of the 1S steel bridges built
for the Eastern Chinese railroad by the
Phoenixville (Pa.) bridge company has
been completed and accepted by Con-
~stantine Lepeschoff Of st. Petersburg,
the engineer who has superintended their
construction. These bridges were COM
pleted within 10 weeks after work was
begun, and all but three are well on
their way to Vladivostock, their ship
ping destination. Mr.. Lepeschoff says he
does not believe there is q concern in
Europe where the work could be done so
quickly.
The Buffalo street railway company
has decided to put funeral cars on its
lines for the accommodation of funeral
parties. The charges of the liverymen
have become so great that it is believed
that the funeral cars will take nearly all
the funeral business. The cars run
through all the principal streets directly
to the cemeteries. These cars will be
draped and run as specials, excluding the
general public.
The post office department of the
United States reports a sale OF 5 162, 020,-
555 stamps, postal cards, and stamped
envelopes for the fiscal year ending June
80, 1899, bringing in a gross revenue OF
S92,6 59, 167. This is an increase in
numbers of $50, 701 ,555 and in revenue
of 8 1896, 720, as compared with the pre-
ceding fiscal year,
Fanciers of postage stamps will be in
terested to learn that the German gov
eminent is preparing designs for a new
series OF postage stamps, similar in form
and modelled after the Columbian stamps
issued by the United States at the time
OF the Worlds Fair. The stamps will be
valued at from / to 5 marks or 25 cents
to SIPS, and will be exclusively for
transatlantic use.
A resident in ~Binghamton, N. Y, who
kicked because he found a lamprey eel j n
the city water was informed by the Her
aid OF that place that at $3.50 a faucet
for family use the water commissioner
positively couldn't furnish terrapin and
brook trout and that he ought to feel
thankful that he got an eel instead of an
angle worm.
William Andrews, charged with COM
hitting rape upon a school teacher at
Springfield in June last, pleaded guilty in
the Windsor county court Thursday to
an assault with intent to commit rape
and was sentenced to not less than
eight and not more than 10 years in
states prison.
A party of Italians employed on the
new water-works in Chester called their
overseer from his bed several nights ago
to ask permission to put to death one OF
their number, who had, according to
their ideas, offended them to a degree
%warranting speedy retribution at their
hands.
James S. Phelps, a brother of Hon. E,
]. Phelps, died Wednesday at Washing,
ton, D. c. He was a native of Middle
bury and for the past 81 years has beer
a clerk in the office of the comptroller o
the currency.
The Rutland railroad shops are turn
ing out two new milk cars to be used il
the milk service of the Boston Dairy
company between Middlebury ant
Boston. The new cars are divided into
compartments for holding the milk cans
and have an Office in the middle of tn,
= car FOR the representative of the dair,
company. The cars have four slidin,
doors similar to those OF a baggage cal
Each of the new milk cars has 2.
compartments, which hold 40 10 quar-
cans apiece. This gives the car a carry
ing capacity of about 9610 quarts G
milk. Ice is packed about the cans i
summer and the car has steam heating
apparatus to keep the milk from %ireezin
in winter.
The safe in the store Of D. L. Nichols {
Roxbury was blown open by burglar
last week Thursday morning, but notl
ing Of value taken, owing to the timel
arrival of the proprietor. The latte
fired on the burglars and though no on
fell it is believed one of the men was hi
The rear of the great log drive of IL
Connecticut Valley Lumber compan
has reached Turner's Falls, Mass, an
about $50 men were released Wedne
day. About 40 are retained. Thew wi
sort the logs and superintend the 60 n
of the drive to Mt. Tom. Lum (
about So per thousand hieN-. than
year or two ago.
Musicians at Weirs.
For the tenth season the New Ham