St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-08-30
News Notes.

A familiar landmark in New York city,
the old reservoir on Add street, is being
torn down to furnish site for the new
public library building.
Col. James A. Wood, United States in
teinal revenue collector, has given orders
that stage drivers must hereafter give re-
ceipts for all packages which they carry,
and must cancel the same as other COM
mon carriers are required to do.-Ex-
press packages that are receipted for in
due form by the express companies re-
quire no further receipts.
A party from Lowell, Mass, who are
stopping at the Bellevue for several
weeks, climbed Mt. Washington through
Tuckerman's ravine Tuesday, Aug. is,
and were rewarded with superb views.
They found considerable snow in the
ravine and for advertisement INDUCED in
a SNOWFALL match, novel experience for
the middle of August.
Last week was one well worthy OF
remembrance in the minds of all old
patrons Of the Crawford, for c. H. Mer-
rill familiarly known as Dean, rounded
out his 10th year of service with the firm
VI DdIIOu O hSllihi VI, % ~ 10 INV
known, the Barron, Merrill & Barron
company. Mr.. Merrill entered their SER
vice at White River Junction and has
continued with them without Interrupt
ton for two score years. The present
season makes the 2Sth he has been at
the Crawford house.
During a severe thunder storm at East
Brook6eld, Mass, recently, a flash of
lightning or current of electricity cured
the left arm Of Eli Forbes, which had
been useless through rheumatism for 10
years. His right arm and legs are still
crippled, but the left arm is in excellent
working order. A similar case is record
ed by Waddy Thompson, our minister to
Mexico, half century ago. totally
crippled Mexican was made well under
circumstances very like those under
which Mr.. Forbes has gained his i'm
provement.
The government has outstanding three
$4,000 United States notes of an issue
long since retired in favor Of smaller de
nominations, and their whereabouts i:
unknown. They have remained bidder
so long as to give ground to the supposi
ton that they have been lost, in which
case the government would be the gain
er by $4,000.
The Federal census of 1860, the yea
preceding the civil war, cost less than So,
100000 and showed the population o
the country at that period to be 81 300
OOO The Federal census of 1890, thrt,
years later, cost $11 100000 and show
ed the population OF the country to b
62 ,6OO,0 900. The population had doubled
in the intervening thirty years, while tn
expenses of the census was six times a
great.
Two men, each wonderful in his ow
way, have just died, R. E. Bunsen,
German chemist, aged 6S, who discovere
among other things the possibility of as
pertaining the composition of the planet
By spectrum analysis, and w. w. Stone
the so called blind man Of the New Yor
post Office, aged &c. He had remark
, able power Of deciphering unintelligibl
, addressed letters, and had lists of tn
names OF streets in every large town
, the country. He knew just how man
places OF the same name there were
the country and in what states the
' were situated.
l. There is a curfew ordinance in Chesa
3 Mass, and the other night it was sui
denly decided to enforce it, The author
s ties obtained big furniture van an
i promptly at 8 p. M, four patrolme
started out with it. All persons of tel
I der age who could be caught, were pit
. in it, and accompanied by a good size
f mob, the van was driven to the homes
the captured children's parents, whel
. the charges were deposited. The chief
police saws he wants to have those pc,
I pie who have been complaining that tt
;. curfew law was not enforced see no
e they like it in operation.