St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-08-16
InrH mud Stair 3lrnt.

InraI and Stair >5trut.
Rev. &. l.. t;nn,I,ll of New Britain.
will supply the North Church pulpit
next sabbath.
Prof j. :. Lee. of It. Lawrence
University. will give Il lcctm" At tn"
town hall next SUNDAY afternoon at 1.:H'
o'clock. Subject ''Palc>tinc. The
public are invited.
There WAS Il brilliant display of
fireworks from Il ndrIcl itc Thursday
evening. The Weather WAS very favor
able. and the exhibition was Witnessed
hN crowds of people who thr"ngcd the
streets over against MIR. Fairbanks resi-
,rucr. 1t WAS generally understood t"
ln. Il little demonstration over the news
from North Carolina.
The Weather i just awful" Hot.
close. wet. sticky. muggN, mnrkN. dl~i-
.rccahlr. The ground il :" full of va
ter. and the rains are :" powerful and
frequent, that the people Wh" live near
streams. are in hourly expectation "t
being swept away ; while those on high
ground arr looking Wi>ttullN for the
rIinh"W.
Just - th,. y,urkmrn l:id completed
u reservoir opp"-it' the old hnhSial'
drug store. and while the mason WAS
uniting ON the last hit of cement about
the .chimncy. the entire top, r"m>INt-
iuu of railroad iron and HAT stone. sud
denly collapsed and fell in. The work
men barely escaped going down also.
Ih, ci>tclm Was nine feet deep and full
of water The Trustees have fenced
up the hole. which ''>tick> out pretty
badly directly in the sidewalk.
A Dreadful Fall.
Ou "Wednesday afternoon. the 18th
INST. VIM. Hall. painter, got Il dread
ful fall. lie was engaged with an"th-
81 PAINTING the Avenue House. hey
we've ON Il swing staging under the jet
defect one end of thc staging gave way.
and Hall WAS prccIpltatcd distance 81
IhiIt>-livc feet To the ground. striking
uu the back of his head and shoulders.
He was Immediately conveyed int" the
hotel and medical help obtained. His
INJURIES are very serious. but 1T the
present writing We do not know how
~rlinu> Hall had just come t" this
place and opened Il paint shop. He is
4 Young man and has Il wife and child
At West Concord. The man who Wa>
window and saved himself from fall
iug. and perhaps from death.
T. : This morning Mr. Halls lower
limbs are pal;rlyzrd. indicating Seri-
Gus injury t" the spine.
The Lectures.
The Lecture Committee of the \. VI
e. y. have made The following p">itiN,
engagements tnr the ensuing >cl>"n
John Is. Cough opens the course Nov
-! Rev. W. H. II. Murray comes Nov
~: Prof j. W. Churchill. clocuti"ni>t
Dee l3: Mis-. LcomowcIIS, Dec. -
Rev. Gco. II. IIcpworth early III Jan
uai, : and Gcn. Mcdonald in FEBRUARY.
Cornerstone Laying.
The cornerstone of the new niVcr-
~li>t church at this place. WAS laid viii
appropriate ceremonies on Saturday at
trrn""m. Aug. 10Th. The program VA,
carried ont a. follows: Music 10y tn,
choir: remarks 10y Rev. Is. VI. Till"t>om
pastor. including the reading of tn,
contents of the box: drpu>iting AN,
rrmrmtimg of the box singing: praNc
h> the pastor address 10y Rev. j.
Lee of Il. Lawrence University. New
York remarks 10y building committee
Fellow We give the
CONTENTS OF THE BON.
hr records of the SocictI> doing
from its origin till the present time
It"crrding> of centenary meetings ii
"l"ucc>tcr. Mass. sept. $50. The
ni,cr>ali>t Quarterly. The Ladie
l;rp">it"rN The Confession of Faitl
adopted h\ the General Convention Il
" nchc>trl. y. H.. in l~t3. The follow
ny UNCONVENTIONAL papers. one cop,
each; VIZ: The ui>crsalist The Cos
pei Banner: The Christian Leader
hr New Covenant The Star in tin
West: The Myrtle. The follow ing loc;l
Papers; viz: The Calcdomiam Tn,
LINES: he Vt. Union, and The Nurtl
N'A' he Univelsalist Register Ahnu