St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-01-23

notice is given.
There was a crowded house to see
and hear the Liliputs Saturday eve
ming, and the audience generally were
much pleased with the entertainment.
The Brattleboro MethOdists are to
erect a nice brick church, and Rev. ID.
E. Miller, who is SO we'll known here,
is on the building committee.
Austin Paine, formerly foreman in
the foundry of Lane, Pitkin and Brock,
Montpelier, is now engaged at the
foundry of the scale works in this place.
Henry C. Hastings has filled his
ice-house, putting in more ice than ever
before-fully $50 cords, of as nice ice
as was ever cut.
AT the hearing on Saturday of Am
asa S. Crossfeld for illegal voting, the
respondent waived examination and
gave bonds for appearance at the coun-
ty court.
The VT Mutual Insurance Co. set
tied both the claims for loss upon the
Mcleod grist-mill at East st. Johnsbu-
ry, paying one hundred cents on the
dollar, man fashion.
Jerry Drew has returned from Can
ada with six nice horses which he has
procured for the home market. They
will be seen on the street in a day or
two.
The Trustees passed a vote at a
late meeting, that Hose Companies Nos.
3, and 5, shall not go out of the village
without leave of a majority of the board
of village trustees. This is done for
self protection.
Very mild weather, followed by
quite heavy snow storm Tuesday, and
mercury down to twelve below zero
this morning, tells tie story since our
last paper was printed.
-Burdette's lecture Friday evening
was immensely funny as every one sup
posed it would be. 1t was really his
tory of boy, from childhood to old
age, and considered simply as an ex-
travaganza, it was good.
The meetings at the Methodist
church have been continued every eve
ming since the week of prayer. Rev.
o. d. Clapp of West Burke was pres
ent and assisted Wednesday.
The dramatic club play "Above the
Clouds" and the farce of ''Seeing the
Elephant" at the Church of the Mes
siah, Friday night. This company go
to West Concord Saturday evening.
Mr.. Geo. A. Haynes of Hardwick-
brother of t. C. Haynes, the photo
grapher-declines to take the credit of
the handsome gift to this brother, as
announced last week, and thinks one
need not look outside st. JOhnsbury for
the big-hearted donors.
L. c. Shear will leave for England
during the present week-probably
sailing in the steamer City Of Berlin of
the Inman Line, Saturday, the Oath
inst. He goes to look after the interest
of the heirs of the Hyde estate, of which
there is so much said now a-days.
Charles Howard, who for some
years has been employed in the pattern
shop at the scale works, expects to
leave for Florida the present week
with Capt. Ide's party. He is in quite
poor health, and some of his shop
mates heip him to get away, hoping he
may regain his health.
"A six-hOrse sleigh load of people
from this place went up to Aaron GIay's
in Sheffield Tuesday evening, to call
upon Miss Martha Berry, a sister of
Mrs. Gray, who has lived several years
in this place There were "a persons
in one sleigh, and after getting a
splendid supper and spending the eve
ming there, they returned home, all
declaring they had grand time.
An insurance adjuster gave Dwi-
nell & Weeks $1,000 on the stock dam
aged by fire at the grange store last
week. The damage to building had
not been settled at last accounts. Mr.
Dwinell, who was injured at the fire.
and who was crazed with excitement.
was removed to Capt. FOrd's in Kirby
on mattress. The Capt. and Dwinell
are brothers-in-law.
Z ID. Adams, special agent of the
Liverpool and London and Globe In
surance Co." has appointed P. d. Blod-
gett q Co., their agents for st. Johns.
bury and vicinity. This is the heaviest
English insurance company in this
country. 1t paid two millions loss on
the Chicago fire and two millions more
on the Boston fire, and no part of il
from the American assets; and also
contributed $4,000 to the Chicago suf-
iers from fire, and 81, 500 to the Boston
lire sufferers.
There is hearing this week be-
io'e u. A. Rogers, chancellor, in the
case Oh d. & Fl. E. Randall against