St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-11-10

The Burlington telephone company
has bought the st. Adams exchange,
and is about to build telephone wires
between st. Adams and Burlington
and Rutland and Burlington.
Conductor o. c. Hall, for very many
years in the employ of the Central, fell
dead in the baggage car of his train
when near Essex Junction on Thurs
day night. He was about 65 years old,
and people all over Vermont knew
him as 'Uncle Hail."
William Eddy of Brookfield COM
mitted suicide by shooting last week.
Poor health was the cause.
Williamstown has availed itself of
electric communication first of
its histOry-by the completion of a
telephone to Barre and Montpelier.
Its only former communication was by
daily stage.
Leslie Hood, aged nineteen, COM
mitted suicide at Chelsea by hanging,
Cause, depressed spirits.
A costly mortuary chapel built at
Lakeview cemetery, Burlington, has
been presented to that city by Louise
Howard, sister of the philanthropist,
John P. Howard. The presentation
speech was made by eX-Judge William
Z. Shaw and the response by Henry
Ballard, city attorney.
Frank Clifford and George Bates.
confined in Washington county Jail at
Montpelier for the attempted burglary
of the NOrthtield savings bank, picked
the lock to their tier of cells Saturday
afternoon, removed block of granite
from the ceiling, got into the attic,
cut their way through brick wall and
escaped. Both are professionals and
have done jobs in Chicago and Canada
The Century Magazine for November
begins new serial novel by Mary Hal
leck FOote, entitled, The Led Horse
Claim, a Romance of the Silver Mines
The frOntispiece of this number is Il
portrait of Florence Nightingale
Charles ID. Warner writes about Ire
land, w. ID. Howells writes about Hen
ry James, Jr., Alphonse Daudet writes
about Victor Hugo Elbridge Kingsley
gives Il specimen of wood engraving
direct from nature Washington Glad
den writes about The Christian League
of Connecticut The Jury System is
discussed in IA leading article, and III
the correspondence the more largely
illustrated articles are as follows Ven
ice by Henry James, Jr., twenty-one il
Illustrations A New Profession for Wo.
men, six illustrations The Beginning
of n Nation, Sir Walter Raleigh's colo
ny in Virginia, twelve illustrations
Scriptures of the Great PergamOn AL
tar, nine illustrations. The editorial
department is unusually readable and
good, which is saying good deal fol
it. The Bric-a-Brac's Narcissus in
Camden is admirable. In the publish
er's department is an account of the
"Century's New Home" with draw
ings of the comfortable and spacious
rooms in which the magazines are
housed.
st. Nicholas for November begins
the new volume in splendid style with
a cOlOred frontispiece, by K. b. Birch
entitled "Indian Summer" Another
prominent feature is the first Install
ment of j. II. TrOwbridge's new serial
'The Tinkham Brothers Tide Mill, >
which is live American story about
live American boys and girls. Then
there is the beginning of another seri-
al, by another favorite, Frank r.
Stockton. The November is also the
Thanksgiving number, and so Miss
SOpie SWEET has contributed jolly
story called "All the Plums" sold
Mordecai's COckerel" is another anus
ing Thanksgiving tale, and there is Il
daintily illustrated "Grace for Child,
from Herrick. The pranks and dOings
of "Tad" Lincoln, the late President,
youngest son, who made things so live
ly at the White House, during his faith
er's administration, are very entertain
ingly treated by Noah Brooks, who
was President LincOln's private secre-
tary. "The False Sir Santa Claus" d
beautiful and novel form of Christmas
entertainment, by the author of "The
Land of Nod" is printed in this mum
Der, with music and complete stage di-
rectiOns, in ample time for it to be eff
fectively produced in holiday season
Many other pictures and papers make
up most delightful number.