St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-08-04
81. cyulmsburp Galedunian.
Weather Record.

Weather Record.
At Bingham's drug store, for the
week ending August 3, los2.
Highest. Lowest.
Thursday, - D
Friday, 81 81
kSaturday, a D
Sunday, ~ ID
Monday, % II
Tuesday, ~ II
Wednesday, - 81
TofaI and Stair cNrws.
There will be no meeting at the
church of the Messiah next Sunday.
Mr.. John Bailey of Railroad street
is very sick, and not expected to re-
cover.
Sullivan Ranney, who has been
very sick with pneumonia, is recover
ing.
The Passumpsic railroad ran an
extra train yesterday, and carried II
carloads of people to the camp meeting.
One of our citizens has lately re-
ceived a collection of rare coins from
Mr.. u. +. Barnum.
The failure of the village water
yesterday was owing to a burst in
main pipe under the Buzzcll shops.
Saturday, Aug. ~, excursion to
Lake Mempremagog from st. Johns
bury 10y special train. Tickets, Sl.0O.
Walter and Carl Kendall, the
youthful travellers from this place to
Nebraska. reached their uncle's home
in safety.
Yesterdays train from the east
brought quite IA number of children to
attend the campmeeting at Lyndon
vile.
Work is progressing on the new
churches. The foundations are nearly
completed for the Presbyterian church,
and the steeple on the Free Baptist
church is nearly finished.
The temperance campmeetlng at
Lyndonville Grove has been i'll prog
ress the last three days, drawing "A
large crowd yesterday and to-day.
Our correspondent has failed to give
any report of it.
The Rev. j. X. W. Sloane, d. d.,
will preach on Sabbath evening in
Presbyterian Hall. He is here to assist
in conducting the special services con
nected with the Presbyterian cOmmun-
ion.
-Frccmen of this town who wish to
vote at the September election should
see that their names are upon the
check list. Copies will be found in the
town clerks office, post office, and 9th
er public places, on and after Aug. ,,
Fred Dearborn, who lives in Sum
merville, was fined - and costs for in
toXicatiOn, yesterday; and one Had
ley, of Manchester, y. H., was arrested
for intoxication, but declines to dis
close and is incarcerated as yet. He
acts ugly.
w. j. Hobbs and Son have bought
out Matthews 4 Pettengil and will
continue the business at their old
stand. They are men of experience i'll
the business, and assure the public
they will sustain the previous reputa-
tation of the establishment.
The weather holds warm and dry.
Some rain would be gratefully received
in this vicinity. The heat was terrible
in New York last week, and the death
rate ran up to nearly 1900 for the week
Nothing like the heat and mortality
had been experienced for ten years
This week it is much cooler there
The excursion season to Lake
Memphremagog is near at hand. The
first one under the management of Col
K. +. Farr occurs Wednesday, August
Ii. Tickets will Ice sold from Concord
y. II. to Claremont and all intermedi-
ate stations to Newport, including {
ride on the Lake.
MIR. l.. b. Hartshorn of this plac,
has presented us with a potato which
shows IA strange freak in nature.
new potato formed on the inside of tn
old one, and burst it open, and is now
growing there, while two smaller one
are growing near it. We find no on,
who ever saw any thing like it before
One of Raymond's excursions, t,
the number of ~ gentlemen and In
dies, passed through this place Mon
day morning on the y. \. express train
en- route for Boston. They had beel
To Saratoga, Niagara, the Thousan,
Islands of the st. Lawrence, and Mon
treal, and were on their way home.
We call the attention of our read
ers to Barnum's advertisement in an
other column. Barnum's show ha
been 50 well advertised by Jumbo
that little more can he said. The cir
Gus will probably lie on the fair ground
The tents have accommodations TO
20,WW spectators, but we do not expec
quite 50 many will be here, though W
understand that every team in the sur
rounding towns has been engaged TO
that day.