St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-06-22
vermont News.

The signal station at Burlington has
been discontinued for lack of apprO-
priations.
\ Methodist church was formed in
East Brooktield few days ago, CON
sisting of five members.
The total taxes for all purposes upon
inhabitants of Rutland village amount
to III cents on the dollar.
Wool buyers in Woodstock have been
paying twenty eight cents for washed
and nineteen and twenty for unwash
ed.
Prof. s. G.. Brown will repeat his add
dress on the life of George =. Marsh,
ut Burlington, Monday of commence
mcnt week.
Jesse Bradley, lad fourteen years
old. of Milton, WAS drowned in the
Missisquoi at SwantOn on Friday night
while bathing.
The old second Vermont regiment
will hold a reunion in Burlington, June
20. The regiment was mustered into
service June, 20 1861.
The woman's Christian temperance
union of Bellows Falls has voted to
disband on account of the lack of inter
est taken by the women of the place.
The Rutland Herald says that Lewis
college will probably he located ut
Brattleboro, as IA large sum of money
and other requisites have been guaran-
tced.
Alexander ID. Pierce of Fairlee COM
mitted suicide Friday night, by cut
ting his throat. He was fifty eight
years old and leaves widow and three
children.
George Donahue, the seven-year-ol
son of John Donahuc, was drowned in
otter Creek, at Middlebury, while
swimming. This is the second child
Donahue has lost by drowning.
Worms are making sad havoc among
the fruit trees in Cornwall, some or
chards being entirely stripped of their
foliage and not only are apple trees
suffering from the pests. but plum and
cherries as well.
Rev. J. c. Brace, convert from
! Catholicism, was ordained to the min
istry at the First Baptist church III
/ Burlington, Friday night. Forty cler-
/ ~ ul'u N'It BiNN'IN. an WI biiV -NNN
England states and New York.
George Leonard of Hinesburgh has
| in his possession the trOwel used by
Gen. Lafayette in laying the corner
stone of the University of Vermont
which was owned at the time by the
grandfather of Mr.. Leonard.
Richard Lynch of Burlington, aged
p, unmarried, fell from Il boat while
intoxicated, Friday night, and was
drowned. He was not missed until
| Saturday, when search was made fOl
/ the body which was found Saturday
afternoon.
The artesian well in Bennington has
/ been sunk to the depth of 60 feet
| The drill has encountered blue lime
stone rock of remarkable hardness. II
is thought by Mr. Burr, the manager
that good water will not be reached
short Of 1900 feet.
Two girls. aged % and Ii, have
/ been arrested and held for inves-
/ tigation, on the charge of setting fire
to the house of their father, Wesley
/ Woodward, at South Londonderry
The daughters state that the fire was
/ NiIN'N W ONOl lAll nm Il l'tllll
The Fourth of July celebration al
! Howard park, Burlington, bids fair tC
be a success. The programme com
priSes Il parade of hOrribles, bicycle
race, horse trot, foot races and CREASED
pig chase, ending with a brilliant dis
play of fireworks in the evening.
The ballasting of the Rutland road i.
now nearly completed between Bur,
lington and Middlebury and the first
consignment of steel rails is now il
course of shipment to Burlington
From Middlebury to Rutland the rOaC
was relaid with steel rails last year.
We understand that there is SOME
talk of obtaining for the Lafayette Gel
ebratiOn the carriage in which the H.
lnstrious guest of Burlington rode, OF
the occasion of his visit to this city, il
le25. The carriage is believed to he il
the possession of Il Canadian gentle
man Free Press.
The district stewards of the MethO
dist churches i'll the Burlington distric
have appointed Hon. J. V. Carney
Rev. VI. Ilulburd, Rev. }. J. Noe, l.
Howard Kellogg. Ira Russell, NJ. ID
Jump and ID. r. Lowell a committee t,
prepare a statement of matters con
nected with the boundary difficulty he
tween the Troy and Vermont confer
ences.
Charles Congdon of Wallingford ha
IA young apple tree on his premise
which is wonderful in its productions
1t has upon it a blossom of pure white
resembling full blown rose The flow
CT is somewhat larger than the larges
apple blossoms, and has twenty leave
with three cayliXes instead of five as il
the apple. There are no blossoms up
on the tree except this, but there ar
apples the size of cherries.
a few days ago picnic party from
White Creek visited the Bennington
Battle grounds. While setting som,
stakes for building a fire and hangin,
a kettle there was brought to the sur
face a copper penny of the year I73o
This coin was about seven inches he
low the surface, and its date stamps i
as having been lost during the memora
BILE battle which took place on tn
picnic grounds of the party.
At the diocesan convention at St
Albans, a deficit of $3.50 in the Mission
AIRY society treasury was made up. anC
$500 voted for missionary purpose
during the current year. T. II. Can
field of Burlington was elected secre
tary Z. l.. Temple of Rutland, treas
urer: Rev. A. B. Flanders of Whit,
River Junction, Victor Atwood of st
Adams, and Albert Chapman of Mid