St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-08-14
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St. Johnsbury. VT, Thursday. Aug. Ia. 1884.
Weather Record.
At Bingham's drug store, for the
week ending Aug. ID, 1884.
Highest. Lowest.
Thursday, "a 81
Friday, ~ %
Saturday, % AZ
Sunday, 73 40
Monday, ~ -
Tuesday, II AZ
Wednesday, 73 Do
Tnral clews.
See that your name is on the
check list.
The CaledOnidn was forty-seven
years old last Friday.
Pomona Grange meets at George
r. Drew's, Tuesday, Aug. 10.
W. II. Harris has purchased the
Luke Buzzell place. Price $500.
A number of Methodist people are
at the camp-meeting at Lyndonville
this week.
Rev. F. S. Fisher held a service
Sunday afternoon in the hall of the
Elm house at Danville.
Mary p. Warner sues for a bill of
divorce from J. NJ. Warner on the
ground of non support and extreme
cruelty.
People in this place felt the shock
of Sundays earthquake and remarked
about it at the time. The sensation
was felt about . o'clock.
Harry Colt, a workman on the Y.
NJ. c. A. building, was stunned and
slightly injured by plank falling
upon his head Tuesday afternoon.
A large number from this place at
tended the presentation ofthe opera of
"Martha" at the opening of the new
hall at Lyndonville on Thursday even
ing.
Burglars visited the town of Am
herst, Mass, last week, and took a
chain and lOcket valued at $50 from
Oliver F. Goodell and 80 in cash from
Fred w. Phelps.
The Free Baptist church of Shelf
field have purchased forty pews and
cushions taken out of old Music hall,
for 800. The society is repairing
their church building.
H. S. GOss, who has been engaged
in the hotel business in Sterling, Kan,
aud wife are visiting i'll town. Mr..
Goss is now located at Geuda Springs.
He says st. John is IA No. | man.
John A. Moore, late salesman for
l.. b. Atwood, will open clothing
store in the new Masonic block Sep
TENDER |. He goes to Boston next
week to select his stock, which will be
duly announced in the Caledonian.
The New York express, due i'll
this place at ZAP Saturday night, was
delayed mt Warren, n. H., by the
track being obstructed by an accident
to a freight train, and did not reach
L., -.
No morning service will be held
at the Baptist church for the next two
Sundays II and 2l-Rev. E. T.
Sanford, the pastor, taking his vaca
ton. Sunday school and the evening
meeting will be held as usual-at II
m. and g 30 p. III.
-Danford Wiley bargained for a
place of James X. Stevens at st. Johns
bury for 5000, but as the place was
rented for year and the tenant did
not wish to vacate, the trade fell
through. Mr.. Wiley is now looking
Mt IA place in Summerville.
The Universalist society of this
place take a trip to Montpelier, We'd
nesday, August Goth. A special car
will be attached to the regular mail
train that morning and 90 through
without change, returning at o'clock
in the evening. The Universalist
society of LyndonvilIc will accompany
them.
Addison G.. Sargent of West Water
ford did not survive the surgical opera
ton for hernia, spoken of in last
day. He was son of the late Chris.
topher Sargent of this place, and
leaves II wife and a grown-up son and
daughter. He WAS buried in the St
Johnsbury cemetery Tuesday.
With reference to IA paragraph il
last weeks issue, the objection to til,
band rehearsals is mainly because q
the sickness of the mans wife, who's
bedroom is within thirty feet of tn,
band room. Under such circumstances
if the rehearsals are protracted, or TIN
persons who congregate outside un
usually noisy, it becomes a great an
nOyance to the mans family.
Through the efforts of Sas Ran
dali, guardian, VIM. p. Horne's pen
sion has been increased to $50 mont
from August 1883, and the arrearage
which have been paid over amount t