St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-07-30

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UST 8. 1887.
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.
Weather Record.
At BiBghams drug store, for the week ending
! July % Is55
Highest Lowest,
Thursday, ~ A
Friday, 30 "a
Saturday, q GO
Sunday. "a y
Monday ~ 40
Tuesday - IS
| Wednesday, 20 IS
NEW ADS IN THIS PAPER.
Mrs ID. A MorrisOn-Special Sale.
| st Jobnsbury Crackers
Henry Ross-Fsrm for Sale.
Lyndon Institute-Fall Term.
Insolvency Notice-CoOk & Wiley.
Essex Classical Institnte-Fan Term.
e. e. Bingham Booths Worm Remedy.
BRIEF LOCALS.
The Methodist Sunday school held
missionary concert Sunday evening.
Monthly Y. NJ. G.. A. business
meeting next Saturday evening at 40
o'clock.
Twenty eight Y. NJ. c. A. boys
had jolly picnic party Tuesday after
noon on cemetery hill.
Rev. Henry Fairbanks has preach
eel at the Railroad street Baptist church
the past two Sundays.
}. NJ. Boyce has moved from John
ID. Miller's house on Railroad street to
George L. Hcwe's on the same street.
The plank walk on Prospect street
has been heightened several hundred
feet, and now extends the whole dis
lance from Main to Cherry streets.
Twenty two Nermonters, residents
of Caledonia and Orleans counties,
gathered in the hotel parlOr at Caledo
MIA Springs last Sabbath evening.
Cook & Wiley, farmers, of this
town, have gone into insolvency. Liza
bilities about $1,000. The first meet
ing of the creditors is called for
August 4.
Commencing last Tuesday, the
night express north on the Passumpsic
road stops at the following stations
only Norwich, Bradford, Wells River,
st. Johnsbury, LyndOnville, Barton,
Newport, and stations north as per
time table.
Rev. DR.. c. l.. Goodell of ST. Louis
and his daughter Miss Laura GoOdell,
arrived here Friday. DR.. Goodell
preached at the North church Sunday
morning and evening, and is to supply
the same pulpit for three Sundays to
come.
Rain has been rs plenty the past
week as it was scarce early in the sea-
son. Dog days weather has prevailed
since Saturday and showers have been
too frequent to suit hay-makers. 1t is
fine growing weather. Saturday was
an intensely hot day.
Robert Donaghy lost horse Sat
urday. He put his driving horse in
beside his work horse to haul people
to the circus. The gray was soft and
unused to hard work the day was
very hot, the road sandy and the loads
heavy, and the horse died in the even
ing. He was worth about $50.
w. Adams is in town looking up
statistical and historical information
preparatory to issuing county ga
zetteer and directory, which is to be
issued 10y Hamilton Child, Syracuse,
Y. Works of similar character
have already been issued for ten of the
counties in this state and are valuable
histories of the state.
photographer ID. A. Clifford has
just completed a life-size portrait OF
the late Dudley j. Hall which for nat
uralness of expression and beauty O
finish it seems to ,us could not be ex-
celled. The portrait will be on exhi
bition in Howard x Rowell's window
for IL short time that all who knew Mr.
Hall so well may see it.
Novel specimens of photography
were taken by ID. A. Clifford on circus
day. While the procession was pass
ing the st. Johnsbury house, two in
Simultaneous views-One front and ont
rear-were taken with excellent resul
of the herd of elephants in the line
The photographs were taken in tn
twentieth part of second, shown
the exact position of the animals at tn
instant.
THE DEATH OF GRANT
Became known here by Telegram
very soon after its occurrence Thurs
day morning. The church bells wer
tolled for half hour at noon. TIL
flag on the AthenGum was hung E
| half mos. aud tho front of the build