St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-05-14
Vermont News.

At the Vermont Methodist confer
ence at Bellows Falls, resolutions con-
demning the action of the general con-
ference in restoring the Burlington dis
trict to the Troy conference were lost,
only two members voting in the affirm
ative. The statistics of the conference,
without the Burlington district, show
that there are in full membership H.
423, a decrease during the year of $50 /;
prObatiOnists, 1919, decrease of 30 /;
children baptized during the year, II !;
adults baptized, 456 Sabbath schools,
10 ; teachers and officers, 1890; schOl-
ars, IA, 700 paid during the year for
church buildings and improvements,
S24 ,773 probable value of church
buildings, S45,750, not including par
sOnages Indebtedness upon church
property, $l2, 999, an increase during
the year of S1470.
! APPOINTMENTS FOR VERMONT.
The following appointments are an
nOunced for this state To fill va
cancies in post offices, E. d. Plimpton
will be appointed at WardsbOro, James
A. Perry at West Wardsboro, Flora A.
Peak at Orange, Charles A. William
son at Sharon, Benjamin r. Beach at
South Barre, William Weaver at West
ford, B. j. Johnson at Ely, A B. Perry
at McIndoes Falls, John r. Priest at
East Wallingford, Frederick B. Ham
mond at Troy, George Upper at Beth
ell. w. d. McMaster has been ap-
pointed postmaster at Woodstock, and
Charles G. Peck at Middlebury. j. E.
Seward has been endorsed for post
master at West Rutland, Fred w.
| Childs at BrattlebOro, and G.. f. Orvis
at Manchester. The appointment of
George L. Spear as collector of inter
nal revenue dates from May 9. The
commission for locating the new public
building at Montpelier will be Hon.
Charles Dewey, Hiram Atkins, Col. E.
p. Jewett, w. H. H. Bingham, Hon. B.
F. Fifeld, Frank HI. BascOm and H.
w. HeatOn.
The widow of Judge Daniel Kellogg,
died at Brattleboro, Sunday, aged 80.
Hon. Bradley Fisk died at Ira, Fri
day, aged 70. He had served in both
branches of the legislature, held many
local offices and was a county judge.
Eleven grand lists of Wilmington
people have been doubled this year
because of their failure to file invento-
ries.
The Russell paper company of Bel
lows Falls are preparing another mill
in which they will place largest paper
machine in the United States, Har-
per FOurdrinier machine over I40 feet
long. This machine is designed for
news paper, and makes three sheets at
one time. 1t will cost about $4,000.
-Ghester's soldiers monument is to be
dedicated Memorial day.
Stannard post of Burlington, has in
it's possession a gavel made from wood
from the stOckade at Andersonville. 1t
was presented to the post by Gen. T.
S. Peck.
On May |, little son of Jerry Dion
of Irasburg, fell into an unused well
and was drowned.
Senator Edmunds and family have
arrived at Burlington.
F. Mcknight of Wallingford, about |
% years of age, returned from DAYS |
hunting excursion, and being some !
what exhausted drank from a bottle |
which he supposed contained liquor, |
but which proved to be alcohol and |
aconite, that had been prepared for |
horse. Retiring soon after to his room
and not coming down as usual i'm the |
morning, his mother visited his room
where he was found dead.
While Mrs. Jay Pierce of Starksboro,
was washing her dishes recently, she |
said to her children that she thought
she was dying, and lying down on her
bed she expired Immediately.