St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-09-17

S. A. Nelson, who bought the o.
Il. Brown place on Central Street,
moved his family here this week.
-Messrs. Ide and Stafford have
moved their law office to rooms in the
Passumpsic savings-bank building.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. J. Conant are af-
flicted by the death yesterday of their
youngest child, a daughter of about
one year.
The selectmen have appointed
Henry C.. Bates, Esq, town grand jul
rOr in place of II. E. Randall removed
to Island Pond.
Mis-. NJ. Ii. Hunt of Hydepark,
Mass, lady of note in the temperance
work, is expected to speak in this place
the first Sabbath in October.
The band drew a large crowd to
their last outdoor concert in front of
the Athenaum Saturday evening,
The insOlvent estate of Milo Hale
Jacob G. HOvey, assignee-pays the
small sum of three and seven-tenths of
cent on the dollar. The liabilities
were about $4,000.
-Adna b. StOddard of Newark has
filed his petition in Insolvency and n
meeting of creditors is called at the
probate office Oct. ). His liabilities
are put at little over $1,000.
L. b. Mcfarland is building a
house half way to the fair ground,
close 10y the Sleeper river bridge. 1t
will be remembered that two houses
were burned there year or two ago.
Sheriff SullOway arrested III. A.
Burkett Monday night for selling goods
at auction without license. Burkett
waived examination and was placed
under 800 bonds to appear at county
court.
Rev. Dr. LamsOn has decided to
October and will probably occupy the
pulpit here after two more Sabbaths.
The date of the installation is not yet
decided on.
Judge j. G. Hovey lost his large
II 81 10 Of %
| Bemises last year. She was found
dead in the pasture with her neck
! broken, having fallen or been pushed
by other cattle down a steep bank.
The new board of medical pension
examiners organized last Saturday.
DR.. II. s. Brown was elected chairman,
DIR. IL. S. CalderwOOd secretary and
! DR.. A. j. Carter treasurer. The board
meets Wednesdays as usual and will
occupy room No. in II. G.. Fletcher's
building.
Henry Frame, Victor LaClaire,
and w. j. Garfield, who have been in
Jail ut this place for three months for
stealing, were taken to Guildhall Mon
day for trial. The Jail for Essex cOun-
ty is nearly completed so it will not be
necessary to keep prisoners for that
county here in the future.
The excursion of Sheridan's Vet
Grams started for the Shenandoah val
ley yesterday. A considerable dele
CATION represents the state of Vermont,
but st. Johnsbury will not be repre-
sented, the statement published in
some papers that p. ID. BlOdgett was
one of the number being incorrect.
The curtain is about rising on st.
JOhnsbury's exhibition of fall cOlOrs
and tree painting. The leaves are
turning more gradually and evenly
than usual this year, as there has not
been the usual August drought to
hasten the change. Already some
very beautiful specimens have been
gathered.
Mrs. Elias Mcfarland of East Ihet'
ford has rented the upper part of the
Wakefield building on the avenue ant
will keep bOarders.-Henry Goodwin
who has been occupying George Shaw
house, has moved into the Nichols
house lately vacated by l.. b. Harris
William Emery has moved from
> Paddock village to Fairbanks village.
Albert Lawrence, who cultivate
"HilltOp farm" a mile southwest o
Fairbanks village, had his threshinl
done last week, cleaning up 65 bush
els of White Russian wheat, $40 bush
els of oats and I35 bushels of Indi!
wheat. Richard Page did the work il
trifie over four days. Mr.. Lawrence
! ought not to go to mill this year witt
d empty bags, as has been the fashion o
+ late years with SO many farmers.
q STATE FAIR PREMIUMS.
: Among the local exhibitors at til
4 state fair was G. +. Gibbs, whose ricl
e floral designs we mentioned last wee
u and who received a diploma. A. L
Z Bailey received first premium on fin
= display Of musical instruments. Tn
r Free Press speaks in terms of hig
&c praise of the exhibits of III. w. Keye