St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-05-06

NV. LuWdIu diEOduhS 5cIulOL
on Thaddeus Fairbanks was published
entire in the Vermont Chronicle.
Lawyer H. G. Belden writes from
Minneapolis that his loss in the recent
fire there was fully recovered by in
surance.
Clinton Cheney, while learning to
bycicle Monday, took header, sprain-
ed his wrist and will be unable to work
for a week or two.
Though there has been a large
sale of tickets to the Pirates of Pen
zance, there are good seats still to be
had for each performance.
Henry c. Hastings, who has fur
nished this place with ice for so many
summers, is prepared with an extra
fine stock for the coming season.
&C. A. Norton has moved from the
house in the rear of the Passumpsic
bank building on Main street to the
DR.. Perkins house on Prospect street.
The Chautauqua circle will meet
this evening with Mrs. Matthewson,
corner Summer and Winter streets.
1t will be an Addison memorial meet
ing.
The principal feature of the Y. NJ.
G. A. monthly meeting Saturday even
ing was an address of a practical ma
ture by State Secretary George S..
Avery.
The Butterfield Spring Bed COM
pany, A. C. Prior, manager, have sold
the right to manufacture their bed in
Rhode Island to parties whe bought
Connecticut last fall.
Father BOissOnnault will officiate
at the Z o'clock mass next Sunday
morning and FIR. DesnOyer at 9 o'clock.
FIR. Boissonnault celebrates mass at
Lyndonville Sunday morning at 9
o'clock.
The Fairbanks village school was
closed yesterday and will probably
not be opened again this week. The
teacher, Mrs. Beck, was suddenly call
ed to her home in Canada on account
of the serious illness of her father.
PHOTOGRAPHER Clifford is finishing
up some negatives he brought with
him from Florida. The views are
mostly in the vicinity of Winter Park
and include some pictures of orange
trees before and after the cold snap,
etc.
Manager G. c. Bingham is having
fine time riding over the country
looking after the interests of the tele-
phone company. Last week he drove
from Newport here looking over the
wires, ETC., and this week is inspecting
the Bradford line.
The annual meeting of the Gale
donia county w. G. II. u, will be held
at st. JOhnsbury Centre, June Is and
Is. Besides local talent, Mrs. Mary A.
Woodbridge of Ohio, and Mrs. E. t.
Housh of BrattleborO are expected to
be present.
"A. G.. TOlman, who has been in
charge of the ST. Johnsbury house
since Mr.. Bedell left, has resigned his
position and the house is now in charge
of Will Little, the popular clerk there
for many years. Mr.. Tolman is yet
undecided what he will do.
The New England Lumber com
pany of Victory, has been adjudged
insolvent, and the first meeting of the
creditors will be held at the probate
office, Guildhall, on May Is, at 10 a
M, for the purpose of proving claim:
and choosing one or more assignees.
Rev. L. L. Beeman of this place
received majority of the votes of this
district for presiding elder at the Meth
odist conference in Chelsea this week
1t was thought best, however, and was
in accordance with his own preferen-
ces, that he remain with his own church
here.
Photographs Shepherd took some
excellent photographs last week of the
Union school buildings, one of all the
pupils in the schools and also one OF
the graduating class. The last was
specially good every person in the Al
or more members being readily dis
tinguished.
Among the cases to be tried b!
jury at the May term of the U. S
circuit and district court, Windsor,
May I8, are those of Ezra Miller
against the st. JOhnsbury and LAX
Champlain railroad company and Geo
w. Hendee VS.. the Passumpsic savings
bank of st. JOhnsbury.
Rev. John Moore of Boston con
templates delivering a course of tw,
or four lectures here soon. The lee
lures comprise these subjects, ~ Geo
logical history of earth and man, e
Monuments and antiquities of Egypt
(3) Darwinism and evolution, (4) An
cient America.