St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-01-07

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| Smith & Walker-Arathena Pile Cure.
| A F. NichOls-AttOrney at Law.
| LyndOnville Nat. Bank-Statement.
| Mechanics Nut. Relief AssO-Annual meeting.
Merchants Nat Bank-Statement.
Cook & Willey-InsOlvency Notice.
BRIEF LOCALS.
"Wednesday was holiday in the
Catholic church, it being the feast of
the Epiphany.
-ChaSles M. Carpenter has bought
of George Grow the building he Occu-
pies on Eastern avenue.
DR.. S. H. Sparhawk has bought
the George Walker place on Summer
street; consideration $4,000.
The examiners of pensioners have
moved their Office from over Fletcher's
store to a room over the bank.
"A. HI. Mcleod has taken c. S..
Hastings driving horse "Gray PearP'
to use for the balance of the winter.
AN executive committee meeting
of the State Temperance association
will be held at Waterbury, Wednes-
day, Jan. 30.
1t is a street rumOr that Hugh G.
Moore has bargained for the St. Johns
bury house, but there is little to found
the story on as yet.
AT meeting of the creditors of
H. w. Stanton Of North Danville, held
in the probate office yesterday, Hiram
A. Kelsey was chosen assignee.
j. L. Couch has hired the store
lately occupied by Clark & Dodge in
the Danville block and will remove
his harness shop into the same.
The bursting of a 3-inch water
pipe in DR.. Billiards. field on Eastern
avenue caused considerable trouble
last week but was finally repaired.
The st. Jehnsbury skating acade-
my has changed its name and is now
adorned with a sign which announces
that it is an "opera house."
The Peoples theatre company be-
gan two weeks engagement at the
"opera house" Monday evening. The
attendance was fair.
Nichols & Dunnett, lawyers, have
dissolved after partnership of three
years. Mr.. Nichols keeps the old Of
fee and Mr.. Dunnett moves across the
hallway.
George May has sold his fine resi-
dence at the head of Main street to
Col. A. B. Jewett, superintendent of
the Vermont division of the Boston g.
Lowell railroad.
The national banks hold their an
nual meetings next week Tuesday and
the savings bank on Wednesday.-T
agricultural meetings will be held
Tuesday, the 10Th.
as harmonious as church sOciable. 1t
lasted 10 minutes, but that was long
enough to re- elect the old officers and
assess a tax of 65 cents on the dollar.
| "A portion of the report of the BOs-
ton and Lowell railroad relating to the
Lake road was in type last week but
was crowded out by other matter. 1t
will be found on the second page.
Rev. E. A. Hoyt of Boston preach
ed at the Universalist church last Sun
day and is expected to supply again
next Sunday. Services at 1.45.-Elder
Potter supplied at the Advent church.
The closing testimony in the Had
ley trial will be found on the third
page. The announcement of Hadley's
acquittal by Judge Smith was received
with many evidences of approval by
the crowd.
The winter term of the academy
closes with examinations to-day anC
to morrow. Professor Worthen, Rev
L. l.. Beeman and Rev. N. w. Grover
are examining committee. The next
term will begin Feb. 2.
Edward Doyle, stone cutter ant
E former resident of this town, dropped
dead of heart disease while at work il
Burlington.-M Michael Flanagan, who
. has been sick of erysipelas for the pas
three weeks is well again.
L. Downer Hazen, lumber mer
chant, has opened an office in TIN
building with HI. E. Fletcher & Co.
near the depot. This means that MI
Hazen will spend more of his time a
st. JOhnsbury and less at the lumbe
camp.
Mr.. Greenbank was in town thi
week and some talking has been don
in relation to the establishment of hi
factory here, but we have yet to lear
of any practical movement in that di
rection that is likely to bring about TIL
desired result.
I'm their runaway Christmas da
w. b. Johnson's team stove up ARR
Vests sleigh, which was standing o
the street. At their next runawa
Mr.. johnson had wrist sprained, S
of that he carried it in ii sling for a fe