St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-08-05

JUST 8, 1887.
! TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.
Weather Record.
At Biugham's drug store. for the week endin
Aug. 4 1886.
Highest Lowest
Thursday, 81 81
| Friday, go So
Saturday, 90 AZ
! Sunday, go 40
| Monday, "a g.
Tuesday, 90 46
/ Wednesday, 20 SO
NEW ADS IN THIS PAPER.
Calsta Belongs Est-COmmr's Notice.
Smith Walker-Danger.
S. F. Shattuek's Est-Commr's Notice.
| Moore & Co.-COme.
Bingham-New White Honey and Dead Flies.
| c. c. Bingham-No Spoiled Fruit.
A. R. Lucas-wallet Lost.
BRIEF LOCALS.
Rev. Mr.. Hopkins of Burlington
will officiate at st. Andrews church for
the present.
Rev. E. A. Hoyt is expected back
this week and services will be resumed
at the Universalist church, Sunday.
The village trustees have laid over
two miles of plank walks since spring.
st. JOhnsbury beats 'em all on side
walks.
C. /. Marion has been doing some
work in oil color frescOing, paintin G
and hard wood finish, in G.. C. War
ren's residence in Waterbury.
Charles S. Hastings comes to the
front with a growth of herdsgrass five
and half feet long from his North
Concord farm.
No direct word has been received
from II. G. Belden since last week.
Mrs. Belden received telegram at
Chicago that he was more comfortable.
E Il
mems meeting in the Y. M. c. A. hall
5 o'clock Sunday evening. 1t is hoped
that there may be a large attendance.
The check lists are posted at the
usual places in this village and at the
East and Centre villages. See if your
name is there if you wish to vote at
the next election.
The Passumpsic railroad will give
return checks to all who pay full fare
to attend MOOdy's convention of Chris
tian workers at Mortified, Mass, Aug.
Ala.
The regular monthly business
meeting of the Y. M. G. A. comes Sat-
urday evening when the question of
increasing the membership fee comes
up for final settlement.
The last of the "spring" schools
to close is the one at GOss Hollow,
which comes to an end to morrow.
Some day this absurd district system
will come to deserved end.
The republicans of Victory met in
caucus Thursday evening and elected
Henry Lee as delegate to the district
convention at Montpelier this week.
The town will support the Grout ticket.
The Catholics begin their fair
Aug. Is, continuing through the week.
During the week an address will be
delivered by FIR. O'Sullivan, superior
of st. JOseph's college in Burlington.
Over 100 persons joined the Meth
Odist picnicers at Fairlee pond last
Thursday. The grove and surround
ings have been greatly improved OF
late and are very attractive and all
hands passed the day in boating,
swinging and other picnic amusements.
The Vermont division league OF
American wheelmen includes in its
list of league hotels the st. JOhnsbury
house rates to members of the league
So day. w. G. Bean of st. Johns
bury is one of the IA cOnsuls for this
state.
Summer passenger traffic on the
Boston & Lowell road is reported uI
toward high water mark. Saturdays
] p. m. mountain train left Boston with
IL cars and 521 paying passengers, and
the p. m. train had Is cars with tive
locomotives.
Charles Thayer again dOnned ;
diving suit and crawled round at thu
bottom of Hovey's pond Friday il
search of leaks in the aqueduct com
pany's pipes. This time the work wa
done so thoroughly that it will no
need further attention for some time.
Some of the hop growers IN thi
section of the state who have beef
holding their stocks for two or tire
years for a rise are rejoicing now
Hops have already touched 35 cents ;