St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-12-13
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.
Weather Record.

At Bingham 8 druS store. lot tue "eeh ehuinE
Dec. IL 1885
Thursday, % Is
Friday, -
Saturday, ~ II
Sunday, 10
Monday, u
Tuesday, -
Wednesday, 10
A dash II indicates below zero
NEW ADS. IN THIS PAPER.
C. C.. Bingham-New Holiday Goods.
Harvey & Brown-Opening New Holiday Goods.
Smith & Walker-Christmas Gifts.
E. T. Fairbanks & CO-Special Bargains.
HarIand L. Parker-Holiday Emporium.
D. RowelI-Beautifu Christmas Goods.
Moore & Observation-Disclosures Stock Open
l.. F. Gaskill-Fine Candies.
Flint Brothers-Holiday Goods
w $ Streeter-Western Loans.
Lost-Vaise.
C. S Hastings-Ohice to Rent.
NR Switser-Christmas Presents.
F. A Balch-Views of the Wreck.
BRIEF LOCALS.
"A clustering winters day yester-
day but hardly any snow as yet. The
mercury this morning was just zero.
Baggage Master NJ. Connell at the
railroad station here has left the posi-
ton and his place is taken by S. d.
Atwood.
Our advertisers will receive their
customary Holiday notices next week
Meanwhile magnificent stocks are
opening in all the stores.
&C. c.. Bingham has this week es-
tablished a direct telephone line be-
tween Newport and Stanstead for in
ternatiOnal business between the States
and Canada.
w. S. Streeter advertises some O
the new issue of stock in the Nor tn
western Guarantee Loan company, o.
which he is vice president. ii. T.
Fletcher, formerly of st. Johnsbury, /:
director in the company.
The meeting of the state board o.
agriculture, advertised in last weeks
papers to be held here sometime this
month, is postponed to some time il
January. Due announcement of time
and place of meeting will be given.
At the annual meeting of Torrent
Engine and Hose Co., No. l, held on
Tuesday these officers were elected
Foreman, Cyrus Sargent; asst. fore
man, T. Robinson foreman hose, w
l.. Heath clerk, n. M. Ward.
The st. JOhnsbury band loses
another of its members this week, thu
sixth during the past two months, il
the departure of j. w. DOnahue, cor
netist, who could not find sufficien
employment to warrant his remaining
st. JOhnsbury objects to the pub
licatiOn in the state and Boston paper
of an item concerning the disappear
ance of John Varnum, "whOm the tow
has hOnOred with all the offices in it
gift" Mr.. Varnum was Peachan
man.
The friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Uria
Elliott, Paddock village, SURPRISED
them with Il visit Thanksgiving even
ing, presenting through Rev. G. T
Morse a number of substantial gifts
The event was the Doth anniversary O
Mr.. and Mrs. Elliott's marriage.
Postmaster Bowman counted til
letters received and sent at our post
office last week and found a total c
1890. There were five more letter
received than there were sent away
In these figures it Is impossible t
count the large number which al
mailed daily at the depot.
The list of new advertisers, crowd
ed out of last weeks issne, include
announcements by T. c. Spencer, T
n. Randall, Z. ID. Steele s. Co., all {
whom have heavy stocks of hOlida
goods. More extended notices of a.
our advertisers will be given mex
week o. S. AbbOtJ's Christmas az
will also appear next week.
Petitions are in circulation urgin
the appointment of Ex-GOv. Pingre
as general pension agent for this di'
trict. 1t is remarkably cold da
when a petition isn't presented for sig
nature these days. 1t is stated that
VermOnter secures the office an e
fort will be made to have the pensiO
office, which is now located at Cor
cord, n. IL, removed to some place
Vermont, either to White River June
tion or Montpelier, probably.
Monday was a sad day to many
this village. Three young peOp
died about the same hour, all une1
pectedly both to themselves an
friends. Two of these cases are chror
icled elsewhere under the head of r,
cent deaths. The third was Agn,
Hardy, a young girl lately from Conn
ton, Canada, who came out here for d.
mestic service Her sickness w: