St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-07-05
PERSONAL MENTION.

bunkport today.
Mrs. J. w. Haskell has returned from
a visit to her son in Browns Valley,
Mimi.
Miss Nellie c. Tyler is spending the
summer with relatives in Northamp-
ton, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. Julius Rice of National
City, CAL, are the guests of P. d..
Blodgett.
George and Perley Hazen are receiv
ing a visit from their mother from
Hartford and their aunt, Mrs. Hatch,
from st. Albans.
A cablegram received here Monday
announced the safe arrival in Queens
town of Miss Persis D. Hewitt, of the
st. Johnsbury academy.
B. Frank Harris of this place is at
the New England conservatory of
music this summer taking private les
sons on the piano forte.
Mrs. J. F. Robbie and daughter of
Charlotte, N. c., are visiting Mrs. VIM.
Daley and Mrs. Charles Taylor, Mrs.
Robie's sisters, of this place.
Mrs. DR.. Cleveland and children of
Burlington, Kansas and Prof. Albert
Frost and family of Pittsburg, Pa, are
visiting their mother, Mrs. Emily Frost
of this place.
Among the marriage notices in Itha-
ca N. Y, papers is that of Miss Josie
Porter, who has many friends in ST.
Johnsbury. The groom was a Mr..
Cornell of Ithaca.
Capt. Charles A. Woodruff, formerly
of Burke, was the orator memorial day
at Salem, Oregon. Capt. Woodruff is
now of the regular army and is we'll
remembered by many readers.
A. c. Harvey, st. Johnsbury man
now in the railway excursion business
in Boston, leaves for California tomor-
row in charge of party of teachers en-
route to San Francisco.
Col. F. F. Fletcher of Minneapolis is
reported slightly better but not mate
rally changed. The proposed opera
ton is delayed until Saturday awaiting
the presence of physician from a dis
tance.
Rev. DR.. Samuel Graves of Atlanta,
left for Holland, in this state, Monday
where he will attend a reunion of the
Graves family. Next week he goes
to Detroit where his son is engaged in
journalism.
E. B. Merriam, former st. Johns
bury merchant, has moved from Nor
risville to his old home in Topeka, Kan
sas, where he has large investments.
Mr.. Merriam will move his family
there soon and make that city his
home.
Rev. E. t. Sandford of st. Johns
bury gave the charge to the people and
Rev. j. T. Buzzell of Passumpsic assist
ed in the exercises at the ordination of
Rev. Samuel B. Mobiles as pastor of
the Baptist church at Newport on
Wednesday, June 81.
F. w. Phelps, who has been teach
ing Greek in Washburn college, Tope-
ka, Kansas, for three years has just
been made professor there in the Greek
department. Prof. Phelps took high
rank in his classes both at this acade-
my and Amherst college and is fully
equipped for this last promotion.
Robert Fairbanks and Herbert S.
Carpenter were graduated from Dart
mouth last week, the latter giving the
class prophecies at the class day exercis-
es. Irving E. Sanborn, Herbert j. Will
lard, John Ross, George E. Miner and
Charles d. Hazen of this place and
Frank .Dartt and o. G.. Davis of the
Academy class of '55 are among the
now seniors at Dartmouth.
Wallace S. Allis, A. B., a graduate
of Yale in "a and for four years one
of the faculty of the Norwich Conn,
free academy, has been admitted tt
the New London county bar. He will
retain his connection with the academ
the coming year, and is now spending
his vacation in Europe. Mr.. Allis is a
brother of Mrs. A. L. Hardy of thi.
place.
Rev. C. M. Southgate's new Pilgrim
church at Worcester, Mass, was dedi
Gated Sunday. The edifice is Ill 81
feet, extreme dimensions, and will sea
| 1885 people. 1t is of brick and brown
stone, and is one of the handsOmes
exteriors in the city. The church cos
$4,000 and the furnishings $4,000
Mr.. SOuthgate's many friends in ST
Johnsbury will be glad to know tha
he is settled SO pleasantly in his new
church home. 1t will be remembers,
that Alfred HI. Brooks, also of thi
place, is Organist at this church.
Concerning Electric Lights.
The electric light business move
slowly bat seems likely to materializ
sometime. The Light and Power com
pany met Monday evening and receiv
ed propositions from the Thompson
Houston folks and from Mr.. Whitne
of the Standard company. The forme
company agrees to put in plant an
run it until it pays 6 per cent. net be
fore it is taken. Mr.. Whitney pro
poses to put in a plant and light TIN
village with 33 arc lights, running
for three months without expense ex
perimentally. If satisfactory the plan
is to be taken at price before agree
upon. The village trustees have nc