St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-12-27
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TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS
Weather Record.
AT Bingham's drug store, for the week ending
De' - Highest Lowest
Thursday
Friday, 13
Saturday,
Sunday, ID
Monday, AZ 10
Tuesday, 45 IS
dash II indicates below zero.
BRIEF LOCALS.
We wish you all a happy New
Year.
All the public schools open on
Monday, January Z.
A pension has been granted to
Dennis V. Burbank of st. JOhnsbury.
The band stand in court house
square has been covered for the win
ter.
The meat firm of HI. A. Folsom 81
Co, Main street, is dissolved, William
Daniels retiring.
1t is now feared that the dedi-
cation of the Catholic church will have
to be postponed to the Goth.
The New Year opens with a total
eclipse of the sun. The eclipse is in
visible throughout New England.
Nathan French has moved from
the old Curtis house on Summer street
to William MoOre's house on Central
street.
Rev. Mr.. Mccarthy of Pittsburg
will supply the Presby yterian pulpit for
three months beginning the first Sun
day in January.
The Citizens bank has declared a
dividend of 1926 OH "a share of $75.
This represents semi annual divi-
dend of 3 per cent.
Charles Locke of East st. Johns
bury received Il severe kick from a
strange horse in Mark RusselPs barn
on Monday. Mrs. Locke was taken to
the Brattleboro asylum this morning
The express company had big
the week but not as
large as last year. Mail Agent Simp-
son says that the number of packages
this year was considerably less than
formerly all along his route.
William Rooney has moved from
the Shaw house at the head of Summer
street to Anthony McCOrmick's tene-
ment on Railroad street.-M. j. Page
has moved from the Ward block to the
Walker block.
AT the farmers meeting to be held
here next week in the discussion on the
topic, "ShOuld Vermont farmers raise
trotters 2" Mr.. WinslOw will take
strong ground against it. If there is
anything to be said in favor there will
be All opportunity to say it.
Officer Ryan arrested Joseph Myers
late Christmas eve and on Wednesday
lie was taken before Justice Worcester
and fined So and costs for drunken
ness. The police report very little in
tOxication on the holiday, fact fOI
which all are thankful.
1t is pretty well understood that a
petition is being passed on Railroad
ion of Postmaster General Dickinson
as to the final location of our post Of
flee. 1t is not true that the petition is
headed, "Priyate use wisely"
Rev. John Ward of the Advent
church preached at the Free Baptist
church last Sunday as Rev. F. E. Da-
vison had gone to Manchester with his
little boy to have an operation per
formed upon his eyes. The children'f
Christmas concert at this church will
be held next Sunday evening.
Anchor ice and sticks got into the
wheel pit at the pump house last week
causing some annoyance. After these
distinctions were removed the pump
was started up Saturday afternoon
when one of the plungers on the big
pnmp broke driving out the cylinder
head. 1t took several days to repair
the pump.
The subject of Rev. DIR. Aubrey
lecture in the Y. Nj. C.. A. course mex
Thursday evening is "English liberia
view of the home rule question" DIR
Aubrey comes TO this country at thu
Dersonal solicitation of Mr.. Gladstone
to enIighten our people on this vita
DrobIem. He is a prominent Englisl