St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-01-03

6. Death of Willie F Wise, IA at Rutland
Z. Death of George B. Ely, 40, superinten-
dent Ely Hoe and Fork Co; at Chicago
| Parmly Billings, %
8. Supreme court convened.
10. Rev. ]. +. Whitney left East village for
Jamaica-Death at Lyndon of Mrs. Silas
Eastman, 6s; at LyndonviIle Kate Nc
IL. Death at E Hardwick of Mrs D.
10 William Nourse seriously injured at
scale works, caught in cogs of machinery
Death of Ira Brainerd 50, formerly a prom
inent citizen of Danville-High water at Nc
Indoes carried out Charles Netherlands mill,
and ruins highway to Monroe, causing thou
sands of dollars Ioss-Death in Illinois, Loren
a. Spencer, 40 formerly of st. Johnsbury.
II. Presbyterian church called Rev. s. J.
Grove. who. after a brief pastorate resigned
16. Vernon Vance's buildings burned at
North DanviIle-Death at Barnet of Peter
IL Death at Ryegate of William T White
law, 79-Married at Barnet. Alfred Stanley
and Mary +. Boardman-
Is. Death at West Concord of James War
den. II, formerly of Barnet.
10. Death of Mrs Oliver w Baker, 50
20. Death of Julian Demars. IS: at North
| Danvle. Harrison Weeks, 20.
% Death at Lower Waterford of Mrs.
%: Emily II: cheney brought l, Of
| for S16OO-Dcath at McIndocs of Mrs.
| French Morrill,. 10.
"a. Thomson-H custom company light up
the village experimently with electricity
Buds of Promise jug breaking at Baptist
! church
%. Forest fires Hazen's Victory mills
| 26-3o Memorial week: campfire Goth;
| sermon by Rev. +. f. Dawson 9th; Memo
rial day proper 3Oth, with address by Col.
John r. Thompson and PUBLIC campfire in
the evening with addresses by w. w. Spra que,
! Col. Thompson. F. G. Stevens, John McDon-
aid and others.
| ham Ross, IA; at Kirby Mrs. +. Il. Newton,
r,
S4I6Ho $3.50.
81 Death of Rev. George +. Winch, for
merly pastor at Lower Waterford.
During the month of May the snow remain
! three to five feet deep. The work of chang
ing the railroad tracks at the know-nothing
crossing below the village was begun by
| the season The sugar crop was fully one
third larger than in 1857.
JUNE.
/. w. ]. Sanborn gave up his Walker
Death of Mrs. Bradley G. Jones 40.
.. Death at Mass. of Holman Drew, for
mcrly of Burke.
SO. Anniversary week at Lyndon Insti-
| tute: sermon by Prof. w. L. Ranger Sd;
middle class exercises 4th; lecture by Mrs.
| Mary Livcrmore 5th; graduating class
.. Addrcss-by Mrs. Zeralda G. Wallace
| Woman's Suffragc-June term county court
convened; adjourned on the 15th-County
! CONGREGATIONAL conference at East ii ard wick
g. Terrific cyclone and rain and hail storm;
trees uprooted, buildings unroofed and thou
sands of dollars damage done throughout
| the county; unprecedented in this section
| Married: {. w. Potter and Edna NJ. Blanch
! ard.
4 Merchants national bank capital stock
reduced from $500, 900 to $500, 700.
o Village meeting; $500 appropriated
| for electric lights and the business put IN
hands of tr-ustecs-C9rand jury recommended
! extensive changes in court house-Junc train
| ing st. Johnsbury Guards.
10. Rev. + L. Dawson resigned his posi-
| ton as pastor of Free BAPTIST church, but
Withdrew it later on-Children's Sunday APP
II. Mrs. {. II. Wheeler delivered address
on Christianity in Turkey.
gave the operetta of Golden Hair and the
three bears-Married T. $. Fowler and Ien-
ME Ward.
13. County meeting w c. T. U. at North
10 Silver wedding Mr. and Mrs. b. f.
Clifford of North Danville-Death of Mrs. L.
T. Sanford, 46-Clandies Il. Somer's wife
struck by lightning near Passumpsic.
17-27. Commencement week St Johns
bury academy; baccalaureatc by Rev II. 7.
bv Weber quartcttc and Maud Morgan;
graduating exercises in Music hall, class
numbering IS; alumni reunion; reunion and
banquet class of 'S5-I'rcd Hale. %, killed by
falling from train near Passumpsic.
Is. Death at Boston of Warren 5 Stokes,
81. Arthur Wildcr's house burglarized.
%. Celebration of the 18th anniversary of
the settlement of Rev. ID. {. FariS at West
Barnct-pcath at Barnet of Mrs Harvey
Hartman. 81
storm in this county; stallion Ned Lambert
struck by lightning and killed at Danvillc.
d. Death in Iowa of Mrs. Abigail Sias
Iewes formerly of Danville, 70.
81. Death of Mrs Adam Darling, 81 at
East IL rS tx J iG Whit X 1d 'S at
%: Death at Minneapolis of Robert Hale,
%; former supt: PassumpSic railroad
sary of MIR. and Mrs Osborn Chase.
The republican state convention held
in June and Dillingham; and Woodbury. nomi-
ata1 he. al tIf held
Chicago and Harrison and Morton nomi-
mated.
JULY.
l. Married at Brookficld DIR. II. l. New
ell and Hattie -. Robbins.
.. Reunion of the Vermont regiment with
address by Gen. Stephen Thomas.
3. Republican county convention, Bates
and Bunker rcnominatcd senators; republi
can rally III evening speech by Frank Plum
lcy-Albert Brooks woodsheds burned.
+. Local celebration of the 18th fzzles out
The day celebrated by races at Lyndonvillc
driving park and temperance picnic, and by
races at Hard wick with Grafton 10y w. II.
Taylor.
;. Death of Mrs Palmer e Paine, 81
6. Grand canton l. O.. O. +. instituted
With o. :. Abbott captnn-Nr. ana Mrs;
Charles + EMERSON marriage reception ut
Pcacham.
Z. Death of +. r Ruiter, 60; at Cabot,
& Horace Fairbanks memorial service at
North church, sermon in the morning by |
Cod" addresses in the evening by J.: II.
Humphrey; L; G, Spencer, A. b. Noyes, S T,
0. Alphonsc, , year old son of Philippe |
I.afair, drowned in the Passunpsic river
port, Mass.
10, Death at West Burke of Mrs. Austin
Thayer. 70; at East Burke, Alice Stockwell |
Dickerman 2S-John Craig while loading +
hay at North Danville had pitchfork stuck |
" coG Snan droppn % 100
above; slight snow fall on hills-Water priv
ege on the PasEmmpSG helGw the f H vi
provement by T. {. Fletcher, Irving Frost, |
John Belknap, b. G. Howe, and Harvln Pad
18 wallace's circus at I-yndonville and
the countrymen heeced out of $1,000 by |
II. Bishops and Perry's stores burglar
lied at McIndoes.
lage dscontnued-A Address by Mrs; E y;
kenyan before w; c: T. U:-F-G G; Stevens
Death at McIndocs of Henry McCole. 46.
1s. Folsom and Citizens house at East
Greensboro burned.
10. st. Johnsbury band revived and reor-
ganizedM -, at Danville Of John Picket
20. Political address by Henry Ballard
Closing exercises at Danville academy.
% Total eclipse of the moon seen here
breckenridge at Methodist church.
q B. F. Rollins e!I, thrown from his wagon
Free Baptist picnic at LyndonviIle-Con-
cert at Barnet by ladies society
&c. Democratic county convention speech
es by Elisha May, O. ID. Mathewson and 9th
S. Thompson 90.
IS. Spontaneous combustion started fire
at l.. n. Randall'S-Death at Barnet of Mrs.
Darling. o..
% Death at Lyndon of J. J. Pratt. Of; at
Sutton, Henry w I:stcrbrookS, 81.
80. Death at Portsmouth, n. H., of Dca.
Arnold B. Hutchinson. So formerly of st. ].
All through the month of July and after
ward until election, political rallies were held
in every town in the county; they were too
numerous to mention"
AUGUST.
L solomon Lemere. 40. killed at the