St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-05-30
DANVILLE.
A Short Town Meeting.

ed. The warrant of five articles was
read by the president, Ora N. Drew.
After the call Walter Davis made the
following motion:
Voted, That the selectmen are
authorized to erect town house not
to exceed in cost $4,000, and that
they have the authority to change
the locati so as to erect the build
ing on a line with other buildings, and
easterlv of the old lot if necessary, in
order to have room for a driveway
between the hall and other buildings
that may be erected.
Mr.. Davis explained the object of
the motion which was promptly sec
onded. Some one asked who owned
the present site and ]. B. Mattocks
said 1.-The town of Danville." Cries
of Question" hastened a vote and
the motion of Mr.. Davis was unani-
mously carried.
This summarily disposed of three
articles and the fourth article was
taken up, ITO see if the town will
vote to raise money to build a town
hall" twas voted to authorize the
selectmen to borrow money for the
benefit of the town to build the town
hall.
On the fifth article, "To transact
any other business that may proper
ly come before said meeting" it was
voted to authorize the selectmen to
provide necessary furniture for build
ing when completed The meeting
then adjourned after a session of
about ten minutes.
1t will be seen by the above vote
that the selectmen can locate the town
hall almost anywhere they see fit
and it may be located on the corner,
on the Eagle hotel site, instead of the
old site The citizens expected a
more protracted meeting and there
was such a general surprise at the
unanimity of the vote that the meet
ing broke up with hearty laugh on
all sides. The vote will stimulate
the property owners to rebuild as
soon as possible.
Building Notes.
John Curr1er has contracted with
George l. Green to rebuild his grocery
store.-E. S. & H. E. Pierce have con-
tracted with M. J. Caldbeck of St.
Johnsbury to rebuild their hardware
store, larger than the old one. Work
will be commenced on it this week.
DIR. J. M. Aver has started to build
up his office larger than before-Dole
Brothers will start on their, new
store as soon as they can get lumber.
They hope to open it by July 1 and
will build a two story building of
about the same dimensions as before.
The Grand Army get $50 insur-
ance and want to rebuild on their
old site-The Masons received $500
insurance and would like to rent a
hall, if there is any one built, in the
upper story of business block.
News Items.
Mrs. Moses Wesson has gone to
Lowell, Mass.
]. E. Harris of Burlington was in
town Saturday.
]. Solomon is having the house
where he lives repaired.
J. S. Tilton is moving to the Col.
VIM. Dole place.
N S. Williams has raised his house
20 inches, and will build a woodshed.
Henry Peck has moved into Mrs.
Bates house on West Danville road.
Rome was not built in a day."
but Dole Brothers temporary store
went up in a day and a half.
Mrs Lucy Moore, a daughter Of
Bliss N. Davis, has arrived from Wis
consin and will spend the summer
here.
Eleazer Dole has bought the site of
the old Eagle hotel and barn, and
will put up a store on the corner at
once. Price $475.
The subscription to start the North
Star again permanently has reached
nearly $500. The paper is now be-
ing printed in New York.
Rev Robert c. Lansing will preach
at the Congregational church the
next two Sundays. The pulpit was
occupied last Sunday by Principal c.
E. Putney of St. Johnsbury Academy.
George Page has bought Timothy
B. Harris house and lot for $500.
Mr.. Page found that he could buy a
home cheaper than he could rebuild.
Mr. Harris has bought a small house
of Abel Hartshorn for $500.
The Danville band lost five uni
forms, six instruments and a lot of
music in the fire, that was stored in
Grand Army hall Their value was
nearly $500. They will keep up their
organization and try to raise money
to cover their loss.
There were 81 deaths and Sc births
in this town in 1888. There were
five deaths from consumption, 4 from
pneumonia, and 8 each from dipthe-
ria and heart disease. There were
deaths of persons over 70, 5 over
80 and one 95 years and 5 months.
The latter was Mrs. Miriam (Plast-
ridge Cole, who died on February
%. She was government pension
er of the war of 1912.
B. F. Haviland is handling six
horses this season and expects three
more this week One of the latest
arrivals is Prince, owned by William
]. Nelson Of South Ryegate and a
very promising horse. Mr.. Havi-
lands own horse, Wilkes, has beau
tiful action and is much admired
He was sired by Abdallah Wilkes
who was also the sire of D. K. Wake
field handsome stallion Mr.. Wake
field still owns some Golden stock
and is handling a Golden yearling
this season.
LYNDONVILLE.