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

] lgX II
/ 4 Abiiah Smith 5oth birthday anniversary
ceIebra ted-Samuel Somervile's 3Oth birth
] day anniversary celebrated.
:. Death of Pembroke =. Stevens, 80.
=. Death at Kalamazoo, Mich, of Mrs
Henry Little, formerly of st. Johnsbury, Sc
9. Organization John A Logan club
/ Death at Passumpsic of Hannah ID. Gould, u
10 Death at Hard wick of Alden E Jeude
| vine, 70 He went to depot to mail letter:
I and fell dead of apopleXy as he entered thu
I building.
/ IL Death of Lucretia A Ide, &c; a
I Greensboro. r. (. Burpee.
10 Mr. and Mrs William Green's COLDER
wedding Observation-Disclosures young
mems republican club
II Cen George A Sheridan's lecture OF
| Ingcrsoll-Married at Kansas City John A
/ Loomis and Abby II. Dana. the latter form
/ erIy of St. Johnsbury-Death of Mrs. NJ. NJ
! Bennett IS Mrs. Emily c. Dole, 6S; Mrs
Michael Shea, 70; at North Danville, Anna
Mears. 6S.
| 10 Death at Danville of p. p. Rabbit.
II. Death at Kingman, Arizona, of Heze
1 kiah $. Carpenter, %. formerly of Lyndon
is Married. George &. Carter and Rache
/ f MitcheII-Death at Lyndon of Mrs Han
nah w Hawkins, 70
20. Death of Nelson NJ. Finel. 22-Col
1 T. W. Higginson's lecture on The arlstocracJ
/ of the dollar.
%. Death at McIndoe's of Mrs. Susan
%. John Belknap bought of Perley Weeks
| PassumpSic dam property below the village
-Washington's birthday anniversary cele
brated at the North church.
%. Death of Anna DroIette, is; at New
ton. Mass. Royal Winter, 90. a native OF
Lyndon.
"a Toboggan club ball at opera house
Peacham Library association benefit
" of st. Johnsbury.
%. Prohibitionists organize-Death at
South AttlebOrO. Mass, of Mary Esther ii ar
rington. AZ. formerly of st. Johnsbury.
% Death at West Burke of Mrs. Fanny
Wooster. 81; at Wheelock Mrs Benjamin
-. Death at East Hardwick of Mrs c
G. Montgomery, 80.
2s. Married. A. F. Mcfarland and Mar
tina T. Thurbcr
90. George NJ. Williams sold meat market
to H. A FoIsom-Death at Danvillc of Mrs.
Miriam Cole. %.
During this month severe cyclones prevail
cd in the West and MIR. Blaine wrote his sen
sational political letters
MARCH.
.. Death at Pcacham of Mrs. William
WEIGH 90
3, Mr and Mrs George f. Wineh's 18th
wedding anniversary celebrated-Death at
Cabot of Matthias Stone, 81
+. Rev T. 7. Sandford preached 9th ami
vcrsary sermon at Baptist church.
>. Married at Florida. +. L. Morrison
formerly OF Passumpsic and Annie L. Hill
Death at West burke of Jonathan Davis, 10
&. Annual town meeting: Clerk and treas
urer. l.. u. Blodgett; selectmcn, Daniel Car
pcntcr, Charles Cobb, T. l.. Hovey; listers,
v"tcd $50 for Memorial day. $500 toward
fire department, $500 for poor farm repairs
y NJ {. a. gymnasium entertainment
4 Married, DIR. II. =. Caldcrwood and
Emma :. Durgan-Death of Mrs. Moses Bar
rctt, o..
=. Entertainment at South church, model
district school of 30 years ago
o Rev. ]. l.. Farrow'S lecture on London
in Y. NJ. (. \. members urse-Organization
at Lyndonvillc of county musical association
10. Y. NJ. {. A. annual meeting, 5000 rails
cd and debt liuuidatcd {. L. Putney prcsi-
dcnt-Dcath at Florida of e (. Palmer form
crly of Danvilc.
IL Death of Mrs Poland, widow of the
late Judge l. T.. Poland, 90, and of Mrs
Charles Robinson her sister, 6S. Both were
visiting at Mrs. A. L. Rankin's, were sick at
the same time. and both died the same fore
noon-Death at Lyndon of Mrs. Thomas +.
kilby, 81 at Waterford Mrs. X. o. Goss, II
10. Dartmouth Glee club concert-First of
series of sermons on Early MethodiSm, by
Rev r =. Frost-Ar- and Mrs. J. w. Hough-
tons Both marriage anniversary celebrated
at Peacham and also marriage of their
daughter Alice and w. a. HarScombe of
CabOt-Dcath in California of Bliss s. Has
kell 40 formerly OF st. IT,, ..., 800,
rcadingS-:}rd district union l. o. G. T. at
Lyndon vllc-Dcath at ROXbury, Mass, of
Ialsey r. Paddock, A. formerly of St Johns
II. Death at 9TH Avenue hotel, New York
city, of Ex-tsov. Horace Fairbanks, 6S. Gov.
Fairbanks was i'll New York on business at
the time of the great snow blockade, was
taken with pneumonia and died after five
days illness. All his family were with him.
The remains were brought to st. Johnsbury
ON the 10Th and the funeral was on the 22d :;
Sutton of Reuben Ellis. 60; at Kansas City
Mrs Horace s. Goss. Il, formerly of St
Johnsbury
IL. Death of John Halves, the oldest
tive resident of st. Johnsbury. aged 90 years
at Waterford, Mrs. ]. W. Curtis ca.
10. Death of Mrs. l.. X. Jenkins, &c
u. Twelfth annual meeting state dental
society: Or. X. w. Warner elected president
Death of Orange Harvey, ~
%. Death at Salem. n. V, Rev. Hugh
Brown, 7S. formerly of Ryegatc and Barnet.
23. Mrs. Mary Hidden fell and sustained
injuries from which she died on the 9th, 6S
KY. T. II. Frost'S lecture Infant of the
Revolution--Death at Stannard. Daniel Weed,
10 poisoned by an overdose of aconite.
Ilhl a.
convention; at the state convention ii. {.
Idle elected delegate to Chcago-Specia1
nothing done.
-. Death of Joseph HILL 81.
%. Franklin Fairbanks elected president
1St National bank, vice Horace Fairbanks,
dcccascd-Dcath at Lyndon of Mrs. Philip
81. School meeting ut Summerville; Lam
bert Packard committee; F. L. Richardson
clerk Jason Barrett collcctor-E'rank Boards
chalk talk.
Is District school meeting; T. c. Fletch-
er, committee; w. $. Boynton, treasurer; A.
ID. Pike collector
largement of railroad shops at Lyndonville,
thus settling the removal question
aCcident1y killed at scale works by a lot of
falling ''hasks'' at the foundry-Charles
Good wins house burned at East Hardwick-
The severest storm of the season occurred
i'll March; beginning the night of the II tn
and continuing through the 10Th and 18th,
the snow fell almost continuously. For two
days there was direct Geographic commu-
nication south and trains were blocked for
days. In New England and New York it was
age done and number of lives lost.
The death of Emperor William occurred on
the 9th and of Chief Justice Waite on the 23d.
APRIL.
1. Easter Sunday services at all the
local churches-Death of Mrs. Phebe Wheeler,
60.
.. Franklin Fairbanks elected president
Fairbanks corporation, vice Horace Fair
banks, deceased.
at court house-Death at Maine of DR. John
I.add, Go, formerly of Burke.
+. Hanson X. White arrested by U. s. Mar
shall for attempting to bride pension officers
Rev w r. Laird accepted a call to New
castle. Pcnn-C. G. Stebbins' bone mill burned
Curtis of West TOpSham, 40. Mrs. Curtis
came here to care for sick man. n. +. Phil
brick He lived but she died.
by local choral society directed by ]. H. Hum
phrey; repeated the 6th-Adelphan and
day observed, sermon at South church by
Rev. L. T. FairbankS-RalrOad accident at
Miles pond; two locomotives and two bag
gage cars wrecked, damage S5OOO-Dcath at
Lyndon Centre of Johnson u. Qumby, 6S.
6. Death at North Danville of Mrs. w. b.
s. Death at Lower Waterford of Murray
+; 9th Clarence s; 18th, Harry, 10; sons of
Samuel Morrison.
boycott the hardware dealers of the town
without success-Death of William D. Robin
son. 81
-. Elisha May appointed U. s. commits
Sioner. vice a. L. Rankin, deccaScd-A silver
accident1y thrust into Amos Towards hand
produced serious results and necessitated am
putation of the arm.
II Married, Frank A. Paine and Mar
garet \. Tubman-Death at Barton of Mrs
John Bean. %. formerly of Danville.
IL. Edward Drew, confined i'll the county
Jail for larceny, made an unsuccessful attempt
to commit Suicde-Married: at Chelsea
Mass. Charles H. Higgins of St j. and Helen
y. Higgins of Chelsea
Ilr1ar ted eptrI in
members course
81 & O. Pierce at Centre celebrated 64th
birthday anniversary-Death at Lyndon
Centre of Luke Farley. SO.
% G. Il. Batchelder elected superinten-
dent Baptist =. $. vice {. l. Page resigned
Illustrated talk at Baptist church on Siam
and china.