St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-06-13
VERMONT NEWS.
Dedication of a Monument.

The Stannard monument will be
dedicated at Burlington in Lakev1ew
cemetery on Thursday, June 90.
Gov. Dillingham; and staff, Lieut.
Gov. Woodbury. and other state of
ficers, the various ex-governors, Col.
A. S. Tracy, department commander
and other department officers, regi-
mental officers and division officers
of the Sons of Veterans. besides Off
GERS and members of the various
posts and camps are expected to be
present. The programme will include
an Grafton by some prominent speak
er yet to be selected, and other APP
propriate exercises. The Fifth, Second
and Ninth Vermont regiments hold re-
unions on that date The Central
Vermont and Montpelier & Wells
River railroads sell tickets for fare
one way, and the Passumpsic and
Lake railroads will sell tickets from
stations at two cents per mile each
way to junction points.
Senator George F. Edmunds and
Gen. William Wells have gone on a
Bmonth's fishing in the Gulf of St.
Lawrence.
A town meeting was held at Stowe
last week to select postmaster, and
Bert Raymond received a majority of
seven on the fourth ballot.
A movement has been put on foot
at Wells River for the organiza ton
of stock company to build and run
a paper mill, Mr.. Aiken being inter
ested in the project.
Hon. Albert R. Savage, the newly
elected Supreme Dictator of the
Knights of Honor, was born at Rye
gate, December 8, 1s47 and gradu-
ated at Dartmouth college in 1871.
The grand list of Burlington for
1889 is $107, 164. 81, an increase of
some 81 900 over last year. The to-
tai value of real estate is $6,SO6,-
4O5.66 and the total number of polls
1865.
There are II members of the ia
nous Loveland family of Pittsford
and the oldest is 90 and the youngest
is 90. The aggregate ages amount
to SS4 years and they average 80
years and six months.
The second reunion of the 9th Yer
mont regiment at Burlington the
Goth, will be of special interest, as
the members will unite with the I'd
regimental reunion society in unve1l-
ing the monument to Gen. Stannard.
Benjamin F. Bingham, principal of
the Brattleboro high school for more
than 25 years, died of apoplexy
Monday He was in his school room
II <,r1y.1 h tan h
er in many respects, and his death
will be widely mourned.
A tremendous thunder storm and
cloud burst broke over St. Adams
Sunday evening at 7 o'clock, flood
ing the streets to depth of from six
inches to one foot The cellars of
many of the stores on the west side
of Main street were filled with water
to depth of over four feet, doing
much damage to goods. The storm
is unprecedented in the history of the
town.
While sheriff deputies were taking
inventory of goods at ]. F. Robin
sons store in Center Rutland some
1000 letters were found; they were
marked "unclaimed", but through
gross carelessness were never for
warded to the dead letter Office.
Some had remained there four and
six years and contained checks and
valuables. 1t is said that there is no
penalty for such carelessness.
A French woman named Merin, a
passenger from Nashua, who reached
White River Junction about midnight
Monday, was assaulted by three
Irishmen The station not being
open the conductor took her into the
conductors room upstairs. Mike
Sullivan, on duty al ound the depot,
induced her to go down to the wo-
mems room, promising to open and
light it. They were met by John
Flood and James O'Connell, and it is
supposed the three assaulted her.
The men escaped into New Hamp-
shire.