St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-07-10
VERMONT NEWS.
The ArorrIstoyn Centennial


The Fourth of July and the Tooth
anniversary of the settlement of
MorristOwn were together fttingly
celebrated at MorrisvilIe. One esti-
mate has it that about 10000 peo-
pie were in the village. In the morn
ing a salute of 100 guns, ringing of
bells and blowing of whistles opened
the days jubilation. In the forenoon
there was parade by a procession
comprising local and neighboring
Grand Army posts, the burlington
Cadets, town officers and invited
guests i'll carriages, MOrrisville fire
department and artillery, with
bands In the afternoon a large as
sembly gathered at the assembly
tent, where the literary exercises
were held Hon. George w Hendee
was president of the day, and made
the address of welcome. Hon. II.
Henry Powers delivered a polished
and scholarly historical address,
Rev. p. B. Fish Il spirited poem, and
toasts were responded to by several
of the invited guests, Hon. p K.
Gleed acting as POSTMASTER in his
usual pleasant and felicitous manner
were Gov w. p Dillingham;, Lieut.
Gov Woodbury., Rev. Edwin Wheel
ock of Cambridge, Hon. w. Terrell
of Middlefeld, CT, Leslie NJ. Shaw
of DcnnisOn, Ia, DR. w A. Tennv of
Granville, n. Y, Hon. George Wilkins
of Stowe, Col E. B. Sawyer of HYDE
Park, Rev. George w Bailey of
Moravia. n. Y, and Hon. Charles S.
Gleed of Topeka, Kan. Fireworks
in the evening closed the celebration.
The people of Morristown have a
right to congratulate themselves on
the success of their long anticipated
anniversary.
DIR. Charles l.. Allen of Rutland,
widely known as a member of the
state board of health, died suddenly
last week Wednesday. probably of
apoplexy.
A party of about 80, most of them
teachers or persons otherwise con-
nected with the schools of the state.
left burlington on the Fourth to at
tend the meeting of the national
teachers association in st. Paul,
Mimi, this week.
NEWS IN GENERAL.
p. t. Barnum, the veteran show
man, celebrated his S0th birthday
last Saturday.
Last Thursday the president signed
the bill making Idaho state, the
43d in the Union
Three hundred acres of timber land
has been burned over in Newbury,
with about 500 cords of wood
The Roumanian government will
construct a bridge across the Danube
&c miles in length. Its great length
is owing to large marshy tract on
the left bank of the river.
Property to the value of $123, OOO,-
900 was consumed by fire in the
United States during 1889, an in
crease of So, 100000 over the pre-
ceding year.
Phillibert Crepau, a young man 1 9
years of age, an employee of the
Winooski wooden mills, while bath
ing was drowned in the Winooski
river, below the railroad bridge in
that village, Tuesday afternoon, June
"a. Crepau could not swim, and
went beyond his depth
The toll bridge across the Connect
cut river at North Stratford collapsed
June 20, and fell into the river, a
distance of 20 feet, carrying with it
a four-horse team and three men,
only one, however, being seriously
hurt The bridge was erected by a
corporation about 40 years ago.
popuIa ton of New York city at
1927, 227. The estimate for Boston
is 437, 245. as against &c., 3S9 in
1880, keeping Boston still in the fifth
place among American cities. Phila-
delphia and Chicago claim over a