St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-01-02
HISTORY OF 1889.
LOCAL EVENTS FOR THE YEAR

form as possible. The record has
cost labor and is we'll worth preserv-
ing. When not otherwise designated
the events noted occurred in ST.
JOhnsbury -
JANUARY
l. Funeral at Lyndon George c.
Cahoon; died at Carthage, Oak. Dec
%, son of George w Cahoon, mem
Der Caledonia county bar.
2. Annual village meeting. New
board of trustees elected: Franklin
Fairbanks, president; John c. Clark,
clerk; E. d. BlOdgett, treasurer; A.
ID. Pike, collector; l.. d. Hazen, E. II.
Blossom, George Ranney, Joseph
Drouin and c. Nj. Spencer, trustees
Married, Willis D. Flint and Mrs Ella
ID. Bliss OF Hardwick at West Burke
Herbert c. Wheeler and Hattie c.
Forrest
3. Caledonian appeared IN new
dress and published by the new firm
y. Nj. {. A. lecture by DR.. Aubrey
of London on Home rule-Farmers'
institute opens two days session I'M
dCl CtuSDlOCS vi ldlC DOdId vi AS1l-
culture.
f. Rev II. NJ Andrews resigns as
pastor of the Peacham Congrega-
tiOnal church.
D. Village trustees organize with
l.. d. Hazen, chairman; {. NJ. Spen-
Ger, clerk; E. H. Blossom, supt.
streets, sewers and lighting; George
Rannev, Supt. waterwOrkS. Old
board of fire department and wood
surveyors elected-Installati of
Grand army officers. l.. w. Young,
Sutton, presented with gold-headed
cane.
g. New Catholic church dedicated
before 1900 people. Services con-
Quoted by Bishop De Goesbriand,
Rev Frs. Roy, Moroccan and Bots
sonnault; sermon by Bishop.
s. Rev. T. w. Darling closes his
pastorate at Danville Congrega ton
al church and goes to his old charge
at Wentworth, n. ii.
- New board of police chosen:
J. A. Moves, Cyrus Sergeant, w. H.
Preston, Charles II. West, David
Frechettc. On the Dist ]. A. Noyes
was reelected chief but declined to
serve and Cyrus Sergeant was chosen
Married. Simeon ID. Atwood and
Lorraine Simpson.
IA. Gov Will Cumback of Indiana
Iecturcd in the Y M c. A. course on
Invisible some people, F. Clark,
Waterford mOonshiner, fined $50
and costs for selling liquor-Another
hearing on the post office question
in Washington. On the 18th Post
master General Dickinson decides in
favor of present location-T wentieth
wedding anriveI sarv of Mr., and Mrs.
III. +. GriswOld of St Johnsbury East
10. Annual meetings of Agricul
tural and Fair Ground company. |.
w. SanbOrn resigned as secretary of
the former society and E. T. Idle
chosen. William Adams and w. E.
Peck elected directors of latter COM
pany in place of w p. Fairbanks and
N NJ JOhnsOn-Grand Army camp
fire at town hall Cen Henry of
Burlington and w. w. Sprague, speak
erS.
10, Local freight telescoped by
through freight just below Passump-
sic Or I K Stiles uninjured but
DR.. J. r. Nelson badly hurt having
his cheek bone broken and spine in
jured causing him suffering up to
present time.
81 Twelve inches of snow fell and
% Organization and first meet
ing of the Colonial club at Lambert
Packard 's-Boiler explosion at Nor
gan's mill, East Cabot. Ernest W.
Comstock, st. Johnsbury, %, in
stantly killed. Albert B. Morgan
died of his injuries on the 23rd and
Carl White badly hurt Other two
hands escaped with slight injuries.
"a. Married, Milan w. Getchell
and Carrie B. Duplisses, both of Bar
net-Clan Farquharson, South Rye
gate, celebrates both anniversary
of Robert Burns birthday.
80. Camp fire at Danville; adj
dresses by Capt. P. D. Blodgett, w
w. Sprague and Mrs. ]. c. Thomp-
son, all of St. Frank H. Under
wood injured by falling tree at East
Hardwick. After suffering great
agony he died the day following
Alex Charland, a Lyndonville brake
man, had his leg crushed at Woods
vile and afterwards amputated.
Neurology: 7, at West Barnet,
Miss Mary Galbraith, 81; 9, at Bar
net, Mrs. Jane B. Rattery. 80; II, at
Cabot, J. 0. Morse, 60; IS, Matt
land 5. Bickford, 20; 16, at McIndoes
Falls, Mary E. Pearl of Sheffield, 4S;
16, at Bradford, Moses Clark of
Cabot, Sc; II, at Barnet, Mrs. Jane
Stevenson, 81, a native and oldest
inhabitant of town; II, at Peacham,
Mrs. Aurilla l. Choate, 80; 10, Mrs
Cornelia E. Adams, 6S; IS, at Lyn-
don, Mrs. David Hill, 10; "a, at Allie
gheny City, Pa, Henry c. Dickinson,
a native of St. j.; %, at East Bar
net, Edward g. Farnsworth of ST. J.,
IS; %, at Lyndon, John T. g. Gun
bingham, Sc; 26, at St. ]. East, Ara
bella Nj. Harrington, so; %, at
Peacham, Mrs. Robert Cunningham,
%; 81, at Barnet, John Young, 81.
The weather in January was the
mildest for nearly so years. The
lowest the mercury reached was Is
below zero while most of the time
weather was as mild as April. No
snow appeared until the Dist, after
which there was good sleighing.
FEBRCA RY.
1. Streets lighted with electricity
for the first Intoxicating in Y. NJ.
c A course by Leland T. Powers
Railroad ball at Lyndonville, 40
couples on the floor
4 Mercury from 80 to 40 below
zero In 80 hours there was a change
of nearly 20 degrees and rain.
D. Board OF commissioners met to
locate the state insane asylum. Ad-
dresses by Lawyers Ide and Smith,
Drs- Billiard and Browne, L. d. Ha-