St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-01-07

sary of founding of G. A. r. order.
Speeches by H. c. Bates, H. c. Ide
and Mrs. c. A H. Thompson, presi-
dent of state Woman's Relief Corps.
6. Died, at East st. Johnsbury.
Mrs Seavey, SO.
g. Serious damage by fire in n. K.
Switser's furniture shop.
g. Died, in St. Johnsbury, Mrs.
Bridget Caldbeck, 81; at st. Johns
bury Center, Carlos Sargent, 60.
16. Village census completed.
Popula ton of the village, 4444; in
Guiding Summerville, 544S; number
of school children, 1923.
II. Second annual "cloth" ball at
Opera house; successful event, with
music by Salem Cadet band.
49, Temperance lecture in Meth
odist church by Miss Elizabeth U.
Yates, under the auspices of the w.
c. T. U.
21. Died, in ST. Johnsbury, Hans
Hansen, 16, from injuries received
while playing ball on the common
the week before.
26. Rev g. o. Webster engaged
for a years supply in Railroad street
Baptist church. and preached first
sermon.
26 Died, at Salt Lake City, Utah,
Rev N F. Putnam, SO, first rector
of St. Andrews church of St. Johns
bury.
g. Demorest prize medal contest
in St. Johnsbury Centre.
8. Rev. A. 1. Davis accepted call
to the pastorate of Free Baptist
church, and preached his first sermon.
5. Annual meeting of the Gene
terry association.
IS. Death of L. B. Soper at Bur-
lington.
16 Benefit concert at Opera house
by and for St. Johnsbury band. Or
ganizatio of creamery society at
Danville, with Charles Morse as
president.
II Burial of L. B. Soper with
Masons and Grand Army in attend
ance. Formulation of Society of the
Sacred Heart at Catholic church
with 212 members.
10. Twenty-fifth anniversary of
Mr.. and Mrs. o. w. Heyer's mar
riage celebrated by their friends.
10. Quite a severe frost, killing
some vegetables.
20. Three of David Browns chill
dren hurt by falling lumber
%. Presentation to Rev. 6. M.
Curl and family by his parishioners.
%. Presentation to A. F. Nichols
by Palestine Commandery.
o. Memorial sermon at Music
hall by Rev. M. A. Potter.
25. Marriage of Ezra P. Carpen-
ter and Miss Mabel Hovey.
26. Fifty-seventy annual confer
ence of Congregational churches of
Caledonia county at Peacham.
27. Severe frost in adjoining
towns, damaging vegetation consid-
erably.
%. Presentation of "Longfellow's
Dream" by local talent for the bene-
fit of Universalist church organ fund.
%. Mark Adams house at South
Danville burned.
80. Memorial dav celebrated
about as usual fine address by w. P.
Stafford.
g. County court convened here,
Judge Munson presiding.
4. Organ concert at Methodist
church.
5. "Mastodon Minstrels' give an
entertainment at Music hall for the
Y M. c. A sick fund Third annual
field day of Academy on fair ground;
some records were broken. Annual
June drill of Co. D.
g. Frank Heath of Sheffield fell
from a roof and killed instantly.
7. Children's day observed at
signed as pastor of Universalist
church, to take effect Aug. 1.
10. Eighty-frst annual conven-
ton Of Danville (Baptist) associa-
ton convened at Railroad street
church.
II. Commencement day at Lyn-
don institute, class of Is gradual
ing in regular course and "a in
commercial course. James Bedell
of North Monroe instantly killed
by accidental discharge of gun.
Il. Baccalaureate sermon before
graduating class at South church by
Rev. DIR. c. E. Harrington of Keene,
N. H.
IS Robert McCutcheon seriously
hurt by falling timber at Fairbanks
coal sheds. c. H. Dudley's steam
mill at North Concord burned, with
10000 feet of lumber and consider
able wood D. K. Wakefield's store
at Danville robbed of about $50.
16. Virgil w. Lane killed by fall
from Howe's new building.
II Last brick of the new chimney
laid by Silas Mastin. Last stone
laid on the new Museum. Death of
John LADDERS infant son.
1S. Graduating concert at Music
hall by Harvard quartet and Miss
Lufkin
10. Graduating exercises of Acad-
envy at Music hall; a class of So
ora duated Class dav exercises and