St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-10-18


evenings till May 1.
Miss J. HALEY, at 113 Eastern ave-,
announces Friday and Saturday as mil
llnery opening days. Her line of milli-
merry will be complete and up to date.
About $50 from the various stations
along the line of the Lake road attended
the White Mountain notch excursion
Saturday. Twenty.six tickets were
sold from St. Johnsbury.
d. j. Wright dislocated his shoulder
yesterday afternoon. He was driving
with his little boy and the horse went
around corner too fast and threw both
occupants OF the carriage out.
John Z. Harris new paper will make
its first appearance next week Saturday.
1t will be printed at the CALEDoNIAN
office every Saturday morning. The
name of the new venture is Harris
Weekly"
The Boston & Maine railroad are to
have an excursion to Boston, starting
from Newport, Thursday, Oct. "a, and
returning not later than Nov. 8. The
fare from St. Johnsbury will be $3S5,
and Wells River, $500.
The st. ]. & L. c. railroad will have
an excursion to Boston, Wednesday,
Oct, 30, to return not later than Nov. 2.
1t is to start from Swanton and will is
sue tickets from that point to Stevens,
inclusive at very low rates.
The University Extension class at
Newport will study this winter Some
Formative Periods in American History"
under the guidance of Prof. John Fiske.
Some members OF the class are attending
Prot. Fiske's lectures here.
The police headquarters have been
changed from the Odd Fellows block to
the basement of the Citizens Bank block
in the room adjoining the meat market.
The sessions of the police court will be
held here, and several cells have been
| fitted up for lawbreakers.
The auction sale Of seats for the Y. NJ.
c. A. course will occur in Music hall next
week Friday evening. The prices for the
course are the same as in previous years,
and a choice and varied list of entertain
ments is offered the public. The prospec-
tus for the course will soon be ready for
distribution.
The New York clothing store on
| Eastern avenue, which was recently
| burned out, started fire and water sale
! last Saturday and have had big trade
there ever since. The proprietors will
close the store for the present Saturday
night and 90 elsewhere to open cloth
| ing store.
The trustees of the Fairbanks Muse
um announce that the building will be
open every week day during the months
of November to April from a. m. till
p. M and the first Saturday evening of
each of these months from Z to O'Clock.
1t will be closed on Thanksgiving day
and Christmas day.
Frank L. Burt, brakeman on the Hyde
Park train on the Lake road had two
fingers and thumb of his lett hand badly
crushed at Walden Tuesday morning.
He had been on the road about month,
but fortunately had an accident policy
with w. w. Sprague in the Standard
Accident Company OF Detroit.
The seectmen never did a better
thing than when they decided to change
the course of the road to East st. Johns
burg where it runs so near the track Just
beyond the old Judge Hovey farm. Hor-
ace Jackson and force of men have
moved the road several rods away from
the railroad track, and drivers of nervous
horses can now travel the road in COM
parative safety.
w. N. Randall's Golden I'd had bad
luck at Concord last week. He was all
right the day before the race but was so
lame in the race that he had to be drawn
after the third heat. Considering the
fact that he was looked upon as the
winner of the race it looked very much
like foul play. With the exception of
this race Golden I'd has never been be-
hind third place in the % races that he
has been in.
Harry Davis, former employe at
the st. Johnsbury House, was arrested
and tried before Justice Worcester Mon
dav and fined $40 and costs for obtain
ing liquor under false pretences at the
liouor agency In his confession, Mr.
Davis said that men from one OF the
livery stables had furnished him with
money and he purchased the liquor
These men have been arrested and are
waiting trial under bail
The people of this vicinity will be in
terested to note the changes in the time
table of the st. ]. & L. c. railroad to go
into effect Sunday, Oct. 20. The morn
mo messenger train leaves at 1885, five