St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-08-16
VERMONT MATTERS.

camp meeting AT MoTrlsNHle aug ~
also their state conference.
The bridge across the Connecticut river
Mt White River Junction will have three
spans and be $50 feet long to be finished
in 90 days.
Michigan marble and granite dealers
will visit Barre. Aug. 1924. A trip to
the ouarrcs will be taken aud a banquet
will be held at Montpelier.
A subscription Of $4,000 was made last
week to the endowment fund OF Gratis
bury Academy. This doubles the pres
emf endowment. Friends hope to ralseit
to $4,000
Barre Branch of the Scottish Clans
held a picnic and field day at Green
Mountain park. The home team won a
game OF foot ball with the Scottish Ath-
letic club of Montreal.
The massive foundation for the new
library building in Manchester is nearly
completed. and the granite and brick for
the supcrstructure are on the way and
will be put in place as fast as possible
Enosburg Falls is without electric
lights. The Alissisquoi river is so low
that no water is available at the power
house.
The Vermont Wheel Clubs handsome
quarters in the Farmers and Mechanics
Exchange building at Brattleboro were
opened with a reception to 500 guests
on July 30th
Warren II. Hobson of Whitehall COM
mitted suicide by hanging on July 25th'
His mind was deranged from financial
troubles.
An effort is being made in Hardwick
to form branch of the humane society,
and the Gazette says the necessity Oft is
apparent.
Milkmen in Barre are exercised over
the surprise given them by the council
imposinga tax of fifty cents on each COW.
If the tax is imposed milk will rise in
price or be lowered in quality.
Judge Harlan Of the supreme court,
who is spending his vacation in Mont
pelier, is authority for the statement
that Vermont contains one OF the best
law libraries to be found anywhere.
Richard Morris Hunt, the well known
architect, and designer of the wonderful
administration building at the Worlds
Fair at Chicago, died on July 31st at his
home at Newport, K. l., from nervous
prostration He was born in Brattle-
boro in 1928, and Tor forty years or
more has been master of his art, and
recognized all over the world.
A thief was found in the bedroom of
Ezra Clark's two daughters at Rutland
on the night OF July 9th. The girls
gave the alarm but the man got away.
He dropped Mr.. Clark's gold watch in
his flight. D. S. Whttaker's house was
entered the same night, and his gold
watch stolen.
Mr.. Harry Russell, nearly SO years of
age, died from the effects of injuries re-
ceived in a carriage accident while driv-
ing from Burlington to his home in
Shelbourne on August 1st.
Bailey and Putnam sl.store at Winoos-
Xxi was burglarized last week. This
kind OF thing is getting quite common in
Winooski.
Michael Sullivan, a native of Vermont,
proved himself true hero in the railway
wreck at Conway Junction on August 5.
He could have jumped and saved his lite,
but remained trying to signal the engi-
neer, and was killed.
An address on State medicine was
delivered by Henry d. Holton, a. NJ, NJ.
D., OF Brattleboro, at the recent meeting
OF the American Medical association at
Baltimore. 1t has been printed in pam.
phlet form.
The Fall Mountain Paper company OF
Bellows Falls started its log drive of o.
100000 feet, which has been hung up at
Woodsyille, n. H., all summer on ac-
count of low water. There are 2,OOO,-
600 feet more at Woodsville probably
notable to run out
Mr.. and Mrs. P. L. Ward of Burling-
ton were baptized with water from the
River Jordan, poured from a carved shell
of mother OF pearl which had deem placed
in the manger at Bethlehem. The cere-
mony was performed by Rev. George Y.
Bliss.
G. A. r. men in the state are happy
over the reductions in the rate to the
national encampment at Louisville, XIV.
The price Tor return tickets was origin.
ally fixed at 500 90, but rates have been
reduced and Commander Cannon an.
nounces that tickets will be sold Tor SIS.
St. Adams nearly had another bad
conHagration on Friday, when a plumber
whose clothes had caught fire communi.
Gated it to barrel of gasoline, causing
an explosion. The barrel was on truck
and the horse ran away, scattering the
hre, and making things very DANGEROUS
The man, Henry Mossey, was terribly
burned.
bright little boy who said his name
was Georue Milton Pooars ,,,l L;, hoo.