St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-02-14
NEWS ABOUT HOME.


tails of the affair appear in our adver.
tising columns.
The republican town committee have
called caucus to nominate officers for
the town meeting at the Town hall
Monday afternoon Feb. II, at 1870
o'clock.
Joseph Roderer, who was burned out
in the Avenue House fire, has started up
his tobacco store and cigar manuiactory
in the barber shop in Gauthier's block on
Eastern Avenue.
The North church ladies served an
old'iashioned supper last night. The
walters were dressed in costume, and
there were many interesting articles used
in ''ye olden time"
AT the Saturday night dance at the
Stanley Opera House, given by the st.
Johnsbury Orchestra, c. c. Bonette will
give trapeze and slack wire perform
ance and refreshments will be served in
the hall.
The delegates from here to the state
G. A. R. encampment held this week at
Rutland are: c. H. West, S. w. Park
hurst, while those representing the w.
r. {. were Mrs. c. M. Bonett, Mrs. S.
W. Parkhurst and Mrs. A. w. Adams.
The bank OF Newbury at Wells River
received $4,000 of the new government
bonds at 111.66. They received the lar
gest amount OF anybody the state, and
were offered $27OO for their chance the
day the bids were announced.
"A voter writes very enthusiastically
elsewhere upon new hotel project in
st. Johnsbury. This is what the town
has long needed and if the citizens all
take hold of the matter the project can
be carried through
Charles F. Mann has been in Bur
lington the past two weeks putting in
the new light" for which A. B. Moves &
Co. are the agents. Mr.. Mann has
placed the light in shoe store and wall
paper store already.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. p. Bowman were
among those appointed at the conveu-
tion held in Rutland this week to repre-
sent the G. A. X. and W. r. c. of Yer
mont at the National convention to be
held at St. Paul the coming fall
The ladies OF st. Anne give a supper
Monday and Tuesday evening at St. Ag-
mes hall, the proceeds to go to the con-
vent. The Harmony band will give an
outdoor concert in front of the hall Just
before the supper Monday night.
Landlord Higgins lease expires at
Cottage. hotel Saturday. He goes out
of The business, leaving it in charge of K.
+. Lindsey who has run the livery stable
connected for some time. Extensive re-
pairs are being made on the hotel.
The first rehearsal of the Pageant
under the direction of Prof Wales, will be
held in X. of p. hall, Monday afternoon,
Feb. II, at 4 80 O'Clock for the children
under 16, and at o clock in the evening
at the same place for all over that age.
The Boston G. Maine railroad reports
for the quarter ended December 81 a sur
plus after charges of $247, ,116, a decrease
OF $3,424 as compared with the CORE
spending period in 1894. Cash on hand
81, 432 737, and profit and loss surplus
S1,594,654.
Sheriff Sulloway and Officer Caswell
took Henry Lanctot to the state prison
Wednesday. Lanctot is a desperate
criminal, and had nearly made his escape
from the Sherbrooke jail just before Sher.
i'll Sulloway arrived there tn bring him
to St. Johnsbury.
The Lake road has received splen-
did new snow plow from the Lyndon
vile car shops and the plow made its
first through trip over the line on Sun
day, 1t did its work very satisfactorily
and is one of the finest pows on the en-
tire system.
C. f. Severance road master on the |
Lake road, met with painful accident
last Sunday while running the snow plow.
He drove sharp pick into his loot and
will be kept from work for quite while.
An accident policy, while not relieving
the pain, acts as a panacea to quite an
extent.
The committee appointed at the
Board of Trade meeting to arrange for
mass meeting upon the Armenian out
RACES are planning for union service in
Music Hall some Sunday evening in the
near future. Several of our citizens have
promised to give addresses and the meet
ing promises to be very interesting.
Apollo Lodge, Knights of Pythias,
will observe the 23d anniversary of the
order in their Castle Hall next Thursday
evening. This will be an invited affair
and the public will have chance to see
the finest society hall in the state. An
attractive literary and musical pro-
gramme has been provided for the occa-
sion.