St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-04-13
VERMONT NEWS.

Several gentlemen interested in the
building of an electric road from White
hall, N. Y, to West Pawlet, met last
week Before undertaking the project,
$4,000 of the capital stock must be paid
in. Whitehall has already raised $4,000
and Granville $4,000 and it is thought
the balance will soon be raised in the two
towns. The estimated cost OF the road
is 100000.
Edward M. Guernsey of Montpelier
died of heart disease Thursday. He was
60 years old and his death was quite a
shock to the town. For Learly so years
he has been connected with the Lane
Manufacturing Company and was super.
intendent at the time OF his death.
Mrs Elizabeth Child Woodward, wife
of Arthur l.. Weeks, died at her home in
ST. Adams Thur sday evening about 8
o'clock, after an illness of about a week
with pneumonia. Mrs. Weeks was born
in Bakersfield in 1856 and was the only
daughter of DR.. and Mrs. R. c. M. Wood
ward. Her husband is wellknown
throughout the state as a deputy inter-
nal revenue collector.
The bids for the Chicago post office
which is to be built of granite, were
opened last week at the treasury depart
ment at Washington. There were 16
bids in all, including only three from
Vermont. The three bids were More &
Co., So, 500.000; Fletcher Granite Co.,
$3,O00,000; Woodbury. Granite Co.,
So, 100000. The Vermont delegation in
congress has interested itsefin the mat
ter and will try to bring the contract to
Vermont. 1t requires 500, 900 cubic feet
OF granite and to cut it would keep 400
men at work two years.
Rev w. A. B. Flanders, D. D., Of st.
Adams died at II O'Clock April S, aged
"a. DR.. Flanders was rector at st.
Luke's Episcopal church to which he was
called seven years ago. His only prevl-
Gus charges were at Chester and White
River Junction. DR.. Flanders leaves a
wife and six children, three sons and
three daughters, only one of whom was
with him at the time of DEATH
The village of Middlebury has voted
year contract tor 25 street lights of
1000 cane lie power to run until midnight,
the cost not to exceed sec light.
The Rutland railroad will issue about
May an art supplement to the Heart
of the Green Mountain which was
gotten out last year The supplement
will contain about so pages OF halt tones,
seven by nine inches in size, and will not
be accompanied by letter press. The
pictures will include views about Lake
Chaplain and Lake Bomoseen and some
mountain scenery.
Barre will have a first class base ball
team this summer. The plan on which
the men are working is to have base
ball park built about half way between
Barre and Montpelier on the line of
the electric railroad, and to have Mont
pelier engage team, then let both teams
play all games on the proposed grounds.
The citizens OF Barre have voted to
have $4,000 city building to replace
the one that was burned.
Middebury has signed contracts
whereby the Brandon Italian Marble
Company's works. whose shops were re-
Gently destroyed at Brandon by fire have
agreed to erect their new shops at Mid
dlebury. The company employ some one
hundred skilled workmen and their pay
roll averages 100000 year.
Burlington will have some frst-class
operas as the guarantee has been sub
scribed by music loving people.
The following changes have occurred
at the Vermont soldiers home since Jan.
1: Admitted 16, discharged +, died g.
iuroughed 8. returned from iurlough Z
total membership March 81, 112, present
"a.
The National American Woman Suf
frage association during the months Of
April and Nav, will hold series Of con-
erences in the different New England
states which is to extend to every state
in the Union. That TOR Vermont will be
held in Burlington May 9 aud 10
Eminent speakers will be present, includ
ing Susan B. Anthony, Rev. Anna Fl
Shaw and others.