St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-07-12
LOCAL GATHERINGS.

sheridan Council, NO. AL, knights
of Columbus, hold their first meeting in
Pythian hall this evening.
DR. S. H. Sparhawk has had his office
at residence connected with the telephone
exchange, having the long distance
transmitter.
Carl H. Turner has taken the agency
for the Beebe and Massasoit wheels and
also handles all kinds of sporting goods
and bicycle sundries.
Several members of the local council,
Knights of Columbus, expect to take
part in the working of the third degree
at Laconia next Sunday.
Grading has commenced on the lot
for the Summerville schoolhouse and
Bragg & Morris expect to have the
building completed Jan. /, 1900.
F. o. CLARK announces in our adver-
tising columns that after August he
will adopt the cash basis in his business.
He also advertises his entire business for
sale.
"A horse belonging to Henry Marcott
dropped dead on Eastern avenue one
day last week near the steam roller, pre-.
sumably from heart failure caused by
fright.
The State Board of Pharmacy met
with c. c. Bingham yesterday for Their
quarterly meeting. Seven candidates
presented themselves for examination as
druggists.
The heavy and frequent showers the
last of the last week and on Sunday were
great help to the crops. The grass ha:
suffered Tor lack of rain and potatoe.
and corn show the effects of the drouth
These are the advertised letters fol
the week: Katherine Benham, Mrs
Maria Kendall, Mrs. Zelina Simpson
Mrs. Ella Thomas, A. A. Fuller, Josepl
Hamilton, Richard Houston, A. F. Jones
I. r. Salus, Arthur Wetler.
Judge Henry c. Ide will give an in
formal talk on his recent trip through
the West Indies at the Mystic Club Oh
Friday evening of this week. Judge Id
is most interesting speaker and mem
bers and their invited friends are sure o
most enjoyable evening.
Sheriff Sulloway received notice Sun
day morning that team had been stolel
Saturday night from the Connection
Valley Lumber Company's mill at Nc
Indoes. Through his deputy sheriffs tn
team was found in good condition a
Peacham that afternoon, but no trace G
the thief has been discovered.
During the heavy shower Sunda
forenoon lightning struck the Shaw hous
at the head OF Summer street, knocking
off portion OF the wooden cornice, de
stroying one chimney and blowing tn
chi mney caps out in various parts of tn
house. Though the house was file
with smoke there was no fire.
BY the summer arrangement c
trains there are three trains daily throug
the White Mountain notch over tn
Maine Central. 1t is also possible t.
leave here at $50 a. M, and return a
7.05 p. m, and visit the top of Nj
Washington the same day or go dow
the notch and have several hours at an
of the big hotels.
AT meeting of the directors of tn
Y. M. c. A., Monday evening, the lectur
course committee for the coming seaso
was elected as follows: Charles f
Horton. Arthur F. Stone, Frank f
Brooks, D. Y. Comstock, Charles "
Ruiter, Charles w. Steele. This is th
same personnel as served upon the con
mittee last year.
S. D. Atwood has recently secure
the services of professional baker fro1
Boston and is better prepared than eve
before to do cooking or private catering
He is having big trade in ice cream thi
summer and among his recent large OF
ders was the red, white and blue ic
cream for the Woman's Club lawn part
Friday afternoon.
There is to be an excursion Thursday
July 13, starting from st. Johnsbury
taking in all stations to Essex Junctio
to Burlington then by Steamer Reindee
to Providence Island. This is gotten u
more especially for Sunday schools
young peoples societies and churcl
going people generally and promises t
be pleasant trip. Fare for the roun
trip from st. Tohnsbury, $2.70 children