St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-04-26

"A metal ceiling is being placed in the
Citizens bank to replace the decorated
plaster.
j. M. Foy has greatly improved his
residence on Summer street by adding
slightly piazza.
The trustees have appointed George
S. Smith special policeman at the Saliva
tion Army meetings.
-Stanislus Desrocher has filed petit
tion in insolvency. His assets are $3.50
and his liabilities 1928.
The Consolidated Ice Company's
carts began running last week. They
start on their regular routes May 1.
The annual meeting of the st. Johns
bury Cemetery Association will be held
in the Y. M. c. A. parlors on Tuesday,
May 1, at 73O o'clock.
The stone crushing plant which the
trustees have bought for the village has
arrived and it attracted much attention
while on the cars at the railroad yard.
Fred Lewis, of the firm of Lewis &
Hall, wholesale clothiers of Portland,
has completed an invoice of the King
Clothing Company's stock and is now
looking for purchaser.
Judge Walter P. Smith is to move his
dwelling house on Summer street back,
and to front on Central street, and will
build a new modern house where the
present one now stands.
George Ranney as trustee in the in
solvent estate of P. A. Roach will pay a
first dividend to the creditors this week.
1t is hoped that the whole estate will
pay 25 cents on the dollar.
John L. Grady is supplying milk to
his customers from very attractive new
milk wagon, and F. A. Scott appears
with new delivery wagon-more evi
dences of business prosperity.
David E. Porter, referee in bank.
ruptcy for Caledonia county, has had
Essex and Lamoille counties added to
his Jurisdiction and with the three
counties he is kept comfortably busy.
w. H. Preston, as trustee of the in
solvent Crystal Springs Company, ha'
sold the plant to three st. Johnsbury
boys, Frank H. Preston, Ed Buckley anC
George Caldbeck. Price paid, $4,000.
The warm sun of Sunday raised th'
rivers rapidly during the afternoon ant
Sleeper's river rose about foot in ont
hour. AS there was no rain it indicated
that there was lots Of snow still in the
woods.
"A good specimen of close packing
was seen in a car containing thirty car
riages for Bundy & Weeks that arrived
recently. 1t was hardly possible to ge
a sheet of paper into the car before un
packing.
The fishing season opens next Mon
day, but word comes from Waterford
that the ice on the pond is 20 inches
thick so the disciples of Walton will
have to confine their attention at th
opening of the season to brooks ant
larger streams.
While not seeking foreign marke
the Ely Hoe and Fork Company ar
frequently called on to fill orders TO
other parts of the world and their busi
ness in the Hawaiian Islands is larger
than ever before.
AS the result OF a row in the lumbel
yard at the scale works, between Johl
E. Clark and L. B. Morey, both mel
were discharged, and the former arrested
He pleaded guilty of assault and pait
fine and costs amounting to 1851.
The regular May meeting of the st
Johusbury Womans Club will be held a
Pythian Hall, Monday, May 1, at
O'Clock. This is the annual meeting 70
the election of officers for the next Clul
year. The executive board will meet a