St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-08-01

During that time he has raised a debt
OF $35, 900 on the church and beer
active in the temperance and Sunday
observance movement. His resignation
takes effect September go.
The Bristol Manufacturing Company
has received an order tor one of its cata-
logues OF collins and caskets from Kim
berley, South Africa.
At an adjourned meeting OF the board
of trustees of the University Of Vermont,
held in Burlington, July %. the chairs in
the medical department were filled as fol-
lows: H. c. Tinkham, M. D., professor
of anatomy, the dean of the medical de-
partment; A. F. A, King, NJ. D., professor
Of obstetrics; A. P. Grinnell, NJ. D., pro
lessor of theory and practice of medicine;
]. Henry Jackson. M. D., professor OF
physiology; ]. N. Jenne, M. d., professor
of materia medica; John B. Wheeler, A.
NJ, M. D., professor of surgery; Horace
L. White of New York, M. D., professor
pro TEN. of chemistry.
There have been between 40 and soap
plicants for the position OF principal Of
the Montpelier high school. Letters have
been received not only from various
places in New England, but even from
Ohio and other distant states.
The Congregational church at Newport |
has been presented with a fine large
photograph of its late pastor, Rev. J. M.
Dutton. 1t is the gift of the family and |
will be cherished in grateful remembrance
of one of the best loved pastors OF the |
church.
There are but three ex.judges of the
Vermont Supreme Court now living: |
Hoyt H. Wheeler, now judge of the U. S.
Circuit court, Jonathan Ross, now U. S.
Senator, and H. Henry Powers, now
congressman from the first district
Grand preparations are being made for
the Tooth anniversary celebration of
Woodstock, which occurs August Is.
There will be an elaborate programme |
both morning and evening of that date.
The Columbian Marble Company of
Rutland is to furnish the blue and white
marble for the Warner science hall of |
Middlebury college. They have an $19,.
900 contract.
St. Adams has already raised $4,000 |
of the necessary $50,000 which its pub
licspirited citizens propose shall be the
amount for new hotel on the site Of the
burned Welden.
Mrs. Harriet Houghton of Boston,
frequent summer visitor, has presented
an elegant eighteen-foot flag to the town
of Wilmington, to be used on the village
school building. The flag will be untur-
ed with appropriate exercises some day
during reunion week, in August.
When Benjamin Harrison was running
for president a newly laid out thorough
fare in Montpelier was named Harrison
avenue. The capital city has this year
added Mckinley street and is talking of
changing the name OF Hay market square
to Roosevelt park
Among the promotions mentioned in
the Army and Navy Journal OF July 81,
which took effect uly a. is the promo
ton OF First Lieutenant Robert Morgan
Gibson, of Rutland, to be captain in the
United States Marine corps. Capt. Gil
son received his commission as second |
lieutenant under date of June 8, 1898,
aud as first lieutenant, April 8, 1899. |
ne Is INC youngest captain III luS ST.
vice save one, Capt. Butler. When last
heard from, May Is, he was at LaIsa-
bella Island of Basilan, of the SuIu
Archipelago. Capt. Gibson was % years
old last January.
The Vermont State Society of Col
onial Danes is getting up a series of
books containing family archives and
records of the members OF the society.
The list of charter members and the
index of the first book have just been
finished by J. H. Engles, of Rutland
The list is printed in red, the letters being
old English type. The index is done in
colored glyptic. There are $4,000 let
tiers and over 5000 figures in the work.
The binding is to be very elaborate.
There are 20 carbide manufactures in