St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-09-26
NEW ENGLAND BRIEFS.

The chief consul Of the L. A. W. Of
! Rhode Island for 1901 will be Percy A.
/ Harden. There will be no opposition.
! Frank T. Sibley is named for vice presi-
/ dent
The new hall Of the Warren lodge
! Of Masons was dedicated at Amesbury
Mass, with appropriate exercises.
Franklin J. Pratt, aged II, died at
Greenfield, Mass, after an illness Of five
years. For many years he had been an
active Democrat in western Massachu-
sets. He was collector Of internal
revenue during President Cleveland's
first administration.
A fire Of unknown origin resulted in
the total destruction Of large boarding
stable at Hartford, and 40 horses per-
ished. The loss is $4,000.
The unusual occurrence Of the laying
of two cornerstones for one congregation
took place at Greenwich, Conn, one be-
ing the cornerstone for the SAC, 900 church
Of st. Mary's parish, which is to replace
a church burned in the spring, and the
other being the cornerstone Of a $4,000
parochial school for the same parish.
Bishop Tierney OBLIGATED at the cere-
monies.
John H. Kaelher, aged p, was fatally
injured by falling from a trestle being
built at Hartford.
August Lindquist, 81, died at New
Britain, Conn, from the effects of dose
of poison, taken with suicidal intent.
At Willimantic, Conn, Duyfrote Ouch
ammo, aged 90, was accidentally drowned
John Holtham, the oldest fisherman in
the region Of Lake Memphramagog, was
drowned near Newport, VT. He led
secluded life in hut.
The cornerstone of the new st. Mary's
Catholic church Of West Quincy, Mass
was laid by Archbishop Williams Of
Boston, with appropriate ceremonies.
Sylvanus G. Davis, a ship carpenter,
g. years old, committed suicide at Bath,
Me, by hanging, while suffering from
dependency.
Miss Frances K. Crane, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Zenas Crane, and niece Of
Governor Crane of Massachusetts, was
married at Dalton, Mass, to Samuel G.
Colt son Of the late Justice Colt. Among
the guests were many prominent society
people of Massachusetts and other states.
H. H. Campbell, millionaire attorney
Of Boston, who has been spending the
past year in Prescott, Ari., died unex-
pectedly of consumption.
John O. Wilson, one Of the original
trustees of the Morse institute, at Natick,
Mass, and who for 80 years has served
on the board, has given $4,000 to the
Morse hospital for use in opening de-
partment for young people.
The barn belonging to Fred L. Ames
at North Easton, Mass, and containing
rs tons of hay and five cows, was burned.
Loss, $4,000
The population of Fitchburg, Mass,
is 81, 531, as against 22O37 in $780, an in
crease of 43.O8 percent.
The memorial library which was pre-
scented to Swansea, Mass, by the late
Frank S. Stevens was dedicated with
exercises BETTING the occasion. Many
guests were present.
Rev. Charles r. McNally Of Frederic
ton, n. B., was ordained and installed as
pastor Of the Worthen Street Baptist
church, Lowell, Mass.
Charles H. Plumb, proprietor Of the
famous Red Lion inn at Stockbridge,
Mass, and one of the best known hotel
landlords in western Massachusetts,
died at the hotel at the age of Y.
Rev. NJ. T. Mccarthy, assistant curate
Of ST. Mary's Roman Catholic church at
Branford, Conn, died after long illness,
aged "a. The cause Of death was hem
orrhage Of the lungs.
Professor christopher c. Langdell Of
the Harvard law school has been COM
PEELED by falling eyesight and the feeble
ness of old age to give up his work. Pro-
fessor Langdell went to Harvard as dean
professor of law in 1870, and at the same
time became dean Of the law school.
The population of Newton, Mass, is
SO, 587, as against 24,379 in 1890.
Rev. Samuel c. Keller, pastor of
Bethany M. E. church at East Rochester,
N. H., for three years, died at the age of
70 after nearly half century in the
ministry. He was born in Reading,
Conn and Is survived by seven children.
Fire in the casket factory of Frank E.
Sessions & Co., at Worcester, Mass,
caused $4,000 damage.
Mitchell S. Francis. an Indian, was
struck by train near Perry, Me-, and
instantly killed.
Sylvester r. Koehler of Boston, cura-
tor of printing in the museum Of fine arts
in that city, dropped dead from heart
failure at Littleton, N. H.