Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-01-05

Montreal general hospital on the night
train.
o. Birth of a daughter to Eugene
Rivers aud wife.
IL. 4 combination of spirited horse
and horse rake too much for y. Lougee.
~. Prof. Davis and family leave ISL
aud Pond to locate at East Barre.
81. The place visited by one of the
fercest thunder storms experienced for
long time. Lightning struck the shed
aud barn on the farm of w. X. Curtis,
but fortunately did not fire the buildings.
%. Fire started in the vacant house
next to the store of NJ. II. Davis, but ex-
tinguished with little effort and little
damage.
30. Bert Fellows returns home from
the Montreal hospital.
80. Rev. c. o. GriesI,aber breaches
his farewell sermon.
AUGUST.
/. Rev. Z. p. Lee accepts the position
of town superintendent of schools. Base
Ball Association organized. Firm Of
Pomeroy & Robinson dissolved, the lat
ter retiring.
2. Annual picnic of Christ Chmch
Sunday School. Rev. G. o. Grieshaber
starts for his new charge at Shelby,
Mich.
4. Birth of son to A. l.. Chaffee
and wife.
I. Henry Nee, who stole w. l.. Cur
rier's team at Lyndonville arrested at
Newport.
IL. Dissolution of the firm of S. d. &
4. +. lIobson, the former goes it alone.
10. Leon Rivers and Mary Gee united
in marriage. Christ Church burglarized,
some wine and about sl5 stolen.
Is. Heavy frost occasions great dam
age to corn and potatoes.
10. Annual picnic of the NJ. +. Church
Sunday School.
IL. Gala Day, observed as a general
holiday. The programme included a
clam bake at II a. m, base ball match
in the afternoon, Island Pond VS.. Lynn
donville, Qsland Fond won) and min
strel performance by the Coaticook City
| Band.
20. The twenty-fifth anniversary of
the first service held in Christ Church
appropriately observed.
-. Birth of a son to Martin Renell
and wife.
20. Mrs. Frank c. Mosher in descend
ing some stairs fell, breaking her right
leg at the thigh.
26. Col. Porter ii. Dale elected presi-
dent of the Island Pond National Bank
vice Geo. II. Fitzgerald resigned.
20. Fire in w. L. Curriers' harness
shop, evidently of incendiary origin.
80. Return game of base ball, Island
Pond VS.. Lyndonville, at the latter place
results in victory for Lyndonville.
Albert Picard of Three Rivers, Que,
found dead in the yard early this morn
ing, with such injuries about his body
as to indicate he had been run over by
the cars during the night.
SEPTEMBER.
4. Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. II. Fitzgerald
leave Island Pond to reside in Portland.
5. Schools commence the fall term.
6. Birth of daughter to Ed. Dickson
and wife.
Z. John Osborne loses a finger while
coupling cars at Sherbrooke.
II. Death of Almon Smith in his 92d
year. Birth of son to Charles Petrie
and wife.
Is. Death of John Aldrich at Wheel
ock in his 95th year. Mr.. Aldrich was
town clerk here about 20 years, and rep
resented the town in general assembly
8 years in succession. He moved from
Island Pond in 1852.
16. NJ. j. Gleason, switchman, coup
ling cars has his right hand badly in.
jured.
%. John d. Sloan and Miss Sheridan
united in marriage. The first wedding
in the new st. James Church. Felix
Goulet and Miss Castonguay joined in
marriage. The Congregational Church
extends call to Rev. Thos. Hall o.
Melbourne.
30. Death of John +. Thurston. FRS
snow of the season.
OCTOBER.
4. w. +. Flaherty, at Boston, joinet
in marriage to Miss NJ. +. O'Connor.
5. Odd Fellows district meeting
held with Ross Encampment ant
Essex Lodge. Arthur A. Covieo, a
Berlin, N. H., united in marriage Il
Miss Caroline f. Wheeler.
Z. w. L. Curriers' harness shop de
stroyed by fire, leaving no room TO
doubt but that the fire was deliberatel
set
II. Al. Chesney and family move t
Richmond, Que.
Ia. Prize Pumpkin contest closed an