St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-11-13

ton, reissue, Charles M. Avery, Corinth,
$14.
There is strong talk Of starting a bank
at Richmond. There are Is stores there
and the town does large business. The
September payroll of the Condensed Milk
company was $4,000 and OF the Jones'
vile creamery about $4,000.
The work of laying the brick in Dewey
hall at Norwich University is nearly COM
peted and it is exp. cted the roof will be
placed on the building in two weeks.
While not as pretentious a building as
was originally expected it will be hand
some, spacious structure.
Henceforth John Chinaman of Rock
Island must not trespass upon t he "Land
OF the Free" Heretofore the Chinese
laundrymen at Rock Island have been
allowed to collect and deliver parcels at
Derby Line, and one boy did part of the
laundry work at the hotel there. Now
the exclusion act is to be enforced to
the letter. Immigration officer McDer.
mott of Newport has given orders for
the arrest Of any Chinaman who dares
set foot on the forbidden soil at Derby
N3'HN' lSNNAloNNe'i IOAl nal
Julius H. Seymour, formerly of st. AL
bans, was re elected member of the as
sembly from the 10th election district,
New York city, at last weeks election.
He made a splendid canvass and was
given the largest majority of any candi-
date in his district.
The long war over the appointment of
| nf Tho hoe IoI
by the election of ex-Alderman L. H.
! Thurston, the vote Of the city council be-
ing to in his favor. Mr.. Tnurston
was previously proposed for this posi-
ton but his confirmation was refused by
vote OF 4 to /.
Rev. Francis A. Poole, the new pastor
OF the Barre Congregational church, is to
be formally installed Tuesday, November
10. The installation sermon will be
preached by the Rev. John Buckham, of
Salem, Mass.
large amount of cloth seized last
summer at RiChford where an attempt
was made to smuggle it into the United
States has been sold at auction at Bur
lington by United States Marshal Fred
A. Field and his deputies. The cloth
with large quantity of rags Melted the
government $11 800. Forbes & Wallace
OF Springfield, Mass, bought $500 yards
OF cloth tor $4,000, ]. Liberman of New
York bought $3.50 yards for $4S75,
while the Burlington Paper Stock COM
pany bought $500 pounds of hemp bag
ging and 500 pounds of wooden rags for
$525.
Theophilus Grout, former editor of the
Newport Express, has been appointed
special Inspector of customs and attached
to the staff of Converse !. Smith of Bos-
ton, who has charge of the New England
districts.
The Central Vermont Railroad COM
pany are preparing to build a new depot
at Montpelier Junction near the site of
the one burned in September.
There are still rs men employed in the
construction Of the $4,000 coach barn
for DR., w. Seward Webb at Shelburne
Farms. This barn is one OF the finest in
the United States and is nearly com
peed. After sc geral thousand dollars
had been expended and the building had
reached the first story the site was
changed and the work had to be done all
over again. Several millions of brick are
used in the construction. 1t will be com
pleted by Jan l.
There are now 80 girls and 126 boys
in the Industrial school at Vergennes.
Miss L. V. Beecher has resigned her po-
sition as assistant matron of the school
and returned to her home in Johnson.
Mrs. Emma Bingham has taken her place.
The center table which was in the Yer
mont room at the New England build
ing at Buffalo has been sent to Col.
Charles S. Forbes of St. Adams. aud has
been placed in the Vermonter office. The
top of the table is verd antique marble
from Roxbury, and the standard was
made by the St. Adams furniture factory.
A petition in voluntary bankruptcy has
been filed BY Doane Cook Of Wells River;
liabilities, 5000; assets, nothing.
Death No. 139 at the Soldiers home,
Bennington, came Tuesday, Nov. 5. 1t
was that of Stephen Sheldon, ad.
mitted to the home from Shoreham
He was a member of the Second New
York cavalry.
Asquadron of cavalry stationed at Fort
"a Ethan Allen has been ordered to leave
for the Philippines. They will sail Dec. l
from New York on the transport Crook
The squadron consists of troops E, F, G
and H and is commanded by Col. A. H
Hennisee.
Recent army orders announce that Ma.
jor Herbert E. Tutherly, 18th cavalry,
who was for some years stationed in
Burlington as instructor i'll military sci
ence at the University, will report to the
commanding general Department of the
Columbia, tor duty as acting inspecting
general of that department.
Gen. w. H. Gilmore had a large sale OF
personal property at auction at his
Fairee farm and is soon to give posses.
sion of his homestead to the new owners
With his wife Gen. Gilmore will soon be
located at Gales Inn, Fairlee, tor the
winter.
The new Science Hall of Middlebury
College, erected and furnished at a cost
OF $50 500 by Ezra J. Warner of Chicago
is nearly completed Before moving the
apparatus into the building there is tc
be formal opening on Friday evening
Nov. 10.
The first carload of apples that has
been shipped out of Barre for years left
recently over the Montpelier and Wells
River r. r. 1t was bought by H. W
Whitney of Boston. These apples were
collected in the country around Barre by
Mr.. Whitney assisted by M. w. Scribuer