St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-07-22
Hanover, N. H., in 1900, and has been at
the seminary during the past year. His
home is in Weston.

the seminary during the past year. His
home is in Weston.
Mrs. Hetty 81. R. Green is again resi-
dent of Bellows Falls, paying taxes on
$4,000 worth of property. Last year
she transferred her residence and paid
only on $4,000, the assessed value of
house on Church street.
Arthur Brace, who escaped from the in
| dustrial school at Vergennes Wednesday
night, was located at Essex Junction
Friday by Assistant Superintendent Pratt
Of the school. Brace does not want to
be confined at the industrial school and
| says he will escape whenever he can. He
wished to be sent to the house of correc-
ton at Rutland.
Hon. Frank Plumley of Mortified, who
is at Caracas. Venezuela, serving as one
| of the umpires in the Venezuela affair,
writes to friends in Montpelier, saying
| that matters are getting into shape, and
| that some of the commissions have al
ready disposed of many claims.
Rev. ]. E. Wright, for "a years pastor
of the Unitarian church in Montpelier.
has resigned, the resignation to take
effect October 1.
| John B. Pickering, 81, who died in
Burlington Friday, was the Oldest Odd
Fellow in Vermont. He was the son of
Theophilus Pickering, the architect and
builder, who erected the first state house
in Vermont.
The comptroller of currency has ap-
proved the application to organize the
Peoples National Bank of Barre with a
capital of$10O, 900, among heincorpora-
tors being Fred N. Braley of Barre, c. W.
Melcher, S. D. Allen, Charles W.
Averill and F. D. Ladd.
At the recent competitive examination
held in New York for appointment to the
engineering service of the United States
navy, the highest mark was scored by
Dewitt c. Webb of Randolph, gradu.
ate OF Norwich University. He has re-
ceived his commission in the navy.
William A. Patrick, II, was fatally in.
jured by falling down stairs in his barn
in Rutland Wednesday. He was an ex-
, pert mechanic and an inventor and was
for 20 years superintendent of the Lin
coin Iron works in Rutland, having pre-
viously been manufacturer Of wood.
working machinery in Ludlow. He is
survived by wife and one son.
John M. Knight, formerly connected
, with the Bradford Opinion, and recently
editor of the Lyndonvlle Journal, has
accepted position on the editorial staff
of the Windham County Reiormer at
J. Brattleboro.
: The First Congregational church o.
$ Bellows Falls has called Rev. ]. I
i Stocking of New Haven, Conn.,, to be-
t come their pastor. He is young man
e 81 or 80 years of age, unmarried. q
graduate of Amherst college and Yale
:. Theological seminary, in the later O.
e which institutions he secured the best
s fellowship. For the past three years hs
d has been assistant pastor Of the Church
t of the Redeemer Of New Hayen.
n The railroad car workers of White
/ River Junction and vicinity formed 8
e lodge, on July Is, styled Green Mountain
Lodge, No. 1872, of the International AS
|, ISOLATION OF Car Workers
$ The American Wooden Company hal
s submitted a proposition to the city o
!. Burlington to furnish power for the con
templated municipal electric lighting
Il plant. The company would expent
100000 in charging the present plan
should the proposition be accepted.
r 19-year-old boy named Murray wa
e drowned in the Connecticut river at Bel
j. lows Falls, Sunday, while bathing. Muir
IS ray was riding on log and was carried
n down stream beyond his depth.
s. The Rev. and Mrs. Alexander Cron
], left Newport Monday night tor Boston
IL and sailed Tuesday for England, thei
n native country. Mr.. Crone has beef
5. rector of St. Marks mission, Newport
II tor seven years. The Rev. S. S. Murch Q
re Salmon Falls, N. H., will succeed MI
q Crone as rector of St. Marks church.
= The Rural Improvement Society c
:. - Windsor has inaugurated movemen
! to place bronze tablet, with suitabl
! inscription, on the old Constitutio
:, House now standing in that village. L
- this building the first constitution OF Vel
mont was adopted by the conventio
which met there in lit.
L An accident occurred Tuesday, July
~ at the portable sawmill owned by Cour
d ter Bros, East Charleston. The clotf
n ing of Fred Counter caught on pulle
le which drew him around, breaking bot
y, legs and arms and tearing his clothin
m and injuring him severely, from the effect
u of which he died in few hours. A Wi
y. and little son survive him. Mr.. Countt