St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-09-23
The Vermont state Christian Endeavor

convention will be held in Barre, Tuesday, |
Wednesday and Thursday, October 6, 7
and 8. The sessions will be held in the |
opera house and the Congregational and |
Baptist churches. Rev. E. M. Fuller OF
Burlington will have charge Of the con-
vention. The speakers will be Rev. F. E.
Clark, president of the united society;
". R. Moody of East Mortified, Mass,
and Rev. W. R. Sleeper of Wellesley,
Mass. John Willis Baer is also expected.
A banquet and excursion to Barre quar-
ries are also planned for entertainment.
The military post of Fort Ethan Allen
at the present time is undergoing great
change; % new buildings are under con-
struction and work will shortly begin on
six more. The artillery quarters, which
were the first on which work began, are
fast nearing completion, and within two
months will be occupied. As soon as the
| old artillery quarters are vacated two
more troops of cavalry. possibly from
| Fort Sheridan, ILL.,, will be sent to the
post. The total amount ofwork will aver
age over 100000. Besides the buildings,
new roads and great many other small
improvements will be made. When every
thing is completed. which according to
contract will be in September, 1904, this
post will be the finest as we'll as the
largest in the country. There are over
300 men at work at present and reports
from contractors are to the effect that
they cannot secure enough help.
In accordance with a recent vote of
the town, the selectmen OF Bennington
| 80 OF n
two-story addition to the town house.
The first floor will contain hospital
ward, so that the poor of the town can
have medical care when they require it.
There will be six sleeping rooms on the
second floor. The entire cost OF the addi-
ton is not to exceed $4,000. The select
men are also to open new street. about
80 rods long, in the northeast section of
the village.
The public requests in the will of the
late S. L. Griffith of Dandy have been
made public by the executors as fol-
; lows: Fifty-one thousand dollars is
, placed in the hands OF trustees, for the
purpose of erecting and maintaining a
i library at Dandy and supplying it with
books and periodicals.. The library
, building is to be erected on the Young
+ lot in Dandy borough. which is giver
| therefor. Other requests, the incomes o
G which areto be devoted to the following
e For improvement and identifying o
!. cemetery where Mr. Griffith is buried
!, SIS 900; Congregational church in Dandy
e S23, 500; for purchase of Christmas gift
for children of Dandy So, 500; for need
of the poor children of the same town
$4,000. II after payment OF the forego
y ing there still remains of the residuary Q
g the estate SIS 900 the same is bequeath
y ed in trust for the support of the school
,. of Dandy and Mt. Tabor.
By the will of Lorenzo 6. Woodhous
4 OF New York, who died at East HamI
!. ton, L. l., on September 4, Charles "
r. Woodhouse, brother, and Lorenzo t
,r Woodhouse, nephew, both of Burlins
D. ton, will inherit $25, 900 each.
re Nathan Collins OF Chittenden wa
r. arraigned last week on an indictment
Y. two counts charging him with killing
IN deer without antlers and illegally havln
V. the same in possession. He pleade
d. guilty and was fined $500 and cos
r. which he paid.
de Rev. ]. S. Topper died in the soldier
1g home hospital at Bennington, la
n. Wednesday. He was first lieutenant
OF the Bird Vt. Vols. After his discharge
'r. became a Methodist minister ar
y, preached at Johnson, Alburg and Swa
al ton. He suffered severe shock of ap
pexv six years ago and never recover'
from its effects. He was 6. A. R. col
If rade and a member of the Vermo
,st branch Military Order of the Loyal |
nj gion. He leaves wife and one daug
nd ter, the latter being Mrs. Milo Barney
Die Swanton.
ELK The streams in Barton and vicinity q
he becoming very low, because of the pr
Ter longed drouth. Crystal lake is settli
he at the rate OF an inch day, and t
nv water is getting so low in the river
leg Charleston, where the villages of Bart
lid and Barton Landing obtain their pow
he for electric lights, that it is feared it W
he be necessary to close the light plal
yer The water in Berlin pond, the source
as the supply for Montpelier, has reach
The the lowest point this season, bel
But about six inches below the point in Jr
ay when it was believed to be near the d;
the ger point.
Ind Mrs. Lydia Briggs died at her home
Clarendon last Wednesday evening
49, the age OF 81 years. She died in
~, uu same room in which she was born.
nd. Miss Sophie E. Park, aged IS, died
no Bennington, last Wednesday. after
tor short illness of pneumonia. Miss Fl
ion was member of one of the Oldest
c. leading families of Vermont, and an a
,eld of Mrs. Mccullough, wife OF Gov.
/ at Cullough.
ned The annual meeting of the Verm
For Officers Reunion society will be held
ling Rutland October 8. In addition to
the business meeting there will be a bang
The address will be delivered by
4o. gresham D.. ]. Foster of Burlington.
r;no Collector DIN Merrill Of the cust'
an's service, district OF Vermont, reports
,ers he now has IS deputy collectors
dav inspectors under him, ranging in age II
Van "a to SO years, the average being
ad. years and months.
The project of again rebuilding.
.as+ Weldon house in st. Adams was consi
a If ed at an informal meeting OF few oil
reed business men recently, and it was
e. impression of several of those pre-
city
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