Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-29
TOWN TOPICS.

night and Wednesday, Just what We hav,
long needed, and it did great deal O
good.
A new concrete sidewalk has been
laid from Bosworth's store to the foo
bridge, and Y from the latter point Il
the station.
The excursion to Portland and Ole
Orchard was well patronized last Sun
day. Thirty-two tickets were sold a
this point.
Henry Moffett and wife are receiving
the congratulations of friends by the
birth Sunday morning, July "a, of twir
boys, ST pounds each.
The Bartlett Store Co.'s freight shed
is being painted, which will in measure
relieve the. general appearance of the
locality where it is located.
A two story veranda has been erected
on the east side of Fogg & Hobson's
block, for the benefit of two tenants
John F. Linden the lower part, and H
w. Demick the upper.
The day express trains are now
equipped with cafe-parlor cars, ano
meals are served en- route. This service
was commenced last Monday, and the
trains do not stop here for dinner.
Rev. l.. Desrochers will commence his
Iabors as priest at St. James the Greater
Church next Sunday morning, and in
stead of two masses as usual, high mass
only will be celebrated at the ten O'Clock
service.
In the case of Alvin French vs.. the
Grand Trunk Railway Company, tried at
the last term of our county court, in
which verdict was rendered for plaintiff
to recover $4,000 for injuries sustained
by being struck by an engine in the
yard, the supreme court has reversed
the decision ard the case has been re.
manded. This decision was fled in the
Office of the clerk of the supreme court
by Judge Start last Monday.
j. L. Carten of Salem, Mass, has
been in town several days in the inter.
ests of the Hammond Beef Co., to secure
men to 60 to Chicago to fill places Of
striking butchers. Wages from three
to five dollars per day and expenses were
offered. In all forty-tWo men were en-
gagged, but at the time of departure
Monday night only seven put in an ap.
pearance, one from Island Pond, and six
from Charleston.
James Meehan met with a severe
accident last Thursday evening. He is
"hostler" at the engine house, and while
crossing platform, with pit under
meath, at one of the stand pipes, he
failed to notice that the cover to the pit
was misplaced and fell, striking on his
chest at the edge of the pit with such
force as to start the ribs from the breast
bone. At present he is as comfortable
as could be expected, but he will proba'
Div be restricted to the house for some
time.
Master Lloyd Appleton Savage, 9
Young mulatto, and the assistant organ
list of St. Augustine's Church, Boston
is spending a month with his mother
who is employed at the Stewart House
Master Savage is only fifteen years O.
age, and has one more year in the Bos
ton Conservatory of Music before hi
receives diploma. He played the organ
at Christ Church last Sunday evening
doing good work. He will also play a
the services the next two or three Sun
DAYS in the absence of Miss Beatrice
Reeve.
Our old friend Erastus Dyer OF Pitts
burg, Pa, is once more spending hi
annual vacation here, seemingly not
day older then when here last year
Since his last visit there have been nu
merous changes for the better, and h
looks with establishment and pleasur
upon the many new buildings erected
especially the roundhouse, machine shor
offices, station, foot bridge and viaduc1
He also misses two who were for man
wears his associates, Dearborn Morse an
Charles M. Dyer, passed to the grea
beyond. There are but few Of these Of
associates left, with whom he delights t
talk of bygone days. We hope he ma
be spared to visit us many years t.
come.
DR.. Howard J. Lee, of Cleveland
Ohio, is visiting his brother, the kectc
Iof Christ Church. He arrived in tow
last Saturday and will remain about
week. DR.. Lee went to Cleveland i
1873, and has been in practice ther
since 1877. To show the rapid growt
of a typical western city on the grea
lakes, the doctor says that when he wei
TO Cleveland the census of 1870 mad