St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-02-24
VERMONT NEWS.


NThe Vermont Electrical Association
will hold it's annual meeting at Rutland,
Wednesday, February "a. Headquarters
at the Bardwell House. The afternoon
session will be gin at clock and will be
a business session for election of officers,
and general discussions on TOPICS OF Yer
mont electrical interests. For the even
ing session the association have secured
S. G. Vaughon, of the General Electric
Company. of Schenectady, n. Y, who
will address the meeting on the subject
of Central Station Meter Systems"
This topic will interest he management
of every central station, and the associa-
ton trusts proper appreciation will be
shown by increased attendance on this
occasion.
state Republican Committee Meeting.
The republican state committee met in
Burlington Friday night and fixed the
date OF the state convention to elect dele
gates at large to the national conven-
ton. This convention will be held IN the
Howard Opera House at Burlington on
Wednesday, April 20, at 10 a. m. Alfred
E. Watson, secretary OF the committee,
read the call and Horace w. Bailey OF
Newbury was elected temporary chair
man. F. S. Platt of Poultney was elect
ed member of the committee from Rut-
land county to succeed the late Ira A.
Allen.
The question Of a chairman to succeed
Mr.. Alien was one OF the important mat
tiers to be considered by the committee.
The name of Mr.. Watson had been prom
inently men toned for the office but when
the committee met 7. M. Chapman OF
Middlebuty was nominated by X. w.
HuIburd OF Hyde Park and as he was the
oldest member of the committee Mr..
40 Ct1 = For r.
alton and Mr.. Chapman was elected.
Mr.. Watson, who has SO efficiently
served as secretary, was retained IN that
capacity. fhe committee decided upon
the Hon. II. II. Powers as chairman OF
the convention and the Hon. W. E. John
son of Woodstock was elected chairman
of the committee on resolutions. The
basis of presentation will be on the
governorship vote of 1900 and that will
provide 728 delegates. H. W. Bailey.
who was recently appointed United
States marshal, will retire from the com
mittee and his successor from Orange
county will be elected at the convention
to be held in April. The state committee
adjourned until April 10, when they will
meet in Burlington again to arrange for
the convention to nominate state officers.
At the annual meeting OF the Western
Vermont Congrega tional club held at
Burlington, last week, F. A. Bond OF
Middlebury was elected president, and
c. E. Putney of Burlington, secretary.
George F.42oot, grand patron OF the
grand chapter Order OF the Eastern Star
OF Vermont, has issued a circular to the
subordinate chapte S announcing that
out of the 50 subordinate chapters In
the state, 6 have contributed the sum
of $612. 10 toward the fund being raised
for the Masonic and Eastern Star Home
fund. OF these chapters Wenona, OF
White River Junction, contributed $12O,
and Lakeside, OF Newport, $11O. 1t is
expected that the sum of 81 900 will be
pledged by the first oil March.
The stewards of the Methodist church
at Montpelier have extended a call to
Rev. w. B. Dukshire, of Orono, Me. He
has been pastor at Orono for FIVE years
He is a graduate of Wesley an, College.
has a wife and one son. He will
probably be sent to Montpelier by the
presiding bishop of the conference.
George L. Newton of Montpelier is
trimming the trees in the state house
grounds He set some OF them out 43
years ago, at which time he charged the
state one dollar apiece Tor the trees
Some of them are now 80 inches IN
diameter.
The Vermont Marble Co. announce
that plans have been completed tor a
new marble mill to take the place of the
old Cl,ment mill at Center Rutland
which was burned last December. The
new mill will be one OF the finest in the
world OF it's kind and will be the most
expensive that the company has ever
erected. Work on the structure will be-
gin as early in the spring as possible.
Miss Ella Mccullough, daughter OF
Governor and Mrs. ]. 6. Mccullough,
has entered the convent of the Sisters OF
St. Mary at Peekskill N. Y, one of tie
largest connected with the Protestant
Episcopal church in this country. The
novitiate under which Miss Mccullough
is enrolled will last tor three years and
the novice is at liberty to leave the work
if she wishes during that time. At the
end of this service if the novice wishes
she is confirmed and becomes Life mem
Der OF the order.
John Mclaughlin, an elderly and we'll
to do farmer in Barre town, Endorsed the
other day $500 check given by Horace
Wilson, a nephew from Manitoba who
was visiting him, and he is now out that
amount His nephew told him he had
$4,000 on deposit in a bank in that
province, but inquiry made by the PEG
pies National bank and by MIR. Nc
Lau2 him after they became suspicious
proves be did not have a cent to his
credit. After the nephew got the money
he went out hunting tor work and did
not return Mr.. Mclaughlin says his
nephew was alderman and mayor III
Canada, aud then went wrong.
The American House at St. Adams
was damaged by fire to the amount Of
81 600 last week Monday evening, while
two of the occupants bad narrow
escapes from being burned. The fire
burned for about two hours. The hotel
is located in thicklv settled portion OF
the city so that had the building burned
it would have been hard to fortell the
possible loss to adjacent property. The
fire started from the overheated pipes OF
the furns &C in the basement and worked
along the partitions, not bursting out in
flame to any great extent. The hotel
was immediately filled with smoke and
it was with difficulty that the guests
were got out of the building. Mrs. W
1.