St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-01-23

bottom of the pit and the elevator His
skull was badly crushed He is survived
by wife and two children
Death of Mrs. C. Ripley.
Mrs. Cornelia A. Ripley, widow of
Gen. w. Y. w. Ripley who died December
16, 1906, died Jan. IA, of pneumonia at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. John c.
Pease in Brookline, Mass. Mrs. Ripley
was an adopted daughter of the late
Selah Thomas, her birthplace being
Poultney. She was a member of the
Congregational church and was very
active in charitable work, being one of
the most well known women in this
country, Besides the daughter mention
ed, she leaves another, Mrs. Harry Dorr
of Rutland, and son, Thomas E. Ripley
of Tacoma, Wash.
Work Has Begun.
Work on the Vermont sanitorium at
Pittsford has progressed so far that the
specifications for the erection ofthe build
ing will be ready in a few days. 1t is
hoped that the construction will begin
early in the spring.
Mrs. lobe Rosenberg died Jan. II, at
four O'Clock at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
a. H. London on Bright street, Burling-
ton, at the age of 103 years. She had
been i'll for the past three weeks and
died of general debility. Although she
had been blind for long time, she en-
joyed good health and was active about
the house. She could also distinguish
her friends and relatives by their voices
and was a good conversationalist She is
survived by 20S descendants, including
seven sons, AZ grandchildren, 1876 great
grandchildren, 10 great, great grand
children and four great, great, great,
grandchildren. The sons are David,
who is hale and hearty at 81 years of
age, Harris, Simon, Myer E. and Isaac
of Burlington Samuel S. of New York
and Max M. of Chicago.
The Peoples National Bank, Brattle-
boro, recently declared dividend of 4
per cent. with an addition of 2 per cent.
which makes the total dividend for the
year, 10 per cent. The First National
Bank, Springfield, has paid per cent. on
its capital stock the past year. The
Howard National Bank, Burlington, re-
Gently declared semi-annual dividend of
A per cent; and that of the Merchants
National Bank, Burlington, was 3s4 per
cent.
H. S. Wilson of Arlington, Vermonts
state cattle commissioner, has now over
100 applicants tor examinations on file |
from all parts of Vermont.
The business outlook in Barre is excel
lent and the consensus of opinion seems
to be that even better and more
year than last is promised
throughout the granite industry.
Infuriated by small shaggy dog, the
family pussy cat of Mrs. Fred Boyles of
Johnson, turned on her mistress and
scratched and bit Mrs. Boyles' face in
shocking manner The wounds are
painful but not dangerous.
With $4,000 as an annual income
from the Thomas Thompson estate, the
Brattleboro Memorial hospital finds
itself without an adequate nurses home
and maternity ward The suggestion
has been made that the trustees of the
Austine hospital could use that fund to
good advantage by adding a maternity
ward to the memorial hospital. The
late Col. William Austine left $50 900 for
hospital purposes, but further than that
he was extremely indefinite in stating
how he wanted the money used
Seven sisters, daughters of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Lavinge, met at the
home of Mrs. Loren Friend in Mont
pelier, an. 16. The youngest is 65 years
old and the eldest is 80. Six of the
sisters reside in Montpelier, and the eldest,
Mrs. Susan Dudley, lives in Middlebury.
Frank D. E. Stowe of Brattleboro re-
signed as referee in bankruptcy for Wind
ham county on being appointed county
clerk. Judge ]. L. Martin of the United
States district court, has appointed Ad-
olson E. Cudworth of South London
derry, ex-senator and former director of
state prison and house of correction, to
succeed him.
The Woodbury. Granite Co. has lust
closed the contract for furnishing granite
from the Bethel quarries for the construc-
ton of new building to be erected this
season on Wall street in New York citv
by the American Bank Note Co. The