St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-03-20

forum at Pittsford has been awarded to
the firm of G. H. Cutting & Co., of
Worcester, Mass. The contract calls for
the completion OF the structure by
October /, and the two wings by
November /, next. This firm built the
Proctor hospital and the work gave the
utmost satisfaction. Burt c. Fisk, a
native of Leicester, this state, became a
member of the firm few years ago.
The old Plumley lumber mill on Mount
Pico and the Gould lumber mill at Wind
ham, both owned by the Vermont Marble
Co., were destroyed by fire Tuesday
Mrs. Mary Aldrich Chickering died at
Lyndon Lodge, Brattleboro, last
Wednesday, after a short illness She
was born in East Westmorland, n. H.,
February 3,1S37, and was the daughter
of Alfred and Mary Farrar Aldrich. In
1860, she married Elbridge Chickering
who died in 1895 Since that time she
has lived in Brattleboro and was the
housekeeper of Ex-Governor Frederick
Holbrook. She leaves a sister, Mrs.
Frank D. Fisk of Brattleboro, a son,
Alfred A. Chickering of Turner's Falls,
Mass, and daughter, Mrs. Harry l..
Emerson of Brattleboro.
night, March II, at almost the same
time and under similar circumstances.
The origin of the fire is mystery in each
case. Plumley mill was formerly oper-
ated bv Frank Plumley of Sherburne,
twelve men were employed, and there is
fully 100000 feet of lumber on the
grounds ready to saw. John Gould was
proprietor of the Windham mill. The
building, machinery, and 10000 feet OF
sawed and planed lumber were burned.
The Vermont Society, United States
Daughters of 1872, held its fifth annual
bazaar at the home of Mrs. George S.
Dowley in Brattleboro, Wednesday. The
legislature of 1906 gave the society per-
mission to place a tablet in the state
house commemorative of the Vermont
soldiers of 1912, and the proceeds of the
bazaar will be devoted to that object.
The committee of the Bennington
Battle Monument and Historical Asso-
citation, having in charge the building OF
a new ianitor's house, costing $4,000
is about to issue an appeal to the public
to subscribe $4,000, a sum necessary to
complete the structure according to the
plans and specifications of Architect Bull
1t is thought that the money can be
raised in time to complete the house
some time during the fall. The new
ianitor of the monument is Hans Kelson
of Pownal.
A suit has been brought against the
Rutland Street Railway Co. by Richard
Wallace's administrator to recover
$4,000 damages for the death of Wallace
in August, 1905. 1t is claimed that
owing to the negligence OF the defendant
company Wallace, while repairing the
track near Center Rutland, was struck
by car and fatally injured.
A fire in East Randolph Thursday
night burned the village hall to the
ground. Two houses close by were
saved with difficulty. The cause of the
fire is unknown. The hall had beer
closed since an entertainment a week
ago.
1t is expected that new law firm will
be established in Brattleboro within a
few weeks. The members of the firm
will be ex-senator Charles S. Chase o.
Nottingham and William R. Daley O.
Bennington. Mr.. Daley was states at
torney for Bennington county at the
time of the Mary Rogers trial. The firm
will be quartered for time in the office
in Ullery building formerly occupied by
Robert c. Bacon and later in the Office
at present occupied by Ullery & Co. Mr.
Ullery will move his Office to the floor
above.
Three of the oldest boys at the Yer
mont Industrial school, named Lapoint
Kenyon and Stone, escaped from the
sleeping hall during Sunday night
March 10. The exact method of thu
boys escape is not known but it i.
thought they had keys to the hall door
Lapoint, the oldest of the lads, is {
chronic runaway and has caused tn,
officers no end OF trouble, and it is likely
that he was the ringleader in the affair
At meeting of the city council at Bar
re last week it was voted to increase thu
salary of the fire chief from SIS to $8(
month and to reduce the salary of tn
health officer from $500 year to $3.50
and that of the Inspector of the fir
alarm system from $125 to $50 year