Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-10-17
WEST RANDOLPH.
RI next Monday evening.


Beautiful weather for day or two.
Mrs. Jane Clough has been visiting in
Granville.
j. L. Moses and wife are visiting rela-
tives IL Mass.
The Boston Excursion last week was
well patronized.
w. f. Edison has something to say in
our advertising columns.
Mrs. A. B. Kinney Of RoYalton has
been visiting friends in town.
j. p. Norton, a New York drummer
was in town Monday Of this week.
George Gould has sold his fine horse
TO c. w. English of East Brooktield.
/ Mrs. Fredd Thompson and daughter OF
Lynn, Mass, are visiting ID town.
Messrs. Cushman and Topper Of Roeh-
ester were in town Tuesday on business.
Mrs A. f. Kathan has cactus that
recently had 50 blossoms and buds on &c.
A fine monument has been erected on
the grave of Carl Hebard in the ceme-
terry.
Frank Lamson has been made mem
Der Of the fire department at Springfield,
Mass.
Mrs. Abbie Bingham has returned from
a several months visit in Boston and VI
entity.
Jack Hunter of Windsor has been Wis
iting friends in town, the guest of E A.
Shattuek.
r. S. Hubbard of Granville has moved
into town and is living on the Dick Rob-
inson farm.
Miss Emma Moses gave a very pleas
ant whist party Thursday evening at her
home on South Main street.
The papers were passed and &C Whit
ten & 60. took possession of Beedle Bros.
store on Monday. Ii will pay to read
their ad.
Potatoes are quite scarce here and far
mers hold them high, although they are
only 40 cents at So. Royalton and 35cts.
at Williamstown.
The Argus says. j. V. Peavey, 81 and
Mrs. Hannah Hunt, So were recently re-
married at Braintree owing to the first
marriage not being legal.
Ernest Abbott is the happy possessor
of IA fine Ideal Rambler bicycle. He has
saved the money with which to buy it in
driving cows, working in the mill, etc.
Charles Nichols and wife of Boston
have been visiting friends in town. He
was called here to testify ia the Chelsea
hill road case, he being an expert civil
engineer.
L. =. Bass sold span of valuable
horses TO his brother-in-law In Mass. and
drove them down last week. He took in
the great Bay State Fair at Boston while
Lamson, Wheeler & CO. have had wa
ter put into their works and will soon
purchase motor to run their machinery
by taking out the engine that has fur
nished power heretofore.
Parents are requested to examine and
sign the reports of scholarship which
will be issued hereafter twice during each
term from the grammar department of
our graded school.
The citizens lecture course for lSS9-90
opens next Monday evening with lee
.ure by Hon. X. G. Horror Mich. entitled
Ills the Balloon our Cousin? No, sir"
He pleased everybody by his lecture here
asst season and will have a full house.
4. n. kathan's last letter to the Argus
mas stirred up quite a breeze here. Am
ing other things he charges the Water
Supt. with shutting the water of the Il.
). Screen Co.'S shop without notice, thus
causing them great Inconvenience and :
LANCER. The president of the company
iatly denies this and says there is not
word of truth in it. Another sensation
u item was that charging that Pearl
8lodgett and DR.. Noyes were under ar
est 1T San Francisco. Somebody evil !
lently imposed on MIR. kathan. The Ar ,
rus editorially retracts the latter item
his week.
Last Wednesday evening the old house
'nce the home of Adam Hobart, ST., and
his family, (vacant) and the large barn
lear IL were consumed by fire. The prop !
rty was owned and occupied by Rev. T..
terry. The fire was first discovered by
luke Parrish as he was returning from |.
he village soon after o'clock breaking
tut of the barn. An alarm was given at
nee and an effort made to save the live
took but without avail and it was all
There were seven valuable
ows, horse and two shotes; in addi-
ion to this there were from % to 30 tons
# hay, some unthreshed oats, farming
ools, etc, all of which were lost. The
rigin of the fire Is unknown, but II Is 9
bought by many that it was set by an I
insane woman who was present at the |
Ire and who had been seen in the vicini- {
Y short time previous. The loss was !
artially covered by insurance in the VT. ]
iutual, which promptly settled the
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