Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-11-14
Vermont News.

The machinery used for copper min
ing by the New England Copperas Co.
has been sold to the Copperfield Mining
and Smelling Co. in Vermont formerly
the Ely Mining Co.
The johnson & Cotton works at
Montpelier shipped 1900 pounds of
saddlery hardware recently to San
Francisco, Cal.
The brick work on the new foundry
and chipping buildings of the Lane.
Manufacturing Co. at Montpelier is
nearly finished. In the former the
windows are being placed in position
and pipes for steam heating, etc. are
being arranged. 1t is expected that
both buildings will be occupied before
the end of November.
Business is brisk at the soapstone
mills at Cambridgeport, an increased
force being necessary in order TO fill
orders.
There seems to be quite lively in
terest in the granite business at Wood
bury and capitalists are beginning to
invest money there.
The addition to the shoe factory at
Whitingham win be raised this week.
Good progress is being made on the
reservoir dam repairs.
B. j. Reed, formerly of Concord,
has sold his granite polishing business
at Montpelier and has located at
Mortified in the monument business.
The Estey Guard of Brattleboro is
making preparations for rifle range
in its armory. The company is also
contemplating midwinter entertain
ment the character of which will be
decided by committee.
The local trout and salmon club
will put in new and improved hatch
cry for stocking Marlboro pond.
Judge James NJ. Phelps of Towns
hend has presented to the trustees of
the Brooks library building at Brattle-
boro a valuable collection of books and
papers which are now being catalogued.
They are expressly for reference
and not TO be taken from the building.
The new screen factory of Burt &
Niebaum at West Randolph, VI. is a.
bout completed. The building con-
tains $4,000 feet of flooring and is
claimed to be the largest in the world.
Besides manufacturing screens, butter
tub fasteners and sleds will be made
Rutland Daily Herald.
Harry Watson of Rupert, a six-year-
old boy, is suffering from the bite of
vicious pig. The little fellow was on a
visit TO his grandparents at Hebron, n.
Y. and was playing in the yard. One
of the pigs made an attack and fasten-
ed its teeth in the child's leg, tearing
the flesh and inficting an ugly wound.
Miss Lizzie I. Colburn, for the past
nine years an employee of the Phoenix
office at Brattleboro as compositor
and society reporter, is to enter Mr..
Moody's Chicago training school for
Christian workers preparatory to en-
gaging in missionary work among the
poor in large cities.
Brattleboro letter carriers delivered
last month 0,614 mail letters, 1874 reg
istered letters, 6747 postal cards and
"a, ,25S papers and collected "a, 799
mail letters, 1892 local letters and 9S9
local cards, 1915 mail cards and 81
l70 papers. The total number of
pieces handled was l25, 1898 while the
local postage was SS3.
Albert Breeze of Hubbardton, the
originator of the Early Rose potato has
been trying to beat the record on corn
this season. He planted one and
half acres of ground to corn last spring
and has just harvested from the same
254 bushels, besides twenty bushels of
second-quality corn, making in all PA
bushels, which is a good showing for
Hubbardton.-Exchange.
The Vermont Construction Co., st.
Albans are taking out their old boiler
and putting in new one, the capacity
of which is 50-horse power.
1t is stated that the Moen Co. from
New York state representing a capital
of 81, 900, 900 has purchased of White
Bros. 10 acres ofquarry land at Barre.
Rev. James G. Flanders has receiv-
ed call to become pastor of the Con-
gregational church at Manchester Cen
ter.
Porter & Bailey are preparing to
equip their granite works West Ber-
lin with steam, the piping nd boiler
having arrived.
1t is stated that Rev. J. X. F1ller
of Barton Landing IS to deliver the me-
mortal address at North Troy the 30th
of May next.
A regulation iiag with stars was
raised on the new S2-foot flagstaff on