Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-05-10
State of Vermont.
Its News Condensed and Rewritten for
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at Bradford to engage in the granite
business.
John Spear of Charlotte has gone
to Texas TO teach carpentry in an in
dustrial school.
Hon. Justin S. Morrill, and family
return to Strafford, from Washington,
ID. c., in about two weeks.
Chief Justice Ross, of the Supreme
Court Of Vermont, celebrated his 9th
birthday recently.
The site for the new shirt factory at
Island Pond has been decided upon,
and the work of erecting the buildings
win soon be under way.
Rev. Hiram Bingham OF Benning-
ton, who was for 81 years missionary TO
the Gilbert Islands, has translated the
Bible into the language OF that people,
and it has been published.
George II. Dickman, a former Bel
lows Falls boy and now on the New
York World staff, is TO be editor in
chief Of the Daily America, the new
sporting daily soon to be issued in
New YorkC ity.
In report of the freight traffic on
Lake Champlaiu, il appears that
mines and quarries are per cent 4,
lumber. 16 per cent, manufactures {,
etc, 80 per cent. In the table, White
hall leads, ,Rouse's Point stands second,
yergennes, third, and Burlington,
fourth.
The Barre fire department and the
village bailiffs are at variance, and
the fire department has voted to dis
band. The cause of the trouble, the
firemen claim, is that the bailitI's reg
illations are too stiff, as they say that
no beer shall be used in the firemen S
hall. A new department will be organ
lied at once.
The Dummerston aud Monis, two of
the old locomotives of the Valley road,
have been condemned aud taken to
Boston for dismantlement by the Bos-
ton and Maine people. Ira Earle was
engineer of the Dummerston thirty
years ago, and the Putney, the other
locomotive. is now down in the Caro-
linas.
The increase in the amount of butter
made by the Franklin County Cream
cry association during April this year,
over April, 1892, is very fattering
Evidence Of the growth of the busi-
ness. Ia April, 1892, 80, 1872 pounds
of butter were made, and last month
the figures reached l00,13
The following report was received
from Rutland under date OF May lst
"Dr. Pond dressed Ruby Perkins
head to-day the gratis were looking
splendidly. and about three-iourths of
the bare bone is covered with skin.
Her appetite is very good, and she sat
up in chair most of the time Satur-
day afternoon.
William bly, and John Wilson, who
are charged with committing burglar
les in Essex county, N. T., and at
Stockbridge, VT, and who were re-
Gently arrested as fugitives from JUS
tice and lodged in Salem jail, were
brought before Justice Putnam at Sar-
atoga, on habeas corpus. The pris-
oners are wanted at both places.
The body of the child found in
Tuesday. has been thor
oughly examined by the authorities.
1t has been decided that the child was
fully lj months old and met death by
a blow on the head. Congested blood
was discovered on the membrane Of
the skull. Strenuous efforts are being
made to discover the murderer, bat no
trace has yet been found. The iden-
tity of the woman seen hanging around
the place where the remains were dis
covered, several days ago, has not yet
been ascertained.
4 telegram from Illinois says that
Charlie Kinnie of Milton was shot
dead last Thursday about 10 o'clock.
No particulars were given. His
brother-in-law, Smith, with whom
Charlie worked on his ranch, arrived
hat morning and took the next train
pack for the remains, which are expected
his week for inter1ment. Charlie had I
'old several car loads Of western horses
n the vicinity in the past two years
md had made many friends in town
Is well as in St. Albans and Burlington,
who have none but pleasant memories
If him.--Argus.
J b. Taylor, who lives in Barre,
las been annoyed for several weeks
,ast by some animal making nightly
-isits to his barns and outbuildiags.
LAST Tuesday morning, at about four
,'clock, he went TO the barn and dis
overed a large coon, which he follow
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