Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-07-13
State of Vermont.
Its News Condensed and Rewritten for
Our Readers.

by the cars at Rutland, July 5.
The father of Rudyard Kipling from
India is visiting him at Brattleboro.
George Wiley viii superintend the
operation of the Burns carding mill al
Topsham.
The Vermont Granite company is
setting up an immense new boiler al
the new quarry at Graniteyille.
The Truax foundry of Manchester
has taken charge of the work in the
Richford foundry company's plant.
Rev. G. 81. Palmer, ;..;er four
months service, has consented TO be-
come permanent supply for the Cong'l
church in Sharon.
Negotiations are on tending toward
the removal of the Hutchinson paper
machinery manufacture from Manches-
ter, n. H., to Windsor.
The Ryegate Granite company has
just extracted from the quarry at So.
Ryegate large stone for the roof Of
vault to be built in Chicago.
The new pension examiners for Cal
edonia county are DR.. S. n. Eastman
of Groton, DR.. w. G. Blake Of Lyn-
don, DR.. 0. f. Carter of Dauyille.
State Grand Master II. c. Farrar
of the Odd Fellows has instituted a
branch Of the Daughters Of Rebekah at
Cabot. The order has charter menu
bership Of 30.
In the last 20 years in Waitsfield
there have been 81 deaths Of persons
between 60 and 20 years of age,62 be-
tween 20 and 80, 81 between so and
30, and Y over 100.
The Montgomery Spool and Bobbin
company has purchased the Combs
mill privilege at Montgomery and win
use it for storage purposes, as well as
for additional water power.
Richard NJ. Hunt of New York who
recently received the queens gold med
al at the Royal Institute Of British Ar
chitects il London, is native of Brat
tleboro. He is the first American to
be thus distinguished.
Albert Palmer,a w. Pawlet farmer,
recently married Louisa Madden, who
had been boarding in the village. 1t is
now known that the woman has two
former husbands living, and she has
fled to avoid arrest
A fine herd OF deer spent tie winter
at East Pittsford, about 10 miles from
Rutland, under the shadow of Mich
wacke mountain, not far distant from
travelled highway. A COW moose is
said to have been seen in the same To-
cality.
The Windsor County Institute for
Teachers and Summer School Of Meth
DDS will be held in Windsor, beginning
Monday, Aug. IA. and continuing two
weeks, under the direction of Hon. NJ
S. Stone, State superintendent of
schools.
These patents have been granted to
Vermon.ers George w. Ainswor.h OF
Montpelier, for clothes FOUNDER Frank
NJ. Stevens of White River Junction,
for an electric locomotive; Nathan G..
Williams of Bellows Falls, for CEN
trifugal milk tester.
Rev. Andrew McGelton, former
Methodist preacher in Vermont, was
shocked on going out to his residence
at West Troy, n. y, to find the life
less body of his son, Charles, aged SO
years, lying upon the lawn. The ply
sicians pronounced cause Of death as
heart disease.
Mary F.Shakshober Of East Airing
ton will go to the Worlds Fair, being
one of the winners in the New York
Press contest for the most popular
school teacher. She had over 5000
votes, being the last on the list. Eva
Voorhis OF Addison was also success
full, making two from this State.
The West River Telephone compa-
ny has been organized at Brattleboro
with these officers: general manager,
G. c. Fits local managers. T. Z.
Barber, w. +. Gleason, NJ. Under
wood. IL. n. Fits treasurer, j. c.
Robinson. A line will be constructed
from West Wardsboro through Jamaica
to West Townshend.
Bradford has voted by majority of
75 to aid the Black Mountain railroad
by subscribing for its stock to the ex-
tent of SIS, 900. This road is to ex-
tend from Bradford to Black mountain
in Piermont, n. H., where the Black
Mountain Granite company has exten-
sive quarries. The company promises
to erect its shops on the Vermont side
of the river as soon as the railroad is
finished. The town aid voted is for the
the portion of the road in Vermont.