Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-07-20
State of Vermont.
Its News Condensed and Rewritten for
Our Readers

" lildli Il. Afci Vi hullduu nat
three fingers of his right hand cut of
Saturday, July /, by circular saw
At the annual meeting Of the Loar
and Trust Co. recently held at GranC
Forks, North Dakota, Hon. II. ID
Holton of Brattleboro was elected sue.
cessor of Mr.. Mann.
Gov. Fuller has invited the United
States army officers stationed at Platts.
burgh TO join his staff at the annua
encsmpment of the Vermont National
guard at Rutland next month.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders Of the Vermont and Boston
Telegraph company will be held at the
junction House. While River June.
ton, W., Wednesday, July 70, al
IL 80 a. m.
Senator Proctor and wife have gone
to Caledonia Springs, a popular wa
tering place in the Province Of Quebec.
for brief visit. They will be joined
there by Congressman Grout, aud DIR.
Gates Billiard of St. Johnsbury.
DR.. j. n. JENNIE of St. Adams has
been appointed to the chair Of materia
medica in the medical department Of
the University of Vermont, made va
cant by the resignation Of DIR. j. H..
Woodward, who has accepted spe-
cial proiessorship in the institution.
W. +. Rabbit Of St. Adams has in
his possession a $50 Continental bill in
state Of most perfee: preservation.
He found it ia book which belonged
to his grandfather II is quite Gu
riosity aud doubtless would bring good
money if il was offered to some col
lecfor of antiquities. Messenger.
Edward h. Campbell and William
II. Minor Of Vermont, in the pension
office at Washington, have had their
salaries reduced from 81, 900 TO 81 400
per annum. Mr.. Campbell has been
an employee of the pension department
for nearly eleven years, Mr.. Minor,
only about six years.
Mrs. +. w. Potter of St. Johns
bury tried TO commit suicide Sunday,
July 9, but did not succeed, as many
were watching her. She tried to
drown herself twice aud was rescued
each time and at the third attempt
took bedbug poison, but a physician
was promptly summoned and further
attempts prevented.
Rutland has new "Springfeld
steam road roller" Its gross weight
is II 1-2 tons, and it can be used for
rolling, blowing, breaking up the sur
face of old roads and rolling paved
streets. Ii can also be used as an en-
CINE to run stone crushers and other
machines, and as locomotive to draw
the crushed stone. The extreme width
of the machine is 80 inches.
Mr.. James Buckham, son of Pres
ident Buckham OF the University of
Vermont, who bias recently secured
very desirable position on the staff of
the Youths Companion, has contribu-
ted an interesting Lake Champlain
sketch TO sour Sunday Afternoon,
aud he also has an article imthe cur
rent number of the New Ytrk Inde-
pendent.
The officials Of the railroads run
ming into Rutland say that the freight
traffic is unusually light. The gener-
al Janraoo,ou 81 k,e,uoss sao,,,. - - |
feet the roads as well as the merchants
aud manufacturers in the city. One
exception to this unusual quietness in
business is made by the marble compa-
MES, which report that they have all
hat they can do.-Rutland Herald.
Lester ii. Greene and wife, Nell f.,
IF Montpelier were arraigned before
United States Commissioner johnson,
July $. Last February, Mrs. Greene
and her father, Mr.. Gates, were APP
pretended by customs official for
having unlawfully brought POO pounds
If solphunel and phenacetine, two val
lable drugs, into this country from
yanada.
Another monument of general inter-
,st to the public has just been COM
pleted by the South Ryegate granite ,
works. The monument is for the Cam
irons and bears the following inserip- I
ion: "Simon Editor ,
Adiutant General of Pennsylvania ,
Four times elected Senator Of the {
United States-Secretary of War
Minister to Russia, and the date OF
lis birth and death.
One hundred and fifty Cinnamon j
lied papers of registration with the t
1ermont customs officials during tie a
'ast month. All claimed to be mer- /
hants returning from visit TO their q
ative country. Quite percentage of !
he papers, however, proved to be I
fraudulent and admission was refisad >