Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-08-31
State of Vermont.
Its News Condensed and Rewritten for
Our Readers.

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land) has new armory.
The Burlington district of the Meth
odist church is holding camp meeting a
Spring Grove, New Haven.
The 9th annual camp meeting o
the Methodists of the St. Johnsbury
district was in session last week.
1t is reported that some of the slate
lodges in the town of Benson are to be
opened and quarried by outside parties.
| Chas. T. Walter of St. Johnsbury
has resigned his membership in the
Republican State Executive Committee.
Express Messenger Bisbee, running
between Burlington and St. Adams,
was robbed of about $40 at Fore
paugh's circus in Burlington, Saturday.
A horse and top carriage belonging
to S. L. Head of Chester were stolen
last week, being the third similar haul
by thieves in this locality within few
weeks.
Catherine Gilhooley of Rutland, who
was taken to the House of Correction
at Rutland on the 23d. for a months
imprisonment, was only discharged
July 10.
The semiannual examinati on of APP
plicants for the customs service in the
district of Vermont, under the civil
service laws, will be held in Burlington,
October 3.
Rev. B. Fay Mills,who is well known
in Vermont, viii be in Concord, VII,
for the first of series Of union revival
meetings, Wednesday evening, Sep
TENDER 10.
The dock on the State Reform School
grounds at Vergennes is being repaired
and enlarged. Eleven inmates have
been added to that institution during
the month.
1t is possible that the Ancient and
Honorable Artillery company of Bos-
ton will have their regular fall banquet
at the Brooks House in October, with
a street parade and dance.
A house and barn, owned by John
Hubbard, two miles south of Bellows
Falls, was struck by lightning and |
burned Saturday night. All the live
stock in the barn was lost.
Hon. +. J. Phelps of Burlington has
been retained as counsel by the receiv-
ers of the Erie railroad, of whom Gems
j. G.. Mccullough of North Benning-
ton, as heretofore announced, is one.
An informal meeting of the creditors
offs M. DORIS Sons of Rutlan dand Bris
tol, has agreed that 1t is tor the best
of all concerned for the firm
to resume business. and the necessary
steps to that end will be taken.
Oscar M.Roby, who is camping with
bis family at Highgate Springs, to-
gether with them the other day caught
Ia pickerel, in less than an hour, aver.
aging from 4 to Z pounds each. He
claims to have beaten the record.
j. H. Bingham of Ohio, Master of
he National Grange, aud State Mas
er Alpha Messer of Rochester address
ID meeting of the local grangers at
Lyndonville, Aug. %, urging the ne
,essity for organizations among the
armers.
The Addison county fair will be held
IT Middlebury, September Ii, II and
g. The entries close Sept. 4. There
will be a peg and bicycle race, with
,urse of s24 each. There will be
hree-year-old, four-year-old,a three
minute and 80 race.
Capt. Edwin L. Woodland, L.. S.N.,
las recently been retired on account of
ontinued i'll health. His promotion to I
he captaincy came just before his re-
irement. He will make bis future :
Iome with his father-in-law, Rev. Bost- z
wick Hawley, DID,, at Saratoga.
Mr.Layin and Mrs. Mary Howe La
in appeared in testimonial concert
endered by the citizens of Brattleboro, =
Thursday night. They are TO sail for 5
europe, Sept. 3, where, as previously !
by The Messenger, they I
ave operate engagements for the win :
er.
The family of James Morris, who
vas killed four weeks ago at Rutland, |
7ill bring suit against the Central Yer :
lont road for $4,000 The suit will t
e entered in the September term of
curt, and will probably be tried in the a
Iarch, 1894, term. G +. Lawrence, I
;. NJ. Meldon and T. .Maloney will n
e the lawyers for the Morris family. l
Rt. Rev. Louis DeGossbriand, bish-
p of the Catholic diocese of Burling-
IN, has made the following changes
,ev u Mathieu of Richmond returns c