Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-08-24
State of Vermont.
Its News Condensed and Rewritten for
Our Readers.


vention Is TO be held at Barre in Octo-
Der.
The water in the Winooski river IS
! reported TO be the lowest il has been
in twenty years
l.. NJ. Baker of Forestdale has
chicken with head on each end of
its body and two extra legs.
The artesian well near Rudyard
kipling's residence in Brattleboro
has now been sunk to a depth of 40
feet.
The Seventh Day Adventi,ts hold
their annual camp meeting and con-
ference at Waterbury from August y
to Sept. 3.
George o. Davis Of Marshield and
G.. T. Patch Of Walden have been APP
pointed postmaster- at those places,
respectively.
II. J. Roberts, foreman ii tile Hughes
quarry AZ West Pawlet, was fatally in
iured BY the dump-box striking him
on the head and crushing hi- skull.
The Fair Haven fire department
I " itt AANhN a. AAttA AiNN Nt = AttitRttAA F
Park. August 30. Prize, amounting
10 more than $500 viii be given. and +
several out-of-toWu companie, viii be
present.
Frank Harris Of Battleboro. while +
in camp at Sunset Lake, shot crane /
which was nearly SIX feet tai and .
measured seven feet, nine inches from I
tip to tip Of wings.
T. r.. Capron Of Berkshire, aged
about 90 wears. was thrown over back
ward from a wagon.on the way 70 the
Enosburgh races. and rendered insen-
sible. He will recover.
Prof. W. W. Cooke, late OF the State
Experiment station at Burlington,
has accepted the chair Of agriculture
in the Colorado State Agricultural E
College at Fort Collins, Col.
Edwin J. Powers, Rutland car
penter. while helping to put a rafter
in position. fell from the second story
of house He fell 80 feet, breaking
his hip bone and seriously iniuring
his back
Another black bear was shot IN ,
Somerset this week, and the meat was
sold TO housekeepers in Wilmington.
4 number Of deer have been seen OH /,
the mountains west ~ Wilmington
and SearsbtTg.
Tie repairs to the county building,
at Newfane are now being made, puI-
suant 10 an act of the Legislature Of
la - tsaa,. Tho ,,l.;p.i,,aI .ltarfraa IL,
them since they were built AT Fayette- I
vile in 1925 were made 80 years ago.
Mrs. Randolph Dodge OF Bellows r
Falls has a pair Of woodeL-.oled shoes. E
iron shod. which were worn from
England by John Mcdonald. who
settled in Charlestown, n. H., in l795.
Mcdonald was born in 1872 and died
in Burlington in 1896.
Suit for $4,000 has been brought I
against the Central Vermont Railroad
through W. II. Brooks, the
Holyoke lawyer. by Pat
rick Guiheen Of Brattleboro, whose
son. John Guiheen, was killed on the
track near South Vernon.
The sword which Ethan Allen car 6
ried at the taking Of Fort Ticonderoga, !
during the Revolutionary War has II
been offered TO the government, 10 be II
placed with similar relics in the ma h
-ional museum. The sword is now in =
he possession of Hannibal A.Iiopkins q
If Lansing. Mich. K
The lumber sheds connected with
Edward Norton Il Co.'S pottery u
works at Bennington were burned
Wednesday night, Aug. Ii. Goods .
worth $1,000 were stored in the sheds g
A barn owned by Capt. Albert Wilkes 4
was also destroyed and four dwelling
houses were damaged. The total loss 81
vas about $1,000.
An employe OF the Cooper mills at
named Quackenbush, =
red about 81. was thrown against
he wall Wednesday evening and lay
for some time before he \
vas found. II is thought that his
land was caught in the belt Of the
arding machine he was running lie
: in precarious condition and at
asst accounts could not tell how the
ccident happened. !,
Cha-. w King died at his house in &c &c
Saturday, aged 60. lie !,
vas one Of the leading men Of Essex CO
ounty and had held various town Of no
Ices. lie represented the town in Fl
he Legislature of 1874 and served in A
he State Senate In SIC and 1887. lie :,
vas treasurer Of the Brown company III
e Whitehall II and vi,, f.rnsf -
ent Of thesFirst National bank Of st,
ohnSbury. member Of the Congre-
ational church and a man Of sterling
usines. qualifications. lie leaves Il
.idoW and two sons. =
The financial furry. with its money =
ightness. has compelled ;. ". DORIS e
ons 10 suspend cuisines, and act for (.