Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-07-19
State of Vermont.
Its News Condensed and Rewritten for
Our Readers.

company with a capital stock Of $780,
900.
Rutland's electric light war is still il
progress, neither company being will
ing to yield.
OF Montpelier's Is police call boxes
ID were wrecked by cannon cracker,
the night before the Fourth.
Fourteen Rutland liquor dealer.
were arrested July 9th, and their fines
with costs amounted to 81 .s56.24.
The receipts of the st. Adams post
office for the months of June, '93 and
June, '94, were very close, being 81
j94.2l and 81 ,59O.95, respectively.
Harry NJ. Sykes of Manchester De-
pot committed suicide ut the Crandall
hotel, Binghamton, \. Y, Sunday of
last week, by turning on the gas in his
room.
The president has approved and
signed the act providing that term
OF the Circuit and District court Of
the United States for the district of
Vermont may be held at Montpelier
The Rev. Father Gelot of Middle
bury has gang Of men 1T work blast
ing stone for the foundation of the
new Catholic church on the parson-
age lot back of the church. There is
"A good quarry there and the supply Of
stone seem, to be unlimited.
The famous frozen well that caused
50 much wonder and speculation in
Brandon about forty years ago when
it was first dug, is again found to be
supplied with natural ice, the warm
weather not seeming to have any eff
feet toward melting the ice. Many
people from abroad are visiting the
well out of curiosity.
Porter II. Dale OF Brighton was
nominated senator for Essex county at
the recent Republican convention, but
ii was afterwards found that Mr. Dale
is ineligible, as lac is not thirty wears
Of age. At a called meeting. held the
9th at Guildhall, the nomination Of
Hon. George \. Dale father Of Por-
ter H.. for senator, was unanimously
made
Patents have been issued to the fol-
lowing Nermonter,; Frank J. Bailey, |
assignor to L. X. Fuller of Brattle-
boro, for clothes drier; Henry Fair |
banks and II. Parker OF II. Johns
bury, assignors TO Vacuum Web Ma
chine company Of Vermont, machine
for COUGHING and driving pulp: Wild
liam III. Sanborn, assignor OF 0ne-half /
TO NJ. a. Bourne Of Rutland. muzzle |
for animals.
a letter has been received at Barre /
from the secretary Of the 81. Adams /
Bicycle club to the effect that il would /
be impossible for that orgmiza-
tion to hold the l.. A. W. State race
meeting al that place. and that il was
the wish OF that club that the meeting
be held al Barre. The Barre club
held meeting and decided to incor-
porte two State races, mile and half
mile, provided that the State branch
will furnish the medals The races
will be held Aug. 3 and 4.
Albert Downs Of Bennington has a
issued to his father, Jesse
Downs, April 10. 1928, appointing
him lieutenant in the company of
in the lst regiment in the LIT
brigade, "a division, Vermont militia.
The commission is signed by Ezra
Butler, captain general and command
er-in-chief in and over the State of
Vermont, and countersigned BY ID. +
Kellogg, secretary. The oath of ale
glance on the back side i sworn and
subscribed TO before Henry Robinson,
colonel LIST regiment. lst brigade and
2d division, Vermont militia.
The last number Of IIarper's Week
~ contains portrait and biograph-
ical sketch OF the late Prof Herbert
futile of Cornell, who was widely
known, through his history of Prussia +,
md other writings, a one of the !
,blest of American scholars in the
fields of political and constitutional
history. 1t will be remembered that
Prof. futile was "a graduate OF the !,
University of Vermont, from which
he received the degree of LII. d.. at
he commencement of 1859, the Uni !
'ersity then comforting the degree the !
irst time, the only other recipient be-
ng, we believe, the late Rev. l.. G..
Ware. Ii is a melancholy reflection
hat both these honorable names :
hould so soon have to be marked c
With star in the triennial. {
These orders have been issued Y
Nth reference to the coming encamp- !
nent of the Vermont National Guard: 4
The annual encampment of the YER .
nont National Guard, authorized BY =
ection $40 revised laws of Vermont q
nth amendments thereto, will be held
I Brattleboro from August 10 to Fri a
ay, August Is, inclusive. An addi- j
onal parade of the first regiment il
nd light battery will take place at W
on Saturday, August 10, d.
: authorized by section 1910 revised X
Tvs. Brig. Gen. Julius j. Estey is Z
prphY asSiVupd fo 1uty nj said on | ~