Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-03-29
State of Vermont.
Its News Condensed and Rewritten for
Our Readers.

tai will be begun in May.
Prof. ID. f. Andrus has resigned a.
principal Of the Black River academy
at Ludlow.
Hill a Morse's general store at
Franklin burned the 18th. Loss, 50, 900:
insurance, 1900.
The ice is nearly all out of Platts-
burgh harbor, and the steamer Cha
teaugay viii start soon.
Forty men were discharged last
week tuesday from the Central YER
mont shops in st. Adams.
i w. II. II. Slack & Co., Springfield
shoddy manufacturers, are building
an addition to their mill, into which
they will remove their extract plant.
Arthur McNally, who has done
bridge work on the Central Vermont
railroad for thirty years, is TO succeed
Louis Button as drawbridge tender at
Alburgh.
The centennial anniversary of the
Most Worshipful Grand lodge of Free
and Accepted Masons of Vermont
will be celebrated in Burlington, June
l3 and II.
\ new cooperative creamery is
to be erected in Groton. Several
meetings of farmers have been held
and nearly enough money has been
raised II will be on the separator
plan, with stations at convenient
points.
Franklin A. Well, the leading
clOthier of Norwich, Mass, who died
suddenly Of heart disease last week
Tuesday, was born in Waterbury VI.
lS years AGO. lie was 32d degree
Mason and was one Of the directors Of
the county fair. He left wife. two
sisters in Boston and brother in
Waterbury.
senator Proctor has presented the
petition of II. NJ. Goddard and others
Of South Royalton, praying for legis-
lation to suppress the lottery traffic: /
also memorial Of local union 264, /
Cigarmakers' international Union of |
America, Of Rutland. demonstrating |
against IN increase of the internal rev /
enue tax on cigars.
Among the members Of the Yer-
monters union at South Framing 4
ham, Mass, are Mr. and Mrs. II. c.
Boardman, Miss 4. G. Boardman. Al
burgh Springs; Mrs. +. NJ. Bears,
East llighgate; Rev d. +. Croft.
Falls: Mr.. and Mrs. +. G..
Coburn, Enosburgh Dr. and Mrs. W.
T. Morrow, Burlington; Mrs. L. NJ.
Palmer, Newport; Edgar Potter, Bak-
arstield.
A meeting of the shareholders Of
.he investment companies at Denison. 4,
Texas, was held at the Brooks House,
March 10Th. large ma
ority of the stock being represented.
A. =. Childs of Bennington. VT. T.. j.
Penney Of Claremont, \. H., and b.
! Derby of Burlington, VI, were
elected committee To formulate ,
llans for the protection of sharehold- !
rs interests.
The Perfection Cater company has /
,een incorporated by a number of in !
liyiduals who have associated them !
elves together for the purpose of i
manufacturing the Perfection eaiter,
portsmen'S goods, coats, bags. etc.
The names affixed TO the articles of I
ssociation were L. b. Plat. II. b. {
Walker. F. G. Fletcher and J.. c. n
rant of Burlington and W. O. Clark /
+ Winooski, i
About 2jo sons and daughters of e
'crmont resident in Springfield, b.
lass. have formed an organization "
The list OF officers is as follows: presi- $
ent. b. {. Harvey. formerly Of St. b
ohnsbury; vice presidents, Herbert
:. Hall. Q. ID. Adams. and Mrs. II. n
!. Lane, Newport; secretary. +. II. Al "
&c; treasurer, II. NJ. Armstrong; eX- L
,utive committee, the foregoing OIL St
ers and Or. o. W. Roberts, O. II. o
NTH, Sheffield. ;. ". Porter. +. L. ii
add, G. II. Graham. J. ;. Carr, -. y
and r. f. Porter The c
anne Of the society will be the Spring a
ED Association of the Sons and ii
of Vermont. al
The selectmen of Swanton had the /
)dy which was found i'm the MisSis- n
loi river March 18th brought to the Il
llage water station the next morn "
q, when il was identified by many tc
the remains of Martin Clary. His Al
sople took charge of the body and Il
Ie funeral was attended March 10Th |
the Roman Catholic church. He 81
as about 30 years OF age. mar /
ed and lived at Rich's limekilns NJ
,ar Swanton Junction. He was in d'
,or health, and his people noticed pl
AT lac seemed discouraged. and they tn
ought that he was little out of mis- Sc
ght mind. The last that was seen l.
him was in the last of November or W
e first of December, when lac was 81
en- on the new iron bridge over the
yer on the road to st. Albans, m
neither he deliberately jumped in. "
whether by accident he fell in and RI
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