Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-12-13
State of Vermont.
Its News Condensed and Rewritten for
Our Readers.


formed in Brandon for the enforce
ment of the prohibitory law.
Six horses were suffocated in fir
at Gay Il Henderson's coal yard, Bur
lington, early Sunday morning.
| f. & r. Fairbanks 81 Co. of ST
Johnsbury gave nearly 400 turkeys t.
their employees for Thanksgiving.
The Poultney slate quarries are al
running and the prospects for bust
ness are far better than last winter.
The number of children of schoo
age in the state has decreased more
than 1900 during the past two years
Windsor county stands second il
the whole number of schools, 246, frs
in the number of graded schools, IA
The annual meeting of the Yer
mont Dairymen's association will bt
held at White River Junction in Jan
nary.
There are 1922 schools in the state
&C graded schools. Vermont has q
academies, with a total attendance Of
1880 pupils.
Thomas Casey Of Jericho died re-
Gently from lackjaw, caused by q
heavy hay cutter falling on one lee
several weeks ago.
The Il 800 has been raised for the
organization of Young Mems Chris
tian association in Montpelier and the
society will soon be in working order.
Some unknown person entered the
granite sheds of Kingston Brothers
at Barre one night recently and ruined
a costly column and die of a monu-
ment.
The Eagle foundery and machine
shops at Brandon were burned on
Tuesday morning of last week. The
fire was Of iRcendiary origin. Loss,
$4,000. No insurance.
f. F. Brownell's bay filly, Clara, has
been declared ineligible to the stake
race which she won in Boston, Sept.
%, 1898, by the board of review of the
National Trotting association.
Mason Davis of Proctorsville, who
had been out of health for some time
and very respondent, attempted sui
eide by trying TO cut his throat recent
ly. He, however, made only a slight
wound.
The Lamson q Goodnow cutlery
company's building at Shelburne
Falls was burned Wednesday morn
ing of last week, causing loss of
$4,000, on which there is an insur-
ance of $4,000.
Patrick Somers of Arlington was
killed by the cars at North Shafts
bury last week "Wednesday evening.
No one saw the accident, but his
mangled remains were found on the
track next mornig.
David Whites house, one of the
best residences in Bristol village, was
burned with contents early Tuesday
morning of last week. There was
-, 500 insurance on the property in
the Vermont Mutual.
Thomas Guthrie of West Pawlet
was instantly killed. and j. Maysfield,
II. NJ. Evans and VIM. Davies were
seriously injured by cave-in in the
Griffith X Russell quarry last Wednes-
day. Guthrie was about So years old
and leaves wife and eight children.
Bennington trustees have ordered
every tobacco and cigar store, fruit
store, barber shop, meat market, fish
and oyster market in the village closed
during every Sunday. This is the
Of petition presented to the
trustees by the local Law and Order
league
While party from Rutland was
on Mendon mountain recent
~, the track of lynx was seen. Az
ter following the track for two hours
the hunters shot the lynx. The ami
NAL weighed thirty-iive or forty
pounds and was quite a rare prize for
the vicinity.
Benegro Patilino, an Italian rough,
who held up a man near Ludlow two |
weeks age, robbing him Of what money |
ne had on his person, and who was ar |
rested in Boston, was lodged in the
county jail at Woodstock last week TO
await the finding of the grand iury
now in session.
While Irving Colburn of Ludlow
vas at worksin the woods at Grahams-
lille the other day, large log fell on
lim and broke one leg in several
places. He was alone and fully
nile from any house, but succeeded
n extricating himself and. getting
nto mis- team, drove home.
In the case of the National Trottino
ssociation against w. / Russell of
i. Johnsbury, and the bay mare
Honest Fanny" alias Fanny r., the
'oard ordered that the defendants be
uspended until the unlawfullv won
money is refunded and the recording
ee is paid. This is ringing case.
While out hunting recently near
bennington, the dog that LII. Tiffany
ad with him ran across a wildcat
he animal attacked the dog. but was
1lled by a shot from NJ. r,:.a,.