Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-09-20
State of Vermont.
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North Bennington is taking step
to organize fire company.
An attempt to organize a branch 0
the A. Pain Bellows Falls has failed
1t is rumored that Senator Procto
contempIates taking up his residenc,
in Burlington.
Gov. and Mrs. Fuller will tender
reception to Goyernor-elect and Mrs
Woodbury. ct Montpelier the evening
of Oct. Sd.
BY recent decision of the court
the State Universalist society will re
81, 900 from the estate of the late Sal
lie Brigham of Essex.
Rev. II. @. Ward, formerly of St
Johnsbury, has been made professor
of mathematics and physics at Lake
Charles college, Lake Charles, La.
/ The car house for the new Rutland
street railroad is being built. The
building will be of brick, one story
high and l30x45 feet in dimensions.
The Windham county court con-
vened at Newfane, Tuesday of last
week. The docket contains los cases
beside nine chancery cases. There
are 80 jury cases.
Robert +. Lewis, recently secretary
of the st. Johnsbury Y. NJ. G. A.. is
now college secretary of the association
for Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
with headquarters in Boston.
There are four more buildings to be
erected at Fort Ethan Allen, an adj
ministration building, double set Of
officers quarters, non-commissioned
officers quarters and magazine.
Joseph Belo, SO years old, employ
ed as a mason on the new cotton fac
tory at Burlington, dropped dead
while at work wednesday morning.
He came to Burlington from Lowell.
Mass, six months ago. He leaves
wife and one child He was a native
of France.
Monday the drought Of two months
duration was broken by copious show
ers at Bennington. AT Manchester.
Monday afternoon, a cyclone passed
over the town, tearing up more than
100 trees, demolishing chimnevs and
taking the roof off the seminary. The
losses will run up into the hundreds.
II. o. Edison. A. b. Edison, J. ID. !
Spe'lman, Chas Bullard and Il. III. |
Hayes OF Rutland have organized the !
Vermont Variegated and White Mar
Bile Co., with a capitalization of So
OOO, divided into / 800 equal shares.
The quarries will be at Tinmouth, the
principal office AT Rutland.
j. b. McNamar Of North Bennin0-
ton was arrested by United States
Marshal Harris last week Wednesday /
the day after he had been
elected justice on the Republican tick
ct, charged with selling liquor with
out government license. He waived
and furnished bail in the
sum of $500 for appearance at the dis
trict court in October
The adjourned hearing in the case,
OF Loren Green and Albert Goddard
for breaking and entering into the No.
Bennington postofiice was held before
Commissioner Bates, SATURDAY after
noon. Both men were held for the
county court that meets In October.
Green furnished $500 bail forhis APP
learance. and Goddard, III default Of
'ail, was sent back to Jail
Moses Snow Of Whitehall. brake
nan on the Delaware X Hudson rail-
Dad, was killed in the railroad ward +,
Il Mechanicsville, \. y. Monday NJ.
ernoon. While passing along the
op of car he slipped and fell head
ong, striking in front Of the cars. {
which We're being switched. Nine :
airs passed over him. He was about !
o years of age and wasa member of !
he Whitehall lodge Of Odd Fellows. Z
Prohibition prohibited in Benning-
ON, Sunday, Sept. 9, and there was
lot an open place in the village where
drink of any kind could be had. =
following the seizures OF the past three
ays, the proprietor of every place was
otified late Saturday that the doors !.
4 every place must be closed, and IL II
ny were opened the proprietor would
e dealt with to the full extent of the =
Nv. The sellers are beginning to be !
frightened and the drouth of the past v
ew weeks is nothing to that existing :,
unday. Several cases were before the u
court Monday.
John O'Neil of Whiting was in u
tantly killed by the sleeper near the u
epot at West Salisbury, late Wednes- y y
ay night, Sept. II. The top of =
Wells head was crushed in. one hand a.
'as cut off and the body was badly =
tangled. O'Neil went to the Addi- ~
IN county fair at Middlebury in the q
forming and returned in the evening. ~ ~
is supposed that he was asleep on 1
he track. The dead man had no rel "a
tives except sister in Springfield. "a
lass. Her name and address have ~ ~
OF yet been learned. The remains W
e.1~ u.