Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-05-31
State of Vermont.
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! Its years stock of logs. recently
driven down the Otter Creek, esti
mated at 100000.
| Ex-senator George +. Edmund
has rented the cottage of Rear Adj
miral Worden ON Ayrault street
Newport, r. ].
1t is said that Henry W. Stocker O.
Windsor may be chosen to succeed
Thomas keefe as member of the Dem
ocratic State committee.
The Y. NJ. c. A. of Rutland will
hold a jubilee Sunday, May 3. which
win be the fiftieth anniversary Of the
organization of the international asso-
citation.
Hon. Seneca EIaselton will proba-
bly, start for Caracas about the middle
of next month to assume his duties as
Ienvoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary to Venezuela.
There were II deaths in Rutland
during the month ending May Is.
The causes were accidents. bronchitis,
consumption, commissions, septic9ma
heart failure, one each, pneumonia,
eight.
The june term of the Bennington
county court sits at Manchester.
There are 81 civil cases and II crimi-
nal cases set for trial by jury, and II
to be heard by the court There win
be more added to these.
noyt a Austin Of We,ttield are
putting in a steam min 70 replace
the one burned in April at loss of
$4,000. The new mill win be com
pleted next month. The townspco-
pie contributed several hundred dol
lars toward the new mill
Mayor Van Patten and son Charles
of Burlington are to 80 to Japan,
leaving Burlington about July 10th
and going via the Canadian Pacific
railway TO Vancouver. thence BY
steamer TO Japan, returning BY the
way OF san Francisco, Denver and
Chicago. They will be absent two
twenty days of which they
will spend in Japan.
Six ofthe Sisters of st. Joseph from
the Hotel Dieu. the grand hospital.
Montreal arrived in Winooski last
Thursday, and were met at the depot
by Rev. J. b. Whitaker and driven
to the residence Of NJ. +. Kelly. the
donor Of the Dunbar property for a
hospital. They have taken charge of /
The hospital building. and have set
about putting it in condition for the
Of patients.
About eight O'Clock on the evening
Of May I'D, the large wood pulp min |
IF the Belden's Falls Pulp company. |
four miles north of Middlehury. took
fire on the roof. probably from the
stack, and the mill was entirely de-
'troyed. A large amount Of logs re-
emily piled between it and the large
marble mill OF Smith, Brainerd & Co..
-ook fire, endangering the marble mill.
Help was asked from Middleburv and
he whole fire department reached
here at ! | o'clock, but the immense
piles Of logs were burning SO fiercely
hat the water had little effect upon
hem.
The complete report Of the condi-
ion Of the national banks Of Vermont
N May last has been completed by
Comptroller Eckels and shows loans
md discounts amounting to SIP. 49,
800 This is less than at the height Of
he panic last JGly, when the loans
we're Sl4,0s2.3 56, and less than on
October 3,when the amount was Sl3.-
'54, $50. The individual deposits
tand S7.964, l62. against -. 667. $50, |
July -, 1898, and 1856. l47, October
!. The specie reserve now amounts to
,60s. l0l, against S546,6s2, May 4,
1913, S5S7, 499, July II and SCHOOL,
october 3.