Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-03-08
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tainment.
The next annual Caledonia county
fair will be held in st. Johnsbury
Sept. II, II and l3.
Rev. Henry T. Barnard will begin
his duties as pastor of the Congrega.
tional church at Bradford, March i.
Sergt. p. I. Clapp has been elected
second lieutenant of the Fuller Light
Battery to succeed Lieutenant Shields
Rev. Benjamin Smith was for
mally installed as pastor of the Con-
oregational church at Orwell, Tues.
day, Feb. p.
Fred W. Stotle of Brattleboro ha,
been appointed deputy collector and
inspector of customs, and assigned te
duty at Island Pond.
Charles II. Moore a. Co. of Barre
have secured the contract for the sol,
diers' home to be erected on the State
grounds at Des Moines, la. 1t will
cost about Sl50,000.
Harry ii. Hoyt of Methuen, Mass,
who was graduated from Tufts col
lege in June, has accepted call to
the Church of the Messiah, Universal
list, in st. Johnsbury.
Dean Wayland of the Yale Law
school SAYS that there is no truth in
the report that eX-Minister Phelps in
tends to resign his professorship of
equity and international law.
Gov Fuller's team, driven by rel
alive, became unmanageable in Brat
tleboro, running down on the high
way, John Austin and wife, old resi-
dents, intlicting serious injuries.
II. S. Joslyn's new house in Brattle-
boro was burned Monday, Feb. 20.
Loss estimated at $4,000; insurance,
$4,000. Some carpenters who were
working on the house lost their tools.
Judge II. 5. Peck of Burlington
will resign the judgeship of the city
court after the March election, and u
petition has been circulated request
ing Gov. Fuller to appoint j. W. Rus
sell in his stead.
The Champlain transportation
steamers will be commanded this sea-
son as follows: Vermont, Richard Ar
buckle; Chateaugay, Il. J. Baldwin;
Horizon, L. 5. Harris; Ticonderoga,
Frank G. White.
The report of the treasurer of the
Vermont Poultry and Pet Stock As
ISOLATION shows the total receipts for
the first year were $3.50. SO, and the cX-
penditures were S240.27, leaving
balance of S90.36.
The first Pythian temple erected in
Vermont was dedicated by the st.
Johnsbuy lodge of Knights OF Ply
thias at that place last week Tuesday
night. 1t is II three-story brick build
ing and cost S2l6,000.
The docket of the March term of
the Washington county court, which
opens ut Montpelier, March 10, con-
tains 1871 cases, including 30 criminal,
A. chancery, and ~ divorce eases.
Judge Tyler will preside.
Browns three-story wooden block
AT West Danville was burned to the
ground early the morning of March
LIST. The building had been unoccu-
pied since the small fire month ago.
Cause unknown. Loss about $4,000:
insured
A Hungarian employed in the mill
of the Fail Mountain Paper company
was instantly killed the other morn
ing. He was placing a belt on a pull
ley and was caught in the shafting and
before the machinery could be stop
ped was horribly mangled.
The State experiment station has
a bulletin. giving various
bits of information about spraying po-
tatoes and also giving "A description,
with illustrations. of a spray cart. \
copy will be sent free to anyone send |
ing his address to l.. II. Jones, Bo'a- |
List, Experiment Station, Burlington.
o. ;. Davis, White River juno
ton boy, has been awarded a 81. 200
in the Hartford theolog-
ical school. The prize is paid in
quarterly installments and is to be
used in defraying the expenses of a
two years course in Germany. Mr..
Davis is a son of Capt. A. w. Davis of
White River Junction.
The house in Barre. formerly owned |
BY Mrs. Candace Harrison, valued at
- 500, now in possession of the United
States government. is to be sold at
public auction. When. in 1890. il was
that Mrs Harrison had OBJ
ained a pension by fraud. she decided
This house TO General Green b. Raum.
hen commissioner of pensions, and it
has since been in the possession of the
government.
As Robert Evans was returning
rom Poulmey to his home in South
Poultney. Wednesday evening, Feb.
Is. he was held up in the covered
bridge. just at the end of Grove street,
ly two men. who demanded that he
rive up his money. The men attempt
d to throw him down. but lac escaped
,fter hard struggle and returned to