Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-09-06
sac OH vermont.
Its News Condensed and Rewritten for
Our Readers.

J. w. Ramsay of the Barre Cit,
Leader, has been appointed deput,
collector at Richford.
The Forest and Stream club of vii
mington will close their club house a
September 18th, after profitable anC
enjoyable season.
The buildings of II. Tarbell a
Chester Depot were burned Monda,
night of last week. Loss, Sl,S00; in
sured for 81, 200.
| Mr.. and Mrs. L. II. Pratt of Brat
tleboro will sail September 9th from
New York to Germany, where Mrs
Pratt has an engagement to sing in
opera.
The town of Woodford puts in a
claim of being the banner town OF
Vermont. For % successive elections
it has elected Democratic represents
alive.
The postoffice department has dis
continued the postoffice at Barnum
vile, Bennington county. All mail
will hereafter be sent to Manches-
ter Depot.
Rev. John Thomas, son of Rev. G..
n. Thomas of New Haven, has return
ed from a tour through Great Britain.
lie spent a week attending lectures at
Oxford university.
Nathan Lane, well-known travel
ing salesman, who represented John
Dreyfus Il Go. of Boston in this ter
ritory, died in st. Adams, Thursday.
after an illness of two weeks He had
travelled through Vermont for twenty
years.
OF the 324 patents granted to ciu-
zens of the United States last FRIDAY.
the following were to inventive Yer
monters: Emmett /. Peasely. Orange,
cutterbar for moving machines; o.
w. Stearns, johnson, cover for butter
packages.
John Roberts, who disappeared so
suddenly and mysteriously from Bur-
lington early in the month, is now in
Chicago. lie has sent home for mon
ey with which to return and SAYS that
he has signed the pledge and intends
TO behave himself.
stephen Horner, a fireman on the
b. x NJ. road, was found in the rail-
road yard of the G. T. railway in |
Montreal with his legs severed, and |
he died soon afterwards. II is feared |
that he was foully dealt with. robbed /
and thrown upon the track in an nm
state.
Despite the severe drought. the APP
pie crop is more than an average III
come sections Of Windham county,
while the quality Of the fruit is good.
The berry crop is a failure on account
If the dry weather. Corn is good on
he hills where there has been consid-
rable rain, but the second hay crop i
failure.
Frank Mellendy. aged ~. Of South
londonderry, while visiting in Land
rove, accidentally shot himself while
uniting. The ball from the rifle
'as-ed directly through his right leg
Underneath the knee joint. He man
9ed to get to house and was later
aiken to his home. lie will recover
he use of his leg.
Business Is good with 4. W. Gray's
ons. They recently sent one Of
heir horse powers 70 sydney, Aus
ralia, receiving therefor a gold draft
n London. Their fine business is
ttributed TO their good goods. not
irover's goodness. Their customer
vas a former Nermonter. being from
he town Of Addison. Poulmey
ournal. III
Matthew Anderson. one Of the men
rrested at the state line house. situ-
ted half way between Pownal and .
' illiamstown, Mass, two weeks ago.
hen the large liquor raid was made,
as brought before the court in Will
Aug. 22d. Six witnesses
ere called for the prosecution. Four
them swore that they purchased q
luOr of Anderson, and the officers
no made the seizure testified to the
mount of liquor seized. Judge Dam Ii
nd gave Anderson the full amount u
punishment, fining him 800 and (,
him to the House of Corr {,
ction for four months. ii
AT the Vermont Wheel Clubs tour u
lment in Brattleboro, Thursday, u
500 people witnessed the races. The z
le-inile handicap was won by j. J. u
Neil of keene, in 2:2s "a. The u
le-half-mile open was won by Hugh II
OLSON of Salem in l:1G Is. The g
le-mile championship of Windham
unity was won by Irwin Coombs of b
in 2:36 As, and one mile W
zen, by Net Butler of Cambridge o,
ut in 2:20il-5; the one-mile handi- II
p, by f. |. Elmer, of Chicopee in Sc
l3 20, beating the track trotting re
cord by two seconds; the one-half a
lie 1870 class, by @. A. Woodward ca
Springfield in LILO; and the two b,
lie handicap with - starters in one W
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