Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-02-08
West Randolph Locals.

Jesse A. Poor OF Williamstown was IN
town last week.
H.. w. Tewksbury was in Montpelier
last week on business.
DIR. H. Ii. Mcintyre returned from atrip
to Florida last week.
l.. p. Tnayer has sold the Copeland
Hanback, farm to Paul Rabtoy.
Charles E. Mccall Of New York is max
ing his friends in town visit.
Mrs. T. w. Allen has been visiting her
son in Canaan, N. H., the past week.
Miss Lucy Tewksbury was taken very
i'll Saturday night ard is still quite ILL.,
Rev. w. n. Lonergan of Windsor win
deliver the Memorial Day address here.
VIII. Pike has recently moved from
the Frank Mann house to Pearl street.
Mrs. E. o. Thurston and daughter Nina
visited at Charles Thurston's last week.
Miss Lizzie Penelle of Swanton visited
friends here this week, the guest Of Peter
Sault.
Miss Euseba Ryder OF Barre was in town
last week on visit to her brother, viii
Ryder.
The exercises Of the Senior class of the
Graded school will take place Friday
evening.
Arthur Lane and wife of Montpelier
spent Sunday in town, the guests OF J. II.
Moulton.
Allen Olmstead, who has been sick for
long time, is able to sit up a little, but his
recovery is slow.
1t was decidedly cold Monday morning,
the thermometer registering from 10 to 20
degrees below zero.
Miss Easter Bradley, who has been stay
ing IN town for some time, has returned
to Woburn, Mass.
The local editor, Miss Georgia White, is
on the sick list and is in no wise response
bic for this column.
1t being Ash Wednesday, the first day
in Lent, there were services at st. Johns
church at 1890 a. m.
there will be an organ recital at the
Christian church next Tuesday night, con-
Quoted byiMr. Clarke of Boston.
Miss Kate Howard has been Obliged to
close her department of the Graded school
for few days, owing TO sickness.
ThereI will be services at st. Johns
church every Friday evening at seven
O'Clock during Lent. All are Invited.
Quite a number OF the young people at
tended the masquerade ball at Bethel,
Friday night, and report good time.
G. c. Written has been appointed dep
uty collector to weigh maple sugar enti-
tied to bounty, in place OF George Temple,
Republican.
L. d. Hazen of st. Johnsbury has sold
the well-known Ahira Griswold farm to
A. l.. Morse for $4,000. 1t is one of the
best located farms in town.
Il. NJ Shattuck, wife and son OF Boston
spentsSunday in town, the guests of his
uncle, Il. A. Shattuck. He is a member
OF the firm of Geo. Ii. Morrill, & Co., the
great manufacturers.
There were AZ births and SO deaths in
the town Of Randolph during the year
of 1893. The average age of the deceased
was 81 years, very high average, which
speaks well for the general healthfulness
of the town.
Luther Granger, one OF the we'll known
and respected citizens of this town, died
at his home on Central street, Saturday,
the Sd, aged about 90 years. The funeral
services were attended from his late resi-.
dence Monday afternoon.
j. II. Talbot, a member OF the school
board OF the Northfield Graded school, and
4. II. Bagiey of White River Junction,
were in town Thursday for the purpose of
inspecting the, heating apparatus of the
Randolph Normal school.
We received a very pleasant call last
week from +. A. Mutt, assistant editor of
the Vermont Waterman. He is one of
State, and the Waterman has improved
wonderfully under his management.
Judge Nichols has fine dairy OF about
80 cows, mainly Jerseys. He recently
tested the milk ofIseveral OF them with the
Babcock tester. The highest test was
SO, and the lowest, over 4. He has sep
arator and an engine to run il, and he
sells his butter at good price to parties
down country.
1t is not often that Randolph boy goes
wrong, and we are glad that we have so
few items like the following, taken from
the st. Adams Daily Messenger Of Feb.3d,
to record:
flames Williams, a young man who
claims to be from West Randolph, where
his father is in the meat business, about a
week ago turned up at the house of War
rem Wiley in Sheldon and begged for work,
being practically destitute. He was taken
in and given employment, and by his
gentlemanly ways, he soon won the re-
gard of Mrs. Wiley and ingratiated him
self with the two children, but Mr.. Wiley
was not particularly pleased with him.
Thursday, the family left home about
O'Clock a. M, to attend a funeral, Will
liams being engaged in work about the
house. The doors were all locked, but on
the return of Mr.. Wiley at about 1890 p.
M, he found that the house had been
DfOkCn open, EODDcu, anu ludb w llildulS
was missing. A short search showed that
both the wallets of Mr.. Wiley and his
wife had been relieved of their contents,
also that two small banks belonging to
the children had been carried away.
Mr.. Wiley at once began TO look for
Williams. 1t was learned that he took
dinner at the hotel at Sheldon Junction
and had taken the train for st. Adams.
The officers here were promptly notified
by telegraph, and when Williams got off
the train at St. Adams station, he found
the officers there to receive him. He was
taken to Jail and States Attorney Kelton
came here that evening and he was ar
raigned before Justice B. G. Hall. He ad-
mitted his guilt, returned the bulk of the
money, gloves, handkerchiefs, ETC., which
he had stolen, and, as the value was over
seven dollars, thus making the crime
grand larceny, he was held in $500 bail for
trial IN county court. He was unable to
furnish bail and was remanded to the
charge of Sheriff Kelley.
Williams is said to have been hanging
about Sheldon for several months, work. /
ing a short time in place aud then sud-