Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-11-22
State of Vermont.
Its News Condensed and Rewritten for
Our Readers.

state died recently, aged over oO. III
governor died in 1852.
AT the New York Horse Show las
week, DIR. Seward Webb of Shelburn'
was awarded several prizes on his flint
exhibit.
Eugene Martin of Mount Holly wa
sentenced to six years at hard labor il
states prison for assaulting his IA
year-old sister.
VIM. f. Carter of st. Johnsbury
committed suicide Saturday, by tax
ing paris green. He had been de-
mented for some time.
The paper mills, store and houses OF
Hunter & Chiffon at Essex Junction
were burned Saturday night. The
loss reaches several thousand dollars,
The First National bank of st.
Johnsbury had Sl2, 900 worth of the
bonds of the New York firm of Cof-
fin Il Stanton, with liabilities of hum
dreds OF thousands of dollars.
Groton is looking for big business
boom, owing to the opening of valua-
BILE granite deposits. A Barre gram
lite firm expects TO locate there.
lIerveY L. Jakway, the Young man
who ran away from Benson some four
weeks ago, was found at Granville, n.
Y.,and was persuaded toreturn home
There are 65 boys and II girls in
the reform school at Vergennes. The
Joint legislative committee report the
institution to be in excellent condition
and well managed.
Judge Russell S. Taft of the SUI
preme court was elected member of
the New England Historic Genealog-
ical society at the meeting held at the
Boston University last Wednesday.
The following Yernonters have been
appointed postmasters: fourth-class, A.
A. Bliss at Elmore, Lamoille county,
vice Norman Camp, removed. and |.
w. Hatch at Lincoln, Addison coun-
ty, vice A. II. Green, removed.
The Vermont registration report for
1898 shows that there were 6.sl6
births in the state, 2,94l marriages
and 1909 deaths. This is an increase
of births and marriages, and a decrease
of deaths, as compared with 1892.
Mrs. j. 5. Whipple of Putney was
seriously burned last week by throw
ing a match into her apron instead of
the stove as intended. Her clothes
were nearly all burned off from her,
but her girls came to the rescue. She
will probably recover.
Rev. Howard +. Hill, for several
years the rector of the Episcopal
church in Montpelier, and descend
ant from Isaac Hill, the Democratic |
leader in Jackson's time, was elected |
to the New Hampshire
Legislature on Tuesday, from Concord.
Albert Hmd was arrested near n.
Adams, Mass, last week. II is be-
ieved by many that he was the one
who recently stole the team from
He has had a varied ca
'eer in the theiving line in Brattle-
)oro and vicinity for a Humber of
'ears.
The association of American agri-
cultural colleges and experiment sta
ions, now in session at Washington.
ias appointed a committe TO tender
senator Morrill, the respects of the
for his work in securing
egislation for the colleges and sta
ions.
The Bristol railroad station was
broken into the night of Nov. Is. The
burglars broke into the tool house and
procured a monkey wrench, pried open
window in the Office, and in trying
0 ret into the safe, broke the handle
fl. There was about $50 in the safe. ,
which they were unable TO get after
reaking the handle. There was some ,,
mall change in the desks which they ! !
verlooked. II was evidently the work !
( professionals.
Zachariah McCauley of Granville
las arrested last Friday night by
Jnited States Marshal Harris for sell /,
lg liquor without United States ]
eyenue stamp. Jonathan Hopkins :,
{ Canaan was also arrested for at
smpting to obtain pension fraudu- !
,ntly. Hopkins prepared false affi-
avits and then forged the name Of f,
lstice of the peace to them lie was !,
ED in 81 800 bonds. The arrest was /,
lade by United States Marshal Har- :
Is. Special Treasury Agent Taylor ,
{ Albany worked up the case against !
hopkins.
Prescott Watson, superintendent of
ne BROOKLYN fire department, and
alive of Wilmington. is in very poor
ealth, having been kept away from !,
Is official duties for several weeks
J a trouble in the head. about I
hich the doctors are not yet fully de- 7
ded. Mr.. Watson has had a bril- =
ant career, having devised many inn l
rovements in the city's system and l
Iade it one Of the finest departments :
the country, doing such remarka- y
e work that Chicago and other cities 8
ave tried hard to get him. Ii is ear u
sstly to be hoped that lie viii recover s.
5 old-time vigor.
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