Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-05-16
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Its News Condensed and Rewritten fo
Our Readers.
| Two fishermen recently saw a full.
grown bear in Dorset.
There are only s. prisoners at TIL
House of Correction in Rutland a
| present.
The record shows that during TIN
year 1894 there were l9l deaths, 1925
births and IS marriages recorded il
Rutland.
| John Pattener, aged % wears, was
almost instantly killed about moor
Monday of last week by being thrown
on a lumber saw at the Bristol Manu-
featuring company's works.
| The Green Mountain Creamery
company at West Topsham is in a
fiourishing condition. 1t made $4,000
pounds Of butter the past year and
received $4,000 for the same.
Charles M. Bliss has arranged to
send a package of dirt taken from the
Bennington battlefield to the Bunker
Hill association of Sunol, Cal, which
intends to plant tree in dirt from all
the battlefields of 1.-THE Revolution.
Mrs. Elroy Stoddard of West Brat
tleboro attempted suicide with ra-
zor recently. She succeeded in max
ing wound requiring about 20
stitches, which were put in by DR..
Dawson. She had been sick for a
number of weeks and had become
unsound in mind.
The boss carpenters Of Rutland say
that a larger number of houses and
blocks are being built this season
than there have been for number Of
seasons past. Carpenters, masons
and painters have all the work that
they can do, which has not been the
case for the past two years.
f. w. Phinney, who for the past
year has been practising dentistry at
Saxton's River, has been arrested on a
charge of practising without license.
He furnished bonds in the sum Of
1925 and will appear before the coun-
ty court. The suit was instituted by
the State Board of Dental Examiners.
w. f. Angel of East Hardwick
has engaged men to commence min
ing operations on some land owned
by his relatives in Woodbury.. Speci-
mems of ore taken from near the sur
face have been assayed and show
small quantities Of gold and silver,
and it is believed that going lower
will reveal the metals in paying guam
titles.
A Newport young man found an
infant in the bushes on the bank Of
Black river, near the Coventry bridge
one morning last week. The child
was wrapped up in shawl and was
lifeless, and to all appearances had
been criminally made away with.
The body was given in charge Of the
Coventry authorities, who are inyes-
tigating the matter.
The Grand Lodge of Vermont I. 0.
0. +. will hold their 49th annual
meeting at st. Johnsbury, beginning
this week Wednesday, May 18th, and
the Republican says that at least 200
members of the order will attend.
The annual meeting of the First Regi-
ment Patriarchs Militant will also be
held at this time, and a number of
prominent Odd Fellows from outside
of the state are expected.
There is quite local movement in
wool. Producers cannot see any
chan e for rise in price and are let
ting 60 their holdings. In some
cases it grieves them to part with the
stuff at current rates. One large
grower in neighboring town sold |
1000 pounds of medium, the crop of
four years, at II cents. He was offered |
two years ago % cents for what he
then had on hand. -Middlebury Reg
ister
Merritt NJ. Young of Perkinsville
left home Sunday, April 2lst, and has
not returned. He rode to Downer's
hotel with a neighbor and started to
walk to Cavendish. 1t was thought
that he had gone to visit brother-in-
law who lives there, but he did not,
and it is now believed that he went to
Rutland and took a train for the
West. He left wife and seven chill
lren and another has since been added
70 the family.
The indications are that Barre will
De Vermont's sporting center this
year. The Barre breeders open their
meeting at Green Mountain park May
10th. There will be three races, 1925
n purses and $50 in prizes for bicycle
aces. The second meeting will be
leld June 28th and 10Th with six
aces, the purses aggregating 1925.
The third meeting comes July 4th
md 9Th, with 300 in purses. The
bicycle club also leases the park for
everal meetings.
Charles w. Fish, champion bare
Jack rider Of the world, died at Chi
ago Sunday Of last week. Mr.. Fish
vas born in Philadelphia in ls4S and
commenced riding when he was nine
ears old. In 1876, he came to st. !
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