Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-03-28
State Of Vermont.
It's News Condensed and Rewritten for
Our Readers.

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Barton thinks Of putting in electri
lights.
Mrs. Abigail Stebbins Of Johnso
died last week Sunday, aged l0l years
Montpelier's city government start
ed off by borrowing $4,000 for imme
diate liabilities.
ID. M. Barber, Brattleboro milk
man, has lost between 20 and 30 swim
from hog cholera.
The $50 strikers in Tim 4 Co.
shirt factory at Rutland have returned
to work, q compromise having beef
effected.
| Barre has a bicycle-riding school
the first in the state, end everybod!
in the new city can now learn to ma
| nipulate the wheel.
/ Henry Dupratt of Winooski hal
been arrested on charge of setting
4 fire to Joseph w. Lavigne's grocer.
store last November.
| The directors of the proposed cleo.
trio railroad in Brattleboro have made
a public appeal for subscriptions t
the capital stock Of the company.
| 1t is said that the sales of collins
and undertaker's supplies by the Bris'
toll Manufacturing company of Bris-
tol amount to over $l50,O00 yearly.
The alumni of Goddard seminary
have raised 81, 700 towards the COM
pletion of the Thompson memorial
cottage, with prospects of $500 more.
Joe Warner, aged about so, at
tempted to ravage an eight-year-old
daughter Of M. Walsh of st. Adams
last week. Mr.. Walsh heat the fellow
numerically and then had him ar
rested.
The sum of 81, 900 has been appro-
priated for starting free public IL
brary in Poultney. The library trus-
tees are Joseph Mears, f. NJ. Rood,
f. w. Spaulding, E. II. Randall and
Henry Lane.
The will of Andrew A. Jaquith of
Gardner, Mass, leaves $4,000 to the
town of Marshtield for the purchase
of books for a free public library, and
1000 to the same town, the income to
be used for the same purpose.
S. S. Washer, prominent baker,
left Bellows Falls last week, it's said,
with Mrs. Haselton, leaving a large
number of unpaid bills, and his
whereabouts is not known. His
store and stock Of goods have been
seized.
Charles Cady of West Windsor was
probably fatally injured the other day
by an enraged bull. His clothes were
stripped off, his cheek torn from his
mouth halfway to his ear, several
ribs were broken and he was other
wise badly bruised.
William Prentiss Cheney, one of
the oldest practical printers in the
state, died in Windsor, Sunday, the
18th, at the ripe old age of 10 years.
lie had worked on the Vermont Jour
nal for over 60 years. He was an
honest, upright man and one highly |
About 100000 lake and brook
trout fry are being Matched at the
hatchery at Roxbury, and these will
be placed in the ponds and streams of
every county in the state as soon as
The waters are I'M fit condition for
the reception of the fry.
Joseph Nailor of Addison, aged
about 20 years, died under suspicious
circumstances after returning from
The New York side of the lake. His
body was badly bruised, and it is sup
posed that he got into row and re-
ceiyed injuries which fastened his
Heath.
Alpha Messer Of Rochester, lecturer
Of the national grange, and Q. j. Bell,
master of the Vermont grange, at
tended a meeting of leading grangers
in Worcester, Mass, last week, when
it was decided to hold the next ma !,
Iional meeting in Worcester. The
will begin Nov. 18th and
last 10 days.
The disagreement between the
Hardwick granite firms and the local
Granite Cutters Union as to the
adoption of a clause in the new bill of
prices was finally settled Saturday,
The 10th, and the men went to work
morning Of last week. The
firms have large business in pros
pect this season and are hiring all tile
help calling.
DR.. S. I. Brooks, aged Y years,
died at his home in st. Johnsbury
last week. He was born in Stanstead,
in 1923, was graduated from
Dartmouth college, class of Az, and
from McGill university of Montreal
in 1851. He lived in Sherbroke from
1851 to 1862 and had since resided in
St. Johnsbury. He had large prac-
lice, being one of the leading physi-
clans in the community. He leaves
widow and seven children.
9. L. Howe, aged SO, one Of Brat
Ileboro's Oldest business men, died
Friday, March 18th. He began max
ng daguerreotypes in 1850, travelling
from town to town in Vermont with