Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-08-29
Brattleboro's trolley road ca

I'D home in Brattleboro, after a visit
to England.
The towns OF Hardwick and Wood
hnrv have refused to bond themselves
for the new railroad.
Alfred E. Watson OF Hartford ana
his wife and daughter are making
trip through Vermont on their whcels'
Hon. Seneca Haselton has been re-
tanned as counsel by Gov. Woodbury.
in his libel suit against the Kntlana
Herald.
James O'Neill of Montpelier and
James Mcdonald of Victory are
matched to wrestle for Sloo at 81
Johnsbury, Oct. ii.
The Brattleboro school committee
has engaged Miss NJ. Belle smith q
Marlboro, Mass, as supervisor OF the
schools in the village.
Out Of 6s persons who took the
Rutland county examinations for
teachers, only II passed. Miss Mary
/. Noyak, who graduated at the kut-
land high school last term, received
the highest percentage OF scholarship.
Charles w. Towne, a prominent
citizen of Bellows Falls and widely
known hotel keeper, died at Sunapee
Harbor last Wednesday. While at
tempting to manage FESTIVE horse,
he received injuries in his abdolren
which caused his death. lie was about
Az years OF age.
Rev. Frank +. Witham, a prominent
Congregational preacher OF Rutland,
VT, has applied for divorce in the
Oklahoma district court. He alleges
his wife had an ungoyernable temper
and would at times break up the fur
niture and drive him from the house,
and that she left her home and neg
lected her children to deliver lectures.
A young Swedc, August Carlson,
who but recently arrived at Proctor,
and was at work at the Florence quar-
nv of the Vermont Marble company,
met with an accident last week
which resulted in his death in half an
hour afterwards. He was caught BY
a block of marble and his chest was
badly crushed. He is said to have a
sister living there.
The second annual meeting OF the
Vermont State Pharmaceutical Asso.
citation in Burlington last week elected
these officers: President, A. NJ. Hig'
Gins. Rutland. first vice president, y
NJ. STYLES, second vice president, w
LII. Gladding, Barre; third vice presl
dent, A. w. Livingstone, North Troy
, secretary, II. A. Chaplin, Brattlcboro
treasurer, f.. w. Pierce, Chester.
, The good people of Barton Landing
were rather startled to hear the sount
of the church bell a little before
O'Clock Sunday morning. They sup
> posed it to be an alarm OF fire. Whel
, they rushed into the street, It wa
found to be nothing more serious thai
I. a sunrise prayer meeting. Some Q
! the vaccinations which followed woul'
! hardly be appropriate in religion
!. meeting. The citizens say if sunris
. meetings are to be held the publ
should be notified, or those who atten
! should be guided by the sun and nc
" by the bell.
Il The annual meeting of the Ben
! nington Historical society was hel
Monday and the old officers reelected
. George w. Harman is president.
was the best attended meeting fo
4 years, the topic Of interest being tn
! completion OF the monument CON
4 memorative of Catamount tavern, Vel
i mont's first capitol, destroyed by iii
i in 1870. Several gentlemen propos
j to place d bronze figure OF cats
!, mount on the granite pedestal whic
= was placed in 1876 on the site OF IL
: Catamount tavern signpost and pr
:, sent the same to this society. Owe
= 81 900 have been raised for this pul
! pose
d Miles Tower of Pownal, who resi.t
!. near what is called Florida MouI
y tains, had quite sight Friday aftel
e noon while moving grass in a ilel'
n lie noticed some strange animal, al
II parently unalarmed and enjoying i
o self, near the woods in his lot. III
i. first thought was that one OF his col
u had got there. Closer examinatio
o showed that there were two smallt
4 companions OF the larger one and !
II soon discovered that it was a doe an
Is two fawns that were playing in ii
|. lot. They frisked and played abou
r. and the mother deer tried to get Il
T. little ones over the stone wall, but W,
,e unable to and finally went back int
a the woods the way they came, aroun
is the fence. Mr.. Towers homeis ne,
al where two large bears were recent
is seen. The section is becoming qui
noted for its large game.