Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-04-18
State of Vermont.
lts News Condensed and Rewritten for
Our Readers.

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| its patrons 1923, 9OS.S8 during the year
The mule spinners of the Cclcheste
merino mills at Winooski struck Fri
day for more wages.
\ Fairbanks stock was quoted in Bos
ton the other day at 800 per share, tn,
lowest it has been for some time.
James p. Upham, president Of thu
Brandon Italian Marble company,diet
in Claremont, N. H., Monday, aget
81 years.
VIM. Lloyd had three fingers Of hi
right hand cut off Wednesday after
noon while running circular saw in
a wood yard in Rutland.
Edgar J. Rich has been appointed
claims attorney in charge Of all per.
sonal injury cases on the st. Johns.
bury & Lake Champlain railroad.
st. Adams voted last week at the
special town meeting to build town
hall at cost not exceeding $4,000.
The location has not been decided up
on.
Edward Bellows and Patrick Burns
were arrested at SALISBURY last week,
charged with the burglaries recently
committed about Bennington and vi
cinity.
Senator Proctor, who has been quite
i'll at Knoxville, Tenn, has entirely
recovered and was able to be at the
offices of his marble company all day
Tuesday of last week.
| Mrs. Ellen A., wife of Mr.. David
d. Ranlett, treasurer of the Central
Vermont railroad. died at her home
in st. Adams, Thursday morning.
She suffered a stroke of apol lexy on
Tuesday.
The farm buildings of Hugh Glib
son of South Ryegate were destroyed
by fire last week. The buildings were
not insured. Nearly all of the furni-
ture was destroyed but all OF the stock
was saved.
The Rev. J. p. Barrett of Fair
Haven, who has been travelling thro'
the Holy Land and Europe with Bish-
OPP Michaud and Father Barron, ar
rived home April 9th. Father Bar
ron is expected home in few days.
j. and J. w. Shea, formerly Brat
tleboro boys, and the present mana
gers of the New Grosvenor hotel at
Fifth avenue and Tenth street, New
York, have recently been given the
management of the Insurance club in
the Mutual Life building in that city.
Last week is noted as one for hav-
ing the highest water in the river and
streams of Vermont that has been
known for years. Much damage was
done, land being overhowed, dams
swept away and bridges more or less
damaged in different parts of the
state.
DR.. E. O. Porter of Cornwall has
sued that town to recover the sum of
$500 for public vaccination. AT
regularly convened meeting of the
town he was authorized to do the
work and went to considerable ex-
pense in procuring the virus and now
the town refuses to pay him.
Mrs. G.. 0. Webster, wife of the
Baptist pastor in Montpelier, has
sued for divorce from him on the
ground of intolerable severity. The
case is to be heard at the September
term of the county court, and, pend
ing its decision, Mrs. Webster has the
custody of her minor daughter.
G. G.. Bennett, the st. Johnsbury
aeronaut, has ordered new balloon
and is now making engagements for
next season. He has already contract
ed to appear at South Ryegate and
Topsham, where he gave successful
exhibitions last fall. He uses hot
air balloon and descends in para
chute.
The trial of Brown and Harris for
the murder of Henry De Mile Law
renee in 1889, which was known as
the "Cold River Tragedy" is now in
progress in the Rutland county court.
Brown pied guilty to the charge
and has made confession of the
whole affair. Harris pied not guilty
and his case is now being tried.
Mrs. Peter Caron, arrested at Brat
tleboro for beating her five-year-old
step-son, pleaded guilty and said that
she got mad because the little fellow
refused to say his prayers and in pun
ishment she used stick about two
feet long and about an inch in dame
ter, the blows from which ruptured a i
blood vessel under the boys scalp.
The amount Of bob veal sent from
this part of Vermont to New York
city is amazing. The creatures weigh
only from 80 to GO pounds, including
the hide, and are apparently less than
a fortnight old. They are sold, it is
given out, to the Russian Jews in New
York, but the knowing ones say that
a considerable percentage is sent out
in the form of canned chicken.-Bur-
lington Daily News.
A curious railroad is in operation
at South Cambridge. 1t starts from
the lumber mill of A. III. Lane and |
follows gradual grade up the side of
Mount Mansfield, nearly two and
half miles, to the timber belt. It is
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