Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-02-07
State of Vermont.
Its News Condensed and Rewritten for
Our Readers.

Mrs. VIM. Wells and family of Bur
|lington are at present travelling in thu
Holy Land.
Rev. Andrew Gillison was ordained
pastor of the Cong'l church at st. AL
bans, Thursday.
The annual meeting of the New
England Dental association will bt
held in Brandon in March.
1t cost $4,613.25 to care for the pool
of Burlington the past year. There
are now 10 inmates of the poor house
Miss Eta N. Newell Of St. Johns.
bury has been appointed assistant Ii
brarian of the Dartmouth college Ii
brary.
Ormand Partlow has been commits
stoned postmaster at Fernville, Add
son county, vice H. G. Brownson, re-
signed.
The Christian Endeavor societies OF
Franklin and Grand Isle counties held
their semiannual union at Swanton last
Wednesday.
Deposits in Vermont Savings banks
increased last year from 1921, 262, $3.50
to 1927, 966,S5 a gain Of $703,925,
which is considered large for the time.
Bennington's tifteen-year 4 per cent
sewer bonds were awarded to w. j.
Hayes & Son of Boston, who take the
whole ssue-$3l, 00O-at a premium,
making the interest equal to 1856 per
cent.
Rev. G. F. Carter, late of Burling-
ton, has been engaged to supply the
pulpit of the North Cong'l church in
Newburyport, Mass, for four months,
during the absence of its pastor on a
foreign tour.
John, the l0-year-old son of Samuel
Rogers of Post Mills village, in Thet-
ford, Thursday night fell with light
ed lantern down through chute in
his fathers barn and was probably
fatally burned.
The Judgment Of the supreme court
in regard to proceedings for the dis
barment of J. J. Enright of Burling-
ton, resulted in his removal from the
Office of attorney-at-law and from the
Office of solicitor in chancery.
Col. Horace Scott, the well-known
railroad man who died in Louisville,
KY, the other day, was native of
Halifax, this state. He was 50 years
Of age and had resided in Louisville
30 years. His remains were taken to
Halifax for interment.
Mrs. V. B. Goodwin of Monkton
was arrested and tried before Judge
Roberts of Vergennes, last week,
charged with making disturbance
in the Friends church by speaking in
an unusual manner. Mrs. Goodwin
made no defense and was fined $2S
and costs, which were paid.
AS John McDevitt's team, loaded
with coal, was going down the Pow
er's Hill in Proctor the neck yoke
broke, letting the wagon fly down the
hill. Near the foot of the hill, the
wagon struck the 6-year-old son OF
Karl Landon and crushed his foot so
that it is thought he will lose it.
DR.. f. E. Smith of Brandon has en-
gagged Col. Robert G. Ingersoll, the
famous orator, for four lectures at
Queen City Park on Thursday, Aug.
Is, and the days following until Sum
day, the 18th, which will be the last.
The subjects have not yet been an
nounced. Rev. Minot j. Savage is al
so on the books for lecture if he can
be engaged.
The several officials of the various
agricultural and horse breeders asso-
Citations last week met the officials of
the Central Vermont railroad and
agreed upon rate of freight for the
transportation of stock for exhibit
ton the coming year. An attempt
will now be made to secure the same
rates with the other railroads of the
state.
AT the recent annual meeting of
the Vermont Marble company in New
York these directors were elected: F.
d. Proctor, F. G. Partridge, Fisher
A. Baker, L. r. Morse, John r.
Myers, A. Smedburg, f. S. Williams,
F. B. Riggs and S. A. Howard. F. |
D. Proctor was elected president, F. |
G. Partridge, vice president, Fisher
A. Baker, secretary, and f. r. Morse,
treasurer.
The grocery and drug store of Geo.
0. Bliss at Essex Junction was enter
ed by burglars Wednesday night. The
money drawer of the cash register was
broken open, but only about So had |
been left in it. Three hundred cigars
were also taken. There were watches
in the showcase that were untouched,
also the money drawer in the postof-
flee was not disturbed. 1t is thought
the burglars were frightened before
they got through their Investigations.
George A. Bingham Of Littleton, N.
H., ex-justice Of the New Hampshire
court, who died last week, was born in
Lyndon in 1926, was admitted to the
bar in that town at the age of22, and
practiced law there four years before
going to Littleton, where he has since