Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-03-21
Middleburv Catholics plan soon t.

The directors of the Peoples Trus
company of St.Albans will soon cree
a building.
ID. d. Bean Of Boston has sold hi
pacing mare, "Cobdellah," 2:29 ~
and ~. II. 81 1923, to G. H. Haye,
of Haverhill, Mass. Reported price
81, 800.
The Masons Of Lyndonvillc vii
build a business block, to cost $40, 900
this spring. 1t will be three stories
high and contain well appointed
lodge room.
Dir. G. B. Hyde Of ST. Adams has
accepted an offer to become physician
to hospitals III Silao and Guanaiuato
cities in the state of Guanajuato, Mex.
leo, 200 miles north Of the City OF
Mexico.
Fred B. Deberville, president of the
Justin S. Morrill, club, and Hon. ID. j.
Foster of Burlington will speak at the
national convention Of College Repub-
leans at Grand Rapids, Mich, next
month.
Vim. Hunter, farmer of Barnet,
became insane Sunday in church and
grew much worse Tuesday night. He
killed his horse, attacked his little son
and his own brother, but help came
before he coald hurt them.
John Kelley AN old resident of Der
by, died last Monday from poison.
Feeling badly he took las he supposed,
some whiskey, but got the wrong bot
tie and took aconite instead. He lived
two or three hours. lie was about 10
years old.
Capt. Warren Corbin of South He
TO has sold the Iodine Springs House
to George w. Squires of Swanton. Mr..
Squires will commence to overhaul
the house for the coming season and
will put it in fi'st-class condition for
a summer hotel,
The new United Presbyterian
church at Ryegate was dedicated
Wednesday. The dedicatory prayer
was by Rev. ID. M.McLindlet of West
Barnet, and the sermon by Rev. GIN.
Wiley of West Hebron, n. Y. The
church cost 5000 and was dedicated
free of debt.
Frank Harbor, l6 years old, was
killed in Woodford, March IL, while
driving team loaded with logs OFF
the mountain to Lyman Evans mill.
He was under horse that had got
cast in some way, and was probably
trying to get the horse home when it
fell on him and killed him. When
found he was lying on his face in the
snow
Col. Silas Nj. Waite, formerly presi-
dent of the First National Bank Of
which he wrecked and
then decamped, but was arrested and
brought back for trial, and was SEN
fenced to six years imprisonment, af-
ter which he went to Omaha, died
there March IL. The wrecking of
the Brattleboro bank caused great loss
TO the stockholders, some of whom
went insane and others died from the
shock.
Cyrus G. Pringle of Charlotte, the
botanist, has recently
reached home from Mexico, accom-
panied by his assistant, John II. Nc
Glashan. Mr.Pringle's eight months
sojourn in Mexico was mostly devoted
to travelling the remote state of Oxaca,
in the extreme south of Mexico, and |
then mainly on the crest of the conti-
nent on heavily forested mountains
10000 feet elevation over the sea.
They achieved unusual success, bring
ng home collection of 10000 speci-
mems of plants.
The receivers sale of the property |
Of the Denison, Texas, Land and In
'tallment company last week to con-
,ributing shareholders has been con-
tirmed by the courts of Texas. and a |
new company, named the Denison
Land and Loan company,with CAPT
al Of 100000, has been organized. |
This property, known as the w. FL
Rice syndicate, originally cost New
England shareholders about 81 ,000,-
300, few of whom have now con-
jributed the necessary funds to its pur-
;hase at receivers sale. The sale
vas made to representatives of the
who went to Texas for
he purpose, subject to the claim of |
he bondholders Of about $40, 900, the
bonds being held by New Englanders.
Mortified has awarded the contract
or installing its electric light and |
BOWER plant to Almon & Sargent of |
Boston, who have so successfully
placed plants at Morrisville and John
ION. The day power will be ready for
operation in about six weeks and the
treet lights are to be ready for opera
ion by May Is. The power used will |
DC developed by water power recently
Of G.. r. Andrews for
$4,000. The other two water powers
purchased at the same time will be
leld for reserve force when more than
90 horse power is needed for day pur-
,oses in manufacturing. Already con
iderable of the day power has been
and new manufacturing in
crests are practically assured to the
own soon. The committee has re-
aimed thp carvicac nf prnfacoor S+or.s