Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-07-04
State of Vermont.
fts News Condensed and Rewritten for
Our Readers.


j. III. Birsette has been appointed
postmaster at West Danville, vice G.
w. Cook, resigned.
The listers of Morrisville find that
there is $9l9,l2O worth Of taxable
property in that town.
Burlington has tax Of $50 cents
on dollar; Montpelier, l6S; Barre,
2lO, and st. Adams, 225.
The heaviest taxpayer in Berning-
ton is Gen. John u. Mccullough,
whose property list is Sl25,0OO.
The president has appointed Har-
vey Wiley postmaster at West New
bury, vice A. Minard, removed.
Hon. Theodore N. Vail Of Lyndon
vile is probably the most heavily in
sured man in Vermont. 1t is said
that he carries life policies aggrega-
ting S2O5,OOO.
James Hartness of Springfield has
been granted patent for fluid con.
trolled clutch and speed regulator and
Charles johnson of Rutland one for
an improved blast furnace.
Plans are being prepared for the
proposed alterations in the depot at
Burlington. 1t is intended to have
the passenger entrance in the east side
and thus avoid crossing the tracks.
AT the commencement exercises of
Amherst college, the honorary degree
OF doctor Of divinity was conferred
on the Rev. Josiah Taylor, AS, of St.
Johnsbury, for 80 years missionary
in South Africa.
Mrs. j. w. Page, who has been
seeking proof of her marriage in YER
mont in 1856, has been in Rutland.
making Investigations, but so far has
not been successful. The courts have
given her an additional 80 days in
which to endeavor to find the record.
Lyman Allen of Burlington has re-
ceived the appointment lover hun
bred competitors) of first surgical
dresser in the Boston City hospital.
The appointment is for six months
from July lst, and Mr.. Allen goes to
Boston at once to assume the duties
of the position.
Work has been resumed at the asy-
lum at Waterbury. John 4. Davis,of
the firm of Mangson, Davis Il Co. OF
Chicago, the contractors on the asylum,
satisfactorily arranged matters at a
meeting held at the asylum last week
and work was resumed the next morn
ing, latter delay Of nearly two weeks.
A boy named Pickering, living on
st. Louis street, Burlington, was ac-
cidentally shot in the right thigh last
Wednesday evening by companion,
Eddie Gabory, who was cleaning re-
volver The ambulance was sum-
moned and the boy was taken to the
hospital. The bullet has not been
found.
The business Of the Wells 4 Rich
ardson company of Burlington has in
creased so much that larger quarters
are now required. A three-story adj
dition, with basement, will be built as
soon as possible. Contracts have been
made for many thousands of dollars
worth of new machinery. An arte-
sian well will be sunk by Ray Il Po-
land, who have just bored the well for
the gas company.
Sheriff Howe Of Windsor county,
with Jailer Thomas of Woodstock,
went to Tyson, Tuesday morning of
last week, and in company with
Sheriff Scott and others, surrounded
The house Of, Almon Sumner at an
early hour, and found therein War
rem Potter, who has been a fugitive
from justice since he broke out of the
lookup in Ludlow last fall. After
some tusseling and kicking he was
secured and lodged in Woodstock
Jail before noon. He tried every
means possible to break away, but
Jailed.
Frederick James Prentiss died at
Hotel Bristol in New York city last
Wednesday, in his 10th year. He
vas born in Montpelier in 1916 and
vas the seventh son of the late Samuel
Prentiss, L LID, who in 1875 be-
,ame chief justice of the supreme
,ourt of the United States Senator in
$50. Prentiss was educated at Mont
)elier, where he studied law with his
ather and brother. He moved to
O., in 1866, where he re-
umed and continued the practice of
lis profession. Prentiss was one of
he saunders of the Republican party
n Ohio.
w. A. Shay of Montpelier has been
appointed by State Secretary E. E.
Towner as assistant excursion mana
.er to the Boston Christian Endeavor
next month. Mr.. Shay
will take charge of the excursion train
which leaves Burlington at 5 O'Clock
N the morning of July 10 and going
" way of Rutland and Bellows Falls
arrives in Boston at 4:30 in the after
loon. Mr.. Towner will have charge
# the other train, which leaves st. Al
,ans at $50 the same morning, by
way of White River Junction and
lowell, arriving in Boston at 4:l5.