Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-06-20
State Of Vermont.
It's News Condensed and Rewritten for
Our Readers.

Pltcner ii. Ill. DlllsliOre has Dcc
elected captain of the U. ". M. base
ball team.
M. f. Evans has been appointe
postmaster at West Dummerston, vic
A. B. Farley, resigned.
Edward S. Worcester of Burlingto
has received the first prize of 800 q
Princeton college for excellence i
speaking.
The st. j. and L. G. railroad com
pany has been petitioned to establis
station at Somerville in the east par
Of st. Johnsbury.
| The Union Assurance society Q
London has entered the state OF Yer
mont and.will transact general in
| surance business.
| 1t is stated that a summer school TO
Rutland and Addison counties will b.
held in Brandon. An attendance o
800 teachers is expected. The session
will open July 20.
Rev. w. H. II. Avery, who is sup
plying the Baptist pulpit at st. AL
bans, has just received the degree Of
d. D. from Shurtleff college. He may
be persuaded to settle there.
| Prof. G. C. Bonnette, the successful
aeronaut, has just returned to St
Johnsbury from Maine, where he has
made several engagements for balloon
ascensions and parachute drops.
The 26th annual commencement Of
Goddard seminary begins Sunday,
with sermon by Rev. e. E. Nash, D.
d., Of Brooklyn, N. Y. The gradua-
ting exercises will be held Wednesday.
The firemen's association holds its
annual tournament in Fair Haven,
July "a and %. There will be horse
race, hand engine contest and hook
and ladder contest and other feat
ures.
Last week ex-Minister E. J.Phelps'
span of horses, driven by Martin Haw-
ley, became manageable. The driv-
er was thrown from the seat and was
badly bruised and had three ribs
broken.
Two Wilmington fishermen, while
fishing for cells few nights ago,
caught large muskrat, which swal-
lowed the hook and bait and gave the
fishermen quite a tussle before being
landed.
Last week there was a brilliant we'd
ding at Cambridge, Mass, when Miss
Harriet Byron, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert B. Taber, was married to
Frederick A. Richardson, son of A. L.
Richardson Of Burlington.
The total amount of merchandise
imported from foreign countries and
entered at the port Of st. Adams dur
ing the month of May was S276,676.
The total amount OF duties assessed
were $50, 4O4.5S. A great variety Of
articles were entered.
The state board of health is endeav-
oring to make arrangements for the
meteorological examination of dipth-
iberia cases for all parts Of the state,
and hope to be able 10 obtain valuable
information on the subject for all ply
sicians at little or no expense.
The work of the assessors of Bur-
lington has been completed. The
grand list shows an increase over last
years. The total appraisal Of real and
personal property in 1896 was Sl0,-
1874, l9l; and in 1895, 81, APO, 755--in-
crease, S536,564.
The output of granite from Barre
and Montpelier, over the Central Yer
mont railroad for the month of MAY,
was the largest ON record. The COM
pany handled total of about fifteen
million pounds, an increase of more
than 200 full car loads over May '94.
The Congregational year book
shows that churches Of that denomi-
nation were established in Vermont
as follows Thetford, 1857; Town
shend, 1892; Middletown Springs,
1896; Windham, 1902; Cornwall, 1903;
East Poultney, 1904; Bennington
First, 1904.
The mother of Whitelaw Reid died |
June 9, in Cedarville, 0. She
was born at Ryegate in 1904. Her
maiden name was Marion Whitelaw
Ronald. She married, in 1926, Robert
Charlton Reid. Mr.. and Mrs. Reid
went West soon afterwards. Reid
lied in 1866.
Officer John Nash took Frank HUI
ing Of North Bennington to the asy-
um at Brattleboro last week, he hay
ng been adjudged an imbecile by a
council of physicians, composed Of
Drs. Ranney and Woodruff. The
Young man has recently come into
'ortune of some $50, 900 or $4,000
AS Druggist A. F. Sherman of Lud-
ow was going home the other even
ng, with his books in one hand and a
mall bag in the other,a man came up
behind him near Lamere's bridge and
'rdered him to drop the bag or he
would shoot him. The assailant re-
,eated the threat three times. MI.
sherman did not drop anything, but
an. There is no clue to the assailant.
Derby Line claims to have the old