Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-06-06
State of Vermont.
its News Condensed and Rewritten for
Our Readers.

OuI ANCdutA %
Mich cows are selling for bette
prices in Vermont than for severe
years.
The Vermont Marble company ma
buy the plant of Smith Il Brainard a
Pittsford 1t is offered at $3.50, 900.
Brattleboro has next to the larges
grange in New England. 1t has 30
members, the largest having only 2
more.
William r. Collins, prominen
merchant of Boston, committed sui
eide recently. He was formerly 0
Middlebury.
| w. N. Tasker, a music dealer a
Bennington, with his wife, has skip
ped the town, leaving several bill
which he forgot to pay.
A distant earthquake was felt il
Windham county last week Tuesday
The vibrations were felt the most a
Brattleboro, lasting about IL seconds
| Among the five sophomores who
will compete for the Kellogg prize il
defamation at the Amherst college
commencement, is Richard Billings Of
Woodstock.
j. r. Booth, the large lumber mer.
chant, has decided to rebuild his large
plant, which was burned at Burling.
ton, March 10. The work will be
commenced at once.
Lewis p. Sheldon of Rutland was
last week chosen captain of the Yale
track athletic team for next year. Shell
don is broad and high jumper and
long distance hurdler.
Charles II. Smith, the bicyclist who
was killed in collision with an cleo
trio car at Lowell, Mass, Saturday,
was a native of Tunbridge, though
he was living in Nashua.
The supreme court last week fin
ished up the cases of Caledonia county
and took recess until July 18th,
when decision will be rendered on
cases heard at the May term.
The body of William Burke, who
fell off the bridge at Bellows Falls
during the flood in April, was found
last week near West Dummerston in
a badly decomposed condition.
The Vermont association of Road
and Trotting Horse Breeders offer
$4,000 in purses to be trotted for
August 81, %, 70 and 30 at Rutland.
There is a large list of entries.
The Goth anniversary of the Y. M.
c. A, at Burlington was observed re-
Gently. The report of the secretary
shows membership Of 700 and net
Indebtedness of only S43,6l9.55 on its
fine block.
The grand list of Brattleboro shows
the following valuations: Real estate,
S2,697, 54l; personal, sl,s96,772, a
total valuation of real and personal Of
81, 594.3l3, to which is added $3,50S
for l,7S9 polls.
The press work on the revised stat
utes of Vermont is now being done.
The committee is preparing the in
deX, which will be given to the printer
in about three weeks. The book will
be issued Aug. lst.
Prof. Webster Mortified, native
of Williamsville, has been chosen
president of the new University of
Montana. He is a brother Of John
II. Merritield, clerk of the Vermont
House of Representatives.
Last week, Dir. FLA. Rich tested the
valuable herd of Holsteins belonging
to Chaffee Bros. of Rutland. TWEEN
ty-five of the As head were condemned, |
slaughtered and proved the test. They
we're appraised at from $40 to $40
each.
Rev. Austin Hazen, for the past 20
years pastor Of the Cong'l church at
died recently and was
buried at see, while he, with his wife,
vas on his way to Genoa. He was
me of the Oldest clergymen in yer-
mont.
CClidtoi idll VI CONNECTICUT ana
senator Chandler of New Hampshire,
Who were the guests of Senator Proc
or last week and who are making a h
our Of the state, were in Rutland Me-
mortal day and the three distinguish /
d gentlemen made short addresses.
Messrs. McKim, Mead and White, /.
II which firm the accomplished Brat
leborean is member, will be the Q
rchitects for the library building at 5
Columbia college, which has received
rom President Seth Low the munifi- |
ent gift of 81 100000. e
The slate millers of Vermont and :
'ennsylvania, who compose the slate Z
Killing interests of the United States, I
gently held a meeting, establishing h
uniform price, (which is a slight raise. q
lore work and better wages are ex- q
ected. Five hundred men in Fair l.
[aven and vicinity will be affected. !
DR.. Lucy A. Cooke Mrs. E. w. 81
adding died recently at Cambridge, a
Lass. DR.. Cooke was best known as a
Sleeping Lucy" and her practice ex- b
nded all over the state. She was
orn in Calais, 76 years ago, and has
racticed medicine for over 50 wears