Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-10-01

Orange county, for the first time il
its history, sends solid Republican
representation to the legislature.
Judge Henry C. Ide of st. Johns,
bury has about completed his work in
Samoa over the disputed land claims
and will probably return home early
next year. He will come via Asia
and Europe.
The Vermont Farm Machine com.
pany of Bellows Falls received an or.
der last week for five separators and
some other machinery to go to South
Africa. The Dutch know the value
ola good thing.
The State Teachers association
will hold its annual meetings at st.
Adams probably from Nov. 18th to
l4th. One Of the principal speakers
will be President Merrill A. Gates Of
Amherst college.
The town OF Victory has brought
suit against Horace Houston and
Herman Royce, who were bondsmen
for Fred Newell, who was town treas
urer and who left the town about
5000 short in his accounts.
The Freshman class Of Middlebury
college is now made up of % women
and 20 men, AZ in all. is the larg-
est class, with one exception, in. the
history of the college. The class
which entered in 1884 was still larger.
A two-story dwelling house belong
ing to Edward Shaw, located about a
mile southeast OF Rutland, was burned
early Sunday morning. Only part
of the furniture was saved. The
damage is estimated to be about
81, 600.
One of the Reform school boys at
Vergennes escaped last week Wednes-
day by jumping into a wagon at the
gristmill and going to Addison and
thence TO Panton, where the boy took
TO the woods. Up TO date he had not
been captured.
Horse thieves made quite raid in
Rutland and vicinity Saturday morn
ing. A horse and two carriages, with
harness, robes, ETC., were taken at
Rutland. a horse at Florence and
carriage at Pittsford were also taken.
One horse was valued at 5000.
Paul La Francis of Shoreham left
his home unceremoniously two weeks
ago and has not been heard from
since The family believe he will re-
turn some time and are making no eff
fort TO ascertain his whereabouts. Ii
depends on who you are whether you
are missed or not.
4 consignment of ESQ head of
Canadian cattle was examined at
Richford last week Sunday. They
were en- route TO Boston for shipment
to England. The facilities for hand
ling the cattle were found to be made
quate and the Canadian Pacific com.
pany is building new pens at Rich
ford.
Landlord Higgins OF the Pierce
House at Middlebury has piece OF
furniture which is not only Interest,"
ing but beautiful. 1t is a sideboard
of mahogany dark with age and use.
1t was made by stephen a. Douglass,
the famous Illinois senator, when he
kept cabinet shop in the Potter
house.
Henry Burt, an Enosburgh Falls
farmer, saw six men enter his yard
one night recently and carry away %
turkeys. There have been numerous
cases Of petty thieying in the place Of
late and some OF the citizens propose
to investigate the cases Of a number of
persons in the vicinity who appear
able to exist without work.
The 22d annual convention of the
Vermont Woman's Christian Tenn
perance union will be held at st.
Johnsbury Oct. 2l-25. Miss Agnes
Slack of London, the general CORE
spending secretary, and Rev. L. b.
Dunn, temperance orator, viii be here
and, if possible, Neal Dow of Maine
and Frances Willard will be present.
Fire Friday morning in the store
house of the Fall Mountain Paper
formerly known as the
Green street mill, caused a loss of
from $1,000 to $500, principally to
paper stock and chemicals. The fire
in baled paper clippings. |
A slight fire originating in the class of
stock over the No. 4 engine room of
The same company the evening before
called out the village fire department
but was extinguished by automatic |
sprinklers before their arrival.