Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-07-16

w. T. Sparhawk went Tuesday to Bos-
ton for brief sojourn.
A daughter was born Tuesday morning
to Mr.. and Mrs. Orrin Greene.
| Mrs. Walter Goodwin OF New York is
staying with Mrs. Ellen Blanchard.
| States Attorney D. q. Hyde OF Strafford
was in town Tuesday on legal business.
Mr.. Henry Soper Is building a wide pi-
azza across the ell Of his house on Ran
dolph avenue. !.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. o. Hubbard have gone
to Bellows Falls to live, Mr.. Hubbard hav-
ing found employment in wood working
adjustment there.
gone to Waterbury for a week or so and la
ter will proceed to Highgate Springs, where
Mr.. Graves will join them.
| Misses Alice and Carrie Belknap, Car
roll H. Pratt and Harry Bridgman, OF
Springfield, Mass, are the guests OF Mr..
and Mrs. Judson Fits at Grand View
farm.
Mrs Morse Baker speaks in West Brain
tree next Sunday morning at II O'Clock on
"The Needs OF the Hour" In the after
noon she will answer questions proposed
by the audience.
Mrs. G. d. Sanborn of Worcester, Mass,
made flying trip here on business early
in the week. Mr.. Sanborn still remains
in the same paralyzed condition, and is
not even able to sit up. He never asks for
nourishment, and altogether his case Is a
peculiarly battling one.
The Good Templars' meeting this week
will begin at 7:l5 and close at 8 O'Clock
Thursday evening. 1t will be open to the
public, and Mrs. Morse Baker OF Gran
vi ufl ~
that may be proponnded on the subject OF
temperance and will also deliver an al
dress. Admission will be free to all, and
good music will be furnished.
Misses Clara and Anna Kimball sailed
at O'Clock this morning from New York
for Europe as the guests OF Mrs. Charles
Pratt and daughter OF Brooklyn. Mrs.
Pratt's two sons are also of the party, and
on the same steamer, the Augusta. Victoria,
sailed Mr.. and Mrs. Obrig, who were at
Montague Place last summer. Mrs. Pratt
and her party are to remain abroad three
months, and after a short stay in Paris
will visit Holland, Belgium, Switzerland
and Russia, reaching Switzerland some
time in August. Colonel and Mrs. Kim
ball and Mr.. VIM. Eugene Kimball, who
went to New York to see them off, are ex-
pected back Tuesday.
AneDt the recent Press excursion at
Willoughby lake, the Morrisville NeWs
and Citizen ays:--"Six OF the party,
'chaperoned' by l.. P. Thayer, who is we'll
qualified to run personally conducted
returned to Barton on Thursday evening,
and the next morning were driven to Cas-
plan lake in Greensboro--fifteen miles
across country, through the pretty little
village OF Glover and the bed OF Runaway
pond. We might give some "reminiscences
Of the personnel OF the party--how the
gallant Waterbury editor Harry White
hill, formerly Of the Argus) was smitten
by the attractive Canadian girl and his
adventures with that irrepressible kodak;
how cordially Mrs. Scott greeted old
friends; the anxious look Chase wore over
the Chicago prospects; the dexterity OF
Sault OF st. Johnsbury with the ten-pins;
how the tail Of Thayer's coat came In too
close proximity with the sparks from the
yacht and became as perforated as battle-
occasion was happy one and will long be
remembered by those who had the pleas
ure OF attending"
Miss Emma Ashley, whose shot at
Lucky Baldwin, the millionaire horse
man, in San Francisco court room, Gre
ated such sensation last week, has been
pldSCd uOuuS w dWdlt tIidi
for the crime OF an assault with attempt
to kill. The man whom she tried to shoot
is about "a years old and has been married !
four times. He has been one of the fore
most figures on the American turf for sew
eral years. He was common digger for |
gold when he struck it rich, after that Ihe |
became associated with some bonanza |
miners and increased his fortune by spec
ulation to 80, 100000. he owns an estate |
in the San Anita valley in California |
which is valued at millions OF dollars. |
This ranch he promised to his daughter II |
she married to suit him, but she saw fitto
elope with her second cousin. Fourteen |
years ago Baldwin served as target for |
another woman, who was, however, ac-
quilted on the ground OF insanity. II is
that Miss Emma Ashley read the /
Bible during the progress Of the case In
court, and when taken to prison sang |
Nearer My God to Thee She said that |
she had been up two nights with her SIS
ter's child, who is very i'll, and had been
without sufficient food. She ate raven
ously and appeared to be hungry.