Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-02-13

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Wars will hold its annual meeting a
Burlington, Feb. 22d.
4 Arthur Brown, who has bee
elected u, tie Senate from Utah. is U
Vermont AZ cestr,. his parents bein,
natives IT Plymouth. They move'
u Michigan, y here the newly-electe,
senator was born.
Rev. d. Sage Mackay, formerly 0
st. Adams, has received unanimou
call to the Riverside Presbyterian
church of New York city, at salary
OF $4,000. The church is located a
the corner of 72d street and Boulevard
Leroy Phillips OF Boston, formerly
of Rutland, has resigned his position
as business manager Of the New Eng
land edition of the Youths Compan
ion and has accepted the position Of
manager Of the Illustrated American
Walter W. Stevens Of Rutland arose
from his,couch one night last week
and went out of doors while asleep
butwas soon awakened by his head
coming in contact with a window
glass, which was badly broken and he
had a well-cut face.
AT the meeting Of the New England
Fair association held at Boston on
Tuesday trustees for three years were
elected for each New England state,
those for Vermont being F. L. Hough-
ton and Col. George w. Hooker of
Brattleboro; Benjamin Herman, New
port; K. G. Trask, Waitsfield.
Arthur Thorpe of Hardwick fell
from the suspension bridge near
Wheeler n Shipman's mill last
Wednesday afternoon to the ice be-
low, fully twelve feet, and struck on
the back Of his head, and it was
thought ne had sustained a fracture Of
the skull, but as il was it made quite
a hole in his head and it also broke
his collar bone.
Frank p. Ufford, son of e. j. Uf-
ford of Barton, who is attending
Cornell University, was chosen by
as one of the eight par
Elephants in the annual debate and
when the debate occurred secured
fourth place. Asa result he is named
as one of the four speakers who viii
Cornell in the Cornell-Penn-
sylvania debate.
Gustavus Curtis and Cassius Rog-
ers of Woodstock bagged a young baby
lynx recently, the animal standing at
bay fifteen or twenty minutes under
fallen tree, while Rogers went to pro-
cure gun. Oscar Burke purchased
the ''remains" and sent them to a
friend in Vineyard Haven, Mass, to
show him what game he missed when
up in Vermont hunting last summer.
Benjamin B. Douglass of Bowdoin-
ham, Me-, was arrested at Island
Pond Monday night OF last week for
fraudulent transactions He
ately failed for $4,000, with assets |
If less than half that amount, while !
'arious sums Of money were found |
deposited in different hanks under
liflerent names which were supposed |
o be his and he has made over 100
cal estate transfers within two years. |
Walter Reed and George Wander
,urgn escaped from the house OF cor
ection at Rutland Monday OF last |
week. Reed was serving sentence Of |
I02 days for selling liquor and Van
lerburgh was in for 1903 days for ille-
gal fishing. The men ran away while
It work picking up stone under charge
i Keeper Holland. The escapes from
he house Of correction have averaged
bout two year for the past ten years.
The friends OF Robert NJ. Cantlin, a
boy who was graduated
rom the University Of Vermont in
s73,arc concerned regarding his safe
y in Transvaal. Cantlin was con-
ected with mining enterprises in Cal
fornia and Arizona for nearly 20
ears and few months ago went to
outh Africa as All engineer. lie was
ssociated with Hammond and Cur
Is, the American engineers, who are
nown to have been arrested.
The Rachel Harlow memorial
hurch dedication exercises took
lace last week Tuesday at Windsor,
he church being crowded all day.
Elder Il. l.. Bccman con-
ucted the services, and sermons were
by Rev. Mr.. Broadbeck and
lev. ID. +. Miller. Mrs. Rachel Har-
wv, widow Of Hiram Harlow, died
bout two years ago and left $4,000
, the Methodist society for the pur-
ose Of building church, and the re-
lit is the handsome brick structure
n the corner of Main street and Dur
ess lane.
Last week as r. ID. Smith OF East Y
lyndon was drawing his last load of I
God from his sugar place he met 8
it'll severe accident while driving {
p sharp pitch on side hill. He
as walking by the lower side of the
ed, when it slowed, the load hitting !
i'm and throwing him over the bank !
own the hill several feet. The load G
lme after him leaving the forward J
ed on the road. The hind sled and G
ad turned over, the forward bunk