Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-02-20


Rev. Theodore B. Foster OF St
Paul's Episcopal church, Pawtucket
; r.. L., resigned last week to accept .
call to Rutland.
The Toucey scholarship at Trinity
college has been awarded to DAME
Hugh verder, '9S, Of Rutland. The
annual value Of the prize is 5000.
\, Probably the citizen Of Bellows
Falls who carries the greatest amount
of life insurance is A. N. Burbank,
treasurer of the Fall Mountain Paper
4 Co., who is insured for $4,000.
| Charles Moore, aged 81 years, was
arrested at VergenDes Saturday, Feb.
8, on the charge OF robbing house in
St. louisville, NY, of $4,000 in jew
els and $4,000 in money. He consent
ed to accompany the officer back with
out requisition papers.
The docket for the coming term OF
the United States district and circuit
court, February 25th, is now being
/ printed. In the circuit court on the
law docket are II cases, on the chan
Gerry docket 80. There are as cases on
the district court docket. Only a few
of these cases are set for trial.
The Boston Alumni of Norwich
University of Mortified held their an
nual meeting and banquet at the
United States hotel at Boston Friday
night. There was Q large number
present of the alumni, faculty and
undergraduate of the institution.
Rev. Howard +. Hill of Concord, N.
H., was reelected president
| DIR. E. A. Smith of Brandon, the
manager of the grounds of Lake
Pleasant, has leased the hotel there to
Samuel Squires, formerly of the Elm
House at Greenfield and the Park
Square House at Westfeld. The no.
tel will be opened June LIST. DR..
Smith says that Lake Pleasant will be
run in July for business and in Aug
ust for religion. Col. r. G. Ingersoll
has been engaged for lectures August
., l6 and %.
The University of Vermont base
ball team intends to take trip
through New York state in April,
when games will be played with the
leading colleges there. There will
probably be no southern trip this year,
as heretofore, as the trips have not
been financially successful. The reg
ular New England trip viii be taken
in June, when Harvard, Yale, Brown.
Holy Cross and other New England
colleges will be played.
Fire last Tuesday morning caused
SO, 900 damage in the Ludlow wooden
mills owned by j. S. Gill Il Co. The
fire was discovered at o'clock by the
Waterman, in an old frame addition
at the east end, which was used for
storage. The blaze is supposed to
have been caused by spontaneous
combustion. This was the first OPP
portunity TO show the usefulness Of
the new water system which was put
in last season. 1t saved the, mills
which are worth 100000.
The Congregational church at
Saxton's River has just been presented |
with the deed of good parsonage
building, valued at $4,000, a legacy
from Deacon John ii. Ramsey, who
died few weeks ago, and with
SO, 900 in cash from Mrs. 5. w. War
ner, an old member of the church,
whose husband expressed the intcn-
ton Of making the gift but who died
a few years ago without making such
provision. Rev. George 4. Chaplin is
the pastor and the church is free from
indebtedness.
The Washington correspondent Of
the Boston Herald says: "No other
official family have been longer in
Washington society than that Of the
Venerable Vermonter, and none can
claim larger number of friends. For
nearly 40 years their doors have swung
open to the best people Of the CAPITAL.
Their special friends are naturally
largely New Englanders, but all the
families are glad to be rep
resented on such ali occasion as that
Of to-day. Mrs. Morrill,, although
during much of her life an invalid, has
still strong hold upon life, and with
her distinguished husband seems des-
tined to enjoy a beautiful old age.
They are certainly remarkable pais."
The third annual meeting of the
Dartmouth Interscholastic association
was held at White River Junction
last week Wednesday. Officers were
elected for the ensuing year as fol
ows: Arthur II. Whittemore, YER
mont academy; first vice president,
.. A. Huntley, Claremont High
school; second vice president, u. r.,
Brown, Windsor High school; secre- s
AIRY, A. l.. Newton, Randolph High {
'chool; treasurer, Ralph M. Tewks- {
,ury, Woodstock High school. There ,
ire 20 schools in the association. The 8
iavcrhill, Mass, high school was adj !
nitted to membership. 1t was de- I
'ided to hold the animal meet on tho
Dartmouth oval May Both and join {
he National ,lnterscholastic associa-
ion. The president is captain Of the /