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

Goyernor-E Grout and Lieuten'
ant Governor Elect Fisk made q
tour of inspection of the several state
institutions last week.
The town liquor agency at Chester
was broken into Monday night of last
week and a quantity of liquor stolen.
There is no clew to the thieves.
A horse and carriage were stolen
from the stables of John W.Buemond
of Bellows Falls last Friday, Sept. Is.
No clue of the team has yet been found.
A grand commandery of Vermont
of the United Order of Golden Gross
will be instituted at Bellows Falls.
The order has reached membership
of 800 in the state.
Charles Wales, who had been re-
ported as running away, because of
the charge against him of attempting
TO burn Goddard seminary last spring,
is at h. me in South Barre.
is probable that there will be APP
plications made to the legislature this
fall for two charters, one for a rail
road from Rutland to Montpelier,
and the other for an electric road from
Montpelier to Warren.
4 farm dwelling near Rockingham
village, owned by George Poole, was
burned last Sunday morning. None
of the contents were saved. The fire
was caused by a defective chimney.
The property was insured.
Judge f. B. sherman of Chicago,
son of Fairfield, has got song, yer
mont, Maine and Illinois, to the tune
of .Benny Ravens, o. in rejoicing
over the late election, and predicting
the same in Illinois by 100000 or
more. II is very bright indeed.
c. G. Bennett Of ST. Johnsbury,
who had made 34l balloon ascensions
without an accident, fell at the fair at
Malone, n. Y, Wednesday and frac-
tured two ribs. a rent in the para
chute caused the accident. His life
was saved because he had not cut
loose from the balloon. Despite this
accident he made another ascension
the next day.
Charles Smith of Weston was ar
re;ted recently for breaking into the
residence of William Abbott, town
liquor agent, and stealing 500 in
money. The thief secured an en-
trance TO the house by the back win
dow. lie was traced TO the home OF
his brother and, after several attempts
to get away, was secured by a party
of four men. He is now confined in
the Woodstock Jail.
The village of Bennington is in no
haste TO get city charter. AT spe-
cial village meeting held last week a
resolution that the whole subject be
dropped until the next annual village
was almost unanimously
adopted. This means that there will
be no more agitation for city charter
for the next two years. The result
appears to be generally satisfactory.
\ young man, 20 years old, who
claims to be Il. Honest Whitworth of
Fail River, Mass, was arrested at the
Globe hotel in Rutland Sunday night
of last week, charged with stealing
bicycle from a party at Bellows Falls.
had been selling cam
paign buttons in that vicinity. The
bicycle is at n shop where it is being
Our old-timc Vermonter, Col. Al
bert Clarke, secretary of the Boston
II me Market club, missed the nomi-
nation for Congress in his district by
Il narrow margin. Five ballots were
necessary and on the last Col. Clarke
- votes and his successful
80. The nominee is George
W. Weymouth, leading manufac-
turer of Fitchburg
At the games of the Knickerbocker
Athletic club Of New York, Saturday,
Sept 18th, Tom Burke established a
new G00-yard record. lie ran the
distance in one minute / seconds
fiat. In throwing Of the discus, Rich
ard Sheldon, The Rutland boy OF Yale.
threw il III feet 5 inches. The pre-
vious best record was % feet inches,
made recently by Garrett of Princeton
at the Olympic games at Athens,
Greece.
Burglars visited North Bennington
night, Sept. 10Th. At the !
store of Houghton q Co. they secured |
about 500 worth of tobacco, plated |
ware and Undertaking. The door
to Gen. j. q. McCullough's ice house |
was wrenched of. and the thieves |
.ook from it 10 chickens, a dressed |
amb and two large beef roasts. The |
had wagon and they |
we're tracked several miles.
Miss Katie Clune, who is employed |
1t Ed Wilson's in Brattleboro, at
empted to build fire last week in
he kitchen stove and not lighting,
IS she thought, poured ON some kero-
'ene from a cup. The flame blazed
Ip Immediately, igniting the oil in
he cup and burning her left arm and /
land badly and her face and hair
Her clothes also caught
ire but it was quickly extinguished: