Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-07-23
Business is dull with the Fairbanks

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scale works at st. Johnsbury. Mer
are being discharged and the business
now runs five days in the week 81
tLrec-quarters time.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. +. Bowman 81
Proc orsvill- have been chosen super
iIleLuell and natron of thu Gill Odd
Fellows home at Ludlow. They will
enter upon their duties in about two
weeks.
Rev. j. j. Boyle, who for the past
five years has been acting as assistant
at the cathedral OF the Immaculate
Conception at Burlington, has re.
ceived an appointment as pastor Of
the parish at Bristol in place Of
Father Carmody.
A tarantula was found in a bunch
of bananas at Slack's store in Wood
stock last week, which was of huge
and ferocious appearance. His body
was certainly as large as that of an Or
binary mouse and the spread Of his
legs about A IL inches.
Mr.. and Mrs. Simon Chase of North
Calais were returning from East
Montpelier Friday, July 10, when the
harness broke and both were thrown
violently. Mrs. Chase, who was about
60 years old and in a feeble condition,
died from her injuries Monday night
OF last week.
The factory Of the Vermont Con-
densed Milk company is nearing COM
pletion at Richmond, and it is expect
ed that operations will begin by Sept.
|. The cost of the factory will be
about $4,000, about 10000 hands
employed and $4,000 pounds of milk
will be consumed daily.
The Cooley brothers OF Waterbury
have placed gasoline yacht Of their
own manufacture on the Winooski
river. This is the first yacht of the
kind that has ever been placed on the
river in Waterbury and indeed yachts
are novelties on the Winooski any
way.
Deputy Sheriff Fish of West Rut-
land arrested Bailey Sheridan, Jr., of
that place Thursday for assault with
attempt to kill. A Mrs. Trombly is the
complainant. Sheridan was taken be-
fore Justice 7. B. Wheeler and in de-
fault Of 81, 900 bail was taken to the
house OF correction to await the action
of the September term of court.
Vida Albee, Bradford girl, was
thrown from her bicycle and quite
seriously injured while riding home
from Lake Morey a week ago last
Saturday. While coming down a
hill she lost control Of the wheel and
it ran into bank, throwing her onto
a stone wall. She was unconscious
nearly two days but is slowly recover
ing.
The Rt. Rev. Bishop of Burling.
ton has decided to divide the parish
of st. Johnsbury into two districts
and this arrangement will soon go
into effect. The division is made to
enable the English-speaking people
to have parish of their own, which
they have for some time desired. A
resident clergyman will be sent there
and the one selected is Rev. NJ. j.
Carmody, now stationed at Bristol.
Harry Young, alias Brown Osgood,
alias II. B. Wilson, was arrested at
Claremont, N. H., Saturday evening,
July IL, for bigamy and theft. Os-
good married Miss Gill Of Boston in
1893. He led rowing life, finally
marry ing in September, 1896, Miss
Helen Hubbard of Bellows Falls, the
ceremony taking place in Keene, N.
H. Miss Hibbord had property, which
Osgood induced her to sell for 80, 500.
He afterwards induced her to give up
4 check which he got cashed. He i'm
mediately skipped with the funds to
D. Since January he has
been tracked by Lawyer B. B. Avery
IF Cleveland and was finally located
in Claremont.
Charles Miner of Brattleboro has
,old his noted trotting horse, Georgef
st. Clair, lola, to w. H. Bradford,
he well-known knitting goods manu-.
acturer of Bennington. This horse
vas bought in Michigan last April
.fter Mr.. Miner had closely examined
his record of last year, when he
tarted in twelve races, winning
light and being second or third in
hree of the others. His total win
lings for last year were over $4,000.
Mr.. Miner paid large price for the
lorse and has had him in training at
Albany, N. ", for some time. While
here few days ago, he was asked by
Mr.. Bradford to put price upon the
lnimal. Mr.. Miner had no desire to
ell but named figure, which would
rive him large profit, and he was
last week to receive check
or the full amount. Mr.. Miner had
inferred the horse for the Oil class at
Mystic Park July 2lst, in the 2:lO
lass at Saugus, in the free-for-all
aces at Glens Falls, Barre, Burling-
on, Plattsburg and the Breeders
Meeting at Boston.
Vermont is well represented in the
,ublic service at Washington. Among
hose holding nOsiiiOns Of trust are the