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

y Mrs. Eli sherman OF Newport zen
ter, an aged lady, fell downstairs Sun
| day, July 5, and broke her wrist.
j Clarke Shepard, prominent farm
| er OF Berlin, has sued Arthur Lajon
5 DIRE, common labopr, for $4,000
for alienation Of his wife's affections
The defendant could not furnish bail
and is now in Montpelier jail.
The Franklin County Summer
/ School and Teachers Institute, which
is under state management, will be
held at st. Adams for two weeks, be-
ginning July ID, with an excellent
. list OF instructors and subjects.
Miss Lottie Wheeler Of Wilmington
is the first patient OF DR.. HID. HoIton
Of Brattleboro to try the new ''serunI
cure" for consumption, originated by
Pasteur. DIR. Holton has been max
ing study of this cure in Michigan
and its results will be anxiously
awaited.
j A. w. Wright OF Saginaw, Mich,
and Dr. j. II. Lancashire Of Alma,
Mich, with their families are travel
ing through \ ermont in Mr.. Wright's
private car "Alma." Mr.. Wright is a
native of Chester and comes East every
summer to visit his old home. The
party will return West by way of
Portland and the Grand Trunk rail-
road.
The Nineteenth Century club OF
Burlington, composed of fifty ladies
and gentlemen, has arranged for a
weeks pleasure trip at the close of
July. They will leave by a special
train for Montreal on the 9th, and go
thence to Quebec on the day follow
ing, where they will spend the remain
derof the week, being quartered at the
Chateau Frontenac. A salmon fishing
excursion up the Saguenay will be
among the side trips from Quebec.
Pres. Bailey of the Citizens Savings
Bank and Trust Co. of st. Johnsbury
is reported to have figured as victim
in "gold brick" swindle and to have
become wiser on presenting the two
bricks at the Philadelphia mint, W here
they were pronounced pure brass. The
swindlers were apparently the same
who acted in the Connecticut case,
which was shown up in most of the
newspapers lately. Later reports say
that it was A. |. Bailey Of Canada, not
President Al. l.. Bailey, who was VIC
timized, and that the latter gentleman
lost no money in the transaction.
The venerable Rev. DR.. James d. |
Butler, aged Sc years, a native of Rut-
land, ofliciated at the funeral OF Luz
cius Fairchild, ex-governor and ex-
minister to Russia, which was held in
the state capitol building at Madison,
Wis, and delivered a vigorous and
eloquent funeral address. DR.. Butler
is more robust in health than when in
Vermont two years ago. He is anoth.
err instance OF remarkable preservation
in old age. Dir. Butler has been among
the ablest scholars, most eloquent ora
tors and extensive foreign travellers in
the land.
a novel case was tried in the mu-
nicipal court at Bellows Falls one day
recently, in which the mother-in-law
showed her proverbial dislike for her
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Golden OF Rockingham were com
plainants against their son.in-law,
Dwight Willard. The complaint was
for disturbing the peace" by the pun
ishment Of child of eight years. A
jury was empanclled in the forenoon
and the case lasted nearly all the af-
ternoon, the jury failing TO agree and
standing two for verdict OF guilty,
and four for ''not guilty" Justice
before whom the case was
tried, discharged the jury, and another
was empanelled, who brought in a
verdict of mot guilty." late in the
evening.
About 100 ladies Of Montpelier have
an association for the pur-
pose of aiding the Young Mems Chris
ian association in the promotion of
he different branches of their work.
The Young Mems Christian associa- /
ion provide quarters free Of charge
'or the Montpelier Public library and
he Wood Art gallery. They have re-
emily purchased the Page residence I
On State street for their. permanent
home and will soon begin the erection
II an addition to the same. This is
made necessary by the fact that the {
Page mansion contains no room
whatever that can be used as a gym
iasium, and no sufficiently large room
o contain the Wood collection of
which collection, it is I'M
is to be doubled in another
'ear by Mr.. Wood, who is now in Eu-
'ope securing new works for this pur-
pose.
The graduating exercises of the
medical class Of the University of Ver-
mont were held at the Howard opera !
rouse July 5. The degrees were con-
erred by Gov. Woodbury. and the ad-
lress was delivered by Rev. Z. M. E
snyder Of Rutland. Lewis j. Marshall I