Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-04-22
Bethel Local intelligence.

Betnei Local. inCeiiigenCe.
G. W. Berry of Boston was in town last
week.
Rev. j. y. Bennett is taking a short va
cation at his former home at Canton, n. \
Austin F. Gillette has received an in
crease of pension win ABOUT sl5O back
pay.
Miss Gertie Davis returned from Boston
last week where she has been Tor treat
ment.
Hon. John NJ. Fisher of Cabot was the
guest last week of his brother, Edwin
Fisher.
Daniel Davis has been very sick the
past week. He will be ninety-one years
old next July.
George Whitney, '97, of the University
of Vermont has oeen elected 10 deliver
the Ivy Grafton at commencement next
June.
Robert Wilson has been elected one OF
the editors of the University Cynie puD-
lished by the students OF the University
of Vermont.
Miss Gertrude Sanders, who has been
spending tue winter with her cousin, Mrs.
T.. n. Smith, returned last Monday to her
home at st. Joseph, Mo.
ID. V. Giffen OF Rutland an old-time
passenger conductor on this railroad and
afterwards on the Rutland railroad, spent
Sunday with Austin Emery.
II. A. Peartt and 5. ID. Carpenter OF
Keene, n. f., were In town the first OF the
week in the interests OF the keene Fur
niture company which owns large tract
of land at Pittsheld.
+. ID. Abbott OF Chicago, editor OF
"Presto,n who has been on business trip
uff fauf int he int Of Z no
music trade, made his uncle, A. A Soper,
a short visit last week.
Miss Alice Paine, who has been in Bos-
ton, made short stop in town last week
and then left for touchdown, Me, where
she is to have charge OF the store OF
George l.. Spear, the same position she
has held in former years.
Mrs Penfield Billiard died Wednesday
of last week after long and painful i'll
ness. She returned last month from
Springfield, Mass, where she had been
for medical treatment, but was very weak
and never recovered. The funeral was
held Saturday and the interment was
made in the Olympus cemetery.
At meeting OF the creditors of the
Vermont Hide and Leather company held
at Woodstock the 18th John w. McGeary
of Burlington was elected assignee Mr..
McGeary is the Vermont manager OF the
Vacuum OIL company, one OF the princi-
pal unsecured creditors and was late
Democratic candidate for alderman at
Burlington. Mr.. McGeary was in town
Monday on business connected with his
appointment
Deputy d. II. Morse OF Randolph acted
as master OF the Rising star grange ia
this place Monday evening initiating
fourteen new members in the first and
second degrees. The time OF holding the
meetings was changed from Monday to
Saturday evenings, the first meeting
coming on Saturday OF next week, May
LIST. The grange, considering the large
amount OF sickness, tad weather, travel
ing, etc, has been very prosperous, now
having thirty nine members with nearly
twenty candidates waiting for initiation.
The log drive OF the Fall Mountain
Paper company went through Bethel
exiting" the past week. They had about
seven million feet doomed just above
Gaysville. Owing to the high water the
boom broke Thursday evening, and FRI
day morning saw about four million feet
of lumber safely lodged behind another
boom that had been placed for safety but a
short time previously at Sharon Satur-
day, Sunday and part OF Monday the logs
were pushed along and IL is thought that
the close of this week will see most IL not
all in the boom at Sharon. Four sleeping
tents and two cooking tents were pitched
by White River below the long bridge in
this village Sunday and were moved to
Royalton Monday. The gang here mum
bered about ninety. This is the first year
that the company have had any luck run
ming their logs. They have either been
driven too late and actually rolled down
the dry bed Of the river or have broken
loose and fioated down to Long Island
Sound. The cost last year per thousand
is stated To have been = Is to take the
logs at the landing in Pittsfield, Roches-
ter or Hancock and deliver the same at
Bellows Falls and it is thought that this
year the cost will not be one fourth as
much.
Negotiations haye'been in progress for
the past few weeks looking toward the re-
moval OF the bicycle rim manufacture
business of the keene Furniture company,
of which T. A. Peartt is the owner, from
Keene to Bethel MIR. Peartt has recently
bought the large tract OF woodland,
formerly owned bv the Tweed River Iron
company, west of Pittsiield village and
finds that one OF the largest items OF his
expense in making bicycle rims is the
freight on his lumber and about three.
fourths of this item car be eliminated by
his factory here, thus saving the freight
on the waste lumber. As an inducement
for Mr.. Peartt to come here the citizens
OF Bethel have been making subscriptions
in money, labor and material and have
made pledges to something over "a 900
which is to be an out right gift with the
exception that il the company does not
remain ten years employing at least fifty
hands that the factory is to revert to be
subscribers or they receive their money
back with interest. Several sites have
been under consideration, among them
the Sylvester lots, the HartWoll meadow
the StuTtevant meadow at the lower end
OF the village, the Vermont Hide ana
Leather plant and the Arnold meadow at
the upper end OF the village.
To Cure Constipation orevcr.
Take CissearetS Candy Cathartic iu,. ar -.
II C. &. G. fan to cure, druggists refund mtngy