Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-07-15
State of Vermont.
Its News Condensed and Rewritten for
Our Readers.

Az cents ton at Bur ington Thurs
day.
Fifty-five tenements are now il
process of construction in Below
Falls.
1t will cost Concord $1,000 to re
pair the damage done to its roads by
a recent clondburst.
The go den wed ling of Mr.. and
Mrs. Gilman b. Dodge of Montpelier
was celebrated Saturday.
G. w. Benedict and j. ID. Allen, two
Burlington boys, were granted the de.
gree Of NJ. A. at the recent Harvard
commencement.
The Vermont branch of the inter-
national order of Kings Daughters
and Sons will hold its annual meeting
at Montpelier September lst and ID.
The dwelling house of Newton
Whitehill at GToton was destroyed by
fire recently. Mr.. and Mrs. White
hill were on visit to a neighbours.
Insured in the VT. Mutual for $3.50.
Mrs. Sanford Meigs was thrown
from her wagon at st. Adams Bay,
July ), and severely injured. One
hip was dislocated, her lower teeth
loosened and her body badly bruised.
a man by the name of Kinney has
been sued by Grand Isle Co. Tor the
sum of 81 600 which he agreed to pay
to make up the sum of $4,000 which
the town had TO raise for the Grand
Isle bridge.
Henry G. Brown, farmer living at
Castleton Corners, was found dead in
the field last week Monday, having
been killed by the heat lie was born
in Pittsfeld and lived there until
about Il years ago. He leaves four
children.
The candidates for United States
marshal to succeed f. 5. Harris of
Bennington are Fred A. Field of
Rutland, Col. f. II. Taylor of Brat
tleboro, Romeo A. Norton of Hunt
ington, l.. A. Drew and G. A. Hib-
bard of Burlington.
George shorey's grain store at Lyn-
donville was broken into last week
Tuesday and about 5000 in checks and
money taken from the safe. A suspi-
cious character, who is thought to be
the perpetrator, was arrested at st.
Johnsbury the same day.
The White Mountain express run
ming between Fabyan's and Burling-
ton struck a deer recently near the
summit in Marshti field. The animal
seemed dazed by the approaching To-
connective and was run down before
the train could be stopped.
Former Superintendent of Schools
w. z. Kelley of st. Johnsbury, whose
removal caused such stir there re-
Gently, has received the appointment
of superintendent of schools at Hud-
son, Mass, at salary of $1,000
year. There were 40 applicants for
the position.
Howard, the nine-year-old son of
Guy Goodrich of Morrisville, was
drowned in the Lamoille river near
the tannery Monday afternoon of last
week. He went beyond his depth
while swimming with older boys.
The body was recovered quickly and
worked over a long time but to no
purpose.
Wednesday afternoon of last week
the house of Mrs. ID. Wilson at Man
chester Center was struck by light
ming and but for prompt assistance
near at hand would probably have
burned. The bolt entered the chin
ney, going the length of the house,
and leaving the chimney a few feet
from the top it followed down a tin
into the ground. A curious
freak of the lightning was that after
leaving the chimney it cleaned the
from mirror and left the
mirror itself uniniured. No one was
hurt.
While a wagon loaded with 30 men
and boys was returning from bail
game on Seminary Hill, Montpelier,
last week Wednesday afternoon the
kingbolt broke, letting the heavily
loaded wagon on the heels OF the
lOIst. L uC tlitiit Itits w.
over an embankment 20 feet high.
LAWYER George w. Wing was badly
injured about the head, Fred l.. Gray
had an arm and collarbone broken
and Frank A. Bailey was injured in
ternally. The horse broke its back
and was shot on the spo {.
AT the recent exhibition of Wards
circus at Bradford, Harry III. Blon-
lell lifted Is men weighing 3,6O'
without aid of shoulder har-
ness. The worlds record was $3.50
pounds, made by Mr.. Blondell at
Potsdam. n. y, two years ago. 1t Is
claimed that Blondell's feat at Brad
ford excelled the lift of any other
man by 367 pounds. Blondell is 20,
a native of Detroit, is five feet ten
inches in height and weighs lsO
mounds. In all towns where he APP
pears he agrees to lift any 10 men
who will come forward.
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