Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-11-11

burned over an area oil seven acres IT,
Gently. The fire in Potion township
ran through valuable sugar property
Miss Marguerite Ferris, 81 years OF
age, temporarily employed rs IA cook
at Aldrich's depot restaurant, Bellows
Falls, fell out of bed one morning last
week in an epileptic fit from which
she died.
Hon. L. W. Redington was elected
TO the New York legislature from As
mbly district "a of New York city
ON the Tammany ticket. He was or
merly prominent Rutland llemo-
crat aud was once the nominee Of his
party for governor.
1t said that New York syndi-
cate has in contemplation the erection
of 100000 summer hotel on the
high elevation of land running south
OF Grand View terrace. The location
il one of the most desirable ia BEN
Z, ington, commanding an uninter-
rupted view Of the val ey Of the Wal
loomsac in all directions.
The state convention of the Ep-
worth League will be held at NBur-
! lington Iunr II 10 %, 1898. The
committee Of arrangements consists o.
Prof. w. G.. Kitchin of Burlington,
chairman, and Rev. Messrs. w. NJ.
Newton Of Waterbury, l.. z. Tucker
OF Mortified, j. w. Davenport of
Barre and John L. Fort OF Winooski
There are now about 10000 Epworth
leaguers in the state.
Two new members have been APP
pointed by the supreme court to the
Examining board Of the Vermont bar
They are f. A. Rowland Of Mont
PETER, states attorney for Washing
ton county, and George NJ Powers Of
Morrisville. They fill the vacancy
caused by the expiration OF the term
Of Office OF John II. Senter of Mont.
pelier and c. II. Darling of Benning-
ton.
Ralph Carpenter of Richforl. a
freshman at the University OF YER
mont, was seriously injured while
being initiated into Alphan Tau One
ga fraternity. lie is at present at a
doctors sanitarium, where he is being
treated. The doctoris unable TO tell
whether his arm is broken or severely
strained. Members OF the fraternity
acknowledge they had him outside
the city "playing horse" with him,
but refuse TO give particulars.
Dan Linsen of Bellows Falls has
conducted a boarding house and late
ly he skipped town leaving numerous
mourners in the way OF creditors. He
sold his furniture to a widow woman
for $75, but on her attempting 10
move it she found the goods were
owned by G ark Chase, the house fur
nisher. To another party he sold Il
barrel he claimed contained bottles Of
excellent wine at a price of 81. On
examination the barrel proved TO con
tain bottles, but minus the wine.
DR.. W. Seward Webb and the par
ty of friends he has about him at his
Shelbune farms estate are having
great times this beautiful weather
hunting pheasants. The other day
party of nine went out, and when
they returned they had l25 birds.
The sport was never better and the
birds never more plentiful. Nearly
every day the doctor and some of his
guests are OFT over the broad acres of
his estate, and they never come home
empty-handed. Among his guests
are Mr.. and Mrs. j. Henry Purdy,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Bird, j. Lewis
Webb, G.. Creighton Webb OF New
York and Sir Adolphc Caron, *. G.
NJ. g., Of Ottawa, Canada.
The total value Of merchandise en-
tered at st. Adams port in October
was S2g7. 7I9, on which duty TO the
amount of Slll, 592.74 was assessed.
Among the articles entered for con-
sumption were S,2ll bushels of pota-
toes. I2.043 bushels of turnips. 30
horses. o. sheep, 3.l69 lambs, $3.50
pounds of live poultry, 400 pounds
of chestnuts, 1900 pounds of fish, 622
pounds of tin plate, 3,l09 pounds of
alizarine, 1850 pounds of potash, 81
pounds of phenacetinc, 112,623
pounds Of wood pulp. %, 100 pounds
of raw hides. 200 pounds of wild rice,
SOLO pounds of cork bark, 80 tons of
bran, 20 tons of hay, 80 tons of straw.
300 tons of wood ashes, 362, zoo feet
of rough lumber, pa. 405 feet of box
shocks, 4,ss7, 900 shingles, l,l56,0O0
pine hath, 27j cords of hemlock bark
and 80 pounds of pitch.
After % years of welded life with
a woman he never lived with, Alex
ander Croto of Burlington is about To
enter a suit for divorce. AT the time
of Croto's marriage he was Is years
old and il was on an excursion to
Montreal that he met a l1-year-old
girl named Mary Lashway, the
daughter OF Peter Lashway. On
September %, 1874, Justice John Il.
Hollenbeck united the couple in mar
riage. The couple lived apart and as