Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-06-24
State of Vermont.
Its News Condensed and Rewritten for
Our Readers.

uent at Yale and a member of In,
New York Athletic club, will com
pete in the weight events at the Eng
lish championships July 3. Sheldon,
brother is the all-round athletic cham
pion of America.
Burlington lumbermen are RUSHING
in Canandian lumber in immense
quantities, in anticipation of 81 tax
on this side of the line and a heavy
export duty on the other. More than
20 times as much was brought in dur
ing May as in the same month last
year.
The Vermont Christian Endeavor
convention is to be held at MontpeIier
September $3.50. Among the speak :
ers already engaged are Prof. Amos
X. Wells, editor of the Golden Rule.
and Rev. w. E. Barlow, d. d.. of
Sharmont church, Boston. The new
state song, composed by Miss May
Lemon of Burlington. will be sung.
Mary Wetherbee Of Manchester.
who was convicted of killing her six.
weeks-old infant more than year
ago by throwing il in the Battenkill
river at Manchester Center and who
has been confined at the Waterbury
insane asylum since June, 1896, has
been discharged by order Of thecounty
court, the physicians at the asylum
having pronounced her sane.
Daniel Woodbury., IL, an employee
of the Boston mantel works at Castle
ton, sustained compound fracture of
the skull by the bursting OF an emory
wheel, near which be was at work Sat
urday, June II. Mr.. Mckenzie, the
superintendent, was also struck by
piece of the wheel. His watch was
broken and he received several contu-
sions, but was not seriously injured.
A surgeon extracted a piece of bone
the size of a half dollar from young
Woodbury's skull. He regained con-
seriousness and is doing well.
The village of West Charleston in
Orleans county was visited by dis
astrous fire Saturday night, June II,
which destroyed the hotel, the store OF |
Charles Walker IL Co., and the shops
of l.. ID. Boron and j. NJ. Hazel, oc-
cupied by S. Bowen, pump maker, and
II. III. Buck, carriage repairer The
hotel was run by Thomas Gould, who
was at Newport. A part of the con-
tents of the hotel and store were saved,
and the goods burned in them were
insured. There was no insurance on
the shops.
A four-year-old boy OF West Glover
came up missing few nights since
and caused his parents a great scare.
He had been with his father planting
corn on hill overlooking the rail-
road and was intensely interested in
the passing trains. At 4
o'clock he started, his father supposed
'or the house, but really to investigate
or himself the engine and the cars it
lauled. He was discovered about s
o'clock by man who knew him, going
IN the track towards Barton Landing
o try to find out ''where the track
,nded."
The marble deposit in Washington
S said to be a wonderful one. The
deposit is largely in the bed of brook,
while il ever and anon branches out
nto the fields and is discoverable for
continuous distance of fifty rods or
more. Here are more varieties of
ock then can be found in days /:
Quincy by steam car or bicycle. The [
amples include the purest of lime
tone, the hardest of flint rock and the '
landsomest of dark blue, light gray, G
notified and banded stone.
There is every possible facility for |
and quarryiag the stone, as {
ar as getting the stone is concerned, {
While sheds and polishing mills will G
e built in the near future. 4
The Green Mountain association of Il
Jniversalists held their annual conven- 5
ion at Woodstock last week. The /
eports from churches were all en- Q
showing additions to MEM
ership in many societies and all in Il
condition. The follow
~ officers were elected: President, I
lev. II. o. Markham Of Ludlow; vice. i
resident, IL. G. Farrar of Rutland; 4
'easurer, w. ID. Ball OF Ludlow; see a
,tary, Bertha 5. Knapp of Woodstock. II
he meeting was the largest and most 81
lthusiastic ever held by the associa- II
on and was harmonious throughout. l.
he addresses were interesting and at n,
ntively listened to and the program n
as carried through without a hitch. II
J. G.. Harvey, states attorney, and b.
heriff II. A. Spafford of White River bi
JUNCTION, with several deputies, raided d
le hotels from Chester to Ludlow last cl
eek Wednesday night. Deputy g,
heriffs Peck and Plimpton searched
Ie Fullerton house and Chester house vi
Chester, Sheriff Spatford and Dep W
" Sheriff Kinney the Eagle hotel at o,
roctorsville, Deputy Sheriff Hoffman RI
re Goddard house at Ludlow and hi
equity Sheriff Moore the Ludlow IT
Duse. No liquor was found at the "
agile hotel. Seizures were made at 10
her places. Thursday afternoon OC
ustice 5. II. Potter of White River m