Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-12-08
State of Vermont.


Its News Condensed and Rewritten for
Our Readers.
Mrs. Lydia Swan Lougee died at
Waterbury last week, aged 9s years.
c. b. Harris of Burlington has been
appointed station agent at Cha rendon.
The proceeds of the Kings Daugh-
tefs' fair at st. Adams last week was
$3.50.
J. r. George of Barre caught per-
feetly white skunk in trap Monday
night.
Sixty-five persons were brought to
the house of correction during No.
vember.
j. r. Citizens, formerly of Benning-
ton, died recently at Hampstead, l..
L., aged 80.
The oldest citizen of Norwich,
Paul w. Brigham, died recently,
aged SO years.
George Magoon fell from stagi NO
in West Derby last week and sus-
tanned a broken leg.
A Christian Science society of
about 20 members was organized at
Burlington last week.
The schools of Rutland city cost
$36, 4S0.73 for the past year, according
to the report just published.
Henry w. Putnam of Bennington
has been very i'll at san Diego, Cal,
where he went for his health.
The Middlebury College Glec club
will give entertainments in different
parts of the state this winter.
Z. I. Wilson of Barton has just fin
ished the carving on a chair back
which he started 20 years ago.
e. w. Blondin of st. Adams has
invented trolley pinless clothes line
and has applied for patent on it.
Frederick Hancock of Bennington,
aged 80, was knocked down by,
team and received broken hip last
week.
George j. Chadwick of Sheldon
Junction, aged 20 years, fell dead of
heart disease in his COW stable last
Friday.
The st. Adams fire department was
called out twice one day last week,
but the fires were extinguished before
its arrival.
VIM. Taylor OF Barre has six
months-od black Minorca chicken
with four legs. 1t is perfectly healthy
and is growing in fine shape.
NJ. L. Stearns of Lyndonville has
just lost large lumber mill in Can
ada by fire. This makes the sixth
time he has been burned out.
The floor in Frank GoodelI's stable
at Mechanicsville collapsed one night
recently and three of his IA COWS fell
into the basement and were killed.
VIM. Mooney of Montpelier was re-
moving shoe from horses foot last
week when the animal stepped on his
thumb and split it the whole length.
Heavy storms ragged in the southern
part of the state last week, and the
high winds drifted the snow into such
banks that traffic was suspended for a
time.
The town officials in Brattleboro
have prepared a "black list" which
includes the names of habitual drink
ers to whom the town liquor agent is
TO refuse sales.
The eight-year-old son of Fred
Delochamps of Winooski slid down
hill and struck telegraph pole last
week. He was knocked senseIess and
injured internally.
Barclay Bros. of Barre suffered the
loss of stone valued at $500 last
week. 1t was boxed up ready to ship
and accidentally fell, breaking of
about three feet of 1t.
While tearing up the floor in the
bank block at Barton recently work
men discovered two bottles of brandy,
which had apparently been placed
there for safe keeping.
The Fairbanks Scale company at
st. Johnsbury now has 734 names on
its pay roll, the largest number in its
history. The pay of the employees
will average about 81 a day.
Miss Winona L. Brigham. "a gradu-
ate of the Montpelier seminary, has
been appointed clerk OF the board OF
railroad commissioners. Ifis novel
departure from the usual habit.
S. J. Wilson of Lyndonville, for 4S
years an engineer on the Passumpsic
a Connecticut road, has been granted
release from railroading and given
q position in the machine shops.
Samuel Brewer of Ballston, who had
been missing for several days, was
found dead in swamp north of the
village. He was 80 years OF age and
il is supposed had lost his way and
died from exposure.
While digging potatoes on his farm
near Walloomsac, James Flynn OF
Bennington found an old 6-pound