Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-06-02
State of Vermont.
n. News Condensed and Rewritten for
Our Readers.

corn Is DeluS pidhtCu tulo year lildI
has been during recent years.
Patrick Reagan of Newport fell
downstairs last week, breaking hii
skull. He died six hours later.
The May number of the vermontel
inst issued is mainly devoted to AID.
miral Dewey and his glorious victory
at Manila.
Chas. H. Scribner of Essex juno.
ton was sent for Sc days to the Rut.
land workhouse for whipping his
mother.
Rev. DIR. Thomas j. Sawyer OF
Tufts college, Mass, is the oldest liv.
ING graduate OF Middlebury college.
He was born Jan. l, 1904, and grad.
mated in 1929.
Fire in Bristol last week destroyed
O'Neil's block. The loss is about
81, 900 on the block and fully $4,000
on the contents.
The Catholic summer school of
America will open its regular session
at Cliff Haven, near Plattsburgh, N.
T., sunday, July ~.
The annual meeting of the Central
association Of Universalists is to be
held in East Montpelier Thursday and
Friday, June 8 and 10.
A little son of L. M. Morris of Bur-
lngton was knocked down by an
electric car last Thursday evening.
His left ankle was badly fractured.
Perley Baker of Westminster, who
was serving term of twelve years at
hard labor in the house of correction,
has been pardoned by Gov. Grout.
The spring mass meeting of the
Young Peoples Christian Union of
Vermont and the Province of Quebec
was held in st. Johnsbury last week.
A bald eagle measuring five feet,
two inches from tip TO tip was killed
last week near the farm of Judge
Samuel j. Gardner in Pownal. 1t is
valued at 500.
Thomas Fox, formerly of New
Brunswick, had his left leg badly
crushed last week by large stone
which fell on it. He refused to have
it amputated.
George Wheeler, a well-behaved
prisoner who had been given some
liberties, escaped from the Jail at
Windsor last week but was captured
near Bridgewater later.
James Mann, son of Abe Mann, of
Barre returned home last week. He
had been serving term in Jail in
Massachusetts, for stealing and was let
60 the first of the month.
The l03d annual meeting of the
general convention of Congl minis
tiers and churches of Vermont will be
held with the Cong'l church in Nor
risville June IA, 10 and l6.
Henry, the nine-year-old son OF Car
mine Chandler, while trying to cut
corn in a corn cutter at Brattleboro
recently, got the ends of three fingers
of his right hand crushed.
A little son of Thomas Corrigan
was run over in Burlington last week
Wednesday and severe flesh wound
was inflicted in his left cheek. Three
stitches were taken in the wound.
Rev. O. S. Davis of Springfield,
who was recently called to the pastor
ate of the Hope Congregational
church in Springfield, Mass, at SAL
arg of "a, 900, has declined that posi-
ton.
The Fall Mountain Paper COM
pany's drive now OH its way down the
Connecticut to Bellows Falls and Hol-
yoke has about $4,000, 900 feet of lum-
Der, which is about the same size as
other years.
DIR. w. G. 4. Flanders says that it
will be several months before Lieut..
(. j. Stratton, who was accidentally
shot in the leg at Camp Olympia, and
who is now at the Fanny Allen hospi-
tai, will be able to join the Vermont
regiment.
A man named Mcknight but sign
ing himself c. w. Clark was arrested
at Waits River last week for forgery.
He gave H. ID. Segel of Barre forged
check in payment for $40 silt OF
clothes. In default of bail he was
placed in Montpelier Jail.
Vermont inventors have been grant
ed patents as follows: Louise A. ID.
Northrup, Shoreham, umbrella hold
er; 5. A. Baker, Springfield, centrifu-
gal machine; f. w. Chickering, Cabot,
whiflletree coupling; A. l.. Lincoln,
Bethel, garment holder; E. G. ODon-
nell, Bennington, water pipe or hose
nozzle.
Whitman G.. Ferrin returned to
Montpelier lately from Michigan with
four horses. East of Detroit, Mich,
he was attacked by four tramps who
tried to force an entrance to the car
where the horses and Ferrin were rid
ing. Some OF the time he held the
door by main force. 1t was an excit-
ing experience.
Brattleboro's song-bird, Mary Howe