Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-06-02

MISS, ABOUT the first of August.
Gen. W. r. Shafter, who is to com.
mand the American forces invading
Cuba, isl Vermonter and a nephew
OF the late Eliza Shaftcr, who died
last year in Montpelier at the age OF
SO years.
The Howe Scale company of Rut-
land is building a coal elevator 81
j feet high with 100 buckets, capable
OF handling 100 tons of coal. 1t is
designed to take coal from boat as
a grain elevator takes grain.
At regular meeting of the Mont
pelier city council last week three
hours were devoted to listening to
arguments for and against ordering
all city milk dealers to have their
cows tested for tuberculosis.
David j. Hemingway of Will
mington was buncoed out of SAT
and a silver watch in North Ad-
ans, Mass, last week by sharpers who
got him drunk. The police recovered
the watch and arrested the swindler
Mrs. e. M. johnson Of Montpelier
has brought suit against f. B. Deber-
vile of Burlington to recover 81, 100
which she claims Deberville collected
for her in settlement of a breach OF
promise case. Her attorneys are T.
j. and E. IL. Deavitt.
John Henry, son of DIR. Henry
Boynton of Woodstock, died May
2lst. He has been instructor in Eng
fish at Syracuse university for several
years and was young man Of un-
usual ability. He was graduate Of
Harvard and was about 30 years old.
Mrs. Hannah Newell Barrett of
Rutland celebrated her 98th birthday
recently. Mrs. Barrett's father, Noah
Lunenburgh, served in the Continent
tai army. She is an honorary men,
Der of the Tea Party Chapter OF the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton.
Alexander Chrystie, recently APP
pointed Catholic bishop at Vancou-
YER, British Columbia, but now from
Minneapolis, Mimi, and his brother,
Adam, are visiting in Higbgate, the
place of their nativity, previous to the
bishops crossing the continent for his
destination.
On May 10Th Frank l.. Sears, a
Young man employed by j. f. Ward,
teacher at Westminster, took Mr..
Wards new Crawford wheel and left
for parts unknown. He was located
Sunday at Worcester, and COM
plant for his arrest was made out.
He had the wheel in his possession
when taken.
Arrangements for the annual ses-
sion of the national division OF the
Sons of Temperance of North Amer
ics, which is to be held in Burling-
ton July Is, IA and 10, are nearing
completion, and representative men
of the order from all parts OF the
United States as well as from Canada
will be in attendance.
Ex-Gov. S. E. Pingree has request
ed of Gov. Grout the privilege OF
raising in the town of Hartford the
first company of Vermont's quota
under the presidents call just made
for IS, 900 additional troops. In 1861
the first company for the 3D. Vermont
regiment was raised in Hartford and
Gov. Pingree desires that the same
honor be granted now.
The Grand Lodge of the Most An
Gent and Honorable Society OF Free
and Accepted Mason for the State OF
Vermont will hold its l05th annual
communication in its rooms on the
fifth floor OF the new Masonic Tenn
pie in Burlington June 10 and 10.
Elaborate preparations are being made
for the accommodation Of the MEM
bers who attend.
Mildred Brewster was taken to the
asylum at Waterbury last Thursday.
Ii is believed she will be kept separate
from the other patients for time,
and later placed with those patients
who have reasonable intellect. She
has written Jack Wheeler a letter
wishing him Godspeed as she believed
he was going to war and did not wish
him to think there was any hard feel
ing on her part.
President Charles Dewey, of the
National Life Insurance company,
MONTPELIER, has received letter from
Baltimore, Md, under date OF May
2l. enclosing the congratulations OF
SO of the leading and most distin-
guished citizens Of Baltimore to his
brother. Rear Admiral Dewey, upon
his magnificent and heroic victory in
the Philippine islands. He has for
warded the testimonial TO his brother.
Kirk Piper, who disappeared from
Middlebury two years ago, has been
heard from. He is now with Rear
Admiral Simpsons fleet and is on
the United States cruiser Detroit He
wrote in his letter to his parents much
concerning the recent attack on San
Juan, the boat he Was on being the
last to leave the engagement Nr.
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