Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-07-28
State of Vermont.
n. News Condensed and Rewritten fol-
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Rutland.
Several cases of diphtheria are re-
ported at Glover.
Scarlet fever has broken out in Ber-
lin near Montpelier.
A fine new Masonic hall has just
been dedicated at Barton.
There will be no Methodist camp
meeting at Mortified this year.
The Orleans county fair will be
held at Newport August IL and Is.
Willie Sheehan fell from a piazza at
Rutland July Il and broke his left
leg.
Fred Percival of Barton cut one
knee severely on band saw the other
day.
Boston parties are talking of build
ING summer hotel near Mirror Lake,
Berlin.
The Blue Mountain Granite COM
pany of Ryegate is crowded with
business.
The paper mills at Middlebury have
been obliged to shut down because of
the dr0uth.
Henry Doyle, 2, was hit by an cleo
trio car at Center Rutland July 81
and badly injured.
E. T. Seguin of Montpelier won the
one mile open bicycle race at Saratoga
July 10, in 2:l4 IL.
Miss Sylvia Green, daughter of Mrs.
Hettie Green, is making her annual
visit to Bellows Falls.
James Ella of Monkton was fined
s26.9l for catching trout under six
inches in length July 10.
Rev. F. NJ. Bissell, a Wilmington
boy, has been called to st. Paul's
church Springfield, Mass.
The schooner Redfin of Stamford,
Conn.,, is riding at anchor off Lime.
kiln Point, near Swanton.
J. NJ. Stoddard of Rutland has been
appointed Office deputy by United
States Marshal Fred A. Field.
The Bristol Manufacturing Co.,
have begun work on the three story
addition to their casket plant.
Fred Wheeler of Barton Landing
was struck in the head by base ball
the other day and badly hurt.
The state library commission met
at Greensboro July 20. Another
meeting will be held in August.
Miss Katherine Hughes of Granville,
N. Y, attempted suicide at Rutland
July Is via the laudanum route.
A new Methodist church is to be
built at Rutland. 1t will seat $50
and be completed by Jan. |, 1899.
The Vermont Marble company of
Proctor employees l,600 men and the
pay roll for June was over $4,000.
Eery Grey of Lyndon, aged 40, has
lived in sight of the cars nearly all his
life, but has never yet ridden in one.
Joseph RelationN of Graniteville,
was arrested July l6 for an attempt
at rape on the person of IL year old
girl.
The cattle have been tested for tu-
berculosis in Windham county and
only two per cent have been found
diseased.
Mrs. Henry Clark of Glover had
her right arm broken in two places
one day last week by falling from
load of hay.
r. w. McAllister of Waitsfield was
thrown down and badly injured by a |
young horse he was attempting to
shoe July Is.
Geo. Mcdowell of Sheffield was
thrown from a horse rake recently |
and had one leg broken besides being
badly bruised.
Frances, the young daughter OF
Pratt Morris OF Burlington fell from
fence last week and broke her arm
IN two places.
Mr.. and Mrs H. A. Durfee have
been engaged respectively as princi-
pal and assistant of the Troy Confer
ence seminary.
Inc second annual summer scnooi
and teachers institute of Windham
county will be held at Putney from
August to IL.
The government has designated
South Burlington as one of the towns
to have the benefit of the rural deliv-
cry Of the mails.
Frank Cove of Bellows Falls, an
employee in the paper mill, had his
arm pulled in between cylinders and
quite badly injured.
Emma J. Linsley has been COM
missioned postmistress at Greensboro
and John Eastwood postmaster at
queen City Park Office.
Mrs. Henry CASHIER of Barre fell
downstairs with pitcher of hot water
last week and was badly burned
about the face and neck.