Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-05-19
State of Vermont.
its News Condensed and Rewritten for
Our Readers.

Our Readers.
Rev. ii. Webster and wife of Swan
ton recently celebrated their COLDER
wedding anniversary.
Col. George 7. Childs. editor Of thu
st. Adams Messenger, has been ap
pointed postmaster at St. Adams.
DIR. j. B. Darling and wife of Rye
gate celebrated the 50th anniversary
Of their marriage Tuesday, May 10.
The Vermont Baptist Sunday
School convention will be held in the
First Baptist church at Montpelier
May 81 and June L.
Charles II. Scribner OF Essex juno.
ton, an ex-state's prison convict, was
sent to the house OF correction last
week for whipping his mother.
Gardner Upham of Windham cell
ebrated his Tooth birthday May I'd.
A public celebration of the event held
in the church was largely attended.
The Fairbanks Scale company held
its annual meeting at St Johnsbury
last Wednesday, re-electing its old Of
! ficers with Samuel n. Brown Of Bos-
/ ton as president.
A party of six sportsmen from Bar
re, who spent a part of last week at
Greensboro pond, returned with ID
trout which weighed loo pounds. The
largest fish weighed IL IL pounds.
The nominating convention OF the
second congressional district will be
held in Armory hall, Montpelier, on
Tuesday, June 81, to nominate a can
didate for Congress from this dis
trict.
NJ. A. Hutchinson OF Barre was ar
rested recently on a charge of assault
on five-year-old girl, debauching
young boys and breaking into bank
in the Peak house and stealing 81 in
money.
Among President Mckinley's NOM
nations sent to the Senate last week
was that of Major Crosby p. Miller to
be chief quartermaster with the rank
of lieutenant colonel. Col. Miller is a
native of Pomfret, VT.
Fire at Newport Center destroyed
house and barn owned by ii. +. KEEL
ley, a house and barn owned by
Frank Gelos, and two barns owned by
w. w. Whipples last week. The
property was valued at $4,000 and
was insured for 81 800.
The Maine Condensed Milk COM
pany will probably locate at YER
gennes in the near future. The only
inducement they asked for was
water supply The company expect
to employ so hands and as they pay
more for milk than creameries il will
be a great help to farmers.
DIR. c. II. Sholes of Boston has ex-
pressed his determination TO provide
in his will for the establishing OF
public hospital in Brattleboro. The
fund for such purpose will become
operative after the death of DIR. and
Mrs. Sholes. 1t will amount to S40,-
900 or more.
The supreme court has affirmed the
judgment OF the county court in the
Nottingham case of Dix VS.. Potter
and Mason, in which $4,000 damage
was awarded the widow under the
civil damage for the loss of her hus-
bands life by drowning while drunk
on liquor sold by Potter in building
owned by Mason.
The wooden mill and other real es-
tate owned by the Saxton's River firm
of Alexander, Smith & Co., insolvent
debtors, has been sold by the assignee
to the New York firm Of S. L. Hecht
& Co. The concern will do business
under the name of the Saxton's River
worsted mill and the plant will be run
to its full capacity in the manufacture
of wooden goods for mems wear.
Proctor, the two-year-old son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. j. Barnes of Bur-
lington, was drowned last week Mon
day by falling into small hole at a
sprinkling stand pipe near his home
while at play. The body was found
10 minutes later, but life could not be
restored. The stand pipe is used to
fill the sprinklers and the hole should |
have been covered with planks. but
they had been removed.
The Franklin county creamery at |
st. Adams is using a new process for
cheese curd into sizing for
the better grades of paper. Formerly
the farmer took away his skinned |
milk from the separator stations to
feed to stock. Now he can get 10 |
cents hundred for it, and still get
the whey, after the cheese curd is ex-
This is considered nearly as
good for feeding as the skinned
milk.
On Saturday morning Frank II.
Buttles of Bristol was discovered in
his room at the Van Ness House, Bur-
Iing:on, unconscious, with the gas
partially turned on. Physicians were
unable to rouse him during the day
and at night he was taken to the Mary
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