Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-09-08
State of Vermont.
n, News Condensed and Rewritten for
Our Readers.

organized in Barre.
George Croto, aged 10, of Burling-
ton has disappeared.
The Gill Odd Fellows Home at
Ludlow has two inmates.
A new Odd Fellows lodge will be
instituted at Vergennes Sept l6.
Two Bristol men were arrested and
lodged in Jail at Middlebury for fast
driving.
H. f. Spear of Burlington was
thrown from his wheel Aug. 81 and
severely injured.
Thieves were caught in the cellar
of Mayor Senter's house, at Mont
pelier August %.
Caleb G. Eaton, a prominent WASH
ington county man, died at Middle
sex Aug. 26, aged 6s.
"Uncle Harvey" NJ. Brown OF Nor
ristown is dead at the age of 60 years.
He was born in Corinth.
Lieut.. ID. f. Waite OF Rutland,
member of the Third Signal corps, has
been ordered to Santiago.
The town of Concord in Essex
county will petition the legislature to
be set into Caledonia county.
Rockingham is in a peck of trouble
because the warning for freeman's
meeting was not legally posted.
Odd Fellows Field day at st.
Johnsbury was great success. Over
5000 people enjoyed the exercises.
C. L. Tayntor & Co., of Barre have
sold out all their extensive granite
interests in Barre to William K. CAL
der OF that city.
John Houston of Mortified piu-
chased a chair at auction that was
over 80 years and set Of crockery
over lis years old.
Charles F. Stone, the democratic
nominee for governor Of New Hamp-|
shire,is a graduate Of Barre Academy
in the class of 1865.
Mrs. Dorand of Chester cut her
throat last week while mentally de-
ranged and her condition was UNI
favorable for recovery.
Mrs. Beauchamps, arrested at Bur-
lington for defrauding the govern
ment in taking widows pension,
has been taken to Boston.
A Mr.. Butterfly ran off the road
between Barre and Montpelier Sun
day night of last week and has bro
ken shoulder as the result.
Mrs. John simmons of Bakersfield
was 80 seriously injured in runaway
Friday chat 10 stitches had TO be TAX
en- in her head. She will live.
Mt. Mansfield has been more pop
ular this season than ever before. 1t
is no uncommon thing for the Sum-
nit House to have so to 40 guests a
day.
Henry S. Chubb, formerly Of st.
Johnsbury, now OF Winter Park, Fla,
has been elected chairman of the
Florida state central Republican COM
mittee.
A. w. Thayer of Burke, 50 years
old. has done all the machine now
ing. some hand moving, raking and
half of the pitching for the farm this
season.
The sixth annual convention OF the
Vermont Branch of the International
Order of the Kings Sons and Daugh- |
tiers will be held in Bennington Sept.
and 8.
H. J. Liley, the Hyde Park manu- |
facturer. took first premium on farm
wagons at the New England fair at
Portland, Me-, where he exhibited
car load.
The Fairbanks Scale Co. OF st.
Johnsbury has Just declared quar-
terly dividend OF 1915 per share. The
stock sells for about 5000 share, par
value $500.
George Wagner, who for several
weeks has been keeping shoe store
in North Bennington, stepped out
last week, leaving a number vi credit
ors behind.
Thomas Mann of Burlington drove
into a hole in street one night re-
Gently that the street department had
not protected with lights and was Sc
riously injured.
RUFUS bamess Nctei al VI 49,
war about so, prefers to remain IN the
Bennington county Jail rather than
pay debt of "a which he acknowl-
edges is just one.
John Guilo. Barre Italian, was
shot in the left temple in Rodney
Carnes' woods Thursday evening by
Charles Lotli. 1t is claimed the SHOOT
ing was accidental. Guilo is IN
precarious condition.
Three Italian vendors made a saw |,
age attack on a man named Lawyer
at the Sheldon fair last week. Law,
yer is in precarious condition ana
his assailants are in jail. !
This is great year for cucumoers'
the Brattleboro Canning Go. ma. |
Some farmers have raised over lOO, UUU