Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-11-10

30 years or more through Bellows
Falls or the Burlington and Boston
run, estimates that in the discharge
of his regular duties on train he has
travelled over 100000 miles.
Seven young men, looking for ex-
element after dance in Burlington
last week, tore down several rods OF
a cemetery fence in South Burlington.
They were arrested next day after
some difficulty. Five of the boys
we're fined $40 each and costs.
Employees of the Burlington post
office are not q little disturbed over
the discovery of shortage OF 800 in
the stamp department. Careful ex-
animation of the books fail to disclose
error, and Postmaster Hall has asked
inspectors to be sent to investigate the
matter.
Thomas Lamm, who enticed Miss
Jennie Lalkin of Bennington to de-
sert her fiance and meet and marry
him at Williamstown, Mass, lately,
was arrested at Springfield, Mass,
last week, and will be forced to
answer to the charge of abduction, as
he already had wife.
Coils Plud of Forestdale, recently
had very delicate operation per-
formed the other day for the relief OF
neuralgia from which he has suffered
for several years. The operation con-
sisted of removing a portion OF the
inferior dental nerve. lie has recov-
cred from the operation and is rapid
ly gaining.
Six hundred and forty-five' feet of
macadamized road have been built,
new cutters opened and grading done
at Vergennes, and the excayated ma
terial has been drawn upon the roads
and graded at the expense OF $500,
the sum appropriated last spring.
This is but the beginning OF improved
roads in that city and vicinity.
James C. Hutchins, a native Of
Montpelier, who had been an active
newspaper printer in Chicago for
nearly forty years, died recently. He
was So years old. For thirty-nine
years Mr.. Hutchins had been employ
ed in the composing room OF the
Chicago Tribune. For thirty years
or more he had been the night fore
man.
st. Anthony's Roman Catholic
church at White River Junction,
which was dedicated Oct. 3Oth, cost
$50, 900. The building is of brick
and granite with handsome interior
and is one of the finest in that part
of Vermont. Oct. Goth st. Aloysius
church at st. Johnsbury was dedi-
Gated by Bishop Michaud. This is
also of brick, trimmed with granite.
Its cost was $4,000.
d. Gilmore of st. Adams, IS years
old, was seriously injured near East
Alburgh last week Wednesday. He
stepped aboard a moving train,
caught his foot and before he regain
ed his balance, the train was on the
bridge across the lake. He fell over
Is feet to the jagged rocks below.
His groans were heard during the
evening and he was placed in a boat
and taken later to the hotel. His
head is badly cut and his chest is also
injured.
The November Ladies' Home
Journal, which is the Thanksgiving
publishes the beginning Of
Mary E. wilkins new serial, "The
Jamesons in the Country" In this
story Miss wilkins reverses the usual
order of the story-teller and trans
plants family of city people into a
small country community, and out OF
their ludicrous mistakes, the outcome
Of lack of familiarity with country |
customs, etc., she extracts very great
deal of hum0r.
Bert Briggs, Eugene Davis and
Grover McKeefe, aged 10 to Ii, who
were arrested at Mortified Wednes-
day, are believed to be the leaders of
an organized gang Of youthful rob-
bers. Several freight cars have been
broken open and robbed in the past
lew months, the goods taken being
to merchants in Mortified.
McKeefe has been sent to the reform
school to remain during the remain
Ter of his minority and the cases of
he other two boys win be heard this
week.
Guy II. Reynolds of Rutland died
n New York city last week of bron-
,hial pneumonia. His wife, formerly
Pauline McDaniels, of Rutland, is
eriously i'll. He has been before the
public great deal because of the
litigation following his
,ausing the arrest Of woman, now
Mrs. Klopman but formerly Miss AL
en-, who claimed to have been mar
led to him at Saratoga and lived as
lis wife for several years. Mrs. Rey-
lolds has stood devotedly by him
throughout the results of his wrong
LONG.
The executive committee of the
Vermont sugarmakers held meeting
n Montpelier last week and voted to
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