Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-09-29
State of Vermont.
its News Condensed and Rewritten for
Our Readers.

Montpelier Sept. %.
John Shedrick left Bristol 80 years
ago and is back on his first visit.
Two hundred Bostonians took in
the G. v. r. RS Ottawa excursion.
Burlington had five funerals of
prominent people in one day, Sept. 10.
Amelia M. Chapman has been COM
missioned postmistress at Windham.
The wife of Senator-elect w. S.
Soule of Fairfield died suddenly last
Thursday.
The Vermont State Federation of
Women's Clubs will meet at Brattle-
boro Oct. 5.
Isaiah Benson of Woodstock has a
pair of 'Holstein oxen that weigh
4,600 pounds.
Hay is selling at Bristol for sc a
-On delivered. Potatoes bring 80
tents a bushel.
Counterfeit silver dollars have APP.
peared in circulation at Middlebury
since the circus.
The Burlington truant officer is en-
forcing the law. Better make him
city grand juror.
The ST. Johnsbury Republican pre-
diets the appointment of l.. ID. Hazen
as postmaster there.
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Wander
bilt of New York have been visiting
at Shelburne Farms.
Arthur Charboneau and Neal Nell
son of Barre are in Jail, charged with
theft of gold watch.
The granite for the basement of the
new Burlington High school building
comes from Hardwick.
The Granite City Poultry associa-
ton will hold its third exhibition at
Barre Dec. 81, 20 and 30.
Sneaks cut the bellows in MARI IL
Gordon's tool shop at Barre recently.
The damage is about $50.
II. L. Whitehead, formerly of Ver-
non, has been appointed referee in
bankruptcy i'll North Dakota.
Alonzo Preston of Mortified fell
from load of hay recently and has
been confined to the house since.
While hunting Sept. IL, w. r.
Enright of Berlin was shot in the
hand and will lose his index finger.
Glare Turner Of Barre, who was
killed at Providence, r. l., in a rail.
road accident, had $4,000 accident
insurance.
John G. Barclay of Barre has re-
turned after an absence Of nine years,
during which time no one knew
where he was.
The Traction company of Burling-
ton have begun work building
another line to Winooski over the
Flower road"
Two hundred and fifty-nine tickets
were sold at Burlington for the Cham
plain Transportation Co.'s New York
excursion Sept 10.
Thieves following the Main circus
attempted to burglarize f. A. Bonds
store at Middlebury, but were discov-
cred and left in hot haste.
Twenty-three grand children and
great-grandchildren of John Girard
and wife of Montpelier were photo
graphed in group Sept. ~.
The 9TH annual meeting of the YER
mont State Pharmaceutical associa-
ton is to be held at Montpelier Tues
day and Wednesday, Oct. 20 and 26.
Rev. l.. ID. Temple of the Baptist
church at Brattleboro has resigned |
and call has been rendered Rev. X.
O. Sherwood of South Norwalk, ct.
st. Johnsbury has voted to build a
brick schoolhouse in Summerville not
to cost over Sl5, 900. That part of the
village has long needed such a build
ing.
The Cotton Manufacturing compa- |
nv of Montpelier has recently received |
large orders for its goods from Cali
fornia, where it is building up large
trade.
Ned Alexander, Berlin painter,
fell 32 feet from roof with ladder
Sept. %, demolishing a clothes reel in
his flight, but escaped without
scratch.
Edrick Adams of Panton is a can
didate for doorkeeper of the Senate.
Thomas A. Trevillian of Barnard is a
candidate for assistant doorkeeper OF
the House.
w. P. Williams of Hartford, Conn.,,
president of the Vermont Farm Ma
chine Co. of Bellows Falls, was killed i
in an electric car accident at Hartford !
last week.
The house of Frederick Jackson in
Montpelier was struck by lightning
Sent. 10 and the roof badly torn up,
but fortunately the occupants were
not injured.
Three Bradford hunters loaded
up with alcohol themselves, not the