Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-05-26

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sheet will be issued hereafter as {
semi-weekly and it is understood thai
they will change the name of the
Evening Enterprise to the Barre Tele.
gram.
Hon. 10 ID. Hatch, for number Of
years connected with the Central Yer
mont road and for seven years mayor
OF Burlington, died there last Friday
aged 81 years.
A trial was begun last week in the
supreme court in New York of an
action brought by VIM. HI. Stayton, a
Brattleboro lawyer, to recover $780,.
600 from Mrs. Hetty Green for legal
services rendered, and for which she
refuses to pay.
p. 0. Fletcher, who operates the
Excelsior quarry at Graniteville and
employs about ten men, has dis
appeared and no word has been heard
from him since Monday morning OF
last week, when he left his home in
Washington to go to his quarry. Foul
play is feared.
On account of his health, S. w.
Landon has resigned his position as
principal of the Burlington High
school. His resignation was accepted
with sincere regret since he had
served in that capacity for l6 years
and was one of the best-known in
structors in the state.
There is no unusual mortality Of
fish at Lake Morey as has been re-
ported. The dam at the outlet of the
lake built by an approximation of the
Legislature of 1896, under the super
vision of the fish and game commits
sioners, has stood the test of the high
est water known in the lake for fifty
years.
Charles and Aaron Bidwell of
Topsham, aged IA and IL years re-
spectively, ssfilled up" horse with
wood alcohol and the inebriated ami
NAL drove one boy up a tree and as it
came down after plunge into the air
struck the older boy with such force
that his shoulder blade and one rib
were broken.
Fire in Rutland last week badly
damaged a three-story wooden build
ing belonging to L. G. Kingsley and
occupied by him as a storehouse and
by Metzger & Sons, flag and awning
manufacturers. Metzger's property
was valued at $4,000; insured for
$500. Kingsley's loss was 81 900,
but he carried 81, 400 insurance.
Frank II. Buttles of Bristol died at
Mary Fletcher hospital last week
Tuesday. He never regained con-
seriousness after being found at the
Van Ness in a room with the gas es-
Gaping. 1t was decided that he took
some drug. A bottle was found un-
der his pillow and its contents were
held for analysis. The remains were
taken to Bristol.
An important decision in the re-
ownership and foreclosure cases the
Central Vermont railroad was filed in
in the Office of the clerk of the United
States courts in Burlington Saturday.
The substance of the decision is that
the dilatory proceedings are all dis
posed of and the foreclosure OF the
two mortgages will proceed upon their
merits, after the filing OF the answers
in July.
Miss Philena McKeen, for 80 years
principal of Abbott academy at And
over, died Saturday morning. She
was about rs years OF age and a ma
tive OF Bradford. She resigned as
principal of Abbott academy six
years ago. She had written several
books. Interment was at Bradford.
She was woman of much strength
of chara ter and mental ability, gift
ed with tact and practical sense.
The eighth festival OF the Burling-
ton Philharmonic society opened last
Thursday and continued through the
week. 1t surpassed all previous con-
ventions both in the array OF artists
and the attendance from abroad. The
chorus outranked any ever before
heard in the city. st. Johnsbury
held similar festival last week and
Rutland has been rehearsing for some
time for one held in that city this
week.
Last Thursday afternoon John, the
son of Edward Devlin
Of Burlington, narrowly escaped
He was playing around
the dock when he lost his balance and
fell in. He was so badly frightened
that he was robbed of his power OF
speech, but Ernest Spaulding hap
pened to be riding his bicycle near the
dock and saw the lad as he was sink
ing for the second time. He at once
in and seized the boy, hold
ing him above water until rescued.
The congressional committee OF the
first Vermont district met Friday af-
fernoon at the Van Ness House.Judge !
J. M. Slade of Addison county was
elected chairman and F. G. Swining-
Ion of Rutland was elected secretary. |
Il was voted to hold the district con-
-ont;op In Middlebury June 81. The |