Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-10-13
State of Vermont.
Its News Condensed and Rewritten for
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500 this season.
The U. V. NJ. boys have raised a
fund and will have football team as
usual.
There are now los boys and rs
girls in the Industrial school at Yer-
gennes.
The potato crop in Rutland county
is reported very large and of good
quality.
Francis Guiltman, a well-known
citizen Of Bennington, died Sunday,
aged As.
Roy Manning OF Pittsford was
kicked by horse recently and severe
ly injured.
The house of G. Richardson at Mid
dletown Springs was struck by light
ming Oct 4.
The blacksmith shop of Harry
Greene at Fair Haven was struck by
lightning Oct. A.
Five thousand dollars have been
raised for creamery at Evansville
and work begun.
There is good demand for horses
in Marshtield this fall and many fine
ones have been sold.
A. E. Kingsley of Brandon had one
foot badly smashed by marble slab
falling on it recently.
Henry Stannard, Burlington boy,
lost the end of finger by the prema-
ture discharge Of gun.
Harley Eggleston of Brandon has
been indicted for horse stealing and
placed under $500 bonds.
The pupils of the Bristol schools
ere taking up penny collection for
the Lafayette monument.
Two of the best stores in Middle
bury were burglarized Sunday morn
ing. Little of value was secured.
l. L, Patterson of Craftsbury was
thrown from load OF shingles at
Hardwick recently and had shout
der broke.
Ex-Gov. Pingree has presented the |
state with handsome iife-size crayon
portrait of himself to hang in the
statehouse.
The gas company of Burlington ex-
hibits gas meter that has seen 81 |
years of service. What record 1T
has made
The Commercial house at Barre
narrowly escaped destruction by fire |
Friday night by the explosion of a
gasoline burner.
Joseph Longley, aged IL, was ar
rested at Montpelier last week for
stealing S. from the money drawer of
l.. w. Moves store.
The heavy rains last week caused
the Connecticut to overflow the
meadows in Essex county, doing con-
siderable damage to crops.
Hon. and Mrs. Charles Dewey of
Montpelier have arrived home. He
says the interview published in the
New York Sun was fake.
Willie, the l2-year-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Hatin of Winooski.
was thrown from horse and received
internal injuries last week.
James Ella of Middlebury, who was
hauled up for illegal fishing short
time ago, was caught again last week
and will serve 43 days at Rutland.
The 85th annual meeting of the
Vermont State Medical society will
meet at Brattleboro next week Thurs
day and Friday, the 18th and l4th.
julius Chamberlin, baggage master
on the Central Vermont road at
Montpelier, is laid up with an injured
foot, caused by an iron bar dropping
on it.
The stable floor in F. r. Fosters
barn at Berlin gave way the other
night and he found his two cows
hanging in the morning by their
necks and dead.
AT the national convention of the
Mizpah brotherhood of the Methodist
Episcopal church at Philadelphia last .
week, Rev. James L. Atwell of Ben
nington was elected recording secre-
tary.
1t is practically an assured fact that !,
there is to be erected in Barre the
coming winter or spring, a granite
plant as large as any now there. The (,
names of the parties are withheld by
request.
Mrs. Susan NJ. Fitch of Chester, a !
woman about 80 years OF age, fell !;
downstairs last week and was in
stantly killed. Her physician pro-
nounced the cause to be a shock of
paralysis.
The unrestful city of Barre has
under consideration the matter of :
changing its city charter. 1t seems {
almost remarkable that place hav- j
ing granite foundation should be so :
yacillating. II
No trace has yet been found of the 1
man who, it is alleged, got away with 1
two suits of clothes and gold watch
to C. L. Martin Of Plain 2