Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-08-26
General Vernon News.

There has been another inerndiary hre
! at Barre.
piphtheria continues to spread IN Bel
/ lows Falls.
Mrs. Lavina MOult0u u hahdoiph -
/ dead al the age Of w years.
Miss Mamie Prime of Burlington res
cued a boy from drowning recently
Hon. f. J. Phelps Of Burlington is very
/ III at the residence Of J. q. Mccullough
The Grand Isle electric railroad has
been surveyed to the Lamoile river IN
Milton.
W. c. washburn Of Montpelier Is
candidate for second assistant clerk Oh
] the house.
/ Milo Abernethy and Francis Mcintyre
I were the winners in the recent shoolihs
match at Bristol.
/ Mayor Senter Of Montpelier lost his
puckrtbook the other night. II con-
tGmed nearly 500.
The 2lst anniversary Of the visit or
General Stark 5 army to Bennington was
duly observed this month.
George Sleeper of West Derby, aged
49, was thrown from his horse recently
and had one hip badly fractured.
The Windham county Democrats NOM
mated a gold Democrat, who voted for
Mckinley, as candidate for side judge.
\ boy near Bennington touched an
unprotected electric wire with his fish
pole and was rendered speechless by
the shock.
Brattleboro has good credit when her
per cent 2O-year bridge bonds bring
SlOg, 3S3. par 800. \ local bank took the
whole issue
Mrs John Ross Of Burlington caught
aud landed alone a muscalonge at the
mouth of the WinoOski river that
weighed lS pounds.
Thirteen stonecutters have just been
added to the force employed by the
/ Rycgate Granite company, which il
rushed with business.
Adloir- Brunnrue of Burlington, aged
Il. hurglarized a store recently and was
sent to the Industrial school for the re-
Iusinder of his minority
Alma MetcaIf OF lrasburg, ten years
old has done all the raking on two
farms that have yielded over 100 loads Of
hay This season, besides raking after the
hay cart.
No independent nominations have been
flied with the secretary of state and
there will he but three tickets To vote
upon, Republican, Democratic and Pro
Mhltion, at the state election.
\ wrestling match is to take place at
Coriuth fair between Henderson of Wells
River and WEIGH Of Montpelier. Hen
derSon challenges the world at collar ana
elbow for Il purse of $500 10 $1,000.
Judging by reports to the local papers
there will b- u light potato crop in Yer
mont this season. The tong drouth set
them back a good deal. Corn and other
crops have been generally benefited by
the late rains.
( W. f. Scott, formerly OF the Barre
Enterprise, has bought an interest in
the Bradley newspaper agency at Bur
iugtun. His many friends in the pro-
fosslon viii wish him much success in
his new venture.
James Houston Of Barre was nearly
( killed the other day, lie stood on the out
side OF the trolley and was struck on the
back of his head by dead man. post.
This is the tenth serious accident at this
point. Another city would see that the
. trolley company removed such danger
, Gus pole.
The rapid increase of business during
the past few years at the Waterbury
post office is largely attributed to the
extensive business Of c. c. Warren, who
now does tye-eighths Of the mail buSi-
ness transacted at that office. MIR. War
ren's constantly increasing business will
soon raise the post office salary more
than 500 year
Newman Thomas of Moretown, who
was accidentally shot in the highway
near the Nilcs electric station at Middle
sex over a week ago is reported To be
rapidly on the gain, and it is now looked
for that the old gentleman Will recover
/ The boy who was 50 careless!y shooting
with a rifle across the highway at a
target has been allowed to go unpun-
ished.
Arthur Dole. % years old, son of ia
son Dole died of typhoid fever at Chick
amauga Aug 9. The body was sent
home for burial. This is the first real
sorrow Mortified has felt in the war and
there is much sympathy for the family
Young Dole was at work in Reading
Mass, when the war broke out and came
home to join his company. He has Il
brother Fred, at Chickamauga and two
cousins i'm the company.
state Treasurer Field has made the
and highways raised by the per cent
tax. The amount of the state school tax
was $S1 1856 The total number of legal
schools maintained in the state for 1898
is 1853, a loss Of II, and the amount of
tax apportioned to each is $50 80 The
total highway tax distributed was $S7,
1856, the amount per mile being 1894
The mileage for the state is $14,7O2
Judge Field handed down decision in
the United States district court at Gard
ner Mass, in regard to $1,000 bail in the
case of John Reed, who is supposed to be
the man who buncOed Dennison Davis
of Putney out of $4,000 a few years ago.
Reed skipped after furnishing bail, and
the local court declared the bail forfeit
ed. A petition was then carried to the
district court, claiming that the local
court had no right to declare the cash
bail forfeited and asking for a return
of the $4,000. Judge Field refused to re-
open the case.
Rev. Lorenzo Marshall, one of the
Oldest clergymen in the Troy conference,
has just died at his home in Glen Falls,
N. Y, He was "A years old. He fitted
for college at the Troy conference acad-
envy, and was later graduated from WEES
leyan university. He Immediately after
Joined the Troy conference, and CON
tinued in active service until 1898 when
he was nlaped on the cunara pp,,ot 81