Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-03-03
State of Vermont.
its News Condensed and Rewritten for
Our Readers.

hold the following meetings during
she year; Rutland, April G; BratlIe-
boro, July 6; Montpelier, October 49,;
Montpelier, January 8, '99.
Alfred Boardman arrived at his old
home in Bennington one day last week
Just In time to attend his mothers
funeral. He had been absent several
years during which time nothing had
been heard of him and it was thought
that he was dead.
ii. f. Durham, one of the local
weather clerks, figures up the snow
fall Tor the winter as follows: No
vember, inches; December, l-2
inches; January, SO ID inches; Febru-
airy, 81 IL inches. Total, SO IL inch
es, or 8 feet IL inches.-[ Wood
stock Age.
The house known as the Preston
place located in Bolton, across the
river from the depot, was destroyed
last week Monday morning. The
house was occupied by an Adams
family. The house, barns and all
furniture were wholly destroyed.
The family barely escaped with their
lives. No clothing was saved. The
house and barn were insured for
1900. Furniture and clothing total
loss.
Elder C. II. Blanchford Of Walcott-
vile, Ind, has been the pastor of a
Baptist church there over forty years
and during that time he has married
9l0 persons and officiated at l,145
funerals. To attend these funerals he
has travelled 1928 miles. Elder
Blanchard was born in Clarendon,
VT, Dec. IL, 1877. lie went to
Indiana with his parents in 1894.
He married IN ls43 Sarah A. Whit
ney. who was born in Almond, N. Y,
in 1923.
A peculiar incident is reported to
have occurred at Plainfield Tuesday
evening of last week. Ezekiel Skin
ner gave whist party and dance at
the hotel to number of friends, and
"a possible rebuke to more frivolous
members of society, retired parson
was asked to open the proceedings |
with prayer. After he had finished |
his invocation the parson discovered |
person in the room whom |
he does not like, and i. immedi-
ately departed.
The brokers in Vermont are to
make test of the law which pro-
hibits the receiving OF quotations over
the wire on which sales and purchases
are made on margin. A great many
of the men who have been in this
business are under indictment. Letters
have been sent out from the eastern
part of the state asking the financial
cooperation of all interested in the
business to make test case and have
the constitutionality of the law defin-
ed. The case on which the stand will
be made is state against f. +. Shepard
OF Middlebury, which will come up in
Addison county court
At the request OF States Attorney
F. A. Rowland a special session of
the grand jury has been called to
meet at Montpelier March 8. The
action is precautionary in view of the
pending decision of the supreme
court in the Mildred Brewster case.
The question before the court is on
the validity of the indictment for the
murder of Anne Wheeler last May,
the defense urging that the presence
of stenographer in the grand Jury
room made the action illegal. In
case the decision shall be in favor of
the defence the grand jury will be
ready to take up the case at once and
find new indictment.
Thomas Bristol OF St. Johnsbury,
a freight brakeman on the ST. j. ~ l..
c.. was badly injured while switching
in the yard at Hyde Park. He fell
off the end of car and both legs
were run over. The young man was
nearer the end of the car than he
thought and that was the cause OF
his fall. Jack Sackett saw him fall
and pulled him from under the cars,
doubtless thus saving his life. The
injured man was taken to the Phoenix
and special engine sent to Norris
vile for physicians who found that
the left leg would have to be amputat-
ed. Mr.. Bristol is 25 years old and
commenced work few days before.
r.. M. Spaulding Of Rutland has
lust finished hauling from the woods
IN Pittsfield about 100000 feet of
Joys to the bank of White river TO be
run down that stream when the water
is high next spring to the Fall Noun
tain Paper company at Bellows Falls. /,
Among the logs were those made by |
spruce tree of remarkable size. The /,
tee when cut down made a solid
.tick so in diameter at the butt and /
Is inches at the top, 40 feet long, and |
that practically below the limbs. ,
This was cut into five logs, which,
measured sne2 feet People in the ,
vicinity have u" knowledge of any
other spruce rs large. Moreover,
= notber 4-fu.,t los could have been ,