Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-11-24
State Of Vermont.
Its News Condensed and Rewritten FOR
Our Readers.

has just purchased pipe organ.
The Rutland postoffice handled
56l,977 pieces of mail in October.
Paul w. Brigham, the oldest citi.
zen of Norwich. died recently Jagged %,
The pay roll of the Vermont Mar.
BILE Co. at Proctor for October was
$54, 900.
The house of N. S. Cobb Of Castle.
ton was nearly destroyed by fire
Nov. IL.
Burlington Kings Daughters real
lied 500 from a chrysanthemum
show last week.
Fresh eggs sell at % cents al Ben
nington and strictly fresh butter for
% cents, at retail.
Mrs. Priscilla E. Mortimer of Bur-
lington sued Hiram G. Smith for
breach Of promise for $4,000.
Mrs. East, an aged inmate Of the
Burlington poor house, fell down
stairs lately and broke her hip.
Lieut.. Eugene j. Stratton Of Com
panY X is the first Of the Vermont
regiment to apply for pension.
The annual convention of the East
ern Star for the Bennington district
viii be held at that village Dec. 2.
VIM. Walsh OF Rutland was sent to
states prison for three years for as
sault with intent to kill Johh Walker
Ephraim Kinney of Clarendon was
seriously injured Nov. II while chop
ping in the woods by a tree falling
upon him.
VIM. Moorcroft, the well-known
Barre manufactures, died last week,
aged rs years, and was buried in
Gouldsville.
Edward Gallagher and James Flynn
of Pittsford took too much fire water
Nov. IL and settled by paying the us
ual amount.
Albert Stoke of Rutland died sud-
denly while loading coal into wagon
Nov. IA, aged GA years. lie was
prominent farmer.
The annual meeting Of the YER
mont Fish and Game league was held
at the Pavilion hotel, Montpelier,
Tues day, Nov. %.
Homer G. Chaplin OF Montgomery,
who was found guilty of bigamy, has
been sentenced to two years in the
house OF correction.
Admiral Dewey's cousin, Ida *.
Boyce, has obtained a divorce at
Brooklyn, N. Y, and resumed her
maiden name of Dewey.
The directors OF the Howard Park
fair at Burlington are trying to raise
their deficiency of $1,000 from the
last fair by subscription.
The clothing store of S. A. Stevens
at Essex junction was entered Mon
day night of last week and $40 of
goods we're carried away.
Prof. Bush. former instructor at
Montpelier seminary, and who died a
short time ago, bequeathed to the
school $500 scholarship.
The large steam sawlnill at North
Thetford was destroyed by fire Nov.
II, together with load Of dry tim
Der. The fire caught from the boiler.
The supreme court judges have APP
pointed ID. j. Foster OF Burlington
and Willard harrington of st. Adams
members of the examining board for
admission to the bar.
The total length OF the Bennington
Electric Railway and the Hoosik
Electric Railway which have been
consolidated by an act OF the legis-
lature, is 16 IL miles.
Brattleboro is 0verrun with tramps,
60 having been cared for in one way
or another in two months. One night
recently among others accommodated
was a tramp over so years old.
George Robinson, arrested last week
for burglary in Burlington, has been
sentenced to four years in states pris- |
on. Childs and Aseline, his supposed |
accomplices, are held in $1,000 bail.
George B. Morse, yardmaster at
Barre of the Barre railroad, was in |
stantly killed last week while coupling |
cars. He was 40 years old and is sur
viyed by widow and two children.
Hosea Mann of Wilmington, the
inspector of finance, has moved to
Brattleboro where he has purchased |
farm adjoining the village and will
open it up for new streets and build
ing lots.
DIR. Webb has presented to the state
museum at the statehouse an elk head,
Rocky mountain sleeps head, ante.
lope head and black tail deer head.
The elk and and antelope were killed
by him in Wyoming.
Miss Sadie Heating of Burlington
has brought breach of promise suit
for $500 against e. II. Paul, foreman
of the spinning room of the Queen
City cotton mill of that city. MT.
Paul is at present in Montreal. His
city property has been attached.
Admiral Dowav has a strong aver