Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-04-07

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The total amount OF merchandise
r entered at the custom house at ST. AL
bans during the month of March wal
) valued at 1882, 8l3. The duty assessed
, amounted to Sl28, 304.28.
Arthur Sorrell OF Vergennes, son Of
Adolphus SorreH, had about one.
, third of one foot taken off Thurday
morning in the Vermont shade roller
works between the elevator and the
floor.
/ DIR. w. Seward Webb has declined
Gov. Blacks appointment TO represent
the state of New York at the Trans
Mississippi and international expo
sition at Omaha on the ground that
he could not consistently accept the
honor, being legal resident OF YER
mont.
The reward for finding Earl Shell
don of Burlington has been raised
from $50 to $500. +. NJ. Sheldon,
the father OF the missing lad, has is
sued circulars which state that $500
will be paid land no questions asked
for the return alive of his boy. Mr..
Sheldon is inclined to believe now
that his boy was kidnapped.
There is an encouraging prospect
OF an electric railroad being built
from Middletown through Poultney
and Hampton TO Fair Haven. The
line will later be extended TO HYDE
Vile, Castleton and West Rutland.
The Western Vermont Electric Rail-
way company is enthusiastic over
the proposed plan and il is hoped
that ii will be carried TO a successful
termination.
Present indications are that the
next governor of New Hampshire will
be native Vermonter, Col. Charles
II. Greenleaf's name having COM
mended itself to the people in all
parts of the Granite state. Col.
GreeDleaf was born in Danville, this
state, i'm l84l but as taken as a child
to New Hampshire where he has
since lived. Col. Greenleaf has done
as much as any one man TO promote
the great summer visitor industry in
New Hampshire.
The Baptist church building at
Stamford was burned to the ground
Wednesday OF last week about noon.
The loss is about $4,000. The fire
originated in some unexplained way
in the basement and very rapidly de-
stroyed the whole structure. IL was
with difficulty that adjoining build
ings were saved. The fire is great
disaster to the church. The building
was recently remodeled at cost OF
nearly 81 ,000 and was one OF the fin
est country church properties in the
region.
Inspector of Finance Mann has
named the month of May next as the |
time when the deposit books issued |
by the savings banks and trust COM
panics OF the state shall be called in |
for examination and verificatioD. The
last and only verification of deposit
books ever required by law in this
state was made in 1898, when over
10000 out OF total of 81, out
standing deposit books were called in.
examined and verified. The total
number of errors discovered was re-
ported as ia, mostly of small
amounts caused in transposition of
figures, entering dividends, etc.
Horatio Hickok, one of the most
prominent business men of Burling-
ton, died last Saturday morning of a
complication of diseases. Mr.. Hickok
was member of family prominent
in Burlington for the past hundred
years. He was the son of DIR. w. &.
Hickok. He was prepared for college
at Burlington and was graduated
from Williams college in 1857. tie
returned to Burlington and entered
into business with Shepard Sons q
Co, and since 1890 has been conduct
ing box manufacturing business.
He was prominent in church and So
cial circles. He left widow and six
daughters. The deceased was 50 years
old.
o. A. Field of West Cornwall gives
some results of sheep shearings at his
stock farm during the past month.
March IL he had sheared six ram
lambs and six eve lambs, all less than
one year old. The weights of the
fieeces were: Ram lambs, 81. Is, IA, +,
Is, IA and IA pounds; eve lambs,
Is ID, l6, l6, Ii, IL and IL pounds.
These lambs were all sired by the
ram that Mr.. Morrison OF ;
Addison sold TO parties in Australia
for 81, 800. On March l6 Mr.. Field
SHARED IL breeding ewes, the COM
binei weight of whose fieeces was
22S ID pounds. The weights of the
six ram lambs feeces aggregate 80
pounds and those of the eve lambs
3s IL pounds. Mr.. Field thus OBJ {
tained 4l6 pounds of wool from the {
2s sheep sheared, which is pretty
good record, considering that the l
breeding ewes had only IL l-2 months
growth.
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