Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-09-15
State of Vermont.
n. News Condensed and Rewritten for
Our Readers.


The diphtheria epidemic at Bellows
Falls has been stamped out.
The Burlington fair was success
Notwithstanding the weather.
The bicycle rim mandatory at
Rutland is driven with orders.
Samuel Hendee of Brandon. a
farmer, committed suicide by poison
Sept. !.
seymour Howes, prominent citi-
zen Of Mortified, died Sept. 7, aged
60 years.
Miss Ida Beaupre of Burlington
was thrown from her wheel Sept. z
and seriously injured.
There was large display of stock
At the Manchester fair last week, good
races, and the fair was q success.
The Woodstock Standard SAYS o.
NJ. Tinkham of Pomfret is candi-
,ate for doorkeeper Of the House.
Thomas Lavoie Of Burlington stole
e22 Sept. Z, was caught and will go
to the house of correction at Rutland.
The Kow Kure Co. has voted to
stay at Lyndonville another year in
stead of moving to Greenfield, Mass.
A receiver has been asked for the
Brattleboro Overall Co. by its former
manager. The company claims it is
solvent.
William Ross, son of Edward Ross
OF Burlington, was drowned at
Whitehall, N. Y, last week willie in
toxicated.
Marlboro voters kept at it all night
till the ballots were used up, then ad-
iourned, procured more ballots and |
late Wednesday night elected Loren
Eqmes.
The barn OF Melvin Austin of Wes-
ton, together with % cows, two horses,
so tons of hay and all of his grain, was
burned Sept. 8. Loss $1,000. No in
surance.
Garfield Briggs of Charlotte is un-
der arrest for criminal assault on
Edith Thorpe. Briggs is the third
prisoner in Chittenden county Jail on
this charge.
L. A. Drew of Burlington has TAX
en- the oath of Office as deputy
United States marshal. He was
county sheriff l3 years and has also
been chief Of police.
L. A. Flint of Middlesex will con-
test the election OF j. II. Daniels on
the ground that four defective ballots
were thrown out on the first ballot, {
that were all FOR him. /,
L. II. Green OF Montpelier sold |
third interest in his s.Greene's Syrup {
Of Tar business To A. w. and q. II.
Ferrin anl q. f. Lowe. Last year
2l6,000 bottles were sold.
Sheriff Reeves arrested jerome Shea
at Burlington on the fair grounds
Sept. upon the charge of stealing
horse from Frank Nephew. Both
men are from Shclburne.
The eng tgem mt OF Secretary OF
State Elect Fred a. Rowland and
Miss Margaret Louise, daughter OF ,
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Dewey OF :
Montpelier, is announced.
The farm house and barn owned by
the Dearborn agency on Fletcher hill,
between Woodstock and South Wood
stock, were struck by lightning and I
destroyed Sunday, Sept 4. 4
Grand Isle county had a record Q
breaking term Of court this fall. Judge Y
Tyler opened court in the morning e
but found no cases to try and ad-
journed court before noon. 4
Alva Wilder of Mount Holly Wis
tied his bear traps last week and was b
rewarded by finding two bears caught; o
one an old female bear, weighing a
over 200 pounds, the other yearling. d
The celebration of the golden we'd =
ding OF Charles NJ. Sherman and wife
of West Windsor and the silver we'd
ding of Charles S. Sherman of Wind
sor took place Sept3 at the old home
stead in West Windsor.
John Gilbert sawyer, well known
to the bar and bench of New YORK
state and a member Of the Forty
ninth, Fiftieth and Fifty-first Con-
gresses, died Sept. at Albion. " T., =
in his 74th year. He was born at
Brandon, June 5, 1928. ,,
Bickford Locke of Topsham was
found hanging in the barn OF Mrs.
John Clark, with whom he lived lie :
was about 60 years of age. lie had
appeared little peculiar OF late ana
the real cause of the deed was sup
posed to be financial difficulties
The 23d annual excursion OF the
Champaign Transportation company
to New York will leave Burlington
Tuesday morning, Sept. 20. The ex-
cursion is as usual over the Peoples
and Citizens line steamers down the .
Hudson and needs no words OF de-
scription.
Tho Windsor countv fair will be