Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-03-24
State OF Vermont.
Its News Condensed and Rewritten for
Our Readers.

, I' ~ 80 L. NJV EN- JlO Scts itsL week
ABOUT S4O, 900 as the amount of wages
due them for February.
Loyal, the oldest son of Rev. G. A.
Bradford OF Manchester Center, was
SO badly injured in a coasting acct.
dent about two weeks ago that he
died on Wednesday of last week.
| A recent census of the Bennington
graded school district gives the pop
ulatlon at $500, gain of $50 over a
year ago. The number of children
OF school age is 1881. The popula-
lion outside of the district is estimat-
ed at 5000, making the total popula-
ton of the town of Bennington con-
siderably over 5000.
The house of Louis Young, Jr., on
the Swanton road, was struck by
lightning last Wednesday night and
burned with its contents. The family
escaped in their night clothes. The
house and contents were insured for
81 600, which will not cover the loss.
The barns, which are some distance
from the house, were not burned.
A. l.. Hamilton, who skipped town
about two weeks ago with 81 600 be-
longing to p. II. Robbins of Chester
Depot, was arrested at Albany, N. Y,
last Thursday night. lie will be
held there until proper authority can
be secured to bring him to Chester
Hamilton claims that he sent $500 to
Constable Plimpton to pay Mr.. Rob-
bins, but no money has been received
by Mr.. Robbins.
Hal Miner, the crack left handed
pitcher of the University of Vermont
base ball team, has signed TO play
with the Montreal club of the Eastern
league. Miners home is in Pownal,
and he first became known as pitch
er while at Vermont academy. He
made an excellent record with the
Burlington and Malone, N. Y, teams.
Miner is member of the senior med
ical class at the University of YER
mont.
4. p. DAILY and Patrick DAILY of the
"Marine Pharmacy" on Battery street
and NJ. G. Powers, the newest among
the numerous North end druggists in
Burlington, were arrested last Friday
charged with violating the law re-
quiring that pharmacists shall be
licensed. They were taken before
Judge Thompson and bail was fixed
in the case of M. G. Powers at $500,
and the Days at $500, which was fur
nished in all three instances.
The Middlebury Register has made
the interesting discovery that Addi-
son county produced the original
young man to whom Horace Greeley
gave his famous advice to ego west.
That man was J. b. Grinncll, who
was born in New Haven in 1921, and
was graduated from Middlebury col
lege in 1894. He went to Iowa and
founded the town Of Grinnell, the
home of Iowa college, and was a
member of the thirty-eighth congress.
While Frank Wright, an employee
at Wright's mill at Pownal, was rak-
ing out the rack to the flume Friday
he raked out box containing body
of an infant child. Justice Norwood
was called and after viewing the re-
mains ordered them buried at once,
deeming an inquest unnecessary. 1t
is probable that the box came down
in the last freshet from some of the
towns up the river. The child was
about six months old, and had not
been in ii e water very long time.
The citizens of st. Adams last week
voted to have a Fourth of July cele-
bration. Company b, LIST Regiment
Vermont Infantry will probably en-
terrain the Sixth Feusiliers of Mon
treal. 1t will be remembered that the
st. Adams contingent was agreeably
and enthusiastically entertained at
Montreal at the time of the Diamond
Jubilee celebration last year. ga
military parade in the forenoon with
British red coats marching with boys
in blue on the Fourth of July would
be an attractive feature" says the ST.
Adams Messenger.
Roy Barber, a student of the bust
ness college at Burlington, was the
victim of shocking misfortune one
evening last week. He entered his
room with several friends about nine
O'Clock and was carrying on a pleas
ant conversation, when he suddenly
exclaimed, "What is the matter with
the lights ~ In less than five min
utes the boy was stone blind. DIR.
Hawley was summoned and said that
Mr.. BARRIERS sudden loss of sight was
due to nervous prostration, and he
was unable to decide just how severe
the case would prove.
James Emerson of East RIchford
was drowned near Masonville Mon
iay of last week. He was the stage
driver and three passengers were with
him when the sleigh was swept off the
road by the overflowing waters Of the
sIissisquoi river. The passengers es-
capped by swimming, but EMERSON
and his horses were drowned. One
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