Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-06-22
State of Vermont.
,s News Condensed and Rewritten for
Our Readers.


% wears as a druggist in Barre.
n G. Idle Of St.Johnsbury lost 500
recently by having his pocket picked.
The grand list of Brattleboro shows
loss Of s4O4, and there are SO less
polls.
Rev. Charles A. Savage. the Cong'l
minister at Orange, died recently,
aged 40.
The 95th commencement OF the
University of Vermont takes place
June 25-29.
st. Johnsbury now has 1921 polls,
gaining 1852 in the past year. The
grand list has lost 1902.
Carrie Sawyer Ct Montpelier al.
tempted suicide Friday evening By
taking laudanum, but failed.
The lime-kilns at Pownal are very
busy on an order for so, 200 barrels Of
lime for Worcester, Mass, parties.
Rev. Francis Wyman Smith, 20,
for 22 years rector of 81. james
church in Woodstock, died last week.
Beginning October Bellows Falls
will have free mail delivery. There
will be three carriers and one sub
stitute.
Eugene Champeaux Of St. Adams
was convicted Of second oflense OF
liquor selling last week and taken to
Rutland.
The s-year-old son OF Luke Barrett
Of Shelburne Harbor suffered a fan
from tree recently, which fractured |
bis skull.
The corner stone OF the new Epis. /
copal church al Castleton was laid /
last week Tuesday with appropriate
exercises.
The old bee Hive, double tene-
ment house in Mortified, owned by
Cross Bros, was burned Sunday.
Loss $500.
Ex-Gov. G. SPACE is making practi-
cal use Of a photograph. He dictates
letters in it and his typewriters tran
scribe them.
The Goth annual session Of the
Northern Association OF Uni
versalists will be held at Lyndonville
June 1929.
The Pearl street laundry at StJohi s.
bury was burglarized and the safe
cracked one night last week. No clue !.
to the perpetrators.
Springfield has gained GA polls and !,
s2,633.s4 on its grand list during the
past year, there being $50 polls and a :
grand list Of SIS, s4g.03.
Essex Junction has found very
desirable water supply about four !,
miles from that village, which viii be :
brought there next season. :
DIR. Norman ID. Ross OF Middle h
bury died suddenly June OF heart fl
disease, aged &c. He had been prac-
ticing physician for S5 years. a
Mrs. Fanny Bradley Lewis, wife Of 10
D. II. Lewis, cashier OF the Farmers B
National bank, died after short ILL., a
hess Of pneumonia last week. "a
Mrs. Senator Proctor, Miss Emily ii
D. Proctor and Redtield Proctor, Jr., la
'ailed for Europe a few days ago on
.he Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse. =
About sl9, 900 was paid to deposit W
tors Of the defunct Savings Bank at b
Bradford Thursday, it being the 20 W
per cent dividend lately declared. to
Worms on the track stopped pas a
enger train near Newport. The he
rain had TO back and take a new b,
tart in order to get over the obstruc-
ion a.
sixty or more residents Of Lyndon tn
lille were made sick, some OF them ne
eriously, by eating hulled corn Sa
ought OF an East Haven pedlar last re
week. fr
Henry l.. Leonard OF Brandon stock II
d private pond with trout taken from pc
stream adjoining and had TO return
mem all to the place where they came mi
rom. nj,
John Holbrook OF Montgomery III
ned to hang himself in St Albans TN
III, using towel. He failed and, mn
eng insane, was taken to the Water II
ury asylum. IN
Lightning struck the Universalist Z"
lurch at Vernon Friday and il was
1stroYed. IL was built over so years FL
20 at an expense Of $4,000 and was go
lsured for 81, 900. =
The contract for the granite work In
The new Jail at Montpelier has |
zen awarded to NJ. III. Gibson Of |
yegate at $4,000 and work will be |
'llmenced promptly. HI
key. Evan Thomas, formerly editor I
tle Ludlow Tribune and later OF
= Essex Record, has accepted call .
the pastorate of the Congregational 70,
'urch at Essex Junction. an
The meatmen of Mortified have Coz
iined a combine and established mu
Uniform price on meat and meat Il {
oducts. A slight advance is made wa
'he price of beef and lard. Ql
non. \ n. Swain, of Bellows Falls wo
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