Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-06-08

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ages Of liquor. He followed one NJ
the Narrow Gauge road the othel
night and seized two gallons intended
for dance at Townshend that night
The dance was very tame affair.
Ludlow is likely to be lighted soon
by electricity. A company has made
a proposition TO develop the power at
Cavendish Gorge, and light Chester
Cayendish, Proctorsville and Ludlow.
They want simply the privilege Of
! putting up poles and wires and ask
no favors Of the village or town.
According to an act of the legisla-
ture Of 1898, which takes effect July
!, every package Of garden seeds Of
fered for sale in Vermont must have
the year in which they were grown
plainly printed thereon. A penalty
Of $40 is fixed for every violation of
this law. This statute was enacted to
prevent fraud in the sale of seeds.
A new Methodist church was dedi-
Gated in Rutland Sunday of last week
by Rev. DIR. G.. w. Brown, presiding
elder Of the Burlington district. The
cost of the edifice was 81 900, and up
TO Sunday all but $4,000 had been
raised. On Sunday morning Rev.
DIR. ID. w. Couch raised by subscrip-
ton SO, 905, and in the evening S2l0
was subscribed.
The Campbell Knitting Co. Of
Bennington was incorporated under
the laws OF New York June |, with
$4,000 capital stock. The property
Of the company includes the Camp
bell knitting mill at Bennington and
knitting mill at Elmira, n. Y.
George w. Clark has been elected
president and resident manager at
Bennington, and Charles L. Bruce Of
Elmira, treasurer.
The Burlington and Lamoille mixed
train, which leaves Cambridge june
ton at $40 a. m, and is due at Bur-
lington at O'Clock, lost % minutes
between Cambridge Junction and
North Underhill, a distance OF ] ]
miles, on account Of the forest worms.
The worms covered the tracks like
mat and in two places were so thick
that the train was stalled and they had
TO be shoveled off the track and sand
sprinkled on the rails before they
could proceed.
Freight train No. 10 over the Rut-
land railroad was wrecked near the
Brandon depot Wednesday afternoon
OF last week. Besides 30 freight cars
the train was composed of 40 '.jim-
mics or dump cars, which were
being taken north for work on the
Rutland Canadian railroad. Just as
the train was Stacking up at the depot
one Of the jimmies left the rails and a
dozen of them were soon piled in a
heap. Eight of the dump cars were
badly smashed and one box car was
damaged.
Milton is beginning to feel an in
crease OF business from the pulp mill
now being built. Ten new houses
are in different stages Of construction,
two new streets are being laid out,
and in other ways the village that has
been asleep for a decade is now
its own. The foundations
are now being put down for store
house 260x50 feet on the bluff above
the mill next to the railroad track.
The building will be of concrete and
brick and carrier will be put in con-
Meeting it with the mill.
Herber l.. Doyle, proprietor OF the
Avenue house at ST. Johnsbury, was
taken to Rutland Thursday by
Sheriff Switzer 10 serve sixty days
for the second ofiense Of selling liquor.
The first oflense was committed at
Newport seven years ago. This is
the second case of this kind 10 come
from this hotel. The first was the
conviction and Imprisonment in June,
1895, OF b. G.. Howe, who was then
proprietor of the Avenue house. A
dozen other liquor dealers Of 8.
were also heavily fined.
This prosecution was undertaken by
he new Anti Saloon League.
The other night Misses mabel ana
Linnie Trick Of Burlington, sisters,
we're sleeping down stairs. Suddenly
Miss Linnie awoke with start, feel
ng that something strange was going
IN. The window opening into the
,oom had been pried open and man
With a mask ON was standing with
his hands over her sisters face as
hough about to chloroform her. Miss
Trick did not lose her presence OF
mind but spoke TO her sister, think
nc that would brighten the intruder
nut. As soon as she spoke the man
iprang TO the window and jumped
,ut. Both young ladies watches and
everal pieces of jewelry were in the
Dom but Miss Trick probably awoke
s soon rs the thief entered so that
lothing was stolen.