Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-05-18
State of Vermont.
-. News Condensed and Rewritten for
Our Readers.

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destructive forest fires ragged las
uoek in Canaan and Averill and neal
Mallett Bay.
The Lincoln Lumber company EN-.
nloys % men and its pay roll is over
300 a week.
The Bennington machine works is
~ build the machinery for a big pa.
ner mill in Finland.
Montpelier has 2,700 taxpayers, a
net gain of over 500 yer 1898. The
III Is $40, 900 larger.
Burlington bad boys broke into a
freight car loaded with sugar and
stole two hundred pounds.
Lucius Pitkin, formerly of B~urling-
ton. was struck and killed by the cars
Al Cleveland, Ohio, last week.
The sd annual session of the grand
ledgs Of Odd Fellows OF Vermont
opened al Brattleboro May II.
w. and ID. G. Crane of Burlington
have each given $4,000 to the Ver-
mont academy at Saxton's River.
Lee Barnes, son Of Darius Barnes Of
Westfeld, was thrown from a wagon
and killed at Montgomery last week.
The t~en-year-old son OF Capt. Nc
Donald Of Fort Ethan Allen was
thrown from a horse May 6 and bad
" hurt.
Thos. Commit of Rutland has
started for South Africa to join his
brother, who is engaged in gold min
ing there.
Mrs. Frank Carrigan Of Pittsford
was seriously injured while going to
church May 10th by being thrown
from the wagon.
Probably the oldest person in Yer.
mont is Mrs. Emily Grinnell Of Col
chester, who will be 1913 years old if
she lives until July G.
Forepaugh and Sells Brothers cir
eos is 10 appear in Montpelier
Wednesday, June IA. The show will
come in sixty-fve cars.
Rudyard Kipling is 10 sail for Eng
land again ON May "a and has already
engaged passage on the steamer Gym
tic Of the White Star line.
A Montpelier trolley car jumped the
rails last week but was prevented from
going over the embankment by lodg-
ing against a feedwire pole.
The state fish and game commission
en- have placed 10000 lake trout in
Crystal lake at Barton and 10000 lake
trout in Willoughby lake.
Rev. DIR. ]. Isham Bliss, who has
been rector Of st. Paul's church in
Burlington for Ia years, has resigned
on account Of failing health.
The Canadian Pacific railway has
Just issued a sportsmen's map which
ia sure to be a popular document with
men who 90 shooting and fishing. I!
Rev. John Ingersoll, the father OF
Robert G.. lngersoll, the agnostic, was
for many years the pastor Of a church +,
al New Haven in Addison county. j
Bellows Falls had two slight fires
last week, which caught from sparks, !
one from burning ties near the rail- :
road and the other from an engine. .
Thecases of Harvey, Shay and Others Y
against the various conductors OF the
street railway company who put them !
on the electric cars, are TO be tried soon. !
10 Moquin Of Burlington disclosed /.
on Frank Osier for furnishing liquor. !
The latter skipped but was struck by :
The cars at Milton next day and seri- :
ously injured. y
Mrs. A. X. Kimball OF Ludlow will
be 81 years old in June. Since the !,
Florence Memorial library was found !
ed about years ago, she has !,
read $50 books. /.
The Anti-Saloon league has just q
formed a society in st. Johnsbury. :
where a year ago there were only ID
Inited States licenses held, and this
year there are 20.
The Burlington and Lamoille Val [
ley railroad has transferred to the Cen
trail Vermont is railroad in c~onsidera-
ton Of the sum Of $500 4 per cent
gold mortgage bonds.
81 Johnsbury academy receives $500 !
.! the will OF Mrs. Helen +. Carpenter $
70 found a scholarship bearing her c
name, and Sunset home for old ladies
IN 81 ~Johnsbury $500. !
A part,if not all, Of the Bolton Falls :
win have TO be reconstructed be-
.ause OF the damages from high /
Faier. The lights cannot now be {
for several months.
lmportations through the customs
house at st. Adams during the month (
y April were valued at s446,s SIS, up
IN which duties were assessed to the
mount Of Sl44,s4s.69. !
Albert 5. Kenney, a Yermonter, has
zen appointed paymaster general Of
he navy by President Mckinley.
me appointee has been general store
-eeper in New York city. a
The Baptist state Sunday school S
.onventiOn will be held At Barre the q
Ut week in June, and June ID, IA il