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

Dana Durham is visiting his mother at
Montpelier.
Chas. Brown, formerly OF Randolph, has
moved to town.
c. r. Noble has returned from months
absence in New York,
II. c. Gilbert and F. B. Markham spent
Monday in Randolph.
Mrs. F. W. Bly, OF Haverhill, Mass, is
visiting friends in town.
Miss Jennie Wilson is spending few
weeks with friends in Burlington.
Miss Ada Rice spent several days last
week with friends in Braintree and Ran
dolph.
Chas. Atwood has moved from the
spaulding house on Camp Brook to Tun-
bridge.
Next Sunday will be observed at the
Cong'l church as Children's day with APP
propriate exercises.
About lbs Italian laborers arrived on the
early train Wednesday morning to work
on the electric road.
f. B. Maxham and Herbert Wood are at
| Rochester working on the summer resi-
dence OF E. L. Pierce.
J Twenty tickets were sold at this station
Monday for the excursion run by the Z.
| V. X. X. to Vergennes.
| Ed. Lattrell from Randolph has moved
INTO Inc CndtuGlQ mouse, near the Qry
bridge, owned by A. A. Brooks.
Samuel Howard is able to be on the
street again after being confined to the
house for three weeks with sickness.
Mrs. Ida Savage, Miss Bertha George
and Master Byron Dow from Royalton
visited friends in town on Thursday.
Ex.Gov. s. e. Pingree OF Hartford was
in town last Thursday to attend the taxi
ing OF deposition in the case OF Silsby |
VS. Frost.
Mrs. Chas. Thurston left Monday to /
join her husband at Exeter, n. H., after 1
spending the winter with friends in |
Braintree.
Frank Mccullough has decided to Mrs.
Lucia Bowen the farm In the western part
OF the town that be bought three years
ago OF Moses Dustin.
F. n. Field of Chieopee, Mass, railway
mail clerk between Springfield, Mass,
and Newport, Vt, accompanied by Mrs.
Field, was in town last Friday.
John Keleher has bought OF Louis
Parrott the building lot at the north part
of the village on which the house OF Mir.
Parrott was burned this spring.
Allison 7. Neff has been appointed ad-
mlnistrator and {. 5. Davis and ID. q.
Torrey commissioners and appraisers OF
the estate OF the late Thomas Neff. IA
Rev. WiImond Warner is taking a two ,
weeks vacation with Mrs. Warner This
week he is at East Hardwick and expects
to stay part OF the time at Caspian lake.
The Democrats are jubilant over their {
prospect OF controlling the town at future 3
elections. They claim that they have !
gained about 125 votes IN the past week. 9
The body Of Gilman Mcneil was brought
TO this station Saturday from Keene, n. !
H., where be had died. 1t was taken
from here to Rochester, where Mr.. Mcneil
had formerly resided.
About twenty members of Friendship =
Rebeksh lodge OF Windsor assisted in the
OF the Rebekah degree on
twenty candidates before the Bethel }
odge Tuesday evening.
The Sunday school convention at White {
River Junction last week was attended by
Vi RS. Chas. Cutler, Mrs. L. A. Read, Mrs ! s.
samuel Howard, Mrs. Ruth Dickey, Mrs.
;. F. Waldo, Mrs. F. L. Martin and ]. w. I
Miller.
house OF l.. NJ. Heath, fell last week about .
wenty feet, striking on saw morse and
seriously disabling himself, although v
here did not seem to be any bones a
broken.
Norman W. Lille OF Randolph has R
been appointed administrator OF the 81
state OF bis late sister, Miss Nancy
lille. The commissioners and apprsis- b
RS are Lloyd johnson and Henry w. i
'Te.ton.
Rev. @. B. Clark, rector last year a
4 Christ church, Bethel, is now rector of
trinity church, Poultney. Sunday, May o.
stb, hs preached Memorial sermon be- !"
ore the q. A. K post and Womanis Relief
'orps OF Poultney. q
Children's day will be observed at the y
church next Sunday at the y
t,ul No.. - av.as t.e..
iirds and Flowers" is the title of the con- n
ert exercise in preparation. An offering y
7ill be taken for the benefit of the Sun j.
ay school. The children deserve a good W
Tendance.
The following delegates have been
lected TO the annual convention OF Con- ~
regationsl churches of Vermont to be p'
cid at Barre June 10, IA and 10. To the !"
Onvention Alonzo Emery ana Mrs. A.
!. Brooks; to the Womans Home Mis-
onary society, Mrs. Edwin Fisher and
lrs. Ruth Dlckey. II
There was a trial last Saturday before
nstiee VIM. X. Adams of the suit of Mary W,
uimby VS.. j. A. Bryant. Mrs. Quimby
aimed that Mr.. Bryant had shut up her ",
)ws. A verdict was rendered by the
)urt for the plaintiff to recover 20 costs
nd damages. Fred Arnold appeared for
laintiff and John Wilson for defendant.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. d. Wood celebrated the ou
)th anniversary of their marriage April
lth last and Mrs. Wood died the 26th of be
he same month. The death OF Mrs. Val. M
lore Cushmsn of South Royalton seems
, furnish a parallel case as Mr.. and Mrs. A.,
celebrated their Goth anniver- ~
Try about the same time that Mr.. and -
lrs. Wood did, and Mrs. Cushman died
ie latter part OF May. re
A game Of ball advertised to take place -"
etween South Royalton and Washington
tracted several Bethel citizens to the ex
Drmer town Saturday. The game was vi
'heduled to commence at 3 O'Clock, but il
as 80 before the. chariot drawn by -,
,ur noble steeds and filed with the ~