Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-07-27
State of Vermont.
Its News Condensed and Rewritten for
Our Readers.

New hay sold last week for IS to
$40 at Poultney.
L. o. Morgan has been commits.
stoned postmaster at East Granville.
The Proctor Trust Co. has declared
semi-annual dividend of per cent
DR.. Otto Daley has been appointed
pension examining surgeon at White
River Junction.
A parlor match came near destroy.
ing the residence of j. w. Edwards OF
Winooski recently.
Hon. Joseph Battell has built a car.
rage road to the top Of Lincoln
mountain for the benefit OF tourists
and summer visitors.
The sale Of the property at St. Al
bans of the Peoples Telephone COM
pany to the New England Telephone
company is announced.
The Spring Grove camp meeting,
which is held every year in New Ha-
ven, will begin this year on August
II and last until the oath.
VIM. Kane, an old man at Burling.
ton. sustained severe injuries TO his
back and arms as a result Of a tim
Der pile falling on him last week.
The fertilizer trust has purchased
the business OF NJ. +. Wheeler 4 Co.
Of Rutland. This firm handled
$4,000 tons Of commercial fertilizers
this year.
Berniee Holden Of St. Johnsbury,
III years old, while visiting in Dam
vile recently, fell from the hay loft
and, striking on her head, received
serious injuries.
The Yacht Nanki Poo was capsized
near West Swanton last week and
Mr.. Spear, the owner, with Mr.. kim
ball, his companion, were saved BY
West Swant0n bOatmen.
A barn belonging TO Whit,omb
brothers, located at North Barre, was
burned Thursday. II was filled with
machinery. some Of which was saved.
Loss, -, 600; insurance 81 600.
George Harris OF Brattleboro was
knocked down by team last week
and the shaft struck him just below
the heart. He was insensible for sew
eral hours, but is now gaining.
Mrs. Caroline ii. Shield, 20, of
Troy, y. Y.,a prominent and wealthy
summer resident Of Bennington, died
10 Bennington last week OF heart fail
ure. She had spent 40 summers in
Bennington.
Bradley Newell the Vermont
"healern and legislator, is still in the
business and was reported giving adj
dresses and performing miraculous
cures at little Massachusetts, summer
resort recently.
Harry A. Storrs, Of the University
Of Vermont, has been appointed a
Junior electrical engineer in the quar-
termaster's department of the United
States army and stationed at New
London, Conn.
Fred Plummer Of Cambridge went
10 Burlington on business recently
and claims to have been robbed OF
nearly $500. Mr. Plummer is mer-
chant at Cambridge and was formerly
station agent at Jacksonville.
VIM. T. Hill, formerly of the Ar
gus and Patriot editorial corps, is
summering at Pitkin, Gunneson
county, Col, in the heart OF the
Rocky Mountains. He will be so
years old IL he lives until October ls.
w. II. Weston, ex-alderman of
Montpelier, is charged with dishon-
esty in buying liquors for the city
during his term Of ofiice,and has been
sued for the amount in which il is al
legged the city has been defrauded, viz;
$4,000.
L. L. Seaver Of Montpelier is ex-
hibiting a blood sucker some four
inches in length which recently came
through the drinking water faucet at
his house. The suggestion is made
that the city should provide filters at
the reservoir.
Gen. w. w. Grout, it is stated, will
have a centennial celebration OF the
family settlement OF the old Kirby
farm this summer. Theophilus Grout,
grandfather of the congressman, set
tied the place century ago and II mas
never passed out Of the family.
The contract for building the foun-
dation for Dewey hall at Northiield
was awarded July 18th to J. T. Rice
Of that place, who began work the
next day with large force OF men:
About 10000 cubic yards of earth VIII
have to be excavated. The contract
price is not stated.
A horse was left hitched in the
woods at Milton last week by young
man who was seen TO take vallse
from the wagon and disappear IN the
bush. The horse remained there I'M
til the next morning when 1t was
taken to a barn. The horse was a
medium-weight, roam.
Fred Plummer, a merchant at
Cambridge, who lately went to Bur
lington on business, claims TO have
been robbed of 5000. lie fell in with