Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-11-16


signed his position as superintendent
of bridges and buildings Of the Cen.
trail Vermont railway and has gone te
fredericksburg, Va, where he will re.
main short time before going 10
Boston to live.
A man from New York came Ia
Westmoreland recently TO look over
the fiuorite mines on the farm ot
willard Bill, with view to buying
IT. Three tons OF the mineral were
shipped TO New York last week to
experiment with.
Il. }. Deavitt, administrator of the
estate Of Chandler w. Paul Of Mont.
pelier, has filed bis accounts with the
probate court. Instead OF an estate
amounting to $4,000, as at first sup-
posed, ii has been found that Mir.
Paul was worth about $4,000.
J. ID. Healey, for several years man.
ager Of the American house at BEN
nington, died, the result OF injuries
received from being caught in an ele-
vator shaft al the ST. Cloud hotel in
New York city last week. The re-
mains were brought to Bennington.
The store of ). l.. Smith 4 Sons al
North Pownal, in which the postofIice
u located, was entered by burglars
lately and the postoffice safe was
blown open and two record books,
neither OF which are OF value. were
taken. The safe was wrecked. Moth
ing else was taken.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert A. Perkins
are now in Woodstock. Since leay.
ing the Rutland Herald Mr.. Perkins
has passed most Of his time at his I
camp on the shores Of Shrewsbury |
pond. recuperaling from overwork /
lie expects 10 continue the process at
Woodstock for a time.
Robert Chatterton, an employee Of
the Rutland-Canadian railroad At
Grand Isle, was lately robbed Of 40
by fellow employee, who gained a.
sess 70 Chattertons room and con-
'ealed himself until the occupant re-
ired and went to sleep. lie aroused
5hatterton, but not Ia time to capture
him.
Rev. J. +. Farrow OF Bellows Falls
ias been secured by the State Anti
saloon League 10 tour the state dur
ng the month OF November, showing
views, illustrative Of
he liquor traffic and it, results.
some Of the views have been secured
n Vermont and some from other
tates.
Work was begun last week on the
lew drill hall and cage at Norwich
University. The hall will be 40xl00
With earth floor. Ii will be used for
ertain military drills during the vim
er and also A. a cage for baseball and !
Iasket bali practice. The hall Is
Understood to be Of a temporary
haraeier.
About twenty men are at work at
he Dole. Brill slate quarries at North ,
eld and = good quality of slate is be- /
* taken out. The management is /;
whether to work the quar- !
Ie- through the winter or shut down /.
bout Dec. /. Last winter the work
'as pushed without cessation bat not \
18th the best results.
Cyrus Holt OF fownshend, who has
OF been heard from for ~ years past, a
.rote recently TO his sister. Mrs. Sim n
pa Bcmis, Of Athens. informing her a
rat he was now in Yuma. Arizona, II
here he has a farm of 100 acres and d
doing we'll When he disappeared q
was supposed he was burned in a O
arm in which he was working. a
For the first time since July al the "
elbows Falls mills have been running d
N time during the whole Of the a
eek and there is a surplus Of water "
inning over the flash boards OF the II
am. The loss caused to the manu-. Il
cturing interests la that place be-
use OF low water has many times n
,ceeded that Of any previous year. al
Matthew Allen, employed in the -
IN Of w. n. Chalmer al West Tops T
I'm, was caught in the shafting near g
e wheel Tuesday OF last week and u