Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-07-05
state of Vermont.
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Our Readers.

roU OF Sh0fenaIn, nave Deen appoint
"a missionaries to Turkey and will
cave for that field early in the fall.
The Burlington, Wino9ski and Col
chester mills, the cotton mill and over
liter shops at Winooski were obliged
IN shut down Monday afternoon on
account of low water.
Andrew Chicoine, an employee of
tbe Stevens shops at Winooski, while
at work on a circular saw Thursday
morning suffered the loss Of the sec
ond finger of his left hand.
The managers of the Bennington Il
Hoosick Valley railroad are soon to
fl ND the grounds at the new power
station at Bennington as a pleasure
resort. They will build a casino.
William and Hugh Green, for re-
fasing to pay railroad fare, were
arraigned before Justice Willis NJ.
Ross of Rutland recently and were
each tined 81 and costs, amounting to
$50,
Walter P. Hartman, son of II. A.
Hartman, clerk Of Rutland county,
won a prize of $50 for attaining the
highest average Of scholarship in the
graduating class at Phillips Exeter
academy.
The Bellows Falls celebration COM
mittee figured last week that the sub
scriptions to the celebration fund, in
Guiding privileges rented, amounted
TO l,2l5.25, nearly all Of which had
been collected.
Robert Jennings, who is employed
on the Rutland Canadian railroad
construction, had his collar bone
broken recently by a falling stone.
Jennings was taken TO the Mary
Fletcher hospital in Burlington.
One hundred and ten children,
bows and girls from the parochial
schools Of st. Joseph's church, Bur-
lmgton, received for the first time
Thursday the sacrament of holy COM
munion, and 100 were confirmed.
Edison, the young son of George
Lander Of Montpelier. was bitten in
the calf OF the leg Saturday OF last
week by 5. X. Colby's dog. The
wound wss a painful one. Mr..
Colby had the dog killed at once,
Since December /, 1899, the Chat
ham a Lebanon Valley railroad has
purchased from parties along the line
Of the road $50, 600 ties, mostly chest
nut They have averaged 81. cents
each, Most Of them have been laid.
With the baccalaureate sermon
Sunday the Tooth commencement
and centennial exercises Of Middle /
bury college formally began. For the
past year preparations have been in /
progress and the alumni have arrived |
in large numbers.
At Fast Berkshire a barn on the
farm belonging to B. II. Combs was
struck and destroyed by lightning |
last week. Mrs. John Riley Of that
town stepped to her door for mo-
ment and received a shock that caused |
her to fall.
A young man named Clark, tough /
character and crafty, some three days |
ago attacked an aged man of Rutland,
knocked him down, pounded him
senseless and left him after taking S25 /
from his pockets. Thus far he has
escaped arrest.
Prof w. c. Kitchin Of the Univer-
sity OF Vermont, who has had the /
chair Of French, Italian and Spanish,
has rendered his resignation and
September ! will assume the duties of
the general agency OF the Connecticut
General Life Insurance Co. in New
York state.
DR.. w. S. Webb and party, who
have been making a tour in Europe,
have returned. They proceeded
directly to Shelburne Farms upon
landing in New York. The party
included DR.. and Mrs. Seward Webb
and children, Miss Frederiks Webb,
6eorge Bird and Miss Bird.
John Dennison Of Brandon, aged
about 80 years, unmarried, died sud-
denly June &c. He was one Of the
census enumerators. He had finish
ed his census work and made his re-
port He then went to Ticonderoga
and commenced a spree which ended
fatally with deilrium tremens.
Four Foster delegates to the first
district convention at Burlington
thursday, narrowly escaped ssphyx-
alton while sleeping at the Van Ness
mouse Wednesday night. An EN-
pIoyee noticed the odor of gas coming
ron the room they occupied and
aroused them none too soon.
A suit brought by Louise Davis
against Albert Streeter has been filed
N ChitteEden county court to recover
about $1,000 and will be tried in
september. The plaintiff has been
4ctlng as housekeeper for the defend
'ht Tor several years and the claim
'epresents wages. Both live in Bolton.
The store of W. b. Jolly at Berk-
,llre Center was entered by burglars
Gesday night of last week and val
laoles taken. The thieves left no clue
''her than some matches Of Canadian
manufacture. This is the third time