Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-07-12
state of Vermont
re News Condensed and Rewritten for
Our Readers.

bv E. B. Gale of Stowe were killed
by lightning.
! Va yacht races were held at Bur-
lion the Fourth owing to the alb
. ..S of sufficient wind.
nuring the month of June there
ORG 25 marriage licenses issued from
,5a eity clerks office at Burlington.
nr w. 5. Webb's new yacht, the
tgfr;da. now at Shelburne Farms, has
m average speed of 10 miles per hour.
GOV. smith has appointed w. p.
q stafford associate judge of the SUI
.reme court to succeed the late Judge
n Thompson.
saturday afternoon the farm build
;ngs furnishings, 3 hogs and calves
baIonging to Henry w. Hall of New
4 fame were burned.
George Bennett of Woodford, who
uorked in Smiths harness shop, was
drowned in the Connecticut last
Thursday while drunk.
Early Friday morning a dwelling
hopse owned by Mrs. J. Locke Of
Essex Junction and occupied by Mrs.
peacor was destroyed by fire.
Bert Dawley, wife and three chill
1ran of Waterbury were thrown from
carriage last week. He was severely
bruised, but all escaped serious injury.
Dewey park near Barre and Howard
mark near Burlington are now
s.uipped with vaudeville companies
which give free shows every evening.
The section men on the Benningont
II Rutland railroad were pleasantly
.grnrised July 2d to find that their
wages had been increased Is cents a
day.
The Montpelier a Barre electric
raiIroads broke all records July 4, not
excepting Dewey day last October,
over l4,OO0 fares were collected
Wednesday.
darlington. Bennington, Barre,
Bristol and Bellows Falls distinguish
ed themselves by celebrating the glo-
rious Fourth in approved and tradi-
tional style.
While operating a bread cutter
during the rush Of serving Fourth Of
Iulv dinners, Miss Mary Martin, an
employee Of Hotel Champlain, Bur-
lngton, cut the end Of finger of.
A party Of so children, grandehil-
lren and great-grandchildren gathered
atthe home Of Peter Vilmare in VII
nooski Saturday evening, the occasion
being the s2nd anniversary Of his
birth.
Senator John NJ. Thurston Of Ne
5raska, a native OF Vermont, will not
be a candidate for reelection. 1t is
understood he will remove to New
York at the expiration of his term Of
Office.
The house and barns Of Harry Glib
son AZ Rvegate Corner were recently
DESTROYED by fire. The barn was the
largest and finest in the town OF Rye
gate. The loss was $4,000, partially
insured.
A six-year-old son Of Mr.. and Mrs,
Fenton Barber Of West Ferrisburgh
was badly burned recently by hot wa
ter from a kettle Of boiled potatoes
which Mrs. Barber was lifting from
the stove.
After laboring at Fort Ethan Allen
since last fall to obtain wells giving
200 gallons Of water per minute water
has been struck at depth OF ago feet
which runs at the rate of lS6 gallons
per minute.
The following postofilces became in
ternatiunal money order offices in
Vermont July 2:-Barton, Enosburgh
Falls, Lyndonville, North Benning--
ton, Saxton's River, West Rutland
and Woodstock.
Workmen have begun to prepare
for the construction OF large three
story addition TO the parochlai schools
on ST. Paul street, Burlington, the
present building being inadequate
for the attendance.
The Lang & Goodhue Manufactur,-
ing company of Burlington shipped
p fire hydrants to the water commits
sjoners Of Essex Junction Tuesday Tor
use in the construction of the new Wiz
!age water system there.
Miss Augusta Martin, who has been
i'll for several weeks in Bennington
left July 9TH to enter a hospital al
Rochester, n. Y. When fourteen
miles west of Albany she was taken Ill
suddenly and died in the car.
One of the bears caught recently by
D. B. Celley of Berlin, VI, the MINI
rod of the Montpelier vicinity, mas
escaped from custody and is now at
large. 1t is a half-grown cub about
the size of Newfoundland dog.
While assisting in the firing OF a
cannon the night before the Fourth al
Newport, John and Fred Gokey,
Charles Cheney, Louis Busky ana
Patsey Daley were seriously burned
by the explosion of q pail of powder
Michael O'Connell of Rutland fell
70 feet recently while working IN the
Continental mill at Center Rutland,