Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-09-20

~ ~ schooi year opened at Norwich
Y hlVersity last week with 4 fresbmay
class Of over 80. The total attend.
ahce IS over 80, which is a consider.
apiy larger number of students en-.
rolled than in any previous year since
the Civil war so thoroughly depleted
Martin Gibbons Of Montpelier wa.
arrested Thursday on the charge Of
perjury. He was arraigned in Wash.
ihgton county court and remanded II
Jan on failure to furnish $500 bail. II
Is said Gibbons committed the crime
IN testifying before the grand Jury in
a liquor case.
Z. Z. Tayntor Is Co. of Barre have
secured the contract to erect a monu.
ment over the grave of the late ex-
Gov. Levi X. Fuller. 1t will be a.
feet high, and the top will be sur.
mounted with a bronze figure of the
ex-governor. II will be the largest
private monument in Vermont.
Paul Tierney of Ripton was ar
rested Monday, charged with beating
his wife, a small delicate woman.
After his arrest Tierney begged for
time. for an hour and a half to see
his counsel and got it. The hour and
a nalf flew and 50 did Tierney, who
took the nearest course TO New York
state.
Mis- Julia A. Earle, aged As wears.
deliberately stepped in front Of the
New York bound express, on the
Boston 4 Maine road just above North
Thetford station Thursday Of last
week, and was killed. No cause for
suicide can b. thought Of. although at
time, She had talked little despond-
entity
John Beard Of West Concord IS
the owner Of a book which probably
can not be duplicated in this country.
It was printed in 1888, and Is en-
titled "a Review Of the Political Life
Of Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector
OF England, Scotland and Ireland, Z"
and was written BY "Gentleman Of
the Middle Temple"
As Albert Thayer Of Green River
was driving up the Broad Brook road
in Guilford from Vernon recently, a
masked man stepped out, pointed q
pistol at him and demanded his
money. Thayer whipped up his
horse, which started up and threw the
man down, running over him. The
pistol went off As he fell.
The repairs which have been in
progress at the Central Vermont sta
ton az Northfield for some time past,
are now practically completed. The
old depot has been transformed into
modern railway station. II is pro-
nounced By travelling men one OF the
best railway stations on the line OF
the Central Vermont railway.
A. TAYLOR, manager Of DR.. w. 5.
Webb's Shelburne farms, says that
while the apple crop on the farms is
quite heavy, the price which the fruit
now bids fair to bring, will hardly
pay for the harvesting. II. Rowley,
an extensive apple buyer, says that "A
good No. l winter apple will be
bought for from IS cents 10 II per
barrel.
The eighth annual convention OF
he Vermont branch Of the lnterna-
.ional Order OF Kings Daughters and
sons was held at Springfield last.
week. Among the prominent speak
RS were Mrs. Margaret Bottome, pres
dent Of the central council OF Kings
circles, and Mrs. Mary
Lowe Dickinson, general secretary,
both Of New York city.
An adjourned meeting in the in
crest OF starting free library IN
Brandon was held recently. The re-
port OF the soliciting committee show
a nearly $50 subscriptions OF Il
,ach. Ex-Goy. +. J. Ormsbee eX-
ended his oflerto give 30 cents for
.ach subscription obtained until Oct.
J. a committee was Appolilcu ~
lraft a constitution and bylaws.
Mrs. VIM. r. Bowhall, who, with
Ter husband, is employed by the Cum
nings Printing Co. at Il. Adams,
va going home the other night when
missile from some unknown source
truck her in the left eye, breaking
10 glass Of her spectacles and cutting
he eve bali and her face badly. IL i
Ioped that the injury 10 her eve VIII
Iot be serious, II Inflammation does
lot ensue.
Miss Nora II. Powers Of North 1
has become q member OF !
be order of Sisters Of Mercy at Bur
'ngton. For two years, Miss Powers
"a a student at the Denver, Col,
University. She howed much talent
or drawing and at the recent COM
,encement of the institution she
! ,,tured Two Of the three prizes for
he best sketching and drawing IN
-ater colors
The Passumpsic division OF the
,oston a Maine railway experienced
bad freight wreck just above 81;
obnsbury last week when a special
'eslern beef train met with another
,eigbt which was shifting TO a side
So