Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-02-01
state of Vermont.
v.,vs Condensed and Rewritten for
Jus Our Readers.

" q Rush of Charlotte has invent
On improved snow pillow Tor road
use. :, .bo c,oto
IL" III association will be held in ST.
p,hnsbnrv March 20 and Il.
Tho 1Alst anniversary OF the birth
,p ~ Burns was celebrated last
81 " evening by the Burns club
=, tbo annual meeting o! the fifth
mt district held at Richmond
Tbnrsday there was an attendance OF
over $50 Masons.
pov NO II. Dorion, for the Cath
NJ ossociation at Richford, has pur-
~ Osasod the Richford hotel for 50, 600,
a. site for new church.
Sheriff Reeves of Burlington made
snccessfn search for liquor in the
Iiysry stable of NJ. c. Burnes. A part
n a case Of beer was found.
By the presentation Of a check for
a. 600 John q. Cram ton OF Rutland
cancelled the existing debt OF the
FINLAND Hospital association.
George Miller of East Barre had one
lsg broken last week while loading a
time At the quarry. The chain slip
ned and let the stone onto him.
Rev. Charles NJ. sheldon, the
famous author of "In His Steps" was
heated for two or three years as pas
hon Of the Waterbury Cong'l church.
Elijah Rawson, the oldest printer in
Milwaukee, Wis, learned his trade on
tbe Windsor Chronicle. He was APP
prEticad in 1928, and for Il years
worked "at the case
AT Bennington Thursday John Ba-
han found a ktt Of burglars tools in a
hav NOW. A man who had been
asleep there crawled out, said he knew
nothing about the tools, and left.
Montpelier and Berlin have come to
an agreement whereby Berlin receives
8. 900 for that section of the town OF
Berlin which was annexed 20 Mont
pelier by act OF the last legislature.
The Boston & Maine pay car has
made its last trip through 81. Johns
bury. Hereafter the company will
pay twice month, instead OF month |
ly, and pay the employees by checks.
The friends Of Gov. Shaw OF Iowa |
ssy he is not a candidate for the vice
presidency, but hint that he may look |
for something higher in 1904. He is
yermonter with a most promising |
future.
The long expected telephone war in
st. Adams is due 20 commence Feb. /, /
when he new independent exchange /
will commence business with 200 sub
seribcrs. The n. Z. T. Co. has 325 /
subscribers.
The Daughters OF the Grand Army I
Of the Republic, a Mortified organi-
zation that sprang into being about a
year ago, has disbanded. Lack Of in
terest on the part OF members was the
cause.
DR. Ly nan Rogers, the oldest p-ac-
ticing physician in the county and
well known all over Vermont, died
suddenly at Bennington last week.
He was one Of the prime movers for a
state board Of health.
State Superintendent OF Education
Mason 5. Stone has offered Miss Min
ME Brasor, teacher in the Brattleboro
schools, the position OF supervisor Of
the state Normal school in Castleton.
The offer will not be accepted.
The Brattleboro grange store did
nearly S42, 200 business ia 1899. After
setting aside 10 per cent OF the net
profits, a dividend of five per cent on
the stock and six per cent on the
members trade has been declared.
According to the report OF the city
treasurer OF Burlington the gross re-
ceipts Of the year 1899 were $500, 6ll.9l
and the total disbursements S477,
obo.t1. This makes balance Of cash
on hand Jan. l, 1900, Of Sl2, 743.A.
The annual dinner OF the New
York association of the alumni OF the
University Of Vermo was held at
Tie Manhattan hotel, Forty-second
street and Madison avenue, Friday
evening Of last week. /
The Bird Clue OF Bellows Falls has
secured for an illustrated lecture on
oirds, Mrs. Olive Thorne Miller, the
noted writer and authority on bird
lore The lecture will be given Mon
Jay evening, Feb. 9Th. Ii
Rev. Father Lynch, pastor OF st.
AloNsius church, st, Johnsbury, went
70 Boston las: week to undergo an
operation for appendicitis. Previous
70 MS departure his Pensioners pre-
sehted him with a purse of 500.
The case OF State VS.. Charles Berry
81 Barre, for obtaining goods under
la',e pretenses, was tried last week
ana he was convicted and sentenced !
~ not more than three nor less
.lAn two years in the house or correc.
p 4 small blaze was started in the
ihu'Iand engine house at Burlington
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