Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-02-01

in the March term of Chittenden coun-
ty court.
The annual meeting of the state
board of normal school commission
ers was held in Burlington last FRI
day. Prof. w. Il. Howard Of Mid
dlebury was elected president; Prin-
cipal f. A. Bagnall of st. Albans, Sec
rotary, and f. w. Pierce of Chester,
treasurer.
The resignation of Miss Winona
l.. Brigham, who has been the clerk
OF the state board of railroad com
missioners for the past year and who
found the work too arduous, was ac-
cepted last week and Chas. Batchelder
of White River Junction elected to
the vacancy.
An order was recently promulgated
! by the management of the Central
road by which dogs no longer travel
free, except sportsmen's dogs accom-
panied by the owner. Every canine,
large or small, must be provided with
chain, collar and muzzle and be
checked as 100 lbs. of excess bag
gage.
DIR. e. II. Martins 8-year-old
daughter, Margery, had quite seri-
Gus accident recently at her home ia
Middlebury. She was sliding down
the hall stair banister AMI took a bad
tumble from near the top of the stairs.
Botn arms were broken below the ell
bow and there was compound frac-
ture Of one arm.
The total expense of the Benning-
ton fire department last year was
about $4,000. During the year there
have been II general and 20 still
alarms The department extinguished
IA Of the fires TO which il responded.
The total losses during the year were
about $4,000. During the year two
persons were burned 10 death.
Geo. A. Herrick, one Of the en-
ployes Of the Brattleboro Phoenix,
will receive the prize Of SIS offered by
the Inland Printer for the most orig
inal and artistic cover for that maya
zine. Expert printers from all over
the United States and Canada COM
peted FOR the prize. The cover will
be used on the March number.
John A. Petee, who went from
Brandon a couple Of years ago to
Brattleboro as an assistant at the
asylum is defendant in $4,000 suit
-. a., a ,,,tg,,, o,l oisauatfnn a vtyiFaio
affections, brought by a fellow en-
ployee at the retreat, Freela nd G.
Smith. Smith caught Petee and Mrs.
Smith in flagrante delicto, Friday.
Patrick Cronin Of Burlington has
an old collection, an assortment Of
pine knots. Mr.. Cronin works in the
lumber yard and has an opportunity
Of picking out all the curious speci-
mems he finds. All objects are repre-
sented in the knots from faces to
churches. Mr.. Cronin is proud of his
collestion, which numbers over 200
specimens.
Three boys, Joseph Senechal, Will
liam and Arthur Campbell OF st. Al
bans were arrested in ST. Johns, p.
@, last week charged with having
broken into two Central Vermont cars
on Saturday, Jan. IA. They con-
fessed to the crime and were sentenced
to the Industrial school for the re-
OF their minority. The
stolen goods were recovered,
The report Of the internal revenue
for Vermont the past year
has been sent TO congress and shows
a large increase over 1898, mainly due
to the stamp act. The report shows
that there are 555 retail liquor licenses
held in the state, more than double
the number Of towns, even il every
town had liquor agency. There is
also one wholesale dealers license.
Friday evening fire broke out IN
the store at Swanton occupied by Z.
w. ID. Prouty, and although the fire.
men responded promptly, the building
was burned. The flames also reached
the drug store OF Geo. 5. Campbell,
which was also destroyed. with most
of the stock. Both buildings we've
owned by David Vancelett. He carried
an insurance of $1,000 on the grocery
Mrs. Florence |. Hall OF North Ben
nington, while turning away from an
electric car at Bennington which was
already crowded, was run into by a
team. She was thrown to the ground,
one leg was broken and there was also
A fracture of the skull, with other in
iuries which resulted fatally. Nelson
W. Cover OF Hoosick, n. y, was
identified as the man with the team
and was arrested.
Mrs. j. w. Starkey of Westminster,
Vt. cautions the public in a note to
the editor Of the Bellows Falls Times,
viz: "Will you state in the next issue
Of the Times that no one, aside from
myself. has or has had any authority |
from the Harriet Goodridge Home
for Girls of Westminster, to solicit
in any way for the
same. and wish that the state papers