Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-08-02
State of Vermont.
,,s News Condensed and Rewritten for
Our Readers.

rz-GglHtIOn Will uOll IT. ihlI III W IL
,erburv September IL, II and 10.
The cotton mill at North Pownal
smplOvs about $50 hands. The calico
Material Is shipped to North Adams,
Mass, where it is printed.
At Chester last week +. w. Gibson's
horse ran away and in the mix-up Mr..
Gibson was badly bruised and his in
4 FAINT son was seriously injured.
David Stacy of Benson was thrown
4 from his wheel recently and the breath
n life almost knocked out Of him by
the handle bars striking his stomach.
petition asking for a check list at
the coming Republican caucus at Bur-
ington 10 nominate a city representa-
q ,iye has been circulated and has about
4 $50 signers.
Rufus NJ. Harvey OF North Troy is
r.fng a scythe snath this summer that
i fs bought in ls40. He has used it
every summer since and il is in excel
4 lent condition.
saturday in Middlebury officers
made a seizure Of about $500 worth
ofIiguor at the old Mcdonald place
n and the freight depot. The owners
n are not known.
+. y. Bissell Of Shoreham recently
4 fell on the cutter-bar OF a moving
machine while in motion, cutting his
ankle and sustaining a serious frac-
urs Of the knee.
The house occupied by c. ID. Steh-
4 bin. Of Vergennes was recently struck
BIZ lightning. \ portion Of the cave
.a5uts and a few clapbOards torn Oft
wa. the only damage.
The first petition in bankruptcy toI
be fled in several days came Thurs
Jaw from Hugh Roycroft Of Barre.
H.. liabilities are Sl,0s9.2j and bis
a.-ats $3.50, with 500 exempted.
In swanton recently a barrel Of
whlskey shipped from Boston 10 the
town agent and stored in the freight
she'd was tapped from under the floor
and the entire contents carried away. /
The officers Of the Vermont Kennel |
club are arranging for the meeting to
be held in Rutland during the county /
fair in September. IL Is expected /
that there will be fully 300 dogs enter
el
John Davidson of South Ryegate
while walking from one beam 10 an
other in his hay NOV fell 10 the barn
f1or,a distance Of 30 feet. He struck
on his head and is in a critical condi-
ton,
Angus McCray, one OF the "fresh-
air" children from Brooklyn, who
was staying at Brandon, had all four
fingers Of his left hand cut of at the
last joint while playing with a lawn
mower.
The mill property Of the late Waits
River Paper Co. at Bradford, which
wa. sold some two months ago by the
receiver, will be started up soon and
will manufacture tissue paper OF yari-
ous grades.
The Pope received 200 American
pilgrims in the Clementinc hall at
Rome Thursday Of last week. The
party was presented TO His Holiness
by Bishop Michaud OF the diocese OF
Burlington.
During a recent thunder storm a
barn belonging TO Mrs. IA. Demmon,
situated near Colbyville, was struck
by lightning and completely destroy
ed with about four tons ofhay and
few farming tools.
In certain sections Of the state IL Is
said that maple trees which were
bound around the bodies with tarred
cotton and cloths TO head of the
worms, are now dying from the APP
p.icaton Of the tar.
Water is being pumped from the
Williamstown brook into the city |
water mains Of Barre in order 10 keep /
the necessary amount Of water in the
Bolster reservoir. The pump is kept !
going night and day.
The Barre Times unotlicially gives
the population Of Barre, according to
The census Just taken, as $3.50 and
Montpelier 6,265. Each may vary
slightly from these figures, which are
claimed to be only approximately cor
rect.
Michael Daley, a workman in the
employ Of the city of Rutland, had a
narrow escape last week at the ledge
az Center Rutland.a large stone which
had become loosened rolling down
without warning and striking him on
the back. l.
The seyen-year-old son Of John Mo-
rlarty Of Rutland lost one Of his fin
gers by its being chopped of al the
first Joint Friday afternoon by Geo.
Dunklee, driver of an ice cart. Mr..
Noriarty is going TO carry the matter
INTO court.
A. F. Boynton, shoe dealer in
battleboro, will receive one-third OF
a residulry bequest in the estate ,
u the late u. Russell Boynton
Of Paxton. Mass. The entire
estate amounted to many thousands
Of dollars.