Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-05-10
State of Vermont.
Its News Condensed and Rewritten for
Our Readers.

i"OoIeI' recently dropped dead.
An amateur minstrel performance
in ST. Johnsbury recently netted il,
glvers, Apollo Lodge, No. ?, knights
Of Pythias, $40.
The price Of the st. Adams Daily
Messenger has been reduced to 2 cents
a copy, IS year. Ii has heretofore
been cents a copy.
Eva, the ll-year-old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. James Seaver of Wal.
lingford, was drowned in the race
way at the Barden Bros. scythe shop
Tuesday Of last week.
! Nothing concerning the mystery
surrounding the finding of the body
OF the female infant last week at STAN
ford has been discovered. The select
men are still at work on the case.
1t has been found that the tangible
assets OF Knott Il Closson, the de-
funct Burlington bucket shop men,
amount only to $3.50. This is all
that is now in sight for the creditors.
Roy Oaks, formerly of Bristol, late
" employed at the Hickok mills in
Burlington, accidentally shot himself
with revolver he was at work on, the
bullet just scraping the skull. lie will
recover.
A flock of sheep owned by Judge
Bates Of Pownal was invaded by dogs
Saturday and Is were killed. The
owners Of the dogs have not been
learned. This is one OF the largest
slanghters in the history Of the town.
Thomas Penniman Of Grafton was
tarred and feathered last week, the
outcome Of outraged public sentiment
because Of alleged undue intimacy
with Mrs. Albert Fish, whose husband
lately deserted her and four small chill
dren.
Ieb Sears Of Lincoln shot himself
in the abdomen and side five times
and cut his throat Monday Of last
week. 1t is supposed that despond-
ency over poor health from which he
has suffered for several years was the
cause.
George b. Cortelyou, secretary TO
President Mckinley, has announced
the appointment in the Executive
Mansion of Joseph 5. Moss of st.
Adams to be clerk in class three
~, 600 by transferring from the war
department.
Hetty Green, the famous tinancier,
who enjoys the double distinction Of
being the richest and neanest woman
in America, has promised to tell the
Ladies Home journal, for the June
number, how she has made and kept
her millions.
The granite poliskers Of Barre aud
Montpelier, numbering 1875, stopped
work Tuesday Of last week pending a
settlement of their demand on the
manufacturers for an eight-hour day
with the same pay they have been re-
ceiving for nine.
Bushrod Fletcher, - year sold, re-
siding in the family Of Leonard Eaton
at South Woodstock, hanged himself
in the barn last Thursday afternoon.
lie had been sick all winter, and this
is supposed to have led him TO end his
troubles by suicide.
In the action for a permanent in
junction for selling liquor against the
Van Ness house at Burlington owned
by eN-Gov. u. a. Woodbury., the
petition has been denied and the
cases against Mr.. Woodbury. and his |
managers discharged.
Mrs. Louise Allen Hitchcock for |
merly OF Ludlow, is announced by the
Meriden, Conn, Record as the win
ner of voting contest conducted by |
that paper The prize is a trip to the |
Paris exposition free. Mrs. Hitch
cock had nearly 200, 600 votes.
Harry Wales and Willard Cobb of
Brattleboro were attacked by a black
snake last week. Instead of running
as usual the reptile began to wind IT.
self about Wales leg. Cobb killed II
with a stick and on measuring they |
found il nearly six feet long.
John Duffy of Rutland stabbed and
nearly killed bis wife while drunk
last week. Both had been drinking
freely and Duffy, who is crazy when
drunk, il the heat of an alteration,
stabbed his wife in the neck three
times, making some ugly wounds.
He was arrested.
The cooperative creamery az Ferris
burgh Centre was burned to the
ground Monday morning OF last
week. The fire is supposed to have
started in the engine. room. Mr..
Donaway, who has charge OF the
creamery. succeeded in saving the
weeks make OF butter.
Fire was discovered at Barre in the
new granite block of ID. Nj. Miles
of last week. Investigation
showed the flames had started in the
office of the Tool Sharpeners' union.
Prompt action ON the part of the ire
brigade prevented a serious fire. Inc
los TO MIR. Miles is estimated at $500.
Peter Kisler, a Russian, employed
in the acid room at the Slack shoddy
mill at Springfield, was caught by ms