Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-08-16
state of Vermont.
-. news Condensed and Rewritten for
Our Readers.

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II L.. issued its calendar for the coming
na, The club numbers about 22(
b members.
gixcases of smallpox are reported in
Ws.tfeld. One new case has been
b,opoht TO the attention Of the health
o,fcers in East Fairfield.
The house of Miss jeanette Bough.
.,n NJ Charlotte was robbed last wees
Il - 900 worth of silverware, ETC..
d While she was away on visit.
E Woodstock IS suffering from the
v,r,t drought experienced for years.
Fl The supply reservoir was never before
=, low. Ii is nearly half empty.
While Mr.. and Mrs. William Brown
Il ,fPitt.ford were at church Sunday,
tts;r house was entered and Mrs.
Browns gold watch and 8 in money
+. taken.
lanes J. Jefiries, champion heavy
weight pugihst Of the world, and his
manager, Dan Stuart, are at the lat
H teri. cottage at Lake Dunmore for an
extended stay.
valuable brood mare owned by
O. B. Landon Of johnson and kept at
Howard park, Burlington, was killed
b.a outbound train near the park
Tuesday morning.
petition in voluntary bankruptcy
Us. lied last week by John Latuch Of
Hartford, who has liabilities Of S2O9.-
Al and assets Of S4s, all Of which is
a4imedas exempt
Do.phis BIondin, Jr., while bath
ING near the dock at Isle LaM0tte
Thursday night, was drowned He
Was -tonecutter, 20 years Of age,
married and has one son.
The Washington County Veterans
association at its well-attended session
IN Barre Thursday elected Geo. T..
Common Of Barre president and j. II.
wilson Of Worcester treasurer
The will Of Chas. Cobb, " no died re-
Gently al St. Johnsbury Center, con-
gins bequest Of $500 in trust TO
DE First Cong'l church at the Center
(Which he was long member.
II GOV. Roosevelt comes to Yer
mont he will speak in Rutland, Bur
Hngton, White River Junction and
st. JOhnsburv. Senator Proctor is
trying 70 get him sNnt by the national
committee.
The Morrisville Granite association,
employing now about 80 men, viii
move TO Waterbury if the village will
donate them -, 100 to be used toward
building a plant and equipping il
with machinery.
Smith ;. Ballard Of Montpelier will
@il from Boston for Liverpool DY the
Dominion line Sept. 10. He will
make a business visit in England and
r1n across the channel 10 see Paris
during the exposition.
The Daniels Machine company OF
Woodstock is running its shop and
foundry on full time with an extra
force ofmen. The company recently
shipped several rag-cutting machines
TO paper mills in Japan.
At Waterbury last week Wv Hem
ders0n saved the ESQ express from
running into a sand slide which COW
cred the trach to a depth Of Is inches
near q sharp curve. He received
much praise for his presence OF mind.
Joseph Butler, who has been in
jail at Burlington since July 1, &C
gl,ed Of stealing q horse, was brought
into court last week. He pleaded
guilty and was fined one cent and
costs The horse was only valued at
$3.50.
The house and barn owned by
Homer Bostwick, situated in wal
than, were DESTROYED by fire last
week. Lightning struck the west
gable Of the barn, which was soon
aJlaze. The loss was about sl,2oo.
No Insurance.
Nathaniel J. Brown, one OF the
earliest business men Of Chicago, ana
pioneer lumberInan, canal builder |
4larryman and land speculator oil the
middle western states, is dead, at the
age Of IS years. He was born IN
ndsOr in 1872.
Anthony Doyle, aged 40, while
working at Jones Bros quarry IN
Graniteville Tuesday Of last week.
slipped and FEN 25 feet. striking on
bis left side. His left shoulder, was
di,iocated. three ribs broken and ne
was badly bruised.
Prof John d. Batchelder Of tari-
bault, Mimi, has accepted the char
Of modern languages in the Onlyer-
.i'y Of Vermont at Burlington. Mr.
BatcheIder is a graduate Of the Uni
7er,ity in the class of 1894, and Is an
l'complished linguist.
j. NJ. Dillingham; Of Waterbury
met with a painful accident recently !
IN which he sprained his left leg bad
" and was well shaken up. lie wa
about to 90 into the cellar and haa
aaen but two steps on the stairs when
he raught his foot and fell.
Montpelier has been having little
scare over supposed case OF smaI
poE in the family of Edward l. / uI-