Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-07-19
state of Vermont.
.. vsus Condensed and Rewritten for
Our Readers.

stockholders Of the st. Johnsbury
II ss,o company have received a final
dividend Of sos.
peran sherman Of Berkshire COM
II .,toa suicide Saturday night by
.aling poison. Cause, ill-health.
Company NJ of Burlington has de-
II .s7ad TO attend the Vermont Nation
~ Gnard muster in khaki uniforms
costing s2.6S each.
Mrs. John Sullivan Of Mortified
7isl recently after an illness Of &c
Il boars with peritonitis. a husband
or3 nine children survive her.
survey of Caspian lake shows a
1snth Of l40 feet. Bar Hill, one of
.sa highest cultivated points in Ver-
mont. is 1920 feet above sea level.
Miss Margaret Newell of st. Johns
brrv has been appointed assistant H..
harlan Of the public library at Hol-
rase, Mass, and will begin her duties
Il September l.
For ten summers in succession the
Il Vermont agricultural experiment
cation has demonstrated on its farm
At Burlington that it pays to spray
potato vines.
Homer Dutton Of Mortified re-
GENTLY exhibited frog that was over
i "a inches in length from hind toe to
tp Of nose. The singer was captur-
Il eli in Middlebury.
The firm Of Smith Bros, composed
Of Nvron y. and Henry E. Smith of
CRANKY, has fled a petition in bank
water Their liabilities are s ,096
aad their assets $3.50.
Felix W. MeGettriek Of St. Al
bans made speech at the Kansas
CITY convention on which he was
warmly complimented by Senators
Jones and Blackburn.
Frank Buckingham Of East Poult-
nag. while stating a barn in Middle
town Springs Wednesday of last
week. fell and was very seriously in
ured. His life is despaired Of.
Barre citizens have started a move
ment 10 establish a new telephone sys-
tenn in competition with the New
England Telephone company. A
mass meeting as held last night.
II. W. Cobb OF Putney was recent
t7 aroused from his nights rePose by
q would-be thief in his barn. The
thief escaped with 4 partly filed bag
Of oats which he later abandoned.
The Vermont summer school for
teachers viii be held in Hyde Park
from July % to Aug. under the
management Of Hon. Mason 5. Stone,
state superintendent Of education.
Frank Vilmaire, an employee Of the
Lang 4 Goodhue shops. Winooski,
va, injured last Thursday. Two I'm
gers Of his right hand were badly
iammed by being caught between two
gears.
Runaway horses at Barre Tuesday
Of last week collided with a water
bylrant, breaking it of. The water
from the broken pipe rose fully 20
feet in the air and flooded 4 nearby
basement.
Grand preparations are being made
for the Tooth anniversary celebration
Of Woodstock, which occurs Aug.
18TH There will be an elaborate pro-
gram both morning and evening On
that date.
The Sunday newspaper train which
reached Rutland at s O'Clock July .
ran over and killed a man at East
Wallingford. The mans name was
D. Nmeed, He was about - years old
and very deaf.
Fred LaCasse Of Barre is under ar
rest charged with malicious proseeu-
ton in his having sued Robert Troup
Tor 81, 600 damages for the alienation
Of his wife's affections. lie was plac-
ell under -, 900 bonds.
"A Dream Of the Flag" is the title
Of "a meritorious poem by Miss Theo-
dora Peck, daughter of Gen. I. ;.
Peab of Burlington, which is publish
Ell in the current number of Frank
Leslies Popular Monthly.
The annual Spiritualist camp meet
ing will be held at Queen City park
this year from July 20 to Sept. }.
There is an unusually attractive list OF
speakers and mediums, and the usual
excursion rates are advertised.
Among the endangered American
Missionaries in China are Rev. and
Nus. Chauncey Goodrich. Mr.. Good
rehis brother of Rev. j. Z. Good
aeh Of Burlington, professor OF Lat
IN in the University of Vermont
At Mortified, within the last
month, there have been three deaths;
IN each case the person was over SO
years Of age; one was SO and another
90. Thirty-three deaths there since
Ae hrst Of January are recorded.
Lieutenant.- Gov. II. c. Bates Of st.
JJ,ohnsbury has been appointed one OF
lae ylce-presidents from Vermont 10
represent the state on the board Of d.
Iectors OF the Pan-American EXPOSE
Non to be held in Buffalo in 1901.