Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-03-08
Annual March Meetings.

mayor by majority of exactly 300 ovel
James G. burke. The Repu blieans seeur.
ed four OF the five aldermen and made
heavy gains in all the wards. II was q
notable Repu bliean victory, as the contest
was strictly on party lines.
Barre will have as mayor Harvey Hersey,
who mas tried for the place many times
before and has been very numerous with
suggestions as to how the city should be
run. He got 513 votes to 60i for Ihurston.
Joseph q. Brown is the new mayor OF
Montpelier, receiving 642 votes to 1863 for
Il. j. Desvitt. Partisanship did not con-
troll in Barre or Montpelier.
st. Albans elected o. X, Kinds, Repub-
lican, as mayor, over George Z. Story,
Democrat, l9i to 409 and the Republicans
gained one alderman.
i Rutland furnished a surprise in the
election OF that yociferous reformer, John
ID. Spellman, on a citizen's ticket, over
Clark, Republican, 923 to Ss1, while 20i
we're cast for Ryan, a third candidate.
In Bennington, on a small vote, the
entire Republican ticket was elected by
/ an average plurality OF about hundred.
A number of towns considered the prop
/ osition to abolish their town liquor agen-
cies and all or nearly ali defeated the
movement.
Roxbury's town meeting was postponed
4 two weeks because Of the storm.
4 Results in various towns
| BRAfNTRRE: Moderator, II. W. Fits,
CLERK, Daniel Flint; treasurer, E. l. Clat-
/ lin; seiectmen, V. G. Flint, Geo. G. Flint,
Arrhur W Burridge; listers. f. Il. Cleve.
I lanu. selya III. Thayer, Leonard X. Fisher !
eonstablss, Selva II. Thayer, r. /. Ciaiiin
oyerseer, Frank III. Cleveland; collector,
SelFa II. Thsyer; auditors, A. +. Flint, r..
| Il. Cleveland, J. W Bigelow; trustee pub
! lie money, selva II. Thayer; grand jurors,
] 4 NJ a HsIfnf II I EaVma
worth; inspector OF wood and lumber, S.
I II. ThRyer; inspector OF leather, j. ID. La
| port; town agent, +. j. Clafiin, fence
viewers, K. l. Clsfiinj NJ. ID. Laport grand
jurors TO county court, j. ID. Battles, CIV
Flagg, Adds 5. Stokes petit jurors, A. y.
Holman, e. NJ. Bass, q. e. Flint, Charles
Sumner, A. X. McIntire; town tax, 100c..
ate Us for free public library. G. A.
Clough was elected road commissioner and
Il. f. Martin, school director.
BRooKFIELD; - Moderator, &. Il. Fisk,
clerk, {. II. Bigelow selectmen, j. L.
Al orse, A. G. Hibbard, John Untiedt;
treasurer, e. II. Bigelow; overseer, II. Cal
agan; constable, l.. l.. Bigelow; listers,
G. $. Williams, G. Z. Powers, A. d. Read;
auditors, W II, Sprague, H. NJ. Gaylord,
q. B. Fisk; town agent, NJ. Peck; fence
viewers, G. G. Crane, A. +. Sargent, o.
Ralph; town grand jurors, r. Calsgan, w.
S. Graves, r.. j Trask; inspector of leath-
er, II. Hyde; pound keepers, !. y. Abbott,
John w. Blanchard, w. Blakebrough; in
spector OF wood, lumber and shingles, &.
q. Crane; road commissioner, +. z. Lam
son; town agent Geo. Crane; town tax,
100e.
BARNARD: Moderator, II. A. Wood
clerk, W. {. Danforth. On account of the
heavy storm. meeting adjourned one week
to March 13 at 10 a. m. Town debt,
81 81. a..
CoRINTH; Josiah p. Sargent clerk and
treasurer, b. b. Scribner; seectmen. Frank
Taplin, Charles l.. Spear, John scribner;
listers, Lyman Porter, Corydon Fellows,
Martin j. Bailey; auditors, r. II. Viii
liams, H. B. Martin, y. II. Darling; over
seer, John n Hodge; constable, Geo. e.
Hastings; road commissioner, Ed laplin;
director, Eugene Still Total tax, y 70.
GRANVILLE Town CLERK, f. f. Briggs
moderator, John Sargent; selectmen, Ii.
z. Hayes, W, e. Amy. l.. L. Dickerman;
town treasurer, 5. F. Hubbard; oyerseer
Of poor. Eugene Campbell; constable, l..
n. Hemenway; listers, 5. Kent, f. Camp
bell, WIN. Ladue; auditors, s F. Riley, G.
c. Hubbard, Geo. Sargent; fence viewers,
+. n. Hemenway, &. e. Hubbard, VIM.
Lsdue; town grand juror, h. z. Hayes
road commissioner, L. W. Ford; school
director for thrae years, VIM. Ladue.
Voted to raise 200 cents on dollar as fol-
lows; Town, 75c.; highway, 55c. school,
7Oc.
HARTFoRD :- Moderator, A. +. Watson,
clerk, S. T.. Pingree; treas, q. II. Watson;
selectmen, George Fuller, l.. A. Gibbs, +.
f. Hewitt; listers, Z. j. Udall, II. n. Han
ohett, n. W. White; town agent, ). +.
Pingree; collector, f. p. Wheeler; consta- |
BILE. II. II. Peck; second constable, A. |
McCarty; road commissioner, John Bar
rows; school director, George K. Mann. /
HANcocK:-C. Nj. Robbins, moderator; /
Rolla Flint CLERK and treasurer; ID. Blair, 1
Y. L. Perkins, e. q. Ninton, selectmen: /
Geo. r. Church, constable and collector; /
c. q. Vinton, overseer; Geo. b. Farr, WV
Jones, p. II. Durham, listers; G.R. Church, 4
j. G. Flint, {. I. Fisk, school directorsi /
n. K Perry, ,road commissioner; voted tax +
OF 1859, including 10c. extra highway tax. !
PIITsFIELD:- Moderator, Geo. A. Che
del: clerk and treasurer, Ira Hot, Jr. se-
lectmen. f. H. Morrill,, o. K. blodgett, +.
Durkee; constable, +. II. Davis; road com.
G. II. Mills; director, A. j. FL I
lis. listers. K. l.. Ranney, o. $. Ellis. Geo. /
W. ruttle; superintendent, +. w. Hazeni
overseer, ID. w. Ranney; auditors, l.. +.
Taylor, Geo. A, Chedel C. b. George; town
tax voted, 81; highway, 25e.; town debt,
1856.
GbMFhEA GANAEfdAbAF W. aiAF
clerk and treasurer, e. III. Vaughan; over
seer Geo. w. Harding; selectmeD, NJ. II.
Miller, w. +. Perkins, +. w. Doton; list
ars, Henry Brockway, w. b. Hutchinson,
o. G. Bugbee; auditors, 9. p. Thacher,
Dana Burbank, Justin Bugbee; school di-
rectors, Dana ID. Hewitt; trustee public
w. +. Perkins; load commission
ar, 3. f. Leonard; G. II. Vaughan, town
clerk; town tax, 60c.
sroCKBRrDGE:- Moderator, K. E. Will
son; town clerk. j. A. Chedel; seleetmen,
Martin 4. Wyman, Jr., O.J. Richardson,
{. &. smith; overseer of poor, Nelson NJ.
Grant. road commissioner, Waldo E.
Perkins; grand jurors, s. G. Harrington,
Joel Black mer; constables, X. T.. Wilson,
John Sawyer; fence viewers, John Hager,
Enoch Hsger, Samuel Bean; auditors,
Austin Brown, Joel Blackmer, Harwood
school directors, r. z steele,
H. w. Blackmer, l.. V. Green, listers, II.
W. BaekmeF, Joel HRger, Albert Knowl-
.on. Tax 81 % TO cover all taxes. Town
iebt, S36i7 so.
STRAFFoRD: Moderator, James w.
Tyson, Jr; clerk and treasurer, N. b.
1obb; seIectmen, VIM. II. Kendall, Frank
E. Titus, Daniel Robinson; overseer of
poor, F. r. Kendall; 1st constable, Josiah
E. Kendall; 2nd constable, Henry Fox