Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-02-08

The parishioners of st. Pauls, Bur.
lington, gathered Thursday evening
in their parlors and congratulated
Bishop Hall on the eve of the sixth
anniversary Of his conservation as
bishop of Vermont.
William w. Lawrence, serving a
sentence OF l6 years for shooting
Judge Seaver at Woodstock, some
time ago, has been pronounced insane
by physicians, and transferred to the
asylum at Waterbury.
Postmaster George T. Childs of St.
Adams received a letter last week
from the health officer Of Montreal
stating there is no occasion for a
small pox scare, as there is but one
case OF that disease there.
|, Mrs. Lester Wilbur OF Newfane,
while visiting her husband in Brat
tleboro last week, took laudanum
with suicidal intention, but prompt
action saved her life. This was a
second attempt at suicide.
] Dr. w. n. Plat of Shoreham, one
OF the directors OF the state asylum
for the insane, leaves this week in
company with Chas. NJ. Wilds OF
Middlebury, for a trip TO Cuba. They
will be gone several weeks.
! The corps of cadets at Norwich
university are to have sabres for use
in drill. 1t has been several years
since the corps has been thus equipped
and doubtless new interest will at
taeh itself to this particular drill.
The Bennington a. Hooosic Valley
Electric Railway company has voted
to increase its capital stock $4,000,
the money to be used in erecting a
new power station between Wallo0m-
sac, n. Y, and North Bennington.
Certificate Of incorporation has
has been filed at Dover, Del, by the
Knott & Closson Commission COM
pany of Burlington, VI, which is to
engage in the general commission
business, with capital of s200,OOO
Andrew j. Downs of Bennington
has an interesting reminder OF his
great-grandfather, Ebenezer Lille of
Pownal, in the shape Of pension
certificate that was issued in 1919 by
John G. Calhoun, the secretary OF war.
Charles Clark Of Chester, for sever
al years a conductor on the Fitchburg
and Bennington Il Rutland railroads
between Troy and Rutland, has taken
a like position with the Panama rail-
road. lie left for the isthmus Feb. /.
Chief OF Police Brownell of Burling
ton in his annual report states that the
number Of arrests during the year 1899
were 1926. OF this number l29 were
for intoxication, SO for breach of the
peace, so for selling liquor and AZ for
larceny.
The certificate OF the addition OF
$500, 600 to the capital stock of the
Queen City Cotton company OF Bur-
lington has been filed for record in
the CITY clerks office. The addition
makes the capital stock OF the company
100000.
The total expenses of Bellows Falls
for 1899 were S2I ,6l3.sl. l.. q. How
ard paid into the treasury $4,000 TO
be known as the Sarah Burr Howard
memorial fund, the income from
which Is 10 be used for the benefit OF
the poor in the village.
The work by the Fitchburg road
on the bridge over the Connecticut at
Bellows Falls, and in blasting out the
channel % the river under it, has been
completed for the winter, and the
steam boilers and derricks have been
sent back TO Fitchburg.
Mrs. Henry McFadden of Wells
was the recent victim OF runaway
accident. She was thrown from the
sleigh but was apparently uniniured.
A few minutes later she dropped dead
from heart failure brought on by the
excitement OF the incident.
II il had not been for the quick eye
and hand OF Engineer Stack Of the
Central Vermont branch line, Charles
Chamberlin OF Northiield would have
been a mutilated corpse, as he was ~
ing in a drunken stupor on the rails
near Montpelier when seen.
At the annual meeting Of the state
board Of normal school commissioners
held At Burlington lately, Prof. w.
4. Howard OF Middlebury was elect
ed president, Principal f. 4. Bagnall
Of 81. Albahs. secretary, and Il. w.
Pierce Of Chester, treasurer.
Three thousand cords OF hard wood
will be consumed annually by SIAM
for,l's new wood alcohol factory. The
company estimates that it ownsenough
wood 10 last at least 40 years. A
large two-story building 2Oox75 feet
is 70 be erected in the spring.
A yellow birch tree of large dimen-
sions was recently cut down in the town
Of Woodford. The tree was 40 inches
in diameter at the stump. Three IL
foot. three l0-foOt, and two s-foot logs
were obtained. The smallest log was
more than Ia inches in diameter.
The report OF the internal revenue
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