Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-12-13

The list OF immigrants coming to
the United States via st. Adams and
Richford during the month of Noyem-
Der was as follows:-Russia, 238;
Italy, so; Austria, 81; England, 6;
Roumania, 5; Sweden, 4; Finland, A;
Poland, 3; Syria, 3; Germany, 3;
Ireland, /; Holland, /; Turkey, a;
Wales, l; Armenia, l.; Belgium, l..
Total, BAG.
An officer left Bennington last week
for Canada, taking with him the
necessary requisition papers for the
return OF Thomas Champagne, who
was arrested there early in the week,
charged with the larceny of S400
from fellow workman near Airing
ton. His wife was first arrested, but
later disclosed on him and told where
he had gone.
A team of four horses attached to
the big sleigh Van Ness, in which
were % young people, got beyond the
control OF their driver, Louis Vsssor,
in Burlington last week and the sleigh
was overturned and the horses ran
away. The party were thrown out
but all escaped injury except the driv-
er, who received some cuts upon the
head and face.
Ii is expected that the Winooski
worsted mill and the Burlington
wooden mill at Burlington will start
up as soon as the company managing
them can get the yarn and wool. Ii
is not understood that the mills will
be run in full force but that "a looms
will be started in the wooden mill and
whatever machinery the orders will
require in the worsted mill.
Suit for $4,000 has been brought
against the village Of Northfield for
negligence and unskillfulness, which
caused the death of Arson IL. Steb-
bins, aged 81, by an electric current
February u. 1900. lie grasped an
electric lamp attached to a cord 10
examine his horses hoof and imme-
diately dropped dead. The electric
plant is owned by the village.
John Cray, aged %, and james
Cray, aged 20, were arrested at Bel
lows Falls last week on the charge Of
highway robbery committed on John
Mack. II is claimed that the three
young men were down on Canal !
street together and it is charged that
they enticed Mack into barn and
then choked him until he gave up his |
watch and about Sl5 in money. All
belong to good families.
Three shares of Montpelier Savings
Bank and Trust company's stock
were sold at auction in the city clerks
office by City Sheriff G. ID. f. Ban
croft, TO satisfy claim for taxes
owed by 5. II. o. Bosworth. The
total amount OF the claim, including |
the costs, was s672. An attachment
was placed on five shares of the stock,
but it was only found necessary to
sell three OF them. They sold at s240
each.
Rev. G. 5. Nutter, presiding elder
OF the st. Adams district, has been
by the board Of bishops OF
the Methodist Episcopal church as the
second member of committee 10
prepare new hymnal for their
The committee num-
beers nine members and has been
selected with great care so as TO
embrace the best-known authorities
on hymnalogy in the Methodist
church.
The number OF births in Burling-
ton during the month Of November
was 40. OF these % were males and
IS were females. The youngest
mother was l9 and the oldest Al. Last
wear during the month of November
there were 81 births. The year 1900
is the banner year for Burlington,
there being more recorded births up
to the first of December than for the
IL months of any preceding year in
the history of the city.
The total circulation OF books at |
the Rutland free library during the
OF November was 4,704, an av-
erage OF lss per day, The figures /
Tor the same month last year were
.tnH anu loo. us IL al oNNioSN
gain in circulation of 80 books day. /
In Poultney there were l,lO3 books j
oaned from the public library dur
ing November, this being a gain OF Z
,4s over the number loaned during !
he same month last year. {
Charles L. Peck, who has been a ]
,itizen OF Chicago for ca years, is c
perhaps the oldest veter in Cook
Illinois. He has voted at II
presidential elections |
.lways for the Wing or Republican {
candidate. His first ballot was csst d
or William Henry Harrison, one 0
rear after he came to Chicago. Mr..
Peck was born in Montpelier, Sept :,
Isl6, and went to Chicago in 1880, |
the trip in q days
Owing to heavy demands for l1in-
Der the L. w. Bissell Manufacturing
sawmill in Shrewsbury Is i
running night and day. The timber $
L J..