Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-11-08
State of Vermont.
II. News Condensed and Rewritten for
Our Readers.

amount OF OrOcr III hulidlu, uhiloN-
cen night.
M. Rising one OF the leading
slate manufacturers Of Vermont, died
Suddenly OF heart failure at West
Pawlet last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace l.. Moore Of
darlington celebrated the 50th anni-
yersary Of their marriage last week.
The aged couple received $40 in s.
gold pieces.
Cen. o. O. Howard has returned to
Burlington after an extended cam
naipn tour in the interest OF Mckin-
lev and Roosevelt, having made sixty
speeches in as many days.
Reports have been sent in TO Com
missioner j. w. Titcomb of 81 deer
killed during the open season. Most
81 these have been from Windsor,
Rutland and Essex counties.
Captain Robert NJ. Gibson, L. S.
Marine corps, has received an admon-
ifion from his commander for Excess
i've courage in battle in the Philip
pines. Captain ellison formerly lived
in Rutland.
Alfredo Malnatti, an Italian stone
cutter. aged 20, shot himself in the
throat with 80 caliber revolver at his
room in Barre last week. Too much
hard work was the cause, he said. He
will probably recover.
Fhe Rutland Savings and Baxter
hanks closed their doors last week
during the funeral Of John w. Cram
ton, Rutland's prominent citizen.
Their example was generally followed
by other places OF business.
Fred A. Hyland, formerly a Rut-
land substitute mail carrier, was cut
by hying glass in the New York ex-
piosion Monday. He was eating
lunch in nearby restaurant when
the explosion in Tarrant a Co.'S
building occurred.
The first in series "Studies OF
Great Women" by Margaret Deland,
appears in the current number OF
Harper's Bazaar. The subject is
Cleopatra and the accompanying il
lustration is by George I. Tobin,
formerly Of Swanton.
Francisco Malati, his wife and two
children Of Montpelier had a narrow
escape from ptomaine poisoning last
week. After partaking of supper they
suddenly became violently i'll. Neigh |
bOrs heard grOans from the house and |
entered and found the members of |
the family helpless on the floor. |
Prompt medical assistance saved |
them.
A dispatch from Detroit, Mich, |
announces that the Continental COM |
pany, limited, commonly known as
the National Screen Door and Win.
dow Screen Trust, has collapsed. The
trust did business OF II. 800, 900 |
during the first year in Canada and |
the United States. Among its men,
bers was the Porter Screen company
Of Burlington.
Miss Grace Moulton, head waitress
at the City Cafe, Montpelier, met
with very painful accident while in
the act OF opening a bottle OF soda
wafer The bottle burst in her hend
N'llle she was attempting 10 open it
ana piece Of the glass penetrated the
Dali OF her left eye, making a severe
cut II is feared that she NAV lose
The sight Of her eye.
The schooner Nancy, the biggest
ooat Of the kind on Lake Champlain,
was sunk few nights ago in big
gaze The boat has Just been recover
Gu, she was heavily loaded with
oeuar telephone and telegraph poles
ana was driven upon a rock. A hole
was stove in her bottom and she rap
!uly hlled with water and sank. 1t
'Ook three days to pump the boat up.
george w. Deberville, referee in
bankruptcy. has fixed Thursday.
november Is, as the day upon which
s'e additional hearings in the Knott
= blossom claims will be heard before
L,ui at burlington. The claims have
oveh once heard and the findings
fi''T 9, III The hands OF Judge Hoyt .
Nv n heeler, but were returned for
lines. '''''9 "'ois ''i Jam
~ = sald to be the intention Of the !
pos'ollce department to ruralize all ,
P 9%' routes, beginning July l, 1901.
ms lhls all persons living along the ,
IAN ain roads covered by stages carry ;
~ we United States mails between =,
iS. on their routes may have !
b suelf mail delivered in front of their /,
bO by having in proper place a |.
H. bUA Z N which their mail may be left (.
y tne stage drivers. :
b.n Inc sales of revenue stamps by |
w va'lAs at st. Johnsbury the past year |
Mo- flrst National Bank, 81, 225; l
C5 t;;Cnants National Bank, 81, 200; !
. gno,1els Trust Company, $3.50; Pas
= ab Psic Savings Bank, $3.50: total,
sbon 9, The sales at LyndonviIle as !
ban pn ny the books OF the Lyndonville !
j.. 80 from October Is, 1899. to Octo-
- 10, lNUO ara 80 O-c 70