Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-12-27
State of Vermont.
IT'S News Condensed and Rewritten
for Our Readers.

10 kill recently.
The dog-faced calf belonging to IL.
Rugg of Barre is thing OF the
nast IL died last week.
r. r.. Walker of Benson had his
,of, hand caught in shredder the
other day and badly mangled.
The fourth annual kake walk given
nv the University OF Vermont students
netted $3.50 for the baseball team.
The Hale chair factory at East
Arlington, which has been idle for
some time, has resumed operations in
full.
The people Of Marshfield have poles
cot In the village for an electric light
.ystem and expect 10 have the wires
strung soon.
Hon. Thomas ii. Dodge OF Worces-
Ter. Mass, presented to the Congre-
gational church of Eden a very fine
communion table.
Chas. Peck, one OF the founders OF
the Chicago Academy OF Design and
a pioneer OF that city, is dead. Mr..
Peck was born in Bridgeport.
The river and harbor bill made
uublic Friday appropriates as follows:
For Vermont. Otter Greek, $1,000;
Narrows OF Lake ChamplaiD, Sl7 800;
Burlington harbor, $4,000.
Miss Rosamond T.. Kelley, teacher
Of art at Goddard Seminary, Barre,
died last week. She was a native OF
Worcester and had taught at the
Seminary for nearly five years.
Charles II. Robb OF Bellows Falls
has been appointed United States
commissioner for the district OF YER
mont by Judge Hoyt II. Wheeler Of
the United States circuit court
The valuable summer hotel prop
erty at Morey Lake in Fairlee known
a. the Glens Falls house, which was a
part OF the estate OF the late George
A. Dickey, has been sold TO &. +.
Bracy.
As vet there is no telegraph COM
munication on the line Of the Rutland
Canadian between Burlington and
the islands, but telephone connections
have been put in at all stations along
the line.
BY the will Of the late Cordelia II.
Shedd OF Felchville, Goddard semi
nary at Barre receives gift OF $4,000
aud the Uniyefsalist church in Felch-
vile $500, to be used for maintaining
preaching services.
Superintendent Robert j. Cofley OF
the Vermont Soldiers Home suffered
a severe shock OF paralysis Monday OF
last week and his case has been con-
sidered an extremely critical one, but
he is now slowly improving.
The Hon. f. w. Blaisdell OF Rock
ford, ILL.,, editor and proprietor Of the
Yergennes Nermonter some 40 years
ago, has son, T.. Ward Blaisdell,
who is gaining considerable promi-
hence as a magazine illustrator.
A herd OF 60 cows owned by Rich
ard Smith OF West Enosburg was
tested last week under the direction
OF the State board OF cattle commits
sioners. Thirty OF the cows were
condemned and killed by order Of G.
j. Bell.
Ii has been decided 10 move the tin
can manufacturing industry Of l.. a
j. A. Steward from Clarendon TO
Rutland. The concern will take
two years free rental OF former
chair factory building and five years
tax abatement
Gov. Stickney, ex-oflicio commits
sioner of deaf, dumb, blind, and
feeble minded children, mas designa-
ted Fred Mayville OF Milton as a
beneficiary of this state TO be educated
At the American school for the deaf at
Hartford, Conn.
). X. b. Hunt took second census
OF North Troy and found that the
population has not decreased 80, as
shown by the federal enumerator's
figures, but on the contrary has in
creased AZ over the number reported
by the census Of 1890.
K. X. Hannum died in Rutland
Friday of diphtheria, aged 50 years.
lie was known all over Vermont and
western New York as horseman.
For years he was chief OF the fire de-
partment and was president OF the
Vermont State Firemen's association.
The State board have condemned a
part of the herd 81 cows on the New
York Farm in Morristown, formerly !
known as the Mulvern Stock Farm,
owned by Murray Buck. About q
were killed. They were tested and
found to be afflicted with tuberculo-
sis.
Murray X. Paris had one hand
mangled the other day on saw in
Daniel Paris mill at Lyndon. He
was at work at the bench saw when an
unexpected movement of the board he
was taking away brought his hand in
contact with the saw and three fingers
dropped into the sawdust.
Rev. Samuel N. jackson, pastor OF
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