Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-01-25
state of Vermont.
,,.,s, Condensed and Rewritten Tor
lts No" Our Readers.

rap in the breast last week by
Eouhut;a9o ~ discharge OF a revolver.
inc r po' qIst annual convention Of the
ln' Sniritualist association opened
SIaI [1on4nelier Friday. 1t lasted three
days. % Iodvsmith
,i ma is a brother-in-law OF Alex
h nnners and brother of Mrs. bowers
u T T tbree-year-old daughter Of D.
,,n "g Of Barre was sca.ded to death
Ia, week by backing into a pan OF
h ,a9' water left on the. floor.
snocial city meeting has been call
% # Adams for February z to
e ~. - action as to whether the liquor
.a 1ancy shall be closed up or not.
relatives in Bridport received news
,.lt week of the death of Charles d.
i ,,rriek Of that place in a Baltimore
basnital. lie was on his way to Nlr-
GINA. -,
.-aJe adopted a constitution and by
I - and elected the following officers:
P.a.iIpnt. DIR. Fred Fletcher; secreta-
~ VIM. A. Libby.
lanes McCarty and VIM. Speeding
., Torthfeld were sentenced last week
20 mi less than six nor more than
eighteen months in the house OF cor
reetion for burglary.
The Robin Hood Smokeless Powder
.omplny has decided to locate It's
fact5rv at Syanton. The n. L. Leach
m manufacturers of high-grade oils,
will also locate there.
The State Board of Health recon-
me,,ds vaccination at once. Over 800
eases Of smallpox are raging In Mon
treaI alone and there Is great danger
Of is being brought here.
Murray X. Smith of Richford per-
isbed in his burning house last week
after a prolonged debauch. lie prob
sbly overturned a lamp while alone
in his house. Insurance, $500.
Alfred Constine was arrested at
Lebanon, \. H., last week for bur-
glarizing the store OF G.. A. Tilden OF
Roybury last July. Being unable TO
raise u 600 bail, he was remanded to
Jail.
Last week the wife of Armando
Pedroni Of Barre drank a small guam
tity Of carbolio acid while temporarily
deranged. Her husband smelled the
poison and dashed the cup from her
hps in time 10 save her life.
The Burlington camp Of Modern
Woodmen Of America will send a del
egatc to Montpelier Feb. y on the oe-
ession Of the visit Of VIM. Jen-
ning- Bryan 10 that city. Mr.. Bryan
member Of the order and an officer
While blasting for the Saxton's Riy-
er electric road near the depot al
Bellows Falls, large rock recently
went through the roof of the division
Office. Luckily no one was near al
the time and not much damage was
done.
Mr.. and Mrs. j.. NJ. Whitcomb oil
Woodstock have just celebrated theft
golden wedding anniversary. Fol
40 years they have been highly es'
teemed residents of that village where
Mr.. Whitcomb was for long time II
setive business.
The fortieth annual festival OF the
Orleans County Musical association
is to be held at Newport Jan, ~ t
Feb, ?. Prof. Jules Jordan of Prov
idence, K. l., is TO be conductor, anC
snotabe array Of names appears II
the list Of artists.
J. Leaden, a well-known cattlI
dealer and farmer OF East Berkshire
was buncoed out OF $3.50 on a bogt
check while in Boston last week will
a load of cattle. lie was buncoed IL
the regulation way by stranger whit
made his acquaintance.
The following cases in bankruptc,
were filed last week:-lierbeTt A
Rugg OF Barre, advertising agent
liabilities, S24l2; assets, 5000, exempt
Alm0n n. Fowler OF Newark, lumbe
manufacturer, liabilities, SlsthOl
assets, sS30,exempt s24O.
The stockholders OF Caledonia Fair
ground company held their annua
meeting at ST. Johnsbury last week
The report of Treasurer Taplin show
ed that after paying every outstand
Ing Indebtedness the association ha'
nearly 5000 in the treasury.
The city Of Rutland has paid owe
to Butler 4 Moloney the money du
the iaborers on the famous Blanco Z
Grimaldi Park street sewer job, owe
which there has been litigation sine
1928. The case was finally decides
against the city in tie supreme court
While Theodore DeRose was work
ing lately on a pulley suspended on
spindle about two feet above his heai
IN the blacksmith shop of the How
scale company at Rutland the spindl
broke and the pulley fell, striking hir
on the head and inflicting an ugl
scalp wound.
Lillian Sprague OF Woodbury. la
sued the town for $4,000 for allege