Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-02-28
state of Vermont.
v.,,s condensed and Rewritten
its f,r Our Readers.

So,VVO :. .,hans Weldon house fair
In nio 3 cleared $4,000 by tne
event. p~o.tlahoro has
Al oi Continuously as deputy snerin
seIv ,9 years. He is 80 years OF age.
u, r : men of Waterbury are taking
Inc lh erronize new social club
and s1eP equip rooms for its accohnn0u"-
ton. .,ahoro phnnix has ordered
lno linotype machine ana VIII
seen into new building in the
spring. u sormor,v rec
WIS e. Peters church in Bennington,
i now in the insurance pusihess AZ
Brooklyn. 9.
Tho Fairbanks Scale company OF 81.
,. IN has Just completed "a large
Joll JOINS track scales to be used in the
i"aconda mines in Montana.
The increased freight rates on the
norrow gauge road out OF West DUN
morston have practically Killed the
Mantle business of that place.
Tho new st. Johnsbury directory
ltains the names OF every man,
eo and child in the place, making
" al 79Q7. This is 2S7 more than the
census gave.
netition in voluntary bankruptcy
10 been filed by Simon A. Smith oil
"a, ON who has liabilities OF Sl,392 AZ,
pale p;a :, 5000 40 Is unsecured, and as
sets OF 500.
The Brandon Italian Marble COM
many OF Middlebury has received an
p pther order from the United States
government for l40 grave stones ior
dead soldiers.
Howard Ii. Shields of Troy, y. y,
bas accented plans drawn by William
q Bnll the architect, for Slo'VVo
house that is to be built this season W
Remington Center.
Low warer is interfering with the
rnnning of some of the mills In Ben
nington and vicinity. The factory az
Pownal is seriously handicapped by
The shortage of water.
col y NJ. Mansur of Newport has
offered IS. IS and 81 to the three best
marksmen in company l., the question
10 rs decided by committee and the
money paid at the next muster.
Mayor Jersey did not get his noml-
nation papers filed in time 70 get on
the Barre city ticket. lie is the pres
emf freak mayor, who announced that
he was candidate for reelection.
Silas l.. Griffith, who is travelling
toward Jerusalem, has sent a cabiegram
10 his family at Dandy from Monte
Carlo In which he says that he nad =
pleasant voyage and has played ana
won -
Mrs. Eli Barnum of Milton has Q
painting hanging in her sitting room
that has been in her family for about
l2syears and Is supposed to have been
painted by French artist about the
year 1900.
A car load of incubators has Deen
ordered for the American Poultry anc
Dog farm, formerly the old Hendrlch
farm. near Windsor. The proprietor
ship eggs and dogs to every state u
the union.
A blaze in the corporation boarding
house near the Winooski WOODEN miii'
last week, believed to have been OF IN
cendiary origin, did only about so
damage. Fire had been started II
several places.
The Barre branch of the Granite
Cutters National union recently sc
cured an appropriation of 10000 iron
the International Union to be used u
erecting a building suitable 10 III
needs of the local union.
Present indications are that Barr
will have a grand musical convention
some time in May, under the direction
G. II. Wilder of Montpelier ana II
G.. Blaisdell. leader of Blaisdells OF
chestra OF Concord, n. II.
Mrs. Ellen Dion was stricken Wit
heart disease on the steps OF y
Charles church in Bellows Falls las
week as she was about TO enter Tor IN
evening service. She died withou
recovering consciousness.
Roger Donahue and son. Dennis
were arrested at Mortified Friday as
result of the recent inquest to discove
the origin of a fire that destroye
property of George Brooks. BAH wa
fxed at 5000 and furnished.
Chas. S. C. Beaman, New for
lawyer who died recently, bequeath
ed $1,000 to the Windsor library ~
ISOLATION and 81 600 to the town I,
Cornish, n. H.. opposite Windsor. ii
had summer home in Cornish.
The Nebraska Loan & Trust 20. :
Hastings, Neb., passed into the mana
of receiver on Feb. IS. Thls con
pany had number of stockholders
Vermont and had sold large amour
Of securities through all New England
There are now at least 100 fisnln
shanties along Lake Champial
stretching along from Shelburne an
Shelburne harbor to Colchester pom
The little smelt are most sought ate
and are being caught with fair success
G. w. Wilson, who conducted
collection agency at Burlington Il
some time and signed writs as an q
tornev. tn avoid arrest for which