Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-05-16

Trinity. The old church was consecratec
] June 3D. 1924, by Bishop Griswold, bishop
OF what was then called the Eastern do
cese and comprising all of New England
4 except Connecticut. The services TO be
held the coming June will be announced
| later.
Il. A. Davis and J. p. Marsh made fish
| ing trip to Lake Mitchell Friday and Sat
urday, returning with IA trout that
weighed 10 pounds. On the way home
Mr.. Davis made an official inspection of
Standing pond in Sharon. An act Of the
/ legislature of 1900 provided that il the
owners OF this pond made certain inn
proyements ON the property satisfactory
i to the fish and game commissioners they
could declare Standing pond closed pre-
serve.
As Mr.. and Mrs Luke Parish of Ran
dolph Center were driving Tuesday morn
ing by the premises of James Sexton, their
horse took fright at a large pine log
loaded on trucks beside the road. The
horse plunged over a low piece OF wall on
the lower side Of the road into the moving
field lately purchased by William Brooks
of NJ. Sylvester, throwing out Mr.. and
Mrs. Parish, who were quite severely
bruised and shaken. The vehicle was also
considerably damaged.
Fred w. FrinE was found dead at An
COLA, ~ Y, Saturday morning. He was
on his way to Titusyille, Pa, with horse
shipped by James NJ. Boutwell, Of Mont
pelier. Mr.. Frink's body was found
underneath a trestle on which the freight
one 20 or so feet high. The supposition is
that Mr. Frink was asleep when the train
stopped and that he thought il was a sta
tion and jumped out. Mr.. Frink was born
in Roxbury and was well known in
Bethel He was a porter at the hotel
about Is years ago. He has lived at Mont
pelier for the past 10 years or more. He
had brother and father living i'm Taun-
ton, Mass, but was not married.
Ed. Gibson with his barge took the High
school baseball team, accompanied by the
teachers and number Of the young ladies
of the school, to South Royalton for the
return game with the school team of that
place last Saturday. After nine innings
work on wet grounds the crowd returned
discontinued with a defeat of 10 to T.
Weaier, their crack pitcher, not being
well, was able TO pitch only three innings,
in which the Royaltons scored six times. |
Edmunds finished the game, banking the
Royaltons in all but the 18th inning, in
which given bases and errors gave the
Royaltons four more scores. 1t was hard |
luck but under better circumstances the |
team will do better work. A game with |
the Montpelier High school has been ar
ranged for Memorial day, to be played on
Websters field.
The latest development in the affairs of |
the White River Valley railroad came |
Friday There were reports on the streets |
all day and il was rumored that the stock /
OF the road had gone up to 1900 per share,
but il was afterwards learned that the |
wires were crossed somewhere and it was
the Northern Pacific that had reached that /
figure. When the train left for Rochester
nzidprn HE aftqr aahnHuIa ffp,n
was given to Station Agent Carr to cancel |
all orders for cars up the road as no more
regular trips would be made for the
present. That was the last regular train.
The mail and express were brought down
by c. Il. Clahin, acting for
Receiver Sawyer. 1t is understood that
Mr.. Williams Of Boston, who has been
advancing money and taking receivers
certificates for his security, refuses to put
in any more now and all the other funds
Of the road, subsidies and subscriptions,
don't fry out much fat.