Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-12-05
State of Vermont.
Its News Condensed and Rewritten
for Our Readers.

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lives on lnteryale avenue.
c. NJ. Chase, the veteran editor of
the Lyndon Union, is seriously i'll.
suffering from complication OF dis
eases.
| W. b. Clark has been elected cash
Ter of the Waterbury National bank OF
Waterbury in place Of Charles Wells.
resigned.
Mrs. Martha +. Fisher Of Waltham
has fallen heir to considerable property
by the death OF her grandson, T. j.
Weed, in hospital at Cedar Rapids,
la. Weed formerly lived in Vergennes.
Al. Markham, the campaign singer,
has received an appointment from the
Vermont delegation in Congress as
doorkeeper in the Senate. Mr.. Max
ham was former reading clerk and
doorkeeper in the House.
Miss Clara Parker OF Essex juno
ton is going to Germany as stenogra-
pher 10 Consul General NORMAN. She
sailed Saturday with his family, who
have spent the summer in Westport,
n. Y, for their home in Munich.
The condition of Henry Labelle,
whose back was broken at the time of
the collision on the Central Vermont
road near Granville about two months
ago, and who has been i'm the HeatOn
hospital at Montpelier, is considered
more serious.
Geo. S. Sherwin, IS, son Of Herbert
S. Sherwin, Of the manufacturing firm
/ ID a. a
is i'll with smallpox. The disease was
undoubtedly contracted in Albany, n.
Y, where the young man had been at
tending the Albany Business college.
Robert Gordon Hardie, formerly Of
/ Brattleboro. is about TO begin the
painting of George Washington as
master OF a Masonic lodge for the
grand lodge of England, over which
King Edward. while prince of Wales,
was master The portrait is to be life
size Washington standing in full re-
gala with gavel in hand.
The state cattle commissioners are
continuing the tests of cattle in VIII
liston and Jericho, having four yeter-
inaries, testing six herds Tuesday
night Tuesday they condemned
thirty-two ont OF a herd of forty-five
cattle owned BY Hosea Wright OF Jeri-
cho. In the herd of G. NJ Bliss only
four young cattle were found diseased.
Miss Loise l.. Bartlett has resigned
her position as librarian at the Athe-
naeum at St. Johnsbury. Miss Bartlett
went TO st. Johnsbury 10 years ago
from Atlanta university, where she
held similar position. She was APP
pointed by Gov. U. A. Woodbury. in
1894. one of the original board of
library commissioners of Vermont, |
and again in 1895 reappointed for five
years.
A fifteen-round bout between Jack
Hamilton of Troy, n. Y, and Eddie /
Quinn OF Brattleboro was pulled off at
the opera house at Brattleboro Thanks |
giving dav and after the 18th round |
the bout was given to Hamilton. who
announced from the ringside after the |
contest that he was ready TO meet any 1
man in the world at l26 pounds, the
winner of the McGovern-Corbett bout
preferred.
The unfortunate ones at the Mont
pelier city farm and county jail were /
not forgotten on Thanksgiving day. 4
AT the farm Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Fer
puson, who are in charge, provided a (
turkey dinner, with dessert OF pie, +
nuts and fruit for the twelve inmates,
and at the county Jail Mr.. and Mrs. +.
II. Tracy gave the twelve persons con-
fined there a dinner that was decidedly
out of the ordinary.
The most interesting case to come
up for trial in Addison county court,
which convened Tuesday, will, no
doubt. be the Jones-Fosburg case,
which created so much comment
throughout the state last March.
States Attorney J b. Donoway, W,
II. Davis and W. II. Bliss will appear
for the State and F. l.. Fish of YER
pennes and W. B. c. Stickney OF
Bethel for the respondent.
During the past sixteen years Clan
Gordon, No. -, o. 5. c., has contin-
ned the happy custom of holding.
Thanksgiving social and dance on the
evening before Thanksgiving day, and
last week Armory hall. in Barre. was
filed with members and friends OF
this popular organization, there being
fully 500 people in attendance. An
excellent program had been prepared
and was carried out very sat'siacto-
rilv. and refreshments of sandwiches,
cake and coffee were served.
The cases against john W. ketehum
of Vergennes and Lieut.-Gov. Allen OF
North Ferrisburgh will not be tried at
the session of the United States circuit
court which convened at Rutland
Monday. Judge II. II. Wheeler Oh
Brattleboro was visited by the counsel
and it was represented to him that the
defendants were not in readiness for
the trials. Counsel requested that the
trials be postponed for few weeks at
least and Judge Wheeler at last con-
scented to continue the cases until
January 6.
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