Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-01-31
state of Vermont.
y.,vs Condensed and Rewritten
i'' for Our Readers.


,iG Young of st. Adams has
ne, ainnointed clerk in Portsmouth
DesT var ward. Salary, $1,000.
m.o srst annual state meeting OF
modern Woodmen of America
ln u, ~ held in Burlington Feb. 10.
aone T. Cross has sold his store
Iu a5fock of goods at Gomdsville to
SUI nnna or Robbins, formerly clerk In
his employ.
- :. II A Fiske of Montpelier has
"a house at Pasadena, CAL, and
re im "ondnct sanitarium for tie cure
Of lung difficulties.
harrington collects $3.50 annually
=. olebe taxes. These taxes are for
y, sSnSrh and school purposes in the
sarly days Of the town.
The Lincoln Lumber company paid
- about 1000 in wages during
.Sa last wear. ABBOTT 1000 creamery
packages are made daily.
lewis Crane of Brattleboro, aged
% has been lodged in jail for horse
stealing. The horse was stolen from
A Kennedy OF Guilford.
An order OF q butter workers was
.bipped to parties in New Zealand by
,bs f Noseley Il Stoddard Manufacture
;ng comrany of Rutland last week.
over 300 feet of logs have already
hoen drawn into the mill yard OF the
incoln Lumber company at Lincoln
md A. many more are expected TO
4 follow.
MI Cobb. formerly OF Montpelier
4 d;e5 last week at Colorado Springs,
a Col bis health having been such for
msnv wears that he was obliged TO
reside in the West.
Jerome Wilson, formerly OF Sutton,
IL now the owner OF the largest livery
stable in Los Angeles, CAL, stocked
with $50 horses. He is also the owner
ola 81, 900 ranch.
The annual report OF Supt Willard
4 Frasier Of the Rutland public
srbools shows the number OF pupils
between the ages Of 5 and Il years In
4 the schools TO be 3,24O.
The epidemic Of measles and
whooping cough at Bennington is
n slowly diving out. Last week there
4 had been 400 cases of the former dis
ease and 35 Of the latter.
The dates for the remaining three
4 meetings Of the state board OF phar-
macy during this year are as follows:
April 3, Rutland; July 10, St Johns
bury; October 2, Burlington.
The circulation OF the Castleton
free library for the year ending
4 January /, 1901, was 4,I2s volumes,
not including the circulation OF
/ Hydeyille and West Castleton.
Wildwood of Highgate Springs,
who was injured at Felton's lime
klns on December n and on whom
two or three operations have since
been performed, died Thursday.
Vermont stamp collectors win be
Interested to learn that at recent
postage stamp auction sale held in
Hamburg, Germany, a Brattleboro
local stamp Of the date ls45 was sold
for s242.5O.
States Attorney Geo. +. Lawrence
Of Rutland is making it uncomfort-
ably warm for violators OF the state |
prohibitory law. The way Of the |
liquor sellers in Rutland just at pres
ent is very thorny.
Henry, son OF Mrs. G.. w. Bolton
Of Montpelier, had his leg broken in
railway wreck near Washington,
d. c., January II. lie was taken to
Hotel Vendome in Washington, where
he has since remained.
NJ. H. Beard Of Hyde Park, aged |
% years and unmarried, son Of II. ;.
Beard, was killed recently while chop
ping for his uncle, w. |. Lamphere,
in Salisbury. A tree fell on him
and fractured his skull.
The sign board OF the old Hayes
tavern at West Brattleboro, kept by |
Rutherford B. Hayes, grandfather Of !
Zen. r. b. Hayes, is one of the illus
trations Of Alice Morse Sarle's book,
Stage Coach and Tavern Days.
Frank IL. Granger OF the drm of
Granger & Mertz OF Barre, was
almost instantly crushed to death
wednesday at Burke Brothers shed,
large cap stone falling on him. lie |
lett wife and four small children.
Preparations are being made to
construct several more green houses at
Ut. W. Seward Webb's Shelburne
farms, which will nearly double the
capacity. A large storehouse for
plants and small trees has just been
completed.
There Is no prospect that the Wi
nooski wooden mill win start up again
soon, perhaps ever. This announce
heht Is based on a statement made by /
prominent officer of the mills. The
oAuse Is the poor condition Of the
WOolen market.