Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-03-28

Hon. x. J. Flint has declined the APP
pointment of superintendent OF the town
district of schools.
Mrs. j. II. Waldo and daughter, Miss
Kittie Waldo, went to Lynn, Mass, last
week where they will spend two weeks
with Mrs. Fairbanks, sister OF Mrs. Wal
do, after which they will join Mr..
Waldo at Gloucester.
From present appearances the ice is
going out OF White river like a lamb this
year In fact most of the ice has already
| gone and even in the Blue Hill lake it is
fast disappearing and this is where the
most danger has been apprehended.
| II. K. Wing is having extensive inn
provements made upon the dwelling house
on the farm he recently bought OF John
| ID. Wheeler. Mr.. and Mrs. Wing expect
TO change their residence from Maiden,
Mass, to Bethel this spring and will oc-
cupy the farm.
Rising Star grange met at Cushing's hall
Saturday evening with large attendance.
Thirteen candidates were instructed in |
the third and fourth degrees and
supper served TO about so members. The |
next meeting viii be in two weeks when |
Miss Mae Savage has charge OF the pro- |
gram.
Several Of the grocery dealers in this |
village are agtating the idea of taking /
of the delivery teams and selling the |
goods over the counter only. At present
six OF the dealers maintain delivery teams
at an expense of about 5000 to $500 a year,
and il is claimed that no more goods are
sold of any material amount than would
be sold over the counter.
The sewer running from opposite G. /.
Abbott's on Main street to the river near
Mrs. Sarah Sturtevant's has become
plugged either through ice or dirt and the
large amount Of surface water generally
taken by this sewer has been running In
the street, doing considerable damage,
especially near the dry bridge where the
concrete sidewalk has been undermined.
c. ID. Cushing is making extensive inn
in the Bethel Mills property.
The ground floor is to be extended over
the grist mill on the level of the feed store
and the grinding is to be removed TO this
location. The building in the rear Of the !
feed store is to be entirely built over in its
inside arrangements. This will render ,
the business much more compact and will
add materially to the value of the prop
erty.
Following are the services for Holy
week at Christ urch:-Palm Sunday, '
celebration of the holy communion, 1880 I
!. M, evening prayer at O'Clock Wednes-
day at 10, morning prayer, litany and /
altar service; Thursday at z evening /
prayer; Good Friday at 10, morning
prayer, litany and altar service; Easter ,
Eve, O'Clock, evening prayer. On Easter :
lay morning prayer viii be said at 10:45, :
followed by holy communion, and even
ng prayer at z. Z
As the down-river Rochester train was
lbout two miles from Bethel on its trip
Tuesday morning near the farm of Myron /
Morse, the engineer noticed large stone o
ietach itself and roll upon the track a Q
hort distance ahead Of the train, which
ortunately was not running fast at the h
ime and was stopped before reaching the /,
obstacle. The stone, weighing four or b
I've tons, was pulled off the track with the
elp OF chain attached to the locomotive,
mt the train did not reach Bethel in time
o connect with the north bound accom-
lodation at nine o'clock.
Last December one ID. f. Ashley hired a
Mileage of w. @. Waldo to go to Water g
ury and paid the fair to Waterbury. He
i'd not return the balance Of the book and S
lr. Waldo made some inquiries and
)und out he was located at st. Albans. al
trover writ was issued against Ashley
nd he was arrested. The trial was held
londay before Justice r. j. Flint. Judg- ~
tent for the plaintiff for the value Of the
ileage and exemplary damages, amount h'
y to 80 for both and for costs OF about
. more, and close jail execution was nj
shley he returned the covers OF the mile III
&c with 81 miles i'm it. When he took the -
ook II contained 1856 miles.
Deputy U. S. Marshal Luke Parish ~
assed through town Tuesday, having
nder arrest Alfred Swinyer of Rochester, ca
larged with selling without a u. S.
cense. 1t would seem as il there had
zen some blunder in this matter. There
as some stir in the matter about month
20 and witnesses were summoned before
le grand jury at Burlington, supposedly
the Swinyer case. Mr.. Swinyer, seeing he
hat was coming, took out "a government
,ense covering the year ending March III
N, and paying therefor the regular fee
s25 and 500 extra for neglecting having
ken II out at the proper time. The war le.
mt upon which he was arrested bore
lte OF March 4th, but was only just re- b
lived by Officer Parish who could do
'thing but follow out his precept and M