Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-08-29
State of Vermont.
-. News Condensed and Rewritten
for Our Readers.

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The trial calendars for the Septem-
her term of the Rutland county court
contain AZ jury cases and So court
cases.
The Bradford fair will be held Aug.
o. b and 20. Premiums and purses
10 the amount of $4,000 will be dis
tributed.
A petition in voluntary bankruptcy
has been filed by Gorham c. Parker of
ludlow, giving liabilities as S773.54,
and assets of 800, all exempt.
Brattleboro is overrun with tramps.
About 80 hoboes make the town their
headquarters. Two were sent last
week TO the house OF correction.
The summer school for engineers
will open at Norwich University the
first week OF September All junior
engineers viii be required TO attend.
The Poultney and Fair Haven base
ball teams have arranged TO play a
series of three games for a purse Of
800. the teams to have local players
only.
The first annual woman's handicap
tournament OF the Barre Coli club was
played Thursday. The winner was
Mrs. c. III. Kent. with a gross score of
IS and net score of "a.
Never before in the history OF New
hurry has discount on taxes been
made il paid before a certain date.
This wear four per cent is allowed on
an taxes paid before September l.
A bevy of pretty girls from Orange
county was advertised as an attraction
al Austin q Stones museum In Boston
last week. "in a genuine novelty in
the form OF an Old Home Week cele-
bration.'
The Washington county court dock
a tor the September term contains
three criminal cases. OF the civil
cases there are seyenty-nine jury and
ninety-six court cases. There are fiji
teen divorce and three SANDER cases
and about seventy-ive general as
sumpsit.
Rural free delivery has been estab.
lished at Nergennes with additional
service of one carrier, and the area
covered is eighteen square miles; also
at Franklin with one carrier with an
area OF seventeen square miles COW
cred. The service viii commence Sep
TENDER 2.
The descendants of John Goulds-
bury. one OF the first settlers in the
town OF Barre, held a picnic ami re-
union at the old Gouldsbury home
stead In Barre town Wednesday after
noon. This farm i still owned by the
Gouldsbury family. occupied by Joel
G0uldsbury, lineal descendant Of the
original settler.
There are SIS cases now on the
Washington county court docket d.
vided as follows; Three hundred ana
iifty-four civil cases, 60 criminal prose
buttons. and "a cases IN chancery. The
Oldest cases have been running more
than 20 years and in many of the older
ones either the plaintiff or the defend
ant is dead.
At Rutland the railway station door
is being fitted with turnstiles Which
viii allow passengers 10 come from
the trains 10 the street but viii not al
low anyone from the street TO get TO
the trains through that entrance. As
soon as arrangements are completed
no persons will be allowed in the sta
ton near the tracks unless they nave
tickets.
IA. Walker, a Montpelier archi-
tect, is preparing plans for the new
town hall to be built ut Ludlow. II
will be 50 by IS feet Of solid brick
walls. Ii is planned to contain the
postofiice. the town clerks office ana
attending rooms. two vaults, the once
and rooms of the probate court, super
intendent OF water works, hquor
agency and other town offices.
The treasury department has issued
Instructions TO immigrant inspectors
along the Canadian border TO watch
for contract laborers whom II i
charged the steel trust is attempting 20
import to open some of its plants. Inc
department has been informed the
corporation has gone as far as Grea'
Britain for workmen TO take the places
of strikers ard will attempt to BRING
them into the United States from Ian
ada
T. Frank Turner of Brattleboro lost
valuable road horse last week. inc
cause OF its death being pufpuia hae
moragica. This a rare disease, nc
culiarity of which is swelilh9 %
nearly all parts of the body. IN TINS
instance the nostrils and jaws were 80
badly swollen that it made II dlhlcuI'
for the animal to breathe. An opera,
ton was performed, which relieved
and prolonged its life only about three
days.
OF the recent bankruptcy petitiohs
filed two were voluntary ana one III
voluntary on creditors petition. ne
Involuntary petition was that % W.
Westminster Pulp and Paper 60. OF
Westminster The petitioners are
Charles w. Osgood. Herbert ID. Ryder
and the Green Mountain Paper COM
pany. The two other petitions were
Fred S. HENSON of Barre, shoe-
maker, liabilities s435.46; insecure
S349.50: assets. $500, all exempt