Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-07-17
state of Vermont.
=. xs,ys Condensed and Rewritten
for Our Readers.

Liberation an lnNit"eiSiA " " -
~ before the Vermont society OF the
~. nj the American Revolution on
- occasion Of its annual meeting this
year. ,,,
- of New York were sent out
M. % bv the Tribune's fresh air fund.
.umber were despatched to Ben
Z North Bennington and
salisbury
one of the first official acts OF the
~ commissioner OF pensions, Eugene
wore was TO remove the disbar-
i,sr- as pension attorney that stood
lrsipsr 1. !. Deayitt OF Montpelier
o1d restore him to practice.
dividend in the bankrupt estate
n, Jobn ". Ketchum, ex-clerk OF the
Vermont Farmers National Bank OF
verrenues. has been declared by ref
arsa In bankruptcy Joel {. Baker, Of
PTfapd. 70 priority creditors, the
percentage being .3s254.
Asa gft from Miss Mary Billings,
woodstock Is to have new free read
inc room to be opened in the rooms
recently vacated by the Ottauquechee
SAVINGS bank. The work of prepare
tap Il already well started, and ii is
sypec,ed that the reading room will be
ready for use about Aug. |.
YIN. Cooley was taken suddenly in
sane the night before the Fourth at
M. home III Waterbury, and he made
desperate attempt TO Kill himself by
heating bis head with a piece OF iron.
M /, senior member OF the Cooley
Manufacturing company, aud inventor
ofthe Cooley cans Tor dairy purposes
and OF standard gasoline engines.
D. ID. Muir, receiver of the Mer-
chants, National Bank, Rutland, eS-
rsgts % receive an order within a
week or two from the controller Of
currency at Washington. ID. c.. to
declare another dividend Of 10 per
cent 10 the depositors Of the bank.
Dividends 20 the amount OF s. per
cent have already been declared by
the receiver
The annual state summer school Tor
the teachers IN Rutland and adjoining
counties will be held IN Rutland Tor
two weeks beginning July 2lst An
able corps Of instructors and lecturers
will be provided. Courses IN mathe-
uatics. English. history, civil govern
meut drawing, methods and other
subjects will be given. W. Z. Abbott
ofPrOctor has the school In charge
Charles Bernachi, an Italian stone
cutter aged 81, married, who came
from New York to Montpelier last
Christmas, has shown signs Of insanity
for few days past and July u became
violent. His family called Chief OF
Police Reagan and Bernachi was taken
to the county jail He imagines him
selian officer in the Spanish war and
j, constantly threatening to kill some
body,
A letter recently sent from Mont
pglier by c. A. G.. Jackson to the
chairman of the Democratic town
committee in Morgan was returned
With this inscription on the envelope,
Cannot be delivered as there Is not a
Democrat in Morgan" In the last
election TOR governor that town, with
population OF five hundred, cast over
eighty votes for Stickney and none
for Senter.
Vermont is 10 receive S2s0,0O0 for
civil war claims against the United
States government. Adrian Sizer
clerk in the treasury department at
Washington, was in Montpelier short
tine ago to investigate the record and
claims on file at the capitol. lie nm
ished his labors and returned 10 Wash
lugt0u and has certified TO the claims.
The matter of payment Is now only AL
matter of time.
W. +. Hawks. Jr., of Bennington
has 10 his possession a United States
cavalry bride that was stolen nom
Buffalo Bills WildNest Show during
u recent visit to Albany Mr..
Hawks, who IS a personal friend OF
Buffalo Bill. has notified him and Will
forward the bride directly MI.
Hawks got the bride at Troy az 9
place where il had been disposed OF
by the taker or some one into whose
possession it had come.
Mrs. Dora Abbott Hoag. the Water
bury girl who married Dir. Clitus ).
hoag, now deceased, helped him to
acquire a fortune. lett his home, was
ignored in his will and sued to recover
portion OF the estate, has effected a
compromise with the heirs Of the es-
tate. As nearly as can be learned Mrs.
Hoag receives the personal property
worth about 5000, which she claimed,
and about $4,000 in cash. She also re-
eelyes her private papers.
The statue in bronze of General Viii
liam I. sherman, the creation OF
Augustus st. Gaudens, has arrived in
windsor from Paris and is TO be
erected for inspection by the artist at
lls summer home in Cornish, n. ii.
II accepted by him, the statue will be
taken to New York to be placed IN
central Park A model OF this statue,
u viii be remembered. was one OF the
great attractions at the recent Pan
American exposition at Buffalo, n. 1.
W. NJ Cookson of Portland, Me-,
Inspector of rural free delivery routes,