Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-11-20
State of Vermont.
its News Condensed and Rewritten
for our headers.

black bear on POWnal mountain lnurs-
dav the 18th. The animal did not
seem inclined to make any fight. He
sold the fur for a good sum and re-
ceived from the clerk of the town the
bounty of S12 which the state pays for
every bear killed.
Wells had sidewalk-laying bee
Nov. ID as the outcome of an unsuc-
eessful attempt to get the town author
tiles to provide suitable walks. Suifi-
Gent lumber to build walk several
hundred feet in length was obtained
through contributions from various
farmers, and the proprietor of a saw
mill was induced to saw it into planks
free Of charge, and then the "bee" was
arranged for.
Charles Mari of Barre has in his
stable young buck deer that came
into his possession in peculiar way.
The deer, which appears quite tame,
followed the cows in j. n. Wilson's
pasture at Graniteville into the yard,
and on his way home from the quarry
Mr.. Mari secured the animal and took
il TO Barre. In the stable the deer
seems as contented as can be, and not
disturbed by the large number of
school children who have paid visits
to the place.
Wallace w. Nichols, manager of the
Hotel Barlwell, Rutland, and trustee
of the estate, has purchased from
Sarah G. Norton OF Middletown
Springs. one-sixth of the entire prop.
erty. including the hotel. the stables
and all the land connected Herewith.
The sale price is not given out but 1t is
understood that Mrs, Norton receives
an annuity in exchange for the pro-
perty. Mrs. Norton is sister of the
late John w. Cramton and came into
possession Of her share of the property
at his death.
According to figures furnished by
Fish and Game Commissioner H. G..
Thomas OF Stowe, the number Of deer
killed IN Vermont during the open
season is considerably in excess of the
usual number. The report by counties
follows Addison, 20; Bennington,
%; Caledonia, Z Chittenden, 8; Is
sex. u; Franklin, IL; Grand Isle, ?
Lamoille, IS; Orange, 20; Orleans, IS;
Rutland, IS; Washington, Sc; Wind
ham, "a; Windsor, 1903 total, $40.
II is reported that many does were
illegally killed but these are not given
in the list.
II may not be generally known that
Bertha Runkle, the author OF Helmet
o. Navarro one of the dramatized
popular works of recent years, is OF
Windsor great-grandparentage. Her
mother, Lucia Gilbert Runkle, was a
great-granddaughte of Rev. Bancroft
Fowler, the fourth settled minister OF
the Old South church His pastorate
extended from his ordination in 1905
until 1919, when he was dismissed TO
accept professorship in the Bangor,
Me, theological seminary. He was a
son Of Captain stephen Fowler OF the
revolutionary army, and married for
his first wife. Lucia, daughter of Gen.
Zebina Curtis and Martha Waite of
Windsor.
Annie Hall, whose sudden and mys- |
FERROUS disappearance caused so much |
excitement in Lyndonville recently, is
found. She was discovered asleep in |
the woodshed Of Frank Guyer at st. |
Johnsbury. Her true name is Annie |
Jennie Cove. She was taken from a |
children's home in Boston several /
years ago by Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel A.
Hall and cared for kindly as their own
ever since. She had seemed happy |
and contented until lately when a COM
bination OF circumstances, viz. the
death of a beloved Sunday school
teacher, an auction that Mr.. Hall held
and the proposed removal of the tam
lily 10 California, where they have two
sons, Wilbert and Charles, on a fruit
ranch, seemed TO unsettle the mind OF
very nervous, highly eXcitable child.
Mrs. c. b. Loggins of Williston has
brought suit TO recover $500 from En-
nest Hitchcock, member of the state
board OF cattle commissioners. The
contention of Mrs. Loggins is that MIR.
Hitchcock. as a member of the COM
mission, superintendent the killing OF
several cattle from her herd but did
not have the cattle examined after they
were killed before burial to see If they
were diseased. The tests made at the
farm of Mrs. Loggins were made in
December. 1901. Out of a herd of Il
nine cattle were killed. For those
Killed she received SS4 from the state.
The suit is said to be the work of n
combination of farmers in Williston,
who are embittered against the cattle
commission because OF the slaughter
Of SO many cattle in that town and the
combination, IL is said, will support the
Plaintiff in her suit.
The recent visits 10 Fair Haven of
beverley Robinson and his attorney,
Vincent Rosemon of New York city,
recall to mind the terrible tragedy that
startled this community the morning
OF July 26, 1898, when Mrs. Bev-
erley Robinson shot her Infant child
aud then shot herself ut her home on
Second street, says the Era. This
double tragedy following the suicide OF
Mrs Robinson's sister. Mrs. Frances
Metheney, naturally overwhelmed the
town with horror. A will was LETT by
Mrs. Robinson in which she left GER
tain property TO her husband and &c =,
has since sought 10 recover other ,