Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-01-16
state of Vermont.
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.Irr Military band Is no" WI VI
sl0oO. e....ooiation has in
~ ! treasury sl4S.69 after paying al
a expenses. .. ,rho was
hlslt tonr Years old Saturday, is the
l iissf person in Newbury.
Ma Marriage licenses to the number OF
"a @ e,are issued in Barre during the
~ " ia1l as against 1903 in 1900.
rbora we're $50 books loaned from
p,1ltney public library during
I na,..mber and 1862 during the year.
wirjam V. Avery of Barre has gone
p,,tsbnrg as delegate to the Ma
G y nal Masons and Bricklayers' con
yenton. ,-.
T,sanb Belrose of Bennington claims
' nave captured 3s5 skunks, seven
g3, as' and one coon during the past
Ia year. .-,--
lady in Lincoln wrote a turkey
lo1er0 saving she would like Bible
mi fine parties receiving sent a fine
copy
Charles Keller, graduate of Co
Ipmbia college, Washington, ID. C., Is
M new principal OF the academy at
Fl NeWbury.
food fair will be held in Montpel-
Fl i.r Ian. 28 10 30 under the auspices of
n Ne ladies' Aid association OF the Hea-
y ton hospital.
gloptpelier livery stable owners have
formed a combine and raised the price
If boarding horses from 80 week to
r month.
Hon. c. S. Page gave all the men
a endowed In his hide house at Hyde
Il PARK a sweater for Christmas. There
4 were nearly 80 Of them.
his stated that It will cost the little
a mountain town of Woodford in Ben
ningtou county fully $1,000 TO repair
hedamage done 10 the highways by
recent floods.
Dr. W. Seward Webb and family
viii visit California in February. They
i will travel with q special train Of six
cars. DIR. J.. NJ Bingham Of Burling-
ton win be one Of the party
The report Of the chief of the fire de-
plHment in Barre shows that during
the past year there have been only six
fire alarms IN the city and In only three
cases was the fire loss over $500.
Ia Barre city court total Of 49l
cases. of which 2i6 were civil and 245|
4 criminal cases, were docketed during
the past year. or the arrests made 81
were on the charge of intoxication.
The Rev Ellie X. NJ. Jones Of Barre
las, year preached 90 sermons and
made q special addresses. Nineteen
marriages were performed by her, l3
children christened and 81 funerals
attended
Mrs. Della A. Wilder of Brattleboro.
who is greatly interested in the work
Of the Brattleboro Young Mems Chris
tan association, last week gave the as
ISOLATION $500 to apply on the building
fund which Is now 1907.
RW Headle, who is well known in
all parts OF Vermont as a salesman for
2 Boston shoe store, having Travelled
for il for twenty-eight years, has re-
tired from the road He Is now TAX
ing well-earned rest at his home at
llartland.
Mrs. Mary Howe-Lavin. with Lucien
Howe as accompanist, following kind
aud generous impulse, long cherished,
gave a rare pleasure to the inmates Of
the Brattleboro retreat Dec. % by a
concert at which she sang for nearly
an hour and half,
Mrs. Lydia Lowell Fender, once a
resident of Brattleboro and real
Daughter Of the Revolution, died at
me Old Ladies Home in Newburyport,
Mass, Dec. 80 of paralysis, aged ~
years and eight months. OF her eight
children, none survive her.
The fiscal year in Montpelier does
not end until Feb. 1, but at a meeting
OF The city council last week il stated
That the total liquor sales for the year
Will be S3S,0O0 or over. Three or four
years ago the Montpelier agency sales
We're around $4,000 annually.
During the year ending Dec 81, 1901,
there were l67 marriage liscenses
granted in Burlington. The smallest
number in a single month was three in
March, and the largest number 80 in
June There were 10 more licenses
granted in 1900 than in 1901.
Last week Alderman |. b. Beeman
Oh 1t, Adams passed over to the city
Ms check for S1,036.55, his commits
SON on liquor purchases amounting to
Ss9'u95.l9, and the same was accepted
hF the council. 1t was all good liquor
q, ana stood the test applied at the state
laboratory.
A monthly report of L. S. Jones,
Keeper Of the Central Vermont draw
az Houses Point, shows that the water
level Of Lake Champlain rose 26 l-2
inches during the month of December,
dad that from the 18th to the 18th it
io'e % inches-a remarkable record
Tor December.
A marriage license was recently
issued issued by the city clerk at Rutland to
IeorgeJ. Brown and Jennie SENEGAL,
oo,h OF Rutland. As the bride was
ouiy 10 years old the license was &C.