Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-07-31
state of Vermont.
Ns,ys Condensed and Rewritten
for Our Readers.

The tvphOid fever scare AT v aleI-
practically at an end. The
uD.ir.is proved that there was no
"-atsmination in the water and that
,5e milk was all right.
rba Fred A. Jones dry goods store
Nnrfh6eld has been sold to +. +.
q&.-l3 of Someryille, Mass. Mr.. Jones
l',ire. rom the business IN oroer TO
' in work that will require him
80 rp the open air. His health has
t... .omewhat impaired OF late.
Harry Bertoli. the well known ltal-
saIlptor Of Montpelier is still con-
sr.5 I'M a hospital in Philadelphia,
IN. he was taken suffering with in
',r.e. received in a collision between
carriage in which he was riding and
electric car. Mr.. Bertoll's injuries
sra confined TO one leg.
The Nancy Hanks monument, cut by
1,nis A Cruickshank OF Barre will be
aaIiroted formally Oct. 3. II marks
,Ss rave of Nancy Hanks, the mother
~ Abraham Lincoln, at Lincoln City,
Ia5 and stands upon.stone taken from
,5e orave OF President Lincoln at
Springfield. I'll. President Roosevelt
yil. attend the dedication.
Almost 1000 has been given to
He town OF Peabody by the will Of
Mn. Charles b Hayden for the estab-
T.hment OF a home for the aged men
afPeabodv. In the event OF refusal
TANGENT the bequest by Peabody, the
money is given 10 the town OF East
Wouf1eIier. Vt, for a tree public
library.
An addition is to be made this sum
uer 10 the building used by the engl-
reeriug department at the University
ofEerm0nt Burlington Plans have
teen drawn by which il is proposed 70
remodel the forge and foundry rooms
into one large room IN which twenty
new -0rges will be installed A new
nHIiug will be constructed for the
foundry - By a. feet The new
quarters will be ready for use at the
opeH.ng OF college next fall
The only harness racing circuit iu
Vermont was organized AT St. Johns
bury Thursday, July y. Purses were
declared, and dates claimed, whereby
the horsemen get eight continuous
weeks. beginning at either Littleton.
Nh. August IS and Il. or st. Adams,
August a. Is. and lG; Barre, August
%. 2l. y: Newport. dates tor week
Of august "a; Sherbrook que. fair
first week in September; Orleans
county fair, Barton second week in
September. Caledonia county fair,
M5rrisville. September %, "a, and 25i
then return to Barre, closing the cir
Gull October /, ,, 8.
senator W. z. Dillingham; has re-
ceiyed notice from the navy depart
ment that he is authorized 70 nomi-
nate a candidate for midshipman 10
fIl q vacancy now existing in the
United States Naval academy from
Vermont at-large. He is arranging
for competitive examination OF those
desiring the appointment, which Will
be held probably about August II or
l3. the arrangements not being per
tected as vet Applicants will be eX-
amued in reading, writing, spelling,
punctuation and capitals, grammar,
geography. United States history
worlds history, arithmetic, algebra
and geometry.
Judge II. II. Wheeler has tled al
final decision in the case Of the Cham-
plain Construction company against
O'Brien q Sheehan OF New York, con-
tractors. in which he modities a pre-
vious order decreeing payment OF
$4,000 bv Percival w Clement Of
Rutland to O'Brien q Sheehan, and
Sl4s,090 by the Champlain Construc-
ton company. The verdict now ~
$4,000 against Clement and Sl43.W0I
against the construction company
Judge Wheeler also orders the re-
ceiyers OF the White River electric
railroad to sell the property, including
the franchise, rolling stock and reai
estate by auction August l9 at p NJ
az the Central Vermont station IN
Bethel
One of the objects for which the he
search Publication company, when
recently filed articles of association IN
the Office of the city clerk at Burllng-
ton, was organized, is the publication
il sufficient encouragement is received,
Of quarterly magazine, entitled me
Vermont Antiquarian, which shall
serve as a repository Tor historical
-NAtdlJ8 lCdl dIu dHllldsAl At'A
aud notes pertaining to Vermont ana
The Connecticut valley The editors
OF the magazine will be Eben Putnam
OF Burlington. lieutenant-governor oil
the Society OF Colonial Wars Mrs
Kate Cone of the Hartford Historical
club; Byron y. Clark, librarian Of the
Vermont Antiquarian society, and two
OF more editors representing othef
sections of the state.
BY a recent act of Congress each
state is entitled to two midshipmen, or
naval cadets. at-large, in the United
States Naval academy at Annapolis 10
be named by the senators IRON the
state Senator Proctor announces
that there will be competitive exam
iuationlabout the middle ofAugust Tor
the appointment which he Is entitled
10 make, the time and place to be des-
ignated later. Candidates must ne be-