Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-10-30
State of Vermont.
ITS News Condensed and Rewritten
for Our Readers.


darlington claims in Mrs. Toby
Rosenberg a resident 10l years old
There is talk of an electric railroad
between Mort hfeld and Montpelier
The carpenters of Middlebury have
Organized branch Of the United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Jolners
with l6 charter members.
A syndicate OF travelling men has
leased the Avenue House at st. Johns
bury and will take possession Noyem-
her /. Mr.. Healey of the oxford,
Fryeburgh, Me-, will be the manager.
Robert I. Lincoln OF Chicago, son OF
Abraham Lincoln, has purchased 2.oOO
acres of land in Manchester which he
proposes to transform into a country
seat. The property overlooks the golf
links OF the Ekwanok County CLUB.
A Knx was killed in Lincoln the
oiher day. A farmers dog had a h't-
IL. with two of the animals IN a potato
field. and the farmer, going to the
assistance of his dog, killed one lynx
with potato digger. The other lynx
escaped.
George X. Marsh and Royal Hazard
brought down the first deer in Sheldon.
n was n spikehorn buck weighing $50
mounds and was shot Just north OF Fred
Maryin's farm in Fairfield late Wednes-
dav afternoon, the 22d. Spikehorn
bucks are very rare in that section.
Francis IL. Burr and Robert Truman
Phlnney, of this state, qualified IN
their examination for appointment
from civil life to commission as second
lieutenants in the United States Army.
Mr.. Phinney Is a son of the late Iru-
man C. Phlnney OF Montpelier, the
longtime sergeant-at-arms'
Mrs. Ida IL. Read, president Of the
Vermont w. G. T. u, has been made
a life member OF the national W. c. T..
T.. the Vermont delegation at the
Portland. Me, convention subscribing
S25 for this purpose She was also
elected one of the delegates TO the
worlds w. c. +. L. convention to be
held in Geneva, Switzerland, In lSo3.
The date for the transfer of the re-
mains OF the late Rt. Rev Bishop De
Goesbriand has been fixed for Novem-
her z. which Is the third anniversary
of his death. The remains are 70 be
taken from the yard in front oil inc
Episcopal residence &C Burlington ana
placed under the altar in the mortuary
chanel on the east side of the cathe-
dral.
The executive committee of the Yer
mont Fish and Game League held a
meeting at Montpelier Oct. q ana
practically decided upon Nov. ~ as
the date of the annual banquet. This
selection of date was probably prompt,
ed by the fact that w. ii. Drummond
will be in Barre the previous night,
and can enliven the occasion the night
following.
In the ruins of the burned Central
Vermont Railway freight station at
White River junction were found
broken jugs and bottles once filled
with liquors, packages of mince meat
assorted groceries, beer kegs, and a
miscellaneous collection OF hardware.
4 barrel of alcohol, several cases OF
port wine, and in all some $500 In val
ne in beer and spirits were consumed
G. p. Aud, son of Joseph Aud,
editor and publisher of the Burlington
News. passed the examination for "A
commission in the navy at the head OF
the list. with an average of % out OF
a possible 100. His appointment to
the navy dates from October Is, with
the rank of ensign. He has been
ASSIGNED TO duty on the naval despatch
boat Dolphin and will begin his sea
duties at once.
At the national convention OF the
Woman's Christian Temperance union
held in Portland, Me, the Vermont
delegation. consisting of thirty W. C.
T. u. women. rose in body, request
ing the PRAYERS of the convention that
the legislature now in session at Mont
pelier NAV be moved TO favor the re-
tention of the prohibitory law. The
request was recognized and most ear
nestly voiced at the noontide hour OF
prayer.
III. A. Human, who has occupied
the chair of science at Montpelier
seminary, has resigned the position
and left for Cornell-on-the-Hudso
where he is to resume his former work
in the New York Military academy
Prof. Charles Z. Goodhue OF West
minister West, a graduate OF Dart
mouth college, is to succeed him. Mr.
Goodhue is eminently fitted Tor this
th' tthSh 49,
has delivered series of lectures al
Dartmouth.
L. l.. Smith x Co. of Barre are com
plotting the cutting of a monster vaul'
which is to be set up in a 1t. Louis
cemetery. Since the middle Of Marcel
two gangs of men have been working
on this Job. The vault will be one o.
the finest, as well as one of the largest
ever cut in Barre. Ii measures 80 by
"a feet on the ground, with height OF
~ feet. Two large blocks of granite
called wing roofs cover the sides. Sur
rounding the whole is an arched ston'
% feet long.
w. X. Chapman has decided that ~
cannot take any further risk IN hold
ing the music festival at Burlington
with his orchestra and his artists un
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