Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-08-07
state of Vermont.
xs,ys Condensed and Rewritten
for Our Readers.

,bsir last meeting they decided 10 pre-
-. - list of dead beats, the same TO
Is distributed among the physicians
of the city.
new Roman Catholic high school
trjliino for boys viii be erected in
nm, line soon. A site has been
,.r5cired and a two-story structure
XIII he bnilt. The Fathers of La Sc
Iette. society OF priests originating
IN France. will have charge OF the
school and also OF the parish church Ia
Derby Line.
Miss Edith NJ. Clark. formerly
,r.arIpal of Bishop Hopkins Hall.
~ Point. was al Venice when the
Cgmpanile OF ST. Marks fell. Miss
CJ9rk was standing near where the
tower fell. She ran and was Knocked
town by the crowd. a woman falling
over her. but she was not seriously
hurt. only bruised on the face.
The quadrennial appraisals OF real
estate in Bennington for this year
snow the following as the largest hold
ars In town: II. ". Putnam, sl70, 5j0
I q. Colgate and wife, s55,375 -. G.
Mccullough and wife. S52.275; +. b.
Jennings and wife, S30,l75. The total
valuation in this village is S3,3l7 $50,
an increase Of $4,000 over that OF
four years ago.
About 2l5 loaves Of bread, 50 pounds
of fraukforts, bushels OF potatoes. )
strip. of bacon and gallons OF ice
cream were eaten by - fresh air boys
from New York city during a ~ days
stly at Avalon Beach, Lake Bomoseen.
Al the first meal after their arrival one
h8v deyoured seven slices OF bread IN
almost as many minutes and stated IN
cs3entally that never before had The had
nh the bread he wanted.
Daniel Robinson. native Of Benz
u'ugt0n Center, but now "a retired
and wealthy gentleman OF New York
has proposed 10 the old First church
90 Bennington Center 20 present it
new pipe organ. of modern style 70
ake the place OF the one that has been
m use Tor many years Mr. Robin
-au was Tor a number Of years mem-
Der ofthe firm OF II b Clailin a Co
of New York, and owns handsome
summer residence west Of Bcnniug
ton Center.
J. II. Senter Of Montpelier said, in
speaking OF the suit Tor SANDER
brought against Clement by Samuel y.
Wilson. the "spotter, that it was his
opinion that this suit would gain
Clement 5000 Republican votes. MI
Senter said he was to speak in Middle
bury, st. Adams and ST. Johnsbury
during the campaign and should make
than
Clement had, and that If Wilson VIII
sue him for $4,000 he will divide with
him il he can collect the money.
Edward l.. Temple Of Rutland has
been requested by Gov. W. W. Stick
hey OF Ludlow to act rs a member oil
tue reception committee OF the Yer
mont Old Home Week association.
One Of the duties OF this committee
will be to meet at Ticonderoga, \. L.,
August ~, a large party OF Vermont
eTs from Boston and escort them
through Lake Champlaln on one OF the
lake steamers. There will be no OBJ
i seryance OF Old Home week IN kut-
land this year.
The valuation OF the real estate In
the town OF Hartford this year accord
ing 10 the listers report Is sli93, $50.
The Increase over the valuation OF last
year is S27. $40. There is net de-
crease, however. in the grand list, on
which taxes are assessed, OF sol.uo
from last wear. There is an increase
OIL in the number of polls, which
may Indicate a growth in population.
Personal property shows a decrease OF
S54.22I from last year The total
grand list tor the current year Is
s26,7S1.22, which will produce tax
OF S+0,17l.S2.
The Valley Fair association OF Brat
tleboro expects TO make this year
fair more interesting if possible thah
any Of its previous festivals. Dehhah
Thompson has promised the society
that he will send to the fair his hanu-
some pair of steers which has been a
great attraction on the stage IN the
play of the "Old Homestead" EX-
perts declare Thompson's yoke to be
the handsomest vet found; indeed, SO
closely matched are the cattle that
their owner can scarcely tell them
apart. the only distinguishing feature
being slight variation in the spread
OF their horns. Mr. Thompson, VINO
Is spending the summer at his swan
zey home, proposes to allow visitors
to the fair TO guess (which is when
when the cattle are taken to Brattle-
boro for exhibition.
Workmen are at work this week
tearing down the famous Willard hotel
at Washington, d. c., an ancient StrlG-
ture built by the late Joseph Willard
soldier in the Union army from ler,
mont during the Civil war, who dleu
a multi-millionaire some years ago
and now owned by his son, Lieut.-GoV.
Joseph Willard. of Virginia. Inc
portion of the house fronting. on
Pennsylvania avenue was torn down
two years ago and splendid new
hotel reared on the site. Hall OF the
building was left. however, and it IS
i that half which is now being demol-
ishad 81 that rho nev hotel. which has