Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-06-25
State of Vermont.
a.. News CONDENSED and Rewritten
for Our Readers.


Tobn G.. Foster OF Derby has been
.nnointed consul general at Ottawa,
Ontario.
dividend of 10 per cent has been
declared to the depositors of the
Tsrmers' National bank of V~ergennes.
The Automobile club of Vermont
,eeIs AZ White River Junction today.
From 20 to 80 automobiles with their
riders are expected.
About a year ago Z. A. Wood OF
4 BRISTOL crushed a caterpillar on his
arm causing a sore that has now al
iected his eyes, and it is feared it may
become a serious matter.
An effort is being made in Barre TO
.tart another national bank. Those
Interested in the project have been
canyassing the business section 10 see
how the idea would be received.
Elizabeth Mary Anderson Aiken of
Woodstock received the degree of
bachelor of arts at Cornell university
commencement June Is at Ithaca, n.
y She was the only Vermonter reg
istered among the graduates listed for
degrees.
While attending the st. Ignatins
1 church in Lowell Sunday, June II, a
Son OF Lewis Gonyeau was taken seri-
4 ously i'll. DIR. IL. II. Hill was sum
4 noned and. after making examination.
4 ~pronouneed il smallpox. About 200
we're at church, some from Troy and
\ Westheld.
During the last two or three years
he Diamond Match Co. of New York
has bought large quantities of stand
Inc timber in the vicinity OF West
Lebanon, n. III. A rumor is current
that the company will erect a manu-
factory of matches in that village the
4 coming fall.
Rutgers college OF New Brunswick,
n. j.. has conferred the degree OF doc
Tor OF science on Joseph l.. Hills, pro-
lessor OF agricultural chemistry In the
University OF Vermont, director of the
Vermont Experiment station and dean
ofthe agricultural department Of the
University OF Vermont.
The total grand list Of Rutland city
4 for 1908 is SS0.059.50, divided as tol-
lows Real estate, $50, 6I9.05; per-
1 s5ual property, Si6,67S.45; and there
are 2.SSl polls. This is a gain Of
S264 over last year. There is a
decrease OF % polls, which Is account
ed for by the law of 1902 on exemp-
tons.
Mayor ID. w. Temple OF Rutland Tor
babe the 10th the holding of three
boxing matches which had been adver-
tised to be held in Baxter hall In the
4 evening. The men were already In
town and a ring had been constructed,
but q petition was put in circulation
asking the mayor TO prevent the
matches and he did so.
4 John 5. Hord, supervisor of internal
reyenue for Porto Rico, has been In st.
jOhnsbury lately in consultation with
Judge Henry c. Idle, OF the Philippine
commission. They have prepared a
new. internal revenue law for the Phil
ippine Islands, and Mr.. Hord will take
this to Manila for the approval OF the
Philippine commission.
Stanley Droulette of West Cornwall
recently bad a tussle with a great
horned owl near the Delong bridge in
that town. The young fellow, who is
about 10 years old. would undoubtedly
have been hurt had il not been for
some passersby, who stopped and as
sisted the young man in catching the
owl The bird will be mounted.
Caleb Buffum OF Rutland reported
June 20 that a big bulldog got among
DIS herd of cows and severely injured
Three OF the animals. The dog was
caught with his Jaws set in one cows
throat and had 10 be dubbed to death
before the hold was broken. The dog
vas left there a week ago by a band Of
&gpsies, Probably the lives OF the
Tree cows will be saved.
II Is expected that a force of about
Dirty men will be put to work on the
hieakwater in Burlington harbor in
Two or three weeks. j. Cushman OF
quincy, Mass. has the contract TO re-
build the northern half with concrete.
Tie cost of the work will be in the vi
entity of $4,000 and the time is limit
ed to three years. Two years ago the
concrete work was tried as al expert
Ment and II has proven successful.
Miss Fanny p. Nye of Fairfield has
brought suit through her attorney, w.
Il Fairchild of Fairfield, against the
central Vermont Railway Co. for
$500 damages, as the result of injur-
ies claimed TO have been received in
ne wreck at East Swanton Junction
over a year ago, when a Central Yer
mont passenger train cut through a
II Johnsbury and Lake C%hamplain
Train on which Miss Nye was a pas
senger.
Miss Jessie Bishop. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. A. II. Bishop of Benson, died
suddenly at noon the 10th at the Fair
Haven office of DIR. Charles +. Griffin
q heart trouble. She had had heart
tronble for a number OF years and had
inst driven with her mother from her
Bone in Benson TO DR.. Griffin for treat
laent. While in the office waiting for
me doctor to return she was suddenly
aken iii and DIR. +. b. Gift was called
2, but she died in a few minutes.