Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-10-22
State of Vermont.
Its News Condensed and Rewritten
for Our Readers.

Is after an illness OF heart trouble,
lasting nearly six months. lie lett
! wife and one daughter.
DIR. w. Seward Webb has returned
from a tour OF Europe. Doctor Webb
does not appear TO be in the best of
health and when questioned he said
that he had been very i'll while in
England, but that he had almost re-
covered, and that the sea trip had
8 helped him along.
Samuel b. Doty, a prominent bust
ness man of Morrisville and proprietor
of The Morrisville Bottling Works,
dropped dead the morning of Oct. IL
while putting on his shoes. He had
been in poor health for several years
suffering from asthma and lately had
been troubled with neuralgia Of the
heart.
John Vormillo, an Italian, was re-
Gently fined $50 at Poultney for shoot
ing a robin. A large gang OF Italians
at Poultney have been living largely
& on robins and other birds Tor some
time, and have nearly exterminated
the robins in that section. Vigorous
measures will be taken to stop the
practice.
c. f. Jones, financial secretary of
the Federal union OF Burlington, has
been exonerated OF the charge that his
accounts with the union were several
hundred dollars short. An investi-
eating committee from the state
branch OF the American Federation of
Labor examined his accounts and
found them perfectly correct.
Bernard Tully was found dead in
bed Oct. IS at Edward Hartwell's in
Ludlow, where he spent the night.
Tully had been drinking quite freely
and had been out of town some of the
time. Hartwell found him on the
street and took him home and put him
10 bed about ten o'clock. Tully was a
weaver in the Black River wooden
mills and was 50 years old.
Two bee hunters in Woodford one
day last week cut down two trees and
took from them about seventy pounds
of honey One OF the party was not
satisfied with the find. Another man
near Manchester Center took of some
OF the clapboards from the house in
which he lived and found three
swarms of bees had located there. He
took out almost $50 pounds Of fine
honey.
Publisher c. o. Lord has sold the
subscription list and goodwill OF the
Groton Times TO the Republican COM
pany Of st. Johnsbury and the last
paper under the old management was
issued the 10th. The Republican COM
pany will continue TO publish the
paper from its office. The Times has
been in existence about seven years
and half. Mr.. Lord makes the sale
because of his poor health.
II is expected that the equipments
for the Norwich University cadets will
arrive about the first of next month.
Owing to the increase in the number.
of students at the university there are
not enough guns or equipments to sup
PLY all, and they are at present using
Is of the rifles borrowed from Co. +.
Arrangements are being made TO Sc
cure if possible. two three-inch Hotch-
kiss guns for the use Of the training
department.
Work on five-story building. which
is being erected by the Rev. /. }. Call
ney on Meadow street, Rutland, TO be
used as home for aged Catholic
women, is now rapidly nearing COM
pletion and 1t is expected that II VIII
be ready for occupancy In about TX
weeks. The building. is one OF the
finest in the state Tor the use Tor
which it is intended and there Is no
doubt that 1t will be taken advantage
OF by many people.
Bishop Hall has in effect removed
the Rev. l.. p. Scotield. rector OF y.
Mary's church at Mortified from his
charge. Mr.. Scofeld went to North
field about the first of January in this
year and was married some time about
the first Of February, his wife being a
NewYork state girl A child was born
TO them about the middle Of August,
and it is the understanding that upon
the news of this reaching the bishop
he either removed the Rev. Mr. SEQ
field outright or brought about his res
ignation.
But few gray squirrels or other
game have been bagged by the hunt
ers thus far this season. Hunters say
that it is one of the poorest seasons Tor
years. There is phenomenal search
ty OF nuts. which is believed to be the
cause OF the scarcity OF game. Acorns
are a complete failure, beechnuts are
nearly so, the most vigorous trees
yielding hardly a handful of bufrs,
while one can travel all day and not
see a butternut. There are some
ehestnuts and fair crop of walnuts.
The latter are on the market at 50 per
bushel.
A party of nine hunters from Brook
lyn, n. Y, arrived at Readsboro Oct.
II, intending to remain in that sec
ton until the close OF the deer hunting
season which lasts through the last ten
days of the month. In the afternoon
two of them went out prospecting and
came across black bear but
short distance from the village. They
killed the animal, which weighed
about 200 pounds. and took it back to
the villaoe with them. The same