Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-03-26
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uans Meinl OF Vienna, Austria Is IN
..-s.ton He was sent TO this
Du,rt by concerns in his native land
cOssndv looms and methods used In
~ cotion mills of this country.
The Wheeler house property on
Mn street. Yergennes, has recently
a., purchased by w. X. Warner and
NJ Frank q. Phelps, and II is runored
net sanitarium may be established
there in the near future.
The Rev. p. j. Gafihey. rector OF II:
poter's church, Bennington, announced
49, week that he would personally
i've slO. 900 toward the erection OF a
- ,our-story building to be used for
an aged Catholic women's home
some other money has been SUD
scribed and the construction VIII be
begun in few weeks.
Letters Just received from Mason ,.
Stone Vermont's former state super
intendent OF education who Is now
assistant superintendent of schools In
me Philippines, state that he Is 10 give
mn mis- position there and will soon re-
tIrn 10 the United States. His parents
reside al Lyndon Center, and they say
mat he hopes 10 reach Vermont before
The middle of June.
DIR. &c. Parker Of st. Adams was
AZ berkshire Center, March Is, and
tested the herd of cattle of j. j. Nc
kinney on the Joel Gaines farm. In
mis- herd OF 10, Is were found TO be
diseased. There were six young cat
ne. part yearlings and part two-year-
ol8s and OF these three were diseased.
This Is the largest proportion Of dis
eased cattle in a single herd ever ex-
amined by DR.. Parker in Franklin
county.
The Putnam House. the leading ho-
tel of Bennington county, was sold
March n to ID. c. Howe of st. Johns
hurry. Associated with Mr.. Howe in
the purchase is Fred b. Howe Of Beth
Il The new proprietors will take
possession May |. the sum paid being
10000. The Putnam House was up
% March n the property OF Hannah
w Putnam OF Los Angeles. Cal. ID.
c Howe was at one time the owner Of
the old Avenue House of st. Johns
bury.
AT the 9th annual meeting of the
Vermont State Dental association held
in Burlington last week these officers
were elected President. DIR. j. III.
jackson OF Burlington first vice pres
ident, DIR. III. Burbridge ofWoodstock
second vice president, DR.. g. ). Baker
of Brattleboro; secretary, DIR. Thomas
Mound OF Rutland corresponding sec
rotary. Miss Grace l.. Bosworth OF
Rutland treasurer, DR.. w. III. Mum
sell of Wells River.
The hearing on the report of the
referee, George w. Deberville, in the
matter of discharge of Knott d Clos
son, formerly OF Burlington, bankrupt,
which was objected to by several cred
itors, will be held at Brattleboro
March %. A new feature has arisen
in the case. The referee in his report
recommended a denial of discharge.
To this the bankrupts filed exceptions
and counsel for the bankrupts have
now filed a motion TO dismiss the
entire proceedings on the ground that
objection 10 the discharge was not
sworn to.
The question that is agitating the
proprietor OF the Pavilion hotel, Mont
pelier at the present time Is what con
sttutes the ground floor of that build
Ing. The hotel has not yet applied Tor
license as the question has been
hanging fire. The Pavilion hotel Is so
situated that flight OF eight or ten
steps is necessary to get into the ONCE,
4 while the first floor, which leads to the
4 billiard room and barber shop is reach
q al hyrl 4 t..s 81
q sidewalk. The law says the bar room
shall be on the ground floor, and the
81 question is which floor Is the ground
a 1oOr. The commissioners will not de-
ode the question until the application
comes in, but the members OF the board
have been looking the situation over IN
an informal way.
At meeting OF the trustees OF Mont
pelier seminary, held Mar. ~, Kew;
r. Davenport, who has been principal
OF the institution for the past two
years, announced his intention OF re-
firing from that position at the close OF
The school year Mr.. Davenport VIII
not return TO the labors OF a minister
but has decided to enter an entirely
different line of work. Mr.. Davenport
was presiding elder of the Montpelier
district at the time he succeeded Rev.
W. M.Newton as principal of the sem
mary, and during the two years he mas
been hard and successful worker IN
the interests of the school. The matter
OF electing his successor devolves upon
The board of trustees, but as MT.
Davenport is to remain until COM
mencement it may be some time before
anything definite is done.
A unique and remarkable case Is
now being tried in Rutland county
court, that OF the f. II. Patch Manu-
featuring Co. and the Lincoln Iron
Works against Protection Lodge, No.
20, Maehinists' association. This Is
another chapter in the contest which
began last May. The companies
bring suit jointly for $4,000, which
amount they say they have lost as the
result OF the unfair tactics and methods
which tho otrfl-ar. b.,s at,afalnypI ever