Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-12-03
State of Vermont.
its News Condensed and Rewritten
for Our Readers.

hans today. IL is expected that there
will be large class of candidates.
J. P. Gallagher, station agent fol
the Central Vermont railway at Swan
ton. arrived at Montpelier, Nov. "a
10 take over the local station 10 which
he had been promoted as agent. A.
NJ Adams, who has been agent al
Montpelier several months, has been
appointed agent in charge of the
freight department at st. Adams.
A well-developed case of smallpox
has been discovered in Wilmington.
The man had been employed in a
boarding house for some time. The
town is much excited as result. Free
vaccination has been ordered. all pub
lie gatherings have been prohibited,
the schools have been ordered closed,
and guards have been placed around
the premises occupied by the patient
Miss Lillian B. Golf, who was as
saulted in Boston recently, is native
of Montgomery Center, her mother
being a sister of the late Judge Po-
land. She and her daughter went TO
Burlington in 1898 and were in the
sanitarium of DR.. A. j. Willard there
Later they kept boarders on Union
street and made many friends. Miss
Golf took course in stenography at
the Burlington Business college.
In the calling together of the ma
q tioual Republican committee by SEN
ator Hanna the fact developed that
4 Senator Redfield Proctor who was
the able chairman OF the Yer
mont delegation at the last two ma
tional Republican conventions, does
not care for the honor next year. At
this early date Senator Proctor has
deemed it wise to make the statement,
accompanied by the suggestion that
Senator William z. Dillingham; be
chosen.
Dr. L. Z. Niles, president OF the
Magnetic Electric Co. of Amsterdam,
n. Y, and who has just completed
mansion in his native town Of Pownal,
has decided 10 start the coming year
bv establishing a Shetland pony stock
farm i'm his native town. Buildings
for use on the farm are now being
erected. He will run a thoroughbred
stock farm. There are only thirteen
thoroughbred Shetland ponies, both
stations and mares, in the country,
and OF these DR.. Niles owns live.
The work at the stripping stations
connected with the national hatchery
is nearly completed and Superinten-
dent Carter estimates that nearly
100000 brook trout eggs have been
s. gathered. The field stations are locat-
ed at Darling pond in Groton, where
about 600 900 have been taken; at
s Lake Mansfield in Stowe, where about
q $4,000 eggs have been secured and !
q at Lake Mitchell in Sharon, where the |
output will reach nearly 100000 eggs. !
Shipments Of eyed eggs are arriving |
at the hatchery in st. Johnsbury |
daily.
The city OF Montpelier is about TO
try the unique plan OF investing in its |
own bonds. The city council has
voted to invest $4,000 now in the |
sinking fund OF the water department |
in city bonds taken up December /.
AT the last March meeting the city /
a voted the surplus income of the water
department for period Of five years
q toward reducing the bonded indebted
ness OF the city. The sinking fund,
which amounts TO about $4,000, is
q drawing only two per cent in the bank
while the city is paying four per cent
interest on its bonds, and under this
new arrangement the city purchases
4 It's own indebtedness with income from
Its water department. If the income
OF the water department should con-
time at the figures ii is today il will
only be very few years before this
surplus income will entirely wipe out
the Indebtedness of the city.
The freight customs business OF
the c. V. Railway company has
shown so large an increase during
tle past two years that the advisa-
6lllty Of dividing the customs agency
nom the freight agency has been
decided upon. III. +. Bentley, former
" in charge of both departments,
mas charge of the customs department
with force OF some five or six Gus
toms clerks. +. S. Beeler. chief train
dispatcher at st. Adams, has resigned
the position, having secured like
position with the Kansas City and
southern railway. The superinten-
aent of motive power, Thomas A.
oammerskill. who has held the position
Tor the past three years, has resigned
TO take service with the Grand Trunk
railway elsewhere. The new super
ihlendent of motive power is Archi-
bald Buchanan, Jr who for the past
loar years has been master mechanic
VI the Saratoga and Champlain divi-
SONS of the Delaware and Hudson
railroad.
-Four new cases of diphtheria and
one OF scarlet fever have made their
appearance in Brattleboro. Dr. c. X.
AAljrich showed symptoms of having
t.ne former disease Saturday, and hav-
ing no place in town where he could
oe guarantined went at once to Bos-
ION, where he entered the city hospital
futures taken IRON his throat showed ,
mat he had the disease. but it is in
tlllid form and he will probably be
nome the first of next week. John. ,
son OF DR.. Fremont Hamilton. has ,
been seriously i'll with diDbfharia hut