Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-05-21

at Bethel. January 10, 1900, and at this tint
were paid about $4,000 BY the insurance
companies.
Trains on the Rochester railroad went
through from Bethel to Rochester Mon
day and the regular train service was re-
sumed Tuesday. The road has had only q
partial service since the stony Brook
bridge was carried away by flood the nrsl
week in March.
Cards are out announcing the marriage
of George W. Winants Wilkins and Miss
Mary K Baker Freeman which took
place at Lebanon, y. H., May 18th. Mr.
/ wilkins is the son of Rev. G.. A. wilkins,
/ former rector of Christ church. Mr..
and Mrs. wilkins will be ''at home after
June LIST at Il school streeI, Lebanon.
1 At the home of David G. Brown last
Saturday afternoon. his son, Winfield >.
Brown Of Randolph ana Miss Matte Bah
I bitt OF Randolph were married by Rev. j..
| Wesley Miller. Those from out Of town
who witnessed the ceremony were Mrs.
Albert Fielders and Bernice of South
Royalton and Mr. and Mrs. II. l.. Doug
lass OF Randolph. The Methodist Episco-
pal service was used.
The following officers have been elected
for the year ensuing by White River
Lodge, No. 90, +. q A. M.:-Royal j.
Flint W. NJ; +. A. Sargent s. W. Otto
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Clinton $. SOper, secretary; Martin J..
Wyman, $. d.. Chas. III. Ballard, j. D.;
Sherman Harrington, chaplain; ". III.
Edmunds. marshal. Geo. Davis, 5. S.,
ID. Lynn Chadwick, j. s. Bert e Rogers,
tyler.
There is dun season now in the finish
ing department of the Bethel tannery
owing to the short shutdown last spring
the effects Of which are just being felt IN
this department. several OF the hands
are taking short vacations. Moses Ievaa.
John FleetWoo and Dan DannuhuY,
w0rkmen in the finishing department,
have been al their homes in Massachu-
sets for short vacations during the past
week.
Bert Benedict has moved from the
house occupied by him the past winter
on the granite quarry TO the l.. II. Abbott
house and will run a boarding house for
the quarrymen on the Ellis and Starrett
quarry. Mrs. Frank p. Markham, who
has been keeping the boarding house
on the Abbott farm, has moved to the
house on the Harlow farm and is keeping
boarding house for the men at work on
the Woodbury. Granite Co. quarry.
W. c. Jones, the contractor, has COM
pleted his original job OF grading on the
Rochester railroad and has taken his men
to CIRCUITS, a station about four miles be-
low Bellows Falls where be has job grad |
ing for the double track the Boston &
Maine are putting in between Bellows
Falls and Brattleboro. There is some idea
on the part of the owners of the Rochester
railroad to do some additional work grad
ing on their road bed. ID. Williams, en-
gineer Of the B. 4 NJ, is expected this |
week TO inspect the road and advise in re- |
gard to further work.
Edwin B. Ellis OF Mortified has sold |
a half interest in his Bethel granite lands /
TO Goodwin Starrett Of the firm OF Starrett 4
Bros The sale includes the Abbott farm |
OF It's acres, the Bagley and Cushing lot 4
of 81 acres, the Kittredge lot Of eight /
acres and the Clough lot Of fifty acres,
and is considered the best quality OF \
granite land on Christian hill. The firm
Of Starrett Bros is one Of the most eX-
tensive contracting firms Of New York 4
city and 1t Is expected that work on the /
Bethel quarry will be pushed with vigor. 1
For the present, al least, il is expected 4
that the granite VIII be quarried in Bethel 4
aud carried to Mortified for finishing, /
where Mr.. Ellis has one of the best |
equipped shops IN New England.