Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-09-15
State of Vermont.
tie News cendensed and Rewritten
for Our Readers.

for Our Readers.
Congressman DAVID J. Foster,
daughter, Miss Mabel Foster, is to act
as his secretary at the next session OF
Congress.
Charles Taylor, the veteran horse.
man, drove In the races at the fGir In
Waterbury last Thursday. He is 80
years old.
Ex-Governor John L. Osborne, who
has been nominated again for governor
Of Wyoming, was formerly clerk in q
Bristol drug store.
At the polls in Middlebury on cleo.
ton day, sixteen men. all over 50
years Of age, appeared within lew
minutes Of each other.
Il isnow thought that Burlington
can be lighted by its new municipal
electric lighting plant by the first OF
February at the latest.
Fred c. Goodrich, who has been
dangerously I'll with anthrax at the
Mary Fletcher hospital in Burlington,
is on the way to recovery.
Weston A. Pattee. ex-captain of Co.
II, lst Int. Vt. Vols, war with Spain.
and Mrs Emily 7 Roberts were mar
ried last week in Montpelier.
The "honorn system OF discipline
has been introduced into the Montpel-
Ter High school by Superintendent
Br0wnseombe. BY this plan no rules
are made to govern the pupils in the
school, but each student is put on hon
or as to conduct becoming a lady or
gentleman.
Miss Mary Murphy Of Rutland, aged
%, was fatally burned Friday evening
as the result OF a small fire in her
house. She died Saturday morning
al the hospital She was so severely
burned that her features were I'M
Her mother and sister
who were also burned will probably
recover.
Friends Of Edward f. Brownell Of
the defeated Republican
for sheriff Of Chittenden
county. have circulated a petition ask
inc that Sergeant-at-Arms James ".
Brock of Montpelier appoint him door
Eeeucr OF either the Senate Of House Of
Representatives during the coming
session Of the legislature The peti-
ton has received the signatures o.
nearly an the members Of the thitten-
den county bar residing in Burlington.
The telephone system owned by the
Warren Telephone Co. has been puT-
chased by " B Jones and /. II.
AlcAllster OF Waitsdeld and turned
over bv them to the New England
Telephone 4 Telegraph Co. This
line extends from Middlesex into the
towns Of Moretown, Waitsfeld, RoX-
bury. Warren and Lincoln, and has
about thirty subscribers. The line
was built BY II. W. Lyford, Or +. w.
slayton. plyna Parker and others.
Owing to litigation, the line is said TO
have been improbable.
Knox Morgan, the winner OF the
first prize and the championship RIB
bons in the Morgan class OF stations
exhibited at the st. Louis exposition,
has been returned from the fair. Inc
stallion. owned and exhibited by +. q.
Chandler Of Peacham, competed with
nine other Morgan stations, the PICK
OF the blood throughout the word,
He Is thirteen years old, is dappled
mahogany bay in color, is fifteen and
one.half hands high, and weighs l,l0O
pounds. The first prize was 80 ana
the championship prize el0O.
DR. J.E. Thomson, chairman Of the
board of liquor license commissioners
IN the city OF Rutland, who was
elected for the six years term, ana
James r. Sawyer, who was elected Tor
me two wears term, resigned their
offices at Monday nights meeting OF
the board OF aldermen. Perciyal W:
Clement was elected for the unexplred
term of Mr.. sawyer There has been
mnch dissatisfaction among the clti-
zens of Rutland in regard to the slack
manner i'm which the license board
has performed its duties since the
local option law went into effect. IL
i asserted that the members OF the
board have ignored complaints ana
nave allowed violations of the law 10
90 without punishment.