Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-02-25
State of Vermont.
Is News CONDENSED and Rewritten
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was nearly $4,000.
There is every reason 10 believe that
the present Congress will increase the
nav of rural free delivery mail carriers
by $40 per month, making their year
~ pay $40.
There is only one case of smallpox
in Lincoln at present. Reuben Cowles,
AGED 81 years, who is improving
There have been twenty cases Of small
tpox in the town.
The Socialist party OF Burlington
has filed nomination papers for mayor
and also for an alderman in each ward.
These nominations are the only ones
outside the regular caucus nominal
lions.
DIR. w. S. Webb of Shelburne and
Dr. L. NJ. Bingham of Burlington have
zone TO Cuba for a stay of several
weeks. They have taken automobiles
with them and will tour the island In
that manner.
The deer, which, for several years
has been quite an attraction at the
soldiers Home, Bennington, is dead.
II got out of its enclosure some way
and in running around was caught in
a barbed wire fence and so badly cut
that it died.
Ex-Gov Frederick Holbrook OF
Barre was 81 years old Feb. 10. A
large number of townspeople called
informally to extend congratulations.
Ex-Governor Holbrook is in good
health and goes out every day when
the weather conditions are favorable.
Rev. l.. X. whitman, who is to close
his pastorate with Trinity Methodist
church, Montpelier, at the coming ses-
sion of the Vermont conference, an
nouneed Sunday that he planned 10
accept a proiessorship in the prepare /
tory school known as The Hill /
school, at Pottstown, Pa.
Miss Mildred Virgins, aged 81, died /
Feb. Il at the home OF her uncle, c. /
W. stewart OF Brattleboro. after an ill., I
ness Of two weeks with blood poison T
ing. Two weeks before. she received /
q slight scratch on one hand. She was 4
Of consumptiye tendency, and in a few
DAYS it was found that blood poison
ing had developed.
The +. H. Denniston Co. OF SYRIA
cuse, n. ~. has ceased doing bust
ness This is the firm that had con-
tracts for work at Fort Ethan Allen,
and il will be remembered that work
was discontinued at the fort recently,
as the men had not received their pay.
The company by which it was bonded
paid the men and work was resumed.
The case OF Giovanni Milese against
the Readsboro chair manufacturing
company, which was TO have been
heard at the session of the United
States court In Rutland last week. was
settled for $4,000 asfew hours previous
20 the time IL was set for trial Young
Milese sued the company for the loss
Of his right hand while working in the
deiendant's mill.
operation for the removal OF two
shot. located with the N-ray, was per-
formed on Roland Gibbs of Stowe re-
Gently. One shot only was removed.
that resting on the hip bone. The
other having entered two and one-half
Years ago, the bone had grown around
Ct, aud as no trace OF the place OF en-
trance was found, il was thought best
not to cut tor ii.
BY unanimous vote of the village
OF Barton Landing, taken at a special (,
meeting held Friday evening, Feb. -, &,
the village will construct an opera
house at the expense OF $4,000. The
building when completed will be "A
three-story structure upon a iounda-
ton IS by 90 feet. Ii will contain an
opera house and society hall, with
basement for storing village property
and fire apparatus.
Waterbury is TO organize board of
trade and the business men OF the
place are now perfecting plans with
that end in view. A banquet at which
100 covers will be laid will be held at
the Waterbury hotel during the second
week in March. Albert Clarke OF Bos-
ton, secretary of the Home Market !
club, has accepted an invitation TO be :
present and speak and other promi-
nent guests are expected.
4 vote will be taken at the annual
city meeting In Rutland in March TO
decide whether the city council will be
authorized to bond the city for $4,000
70 build new high school building or
70 issue bonds for $4,000 for the pur-
chase of the federal building TO be con-
Herted into a high school building.
The schools of the city are greatly {
oVercrowded at present. The city is A..
now paying 1926 annually for the rent
ing Of outside buildings. ,
Last tall Milton Barber, a sheep ,
raiser in Pownal, lost 80 sheep, all
FLOODED, from his flock, and although ,
ne made persistent search no trace
Oh them was ever found. Monday I
afternoon. Feb. Is, he was surprised
70 see the entire flock coming into his
sheep yard from the mountains be-
tween his place and South Williams
town. They had managed to get ,
enough to eat during the winter and
We're in excellent condition. They :
Iad not been gone so long but that
tney knew their way home. Not one
was missing. I
Mrs Peter Murphy died Feb. is at
ncr home in Rrandan II ia undar I