Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-07-28
State of Vermont.
:. News coneensec and Rewritten
for Our Readers.

The 18th annual convention Of the
varnont State Firemen's association
viii be held at Nergennes August ~.
tsmes Howe OF Albany, owner OF
Howe Terrace at Poultney, recently
Fl discovered in the grove near the VII
lace beautiful white squirrel, the
~ specimen Of the kind ever seen in
Fl pOultney.
The Hon. Joseph G. Cannon of Iii
E ,ois sneaker of the national House OF
representatives, has accepted the lnvi-
II tstion of United States Senator Red
n ssId Proctor and Congressman ID. j.
II Foster TO speak in Vermont during the
coming campaign.
n The SANDER case OF Samuel ID.
II a.Spotter'D Wilson VS.. Percival w.
Fl clement for $4,000 damages will be
n bs5rd on the questions OF law raised IN
Fl NeW York in October. II the case
/ c,mes back for trial il will be heard f.
naIIy at the February term OF court IN
Il Burlington.
b Workmen viii begin the erection Of
& new station at Montpelier Junction
b August /. The structure will be a
/ small one, built OF wood and only one
Story in height. A house for the use
If the station agent will be built on
h the opposite side Of the railroad track
Il the meadow near the Pavilion farm.
II FL Davis OF North Pomfret, sec
Il retary Of the Vermont Dairymen's As
/ s9ciation, has accepted an invitation
Il to have the next annual meeting of the
association held in Montpelier The
date OF the meeting has been set for
January II and will continue three
n DAYS II is expected the sugar makers
FL viii meet in conjunction With the
daiymen.
Albert Gordon, boy OF eleven who
was run over By train at Alburg
July is was operated on at the hospital
ia =, Adams that night, his lett leg
Fl being amputated. He was attempting
N. % catch a ride on train with some
other companions and was drawn
under the wheels He could not stand
lie shock Of the operation and died
early the next morning
guy II. Start. a Bakersfield attorney,
and son OF Judge II. K. Start OF the
supreme court, has brought suit for
$4,000 against the Central Vermont
n Railway Co. for alleged injuries said
10 have been received In a railway
accident near Cambridge Junction
. March 49, The plaintiff alleges that
NJ be was injured about the legs and
body and an injury about the head has
. resulted in the loss Of hearing in one
ear.
The decomposed body OF Edward
Fl Eyens of Bennington village, was
Fl found floating In the East river near
H New York July II. He was the
II youngest son of John Evens and had
been Ia New York about a month, and
was to take a position there the next
. day. lie was with brother and had
Fl not been seen or heard from for some
DAYS. Ii was thought that he might
have gone home. How be came to be
IN the river is a mystery. On account
n Of the condition OF the body the only
means OF Identification by his brother
was by letters in his pockets.
n Vermont will head the list in the
a Morgan horse exhibit at ST. Louis with
twenty-five fancy bred animals. and
"a kentucky breeders are a close second
. with twenty animals. Illinois breed
N ers win send about forty animals, but
. the strain OF Morgan blood is not so
n pronounced in the latter exhibit as In
the Vermont and Kentucky bred ami
mails The management OF the EXPOSE
Il ton has set aside $500 as prizes in
the Morgan class. which is stimulating
an interest among breeders OF this
. type OF horses. During the past six
months many sales of Vermont Nor
gans have been made at prices that
n were extremely hattering.
II yermonters are especially interested
in the recent trip of Mrs. William
Northrup Mcmillan to Abyssinia, as
she was born in st. Johnsbury and Is Il
granddaughter OF the late Sir Thadde-
Us Fairbanks, inventor of the scales
which bear his name. Mrs. McAlil-
Ian is the first American woman TO
penetrate the deserts of Abyssinia and
Is now at her former home IN 81.
Louis The trip to Abyssinia was
made early this year IN company with
her husband. who is the London repre-
sentative OF the American Car and
n Foundry company, Sir John Harring-
ton, British minister to Abyssinia,
some English scientists and the expe-
dition physician. The caravan was
met at Adis-Abeba by King Menelik,
y who graciously received them, and the
object OF the expedition was to estab-
lish better trade relations between
Abyssinia and the Mediterranean.
The case of John w. Eagan OF Mont
pelier VS.. the Central Vermont Rail-
way company. which has Just been
entered in county court, is interesting
n from the circumstances upon which the
action is founded. The plaintiff lives
N Middlesex and on June 10, 1902,
owned a sawmill on a small stream
near Middlesex village. On that day
q terrific rain storm swept over that
section, doing great damage in Mid
desex. Worcester, Montpelier and
some in adjoining towns. MIR. Eagans
mill, with the machinery and a large
amount OF lumber, both sawed and IN
the log, were swept away by the water,
He now hrinoe this sniff IN recover