Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-02-18
State of Vermont.
:. News Condensed and Rewritten
for Our Readers.

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Estey Organ Co. of Brattleboro were
lestyoyed in the recent great fire in
that city.
dairy COW owned by George Col
hnrn of East Shrewsbury was drowned
recently while drinking from a barrel
INTO which she forced her head and
horns and was unable to extricate ii
an account of the size OF the water
barrel.
William j. Gilmore of Tinmouth
durino last fall caught in sixty traps
IL two months the following animals :;
one hundred muskrats, twenty
sknnks. eight minks, six foxes and
three coons. The lot sold for some
thing over $500.
Frank A. Scott. an employee of the
Rufland Railroad Co.. was examined
nv doctors Feb. IL and his illness pro-
nounced as smallpox. Where he con-
tracted the disease is unknown. Rig
orous measures are being taken TO pre-
vent the spread of the disease in Rut-
land.
The Northern Bankers association
will hold its annual meeting at Wells
River Feb. 25, with a banquet at
Hale's tavern. The cashiers and
treasurers OF the banking institutions
of northern Vermont and New Hamp-
shire are members of this organiza-
ton.
The movement to organize Young
Mems Christian association in VIII
hag "a on GnnnnGgfttf and
large number OF young men have al
ready signed the charter. The local
branch will have for its meeting
room the dining room of the old Yer
mont house. The reading and' game
room has been supplied with maya
zines, journals and good assortment
Of games.
State Superintendent of Education
" Z. Ranger Of Montpelier will 90 TO
Atlanta, Ca, Feb 20 to attend a con-
renti0n OF the superintendents' de-
partment Of the National Educational |
association The latter part Of next
week ne will be in Boston, where the 1
beads OF departments Of the American 4
Institute Of Instruction will meet 10 4
make arrangements for holding an in 4
stitute next summer at Bethlehem. n.
Il
Hugh Ward, aged about 30 years,
Of Burlington was found frozen TO
death on the highway near Mooers
Junction, n. Y, at o'clock the morn
Inc Of Feb. 10 He left Mooers june
ton at eight o'clock the night before
to walk TO Matthew Wards. his
cousin Il is said he suffered with
heart trouble and may have been
seized with an attack and died on the
road. He was found by his cousin
frozen stiff.
The Burlington chief of police case
was decided by the supreme court
aganst Edward +. Brownell, removed
iron Office by Mayor Burke, and in IA
yOr Of Patrick j. Russell, the mayors
appOintee. The supreme court finds
nli the Burlington police examiners
made report which was not in &C
oofdance with the facts as elected by
then IN their hearings, and that Mayor
Burke was justified In his action in re-
noring Mr.. Brownell. Mr.. Brownells
petition is dismissed with costs.
George II. Bostwick- Jr., son of '
George II. Bostwick. a well-known
resident Of Nergennes, is missing ,
and all efforts to locate him have
been futile. Mr.. Bostwick, Sr., has {
placed the matter in the hands of Sher- {
u Horton OF Burlington. Young Bost- ,
wick was in Burlington shortly befOre '
DIS disappearance and was twice '
arrested for intoxication. After pay
lng the second fine he disappeared. I
he was traced to Shelburne, but I
nothing further about him could be {
learned.
The annual report OF the directors 7
q Heaton hospital, Montpelier, just i
made public, shows that this institu- q
uon has now an Indebtedness OF al |
most $4,000 and is running behind {
scout $1,000 a year, even with the @
900 annually appropriated by the /
guy for its use. The number OF [
PATENTS admitted during the past a
year was Isl of which 81 were private
PATENTS and % free city patients. I
Iae directors ask for an increased d
appropriation from the city for the q
coming year. n
AT a meeting Of the Independent tel v
tphone companies of northern and 5
middle Vermont at st. Johnsbury, 1t p
was decided to establish a trunk line !
ron It. Johnsbury to Montpelier, q
mus coming into direct opposition s
y. WIN the New England Telephone & Y
Telegraph Co. The Independent COM o
panies have been operating ia differ I
Sue sections for the past few years and Il
lave "a built up extensive local systems. e
. iqeir purpose now is to 90 into the \
W llne business and ultimately reach n
y Az parts Of the state. r
me postal clerks in Vermont who )
u.aAe up bundles of letters tor Canada, u
~ now required to acquaint them K
Wv ives thoroughly with the names Z
alu localities of the postoifices in the i
ET Z, of Montreal and Quebec. n
. luefe Is feeling among these clerks S
ia, ,,1.s their work is hard enough now
ss !. imposing this additional bur
!, ~ Ihe Canadian postal clerks, +,
" Is i claimed, hardly assert at all the .
al, al they deliver at Newport The
pouches Tor 1.-THE States are dumped 0
lpoh the mail car and the clerks this
.iue 81 the line can arrange the letters &