Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-03-31
State of Vermont.
Its News Condensed and Rewritten
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bridge with 14-foot span at the juno
ton also went out.
The high wind March p unroofed a
car standing on a railroad crossing at
Hiqhgate Springs, blew down a large
$40 on II. +. Powell's farm in Milton
and broke large plate glass window
in swanton.
The new and handsome hospital
built and presented to the town of
Proctor by the Vermont Marble Co. is
omen for patients. The entire cost OF
tbe plant was S35, 900 and it is CON-
plete in every way.
The big steel bridge on the Brattle-
boro and Whitehall railroad over West
river was carried away by heavy ice
March 26. The bridge was built four
wears ago and the loss is $4,000. The
structure was 100 feet above the river
bed and $50 feet long. Traffic will be
DELAYED for months.
George III. Ball, for 20 years director
OF the Rutland railroad and we'll
known in financial circles, died in Bos-
ton March 20. He had been Identified
with several railroad companies, in
Gliding the Rock Island system and
the st. Louis and San Francisco rail-
road, the Evansville and Terre Haute
and the Chicago railroads.
The contract for erecting the federal
building at Burlington has been
awarded 10 Richardson a Burgess of
that city for Sl70,255. The building
will be constructed of marble. The
figures mentioned do not include S22,-
600 for certain interior furnishings,
estimated to cost $4,000. These
fnishngs include letter boxes and the
Ike. Excavations for the building
will begin the first Of May.
Col H. +. Taylor has been recon-
mended by Congressman Haskins Tor
appointment as postmaster at Brattle-
boro to succeed the late Dr. Dan Z.
Webster. Col. Taylor is a veteran Of
the Civil war and has been commander
of the Vermont department, g A. Il.
He has been active In the Vermont
National Guard and served as GOV. W.
?. Dillngham's chief OF staff In 1886
be was appointed special inspector Of
customs
Unless the signs fail, Addison eoun-
IS. the coming fall, will certainly do
its share toward furnishing the
Thanksgiving tables of Bostonians, as
no less than Ga incubatOrs are in opera
ton in that county, and possibly there
are twice that number. This will
mean, approximately, 1900 chickens
this fall from artificial hens, and with
half as many more matured under the
maternal management of the old-fash-
Toned biddy.
John Thompson. who recently finish
Il ed serving a term of ninety days for
larceny from Mrs. Ira Rowland, for
Il merly Of East Montpelier, while she
was In Lowell, Mass, has returned to
Barre. He formerly lived in Barre
gld was a member of Company +. He
ays that when he was released from
81 he went 10 hotel where he was
learly asphyxiated, being in so seri-
Fl Gus a condition that he was taken to
the hospital. He remained there for
two days before he was able 10 get
out.
Eighty-cne business men of Water
bury attended a banquet at the Water
bury Hotel Mar. %. After the banquet
l.. c. Moody introduced the speaker OF
the evening. Col. Albert Clarke, secre-
tary Of the Home Market club, OF Bos-
ton, who spoke at length upon the ben
e1ts derived from a board of trade and
gave many suggestions and expert
enced advice to the business men who
met to organize a local board OF trade
at Waterbury. After Mr.. Clarke had
concluded his address a board OF trade
was organized.
A consultation of physicians was
held in Brattleboro, Mar. "a, in regard
TO the condition of Thos. j. Miller's
wrist, which was badly bitten and
mutilated six weeks ago by vicious
stallion. The wound was opened and
II was found that the bones had not
knitted together, nature having done
nothing in the way of repairing the in
Jury. This condition is due partly to
Mr.. Miller's age and partly to the ex-
tent Of the fracture of the bones. 1t is
expected that the hand will have to be
amputated in few days.
In the Massachusetts, supreme court
March q Judge Barker denied the pc
utlOn of Mrs. Charles c. Hendricks for
the custody of her 5-year-old son,
Thomas, who was placed in the House
Of the Angel Guardian, Roxbury Mass
recently by Doctor Hendricks, his
lather. The Judge remanded the child
% the custody OF the Home. IL is said
mat Doctor Hendricks, who recently
gained notoriety on account of his con-
hection with Laura Biggar, an actress,
VINO sought to get the estate of Mil
Honaire Bennett of Pittsburg, is now
In Chester, where Miss Biggar resides.
DR.. l.. f. Niles, a native of Pownal,
out who has resided a number of years
IN New York and Amsterdam, has re-
Gently returned TO Pownal and erected
handsome mansion on the farm on
which be was born, and will in the
future make it his home. DIR. Niles,
VINO is president of the General Elec-
tfie company of America, is going to
start Shetland pony stock farm, and
u now having the necessary buildings
erected. There are less than 5000 of