Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-03-03
State of Vermont.
,s News CONDENSED and Rewritten
for Our Readers.

with the exception OF one week, thal
NJ cadets have all been out OF quar-
milne since last November.
The Rev. Samuel V. MeDurfee. aged
4 40 Congregational clergyman, died
Suddenly of heart failure at his home
h Springfield, Mass, Feb. rs. He
was born in COrinth, Vt. His last
pssforate was at Thetford, VT, from
$500 TO 1898.
A paper is being circulated for
subscriptions to stock company TO
conduct the furniture and house fur
nishinp business of Beerwort x Demar
III Richford on a larger scale. Ii is
expected to capitalize the new COM
pany at $4,000.
Miss Dora Temple of the Nurses
Home, Burlington, has gone to
Wavnesyille, n. c.. where she will care
for former President A. ID. Brown of
Norwich University, Mortified, who
+ there for his health. The condition
of Mr. Brown is not so favorable.
At a meeting of the stockholders
Of the Waterbury National bank Feb.
u It was voted to reduce the capital
stock from 100000 TO $4,000, there
being too much capital for the amount
Of business transacted. The stock
holders liquidating will be paid par
for their stock.
Sailor JEAN who was in central
Vermont last April. early in his start
on pedestrian journey TO visit every
t8pital in the United States, has been
beard from at Guthrie, Okla. He has
already visited II capitals, entailing
a walk OF over 800 miles, and is
about Is days ahead OF his schedule.
The Rev. Asa NJ. Bradley OF Sanger
vile, Ne. has accepted a call to the
Universalist church at Barre. The
Rev. Etiie X. NJ. Jones, the present |
PASTOR who rendered her resignation /
some weeks ago, preached her fare
well sermon Sunday and left Wednes- /
day for her new home In Waterloo, /
Iowa.
The Canadian government is to /
place a customs officer in Burlington I
Tor the purpose Of examining the bag
gage going through 10 Canadian
points, thereby doing away with the
inconvenience which has resulted
i from the present system. The officer
will probably have an Office at the
Central Vermont station.
G. c. Markham OF Mortified, a
veteran of the Mexican War, cele-
bated his SIND birthday Thursday
by walking from Mortified to Mont
peIier, distance OF ten miles. Mr..
Nayham started at 7:l0 a. m. and
arrived at Montpelier at III 80. lie
carried a knapsack containing his
dinner and bottle of milk.
ExGov, w. w. Stickney purposes
70 establish and maintain, without ex-
gense TO the town, instruction in ele-
neltary music in the schools OF Lud-
i low. He has rendered draft to cover
the cost for the current year, and de-
] slTes that the records shall designate
/ itas he Lizzie Lincoln Stickney mu-
SIC fund, it being in memory Of his late
wife.
tbree-quarter length painting Of !
Admiral Dewey. the work OF Artist
William ID. Murphy of New York,
has arrived at the state house, Mont
pe-er, and will be opened and set up
when Gov Mccullough can be pres
ent The painting was purchased by {
Gov Mccullough for the state under 9
he Joint resolution passed by the
legislature of 1902.
The worlds bowling record for a
single string was equalled on Alex /
ander's alleys, Barre, Feb. "a, by John
v. Ayerill of the Calumet team, who
made the highest possible score, 500.
Barre bowlers think the record will
stand for the year 1904, as nothing
equal to 1t has been heard of thus tar
this season On only four former
OCCASIONS has the 800 mark been {
reached
An announcement OF the award of
tle contract to construct new public I
building at Burlington will be made
lals week. The total appropriation
lof the building is S2l0.000, not sl4O,- ,
wv as has been announced. OF this
$4,000 was TO be used for temporary
quarters tor the postoffice and customs ,
house leaving 100000 for the new
Guiding. Several of the bids were
Inside this amount, but the building
able.
A force OF carpenters began work
~ Burlington last week Tuesday on
, ,le new opera house to be built on
=. nam street by j. j. and j. + Whalen. ]
nae demolition of the old government !
Oalldlng has been completed and the
men now employed there will doubt Z
.5sS be put at work on the new struc-
,ufe' An immense quantity of build
Jug material has been taken from the
government building, much of which
VII be used in the construction of \
NE opera house.
lhe Barre city council has decided
70 pay the fine of Sl3 OF Johiah Kener- {
9IOh, convicted of stealing wood to
A. S3Sep his family from freezing to death.
mayor j. IL. Jackson told the alder ,
alel the man was physically unable to
ao[G, and as he was a poor man Z
eolIl not pay the fine, and that to
save Tue alternative sentence at the !
5 Solse OF correction for a long term,
paIlng which the city would have to
support his family, his fine should
q l.