Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-02-04
State of Vermont.
-. News Condensed and Rewritten
for Our Readers.

.,aaIlnox patients in Bristol, has been
,sherated from quarantine. The VII.
iaTe i now free from the disease.
= CONGRESSMAN Haskins has secured
che passage through Congress OF a
sneeial act granting a pension OF $40
aer month TO Mrs. Josephine {. Chase
FL If Brattleboro.
Dinhtheria has broken out in West
S pnyte and three cases have already
len reported The public schools
b ssre heen closed and everything Is
being done to prevent the spread OF
Fl the disease.
The marriage OF Redfeld Proctor,
II an of senator Proctor, to Miss Mary
Sherwood of North Carolina, which
+ hsd been set for Jan. %. was post
,aned ON account of the illness of the
Prospective bridegroom at Washing
. In. ID. c., with a severe cold.
n About 40 persons interested in hav-
F. ;ng a musical convention in Barton
i9ndlnp met recently and voted TO
Fl MA a Convention the third week in
& Tebrnary. Mr.. viii Sargent has been
ENGAGED for director and the first re-
besrsal passed off very pleasantly.
Charles Clark has been elected
cashier OF the Baxter National bank,
Fl succeeding George X. Bottnm, de-
4 ceased. Fred G. Spencer, teller OF
n The Killlngton National bank, was
3 elected teller of the Baxter bank,
succeeding Mr.. Clark, who has been
+ teller for nearly 80 years.
Cards are out announcing the mar
,iaue of Paul 5. Dillingham;, son OF
4 limited States Senator w. II. billing
nam. and Miss Florence HUFF OF Brook
lvn n. T., at the home OF the bride,
February 10. Mr.. and Mrs. billing
4 ham will be at home at No. 8 West
s.. Montpelier. after April 9.
Fl Work has been begun on the Cen
B tral Vermont railway bridge In Mont
heller. g. w. Flint OF st. Adams,
with twenty men and j. G.. Patterson
ii with ten men are 10 erect the bridge.
n lisa two span bridge and will cost
$4,000. Il is expected that the work
Win be completed in about four weeks.
Pa. Richardson Of Burlington, the
founder and editor OF The lnterna-
Honal Quarterly, has sold the maya
zine 10 the Scott-Thaw Publishing Co.
II New York, which has published
de magazine for some time. Mr..
richardson will continue as editor
B and the magazine will be printed In
& Burlington at least for the present.
Work on the artillery quarters at
Il Fort Ethan Allen came 10 a sudden
4 slandstil Friday morning at $3.50
4 o'clock, when 100 men, carpenters,
and all men employed by +. ii. Denis
i bn 4 Co. of Syracuse. N. T., stopped
working because they had not been
paid for their services since the 10Th oil
the month and could see no sign OF
any money In the future.
The state board of railroad COM
missioners made public Jan. % a de-
eslon relative to the accident OF Jan
uary 2. 1902, which occurred at Shell
burne The blame is placed upon
Engineer Il. Cowee, who was killed
at thai time. for falling to wait until
he received orders. The Rutland Rail-
road Go. is held to be at fault Tor not
having proper system OF train orders.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
State Agricultural society will be
held In Montpelier Feb. .. 1t is un-
derstood that for several years the
fairs OF the society have been financial
failures and the one at Rutland last
year was particularly bad. II Is said
that it is quite likely the State fair
will not be held this year, but that
II Il is il will be held in conjunction
with some other society than the
Rutland association.
The Vermont Marble Co. announced
Jan. 26 that their general store at
West Rutland had cleared Is per cent
on the money invested since last May,
when the company proposed to give
all the money made in the stores over
per cent to the employees In pro-
/ portion to the amount traded. The
employees trading at the West Rut-
land store this year get 9 per cent oil
the total receipts. The other two stores
at Center Rutland and Proctor prob
ably did fully as well.
Governor Mccullough has appointed
Lee 5. Tillotson OF st. Adams Judge
Of the municipal court in that city,
vice Judge j. NJ. Thorne. resigned.
Mr. Tillotson has wide acquaintance
throughout Vermont by his connection
with the Masonic Grand Lodge OF
which be is the present grand lecturer.
lie is captain of Company b, V. N. e.,
ana has occupied prominent posi-
Slon in st. Adams musical circles.
During the Spanish-American war be
was bUgler in the First Vermont
Volunteers.
IL. S. Frost of Bellows Falls has at
last recovered the horse and sleigh
which accompanied the famous Hof-
uan on his travels through Vermont
and New York. Sheriff Studley OF
Springfield, Mass, learned from Hof-
man after the latter had been returned
% springfield. that the rig had been
,elt at road house kept by Thomas
bbosoorough at Tribes Hill, n. Y. The
bellows Falls police were notified and
Saarles Frost went after the missing
ng' Hoffman had lett the stolen
property at Tribes Hill when he began
us railroad journey which ended so