Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-03-10
State of Vermont.
:. News Condensed and Rewri en-
for Our Headers.

- dent Di IeaCuafls ultu IcUs - a. tux
zoe OF 1913 years and 4 months.
Not a train was moved on the Mis-.
sisanoi division of the Central Yer
mont railway Feb. 20 on account OF the
snow blockade.
Collins j. Wooster was convicted in
uoptpelier city court March l of fur.
nisbtnp liquor ana sentenced 10 nine
months in the house OF correction at
Rutland.
The state grange will meet at Bel
q lows Falls next year and il was voted
town meeting day to give the assoeia-
tiop the free use OF the opera house fol-
q lac occasion.
Edward Bliss Clark, 15-year-old son
j ofDr. E. r. Clark of Castleton, dis
appeared from Rutland city Wednes-
day. February "a, and nothing has
been seen or heard of him since.
The Hon. Robert r. Lincoln has
written several letters .nquiring about
the depth OF snow in Manchester. He
is anxious Tor it to disappear so he can
decide upon plans tor building his sum
mer residence there.
The town of Rockingham voted Mar.
TO appropriate $4,000 toward tree
inc the toll bridge across the Connec-
ticut river and building a new one. 1t
i expected that Walpole, n. H.. will
psy $4,000 Tor the same purpose.
II Mrs. Warren Kenyon, aged sixty
seven, died March 8 at her home in
Sandgate of starvation. She was
taken i'll with stomach trouble two
months ago and had not taken any
nourshment for torty-three days when
she died.
Ralph Tillotson. aged Is years, was
found dead In bed at his home in
Barre March 4 by his father, T. r.
Tlllotson, when he went TO awaken
him. 1t is thought the cause was
heart failure. The boy had been sub
ect to fits.
The following appointments have
been made to West Point from this
state: Stewart o. Elting OF Burling-
ton; Jason d. Jones, alternate, Of
Chester aud James r. Darling alter
nate, Of Barre These men are the
successful candidates who recently
undertook the examination for cadet
snip at Rutland.
The town OF Rockingham has
brought suit in the county court to
recover from the Bellows Falls and
Saxtons River Street Railway company
the money due the town The town
has been out. 1t seems, about 81, 100
because OF the cut in Pine street. The
road agreed, it is alleged, to pay all
but -, 900 of whatever the cost was.
Fl The tenth annual banquet of the
Il Buffalo Society OF Vermonters was
held in Buffalo Mar. 4. There were
i present about hundred of the promi-
nent members. After a half hour of
social conversation the president, DR..
Il. D. lngraham of Thetford, led the
way 10 the banquet hall with the
special guest OF the evening, the Hon.
Charles H. Darling of Bennington,
assistant secretary OF the navy.
William Henry Harrison Murray,
better known as Adirondack Muir
\ ray, died at Gulford, Conn, March 3,
4 a the age of "a. lie was the first man
t0penetrate the wilds of the Adiron-
daeks and the letters afterwards ineoT
p0raled into the book that made him
literary celebrity and gave him his
name, Adirondack, were accounts OF
camp life written for Connecticut
paper He was for several years a
resident OF Burlington.
proposition has been made by the
three sons of the late Ethan NJ. and
Eliza b. Wright of Orwell TO erect on
land owned by that town, suitable
building tor public library, provided
the town will guarantee TO keep the
same In repair, also heat and light the
building, pay the librarian and APP
propTiate for books the sum of 800
each year. This building is to be
given as memorial OF their parents,
who we're prominently identified with
Tie interests of the town.
Special Officer W. A. Ellis, who was
sent last week to Portsmouth, n. H.,
10 ascertain the number of United
States liquor licenses held in Mont
peer, while there not only attended
70 the business tor which ne was sent
oat also looked up the number OF such
licenses held in Washington county
and In the state. He found that %
are held in Washington county and
~ IN the state, including one per cent
Deer licenses. Mr.. Ellis also found
mat Hardwick which voted no license
u. llst year has u government licenses.
lhere are $50 state licenses in force.
Sheldon has paid the last of its bond
81 Indebtedness incurred to aid in
building the st. Johnsbury and Lake
Nhamplain railroad. The bonds for
so0.OO0 were issued in 1870 and re-
lunded in 1850 at l-2 per cent. All
Nho signed those bonds as selectmen
ana treasurer are dead with the ex-
teptlon of A. f. Durkee. the treasurer, |
Shq one selectman, A. +. Leach. A. |
Durkee, the presen: town treasurer,
nas held the office for % wears. and |
nas paid all the bonds from the first to |
Ile last. The town has paid $1,000 |
SsSery year. The interest amounted to |
up.
:, lhe trustees of the University of |
Vermont have decided to erect the |
lev medical college building at Bur-
naSton on the site of the old structure, |