Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-07-20

! At the annual session OF the American
Institute OF Instruction at Portland. Me-,
last week, Walter Z. Ranger, who has
| just resigned as superintendent OF educa-
] tion of Vermont to accept a like situation
/ in Rhode Island, was elected president
OF the ASSOCIATION. Among other officers
were -Nice-presidents for Vermont, b.
r. Merriam of Bellows Falls, John l..
Alger of Saxtons River, ID. Mathewson OF
Barre; councillor. c. II. Morrill, of Ran
dolph. The committee on finance in
cludes Isaac Thomas of Burlington, VI
Papers were served Friday on S. Hollis
ter Jackson OF Barre, states attorney OF
Washington county, in quo warranto
proceedings, demanding that he appear
before the next term OF supreme court to
answer to charges brought against him
while he has been in the Office OF state S
attorney. Charles A. Phelps, against
whom Jackson brought action for run
uing a bucket shop, an operator in the
stock exchange Of III. r. Leighton q Co.,
has brought the petition on the grounds
that Jackson is not a resident or citizen OF
the United States.
The old National circle at Barre was en-
tirely destroyed by fire early Monday
morning and 1t is the opinion that the fire
was incendiary. II is estimated that the
loss is about $4,000 and there was not an
| item. either LUe bltu OF llS COulcHlbs ihab
was insured, consequently the whole thing
| is total loss. The circle is owned by L..
u. Bolster and was occupied by Frank
Parnigoni, Excelsior Granite Co., Jos.
| Maffini a. Co., Cloud Bros, and Sivewright
& Co. The blacksmith shop, which was
also completely destroyed with all its
| tools, was run by George Burgess and
/ Charles Cory.
The Vermont association of Boston IS
making an effort to further increase its
membership to 1000. There are $50
natives Ct the Green Mountain state or
sons of natives now enrolled, and Col.
Albert Clarke, the president, has APP
| pointed recently a committee to continue
the work of building up the membership.
! The association maintains rooms at Hotel
1 Westminster, Copley square, which are
open daily from 9 o'clock in the morning
until 10 o'clock at night. There one can
| find all the daily and weekly papers OF
| Vermont and the current magazines.
There is growing library and notable
collection of pictures OF famous YER
monters.
| While Floyd Jacquith and George Howe
of Weston were driving by the house OF
| Edward Hodges in that place one evening
recently three shots were fired at them.
One or more OF the shots took effect on
the horse, hitting him in the head and
/
and some words passed between the men.
| 1t is reported that the cause OF the trouble
was the attention paid by the young men
to a school teacher, Miss Purple, who
boarded at the home of Hodges and in
whom the younger Mr.. Hodges also
was interested. A veterinary extracted
sixty shot from the head AMI neck of the
horse. Floyd Jacquith has brought suit
against Edward Hodges and wife, claim
fpsf in "a a They
were arrested and furnished bail for their
appearance at the next term OF Windsor
county court.
The twelfth annual meeting OF the
Vermont State Pharmaceutical associa-
tion was held at Burlington July II and
10 with an attendance OF 70. The treas
urers report showed 200 on hand. Offi-
GERS elected: President, f. w. Mitchell
OF Riehford vice presidents, Z. +. Bige-
low OF Newport, W. X. Warner OF YER
gennes, F. d. Pierce OF Barton; secretary,
". E. Terrill OF Montpelier; assistant
secretary and treasurer, ID. 5. Davis OF
Barre: trustees of permanent fund, +. w.
Pierce of Chester, w. +. Root OF Brattle-
boro, z. b. Hopkins OF Brandon. car
rage ride was taken to Ethan Allen park
and to Fort Ethan Allen, where special
drill was given by Troop G. An address
was delivered by S. G. Hood OF Washing
ton on Botany" Members, their wives
and guests to the number OF 200, took a
trip to Ausable Chasm.
Franklin county suffered severe cleo
trical storm Friday afternoon. In
Georgia. cyclone swept through the
north part of the town. For space about
100 rods wide young maple trees a foot in
diameter were twisted about and torn
from the ground. AT Enosburg Falls,
lightning struck and split the flag stan on
the Kendall Spawn Cure laboratory and de-
molished one chimney. NJ. c. Cramton,
who was at work on the water pipes, re-
ceived a severe shock. The tower of st.
Matthews Episcopal church was struck,
the bolt passing down and out of the win
dows OF the belfry. A bull and a COW
owned by Joseph Paquette were struck
and killed. Five cows owned by h. Is.
Farrar were killed. Mrs. Martha Rublee
received shock so severe that for short
time she could not close her fingers, but
recovered later. The new barn OF NJ. f.
Gillin on st. Adams hill was struck twice
by lightning and almost completely
wrecked. The damage will amount to
from Il 500 to 5000. The barn had barely
been completed at an expense of about
=, 900, replacing barn situated on the
same site, which was struck by lightning
and burned last August.