Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-09-14
State of Vermont.
It's News Condensed and Rewritten
COR Our Readers.

~ The Vermont Dairymen's association
viii hold its annual meeting in Burling-
ton Jan. gil.
The total registration of pupils in the
Barre public schools, 2,147, shows the
largest increase in the history Of the city
schools
Wm. II. Bradford and John Davis were
fined $40 and cost of 1923 in Bennington
sept. 9Th for breaking the Sunday hunt
ing law.
Miss Elizabeth G., daughter Of Edward
Johnson. editor OF the Burlington Daily
News. died at Denver, Col, Sept. 5 Of APP
pendicitis.
The Central Vermont freight sheds at
Winooski were Quilted by fire the night Of
the 9Th, but no cause for the blaze could
! e discovered.
Henry Willard Dennison, legal adviser
10 the japanese department OF foreign az
fairs. uaid visit TO his birthplace in
4 Guildhall Thursday.
Thomas Sullivan, foreman OF the S. l..
/ Griffith estate, was killed By log slide at
Dandy the 7th. He was struck By log as
il came down the chute.
B. c. Berry has resigned as postmaster
al south Barton, and Olin Abbott will be
/ recommended By Congressman Kittredge
/ Haskins for the appointment.
Alouzo Fraser, coal team driver, was
NTEAlW lt0 M bfhAAltHNf0 ne ON tuhrHfQ
with selling liquor without a license. He
was held for Windham county court in
bonds Of 200.
Allen smith, employed in the sawmIll Of
Il F. +. Smith at Moscow, was struck in the
face NJ heavy board sept. 6 and suf-
iered serious injuries. The sight OF one
eye vas destroyed.
The Boutwell, Varnum, Milne Granite
company now controls four hiths q the
dark granite on Barre hill. having just
purchased the dark stock quarry Of Marr
Gordon for close to $4,000.
4 iie and drum corps is 10 be organized
n the Montpelier High school, the boys to
be instructed by G.. II. Wilder and George
McMasters. This will be the first organi- I
zation Of the kind in the state.
Dennis Souci, employed in the washers /.
al the Wiuooski wooden mill. was Injured 4
the 5,h, his foot being badly mangled BY
coming IN contact with the chains which 1
draw the cloth through the washers.
Col Curtis 5. Emery Of Chelsea will 1
assume bis duties as collector Of customs 4
for the district Of Memphremagog about t
Jan. l. 1906, By mutual arrangement with /
Hon. Z. NJ. Mansur, the retiring collector. 4
Frank Dillingham;, brother OF Senator
W. II. Dillingham;, who has been serving
a. cOnsul-general al Auck land, New Zeal
and, has been appointed United States
consul at Aix-la-Chapelle, Prussia. II is
promotion.
A. p johnson OF New York has leased
the Windsor Inn and is 10 enter upon the
management OF the same at once. The
house will be thoroughly renovated and a
number Of additions and improvements
will be made.
A cyclone passed over Chittenden the
evening OF the 6th, tearing one barn on
the John W. Crockett place all TO pieces
and taking half the roof of from another.
some OF the debris was carried 30 10 30
feet In the air.
Alvin Chaplin, aged SO years, was struck
on the head by the boom OF a derrick and /
instantly killed in North Montpelier the
9th. lie was watching a large stone being !
moved into place when a chain IN the der |
rick broke and the boom fell.
The Boston & Maine Railroad Co. has ,
paid the family OF Patrick Hurley OF Pow
nal 500 in settlement for claim for dam !
ages against the road. Hurley, who was !
section foreman, was run over BY work q
train and fatally injured, dying Aug. 9. [
The Brandon Union is the defendant in Z
a libel suit growing out OF the publication I
IN November, 1902, OF letter written by !
W. L. Lamson OF Greenfield, Mass, in re- I
gard 10 separation from his wife. The I
plaintiff is James n. Cress Of Brandon.
The next meeting OF the state board of
pharmacy Tor examinations will be held at
the state house in Montpelier Wednesday /
morning, Oct. 4, at 10 o'clock. Applica- y
tons Tor examination must be made to j. i
&. Bellrose, the secretary, at Burlington.
A MONTPELIER automobiles was sued for :
900 damages by Fred Guernsey Of North =
Montpelier on the ground that his ma a
chine scared the plaintiffs horse and q
caused the splitting OF cream, but judgment >
was rendered for defendant to recover his q
costs.
j. J. Kennedy, for years a drug clerk in il
burlington, is under arrest on the charge
OF sending indecent literature through the
mai, In letters written 20 Burlington bus Of
mess men. His case will come up for trial g
al the October term OF the United States q
court. f.
The Williamstown Manufacturing COM q
pany, which owns a large factory in North y
Pownal, has raised the pay Of its employ :,
ees l2s rer cent. The action was voluntary !,
on The part of the company. The firm is ~
engaged in the manufacture Of cotton =,
goods. "a
DR.. J. b. Crandall Of Sterling, H., who hs
has been visiting the scenes OF his boy IN
hood in Montpelier and Berlin, is one OF
me three surviving field officers OF the 18Th
W., the others being Col. A. g. Brown OF -
Montpelier and DR.. George Nichols OF ~
NOrthheld. 20
lnere was some disturbance an men Ia
coop al A. Z. Russell's at Monkton Ridge ",
Y the night Sept. and Mr.. Russells son, M
Pearl, went out with a gun 10 investigate. Pr
He stumbled in the darkness and the gun
Vas accidentally discharged, shooting a -
mare and colt. r
Frank Erwin OF Middletown, while
ooking about the Gray HORSEPOWER shop
n that town the night Of the 9Th, walked
nto shaft without seeing the opening |
md fell more than IS feet breaking one OF
as legs 80 that the bones came through
he skin at the knee.
Ross Farnsworth, employed in the Abe
laqul Machine works in Westminster, was
ngaged in testing new engine sept. ,,
when one leg became entRngled in a belt
nd he was carried around several times
WITH rapidly revolving pulley, striking
ach time upon his head.
Lewis Banyea OF Highgate lost five
nted states bonds, valued az $40, while
the sheldon fair the 9TH. They were in
q envelope IN his inside vest pocket, and !
"a 4 100 he