Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1906-05-17
State of Vermont.
-, nsvs CONDENSED and Rewritten
for Our Readers.


~ Rev. c. ID. r. Mescham has resigned
..s pastorate Of the Baptist church al
L1'.r9sbend because Of i'll health.
Wuliam l.. Davis was arrested for catch
,rg snort trout n Rupert ana the hns
ana costs amounted 10 sls'lo "hieh ne
paid. A. 49,.
psa5r7ft. widow OF Carlos Camp Bancroft,
L..5aster az Montpelier, who died two
Esfks previously.
rbf Rev. p. A. Bradford OF Enfield,
II bas accepted call TO be pastor OF
~ T8ngl church at Dandy and has
tsguu his duties there.
rba Washington County Veterans
l1afafion has decided to hold its ninth
s,n1zi reunion at Dewey park in Mont
r4lier. August and 5.
aseIbert Danvilie OF Fair Haven, who
..fsrputed 10 commit suicide by hanging,
~ been pronounced insane. He has
Zen taken 10 the Brattleboro retreat.
ernest Wheeler, teamster, committed
ssicfde by shooting al his boarding house
a. WinOoski MAY y. Jealousy OF atten-
IONS paid Mrs. Geranis by a soldier is
Even As a cause OF the deed.
prs 4 q. Hubb Il OF West Enosburg
st.smpted suicide May By cutting cash
h ber throat. A doctor was called and
,oot three stitches. Mrs. Hubbell had
tssu In poor health for some time.
The May number Of The Review OF Re
-55Fs contains an article on Railway
rstss and Court Review" by the Hon.
t5srias A. Prouty Of Newport, member of
~ interstate commerce commission.
span Of horses was stolen from Edison
rr1Ru % Middlebury May z. The horses
ssra traced TO woods a few miles away and
covered. Nelson Trombly is he d for
~ theft and sent 10 jail 10 await trial.
Marina. the year-old daughter OF
AZ and Mrs r. {. Parsons OF Fletcher,
flonawillow clothes basket May Z, a
troken piece Of the basket penetrating
bar nose. which caused her death May ?.
MS supposed that z. r. Jordon Of Ver-
-s1Bes. employed As a school teacher At
WaHtsyille, y. Y, committed suicide
Nav 9 by eating a quantity OF crude
o1ilm. Ne bad been on drinking spree.
subscription paper has been started in
Bellows Fails for the purpose OF raising
money either for the purchase Of library
ste or the furnishing OF the library, With
tse understanding that the fund Is not 10
b. used unless the proposition OF Andrew
Carnegie Is accepted.
Appearances indicate that GuilfOrd will
20 dry this year IN spite OF the yes vote.
Tbe license fee has been raised 70 $500, and
ths license commissioners have rejected
the application OF ". r. Higley FOR sec
oud class license to do business al the
Broad Brook House.
touring car driven by Mrs. j. Harry
Estey ran into two boys on a bicycle a
prsttIeboro Nav. Merrill son OF g. D.
Whitney, had bis right shoulder and nose
broken. No fault attached 20 Mrs. Estey.
The bows were going down a steep hill on
the wrong side Of the street.
The city OF Montpelier h 70 purchase Of
joan y Adams for $500 his farm ~ q
ceres, adjoining the reservoir from which
the city OF Montpelier obtains its wattr.
This farm Is tributary to the reservoir aud
Is purchased A. precautionary measure to
preserve the purity Of the water.
The farm buildings Of James Gilfllan ia
that part Of Barnet known a. Scotland,
were burned early May 5. Wesley Henry
and family had recently moved there from
Rpegste. The stock Was saved. The prop
erty was insured for $500. The IRE
caught from detective chimney.
II has just become known that John
Walter May, Boston shoe manufacturer,
remarriedhisformerWife Minnie ;, May Of
Newton Center, Mass, April ~ last,and they
ere now away on their second honeymoon.
Nrs. May is q daughter Of eN-0ov. and
Nrs. ia. Woodbury. Of Burlington.
Fhe house aud barn belonging 10 W. NJ.
sanford Of stamford were destroyed by
Gre early Thursday morning The cause
Of the fire was a detective chimney. Most
81 the furniture and the live stock were
saved. The loss Is estimated a. si,oO0 ana
the Insurance only amounts % sl,SO.
To- attempting to alight from the back
81 an OH team at Burlington May >
Harold six year old son % Frank smith,
got one foot caught in wheel. The boy
vas wound around the wheel and bis
right leg was broken In four places. lie
was taken to the Mary Fletcher hospital
The Rev. J. B. Gooding, who has been
pastor Of the Methodist churches al East
hlddlebury ana Ripton for the past year,
has gone to Seattle, having been trans
ieued to the Puget Sound conference OF
The Methodist church. Mr. GOoding
makes the change on account OF III health.
10 is understood that the fale OF $1,000
acres o. timber land, representing the silss
=, Griffith estate az Dandy, Dorset, Rupert,
Peru and a number OF other towns, 10
tennsylvania parties was practically
closed Thursday and Il is said that the
smount involved Is considerably over 81
10000.
The Rev. T. Ellis Jones has resigned as
pastor OF the Baptist church OF Ira, ana
vii 60 70 Terra Alta, W. Va, where ne
has secured a pastorate. Last winter Mr.
Jones succeeded in raising sufficient
money TO clear all debts on the church at
Ira and also to rebuild and refurnish the
edihce.
T. j. Moore of Rutland, manager Of the
Union Pacific Tea Co. store. fell May IN
tle rear Of his residence and his collar
Done was fractured. he was seized With
Sonvulsions and for q time It was not be-
ueged that be would live. Tie regained
consciousness, however, and will probably
recover.
AZ the annual meeting OF f. 4 T. Fair
banks & Co., the report OF the officers
showed the largest output OF scales IN
+s3 IN the history Of the business.
dividend Of IS a share was declared. This
is an increase in the quarterly dividend
Of Il a share, the par value Of the shares
being $500.
The Rev. J. O. Sherburne died at Brad
lord sunday after a long illness following
The fracture OF hip. Mr.. Sherburne was
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