Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-09-05
LATE STATE NEWS.

One OF the guests al lAdds hotei,
North Troy, went 10 sleep With lighted
/ cigar in his mouth and set the bed ON
hrs. The blaze was discovered just In
time 10 save the building.
The condition OF Adit. Gen. W. IL, OH
more OF Falrlee, who has teen III al the
Nan Ness House, burlington, for the past
three weeks, is slightly improved and his
complete recovery is now expected,
A family Of Japs arrived In burlington
Aug, Is ON the Vermont and took the
/ 10, 40 train for tine White mountains. The
party consisted Of the father aud mother
and three children. Two OF the children
carried Teddy bears, and the group exelt-
1 ed considerable curiosity about the sta
ton. Both the father and mother spoke
good English.
Edward Hicks, an aged resident OF Mil
ton, was run over and killed by the cars
Aug. 81 al Pearls crossing, He was
walking ON the track. He was very deaf
and quite lame and did not sec the APP
preaching passenger train which hurled
him from the tracks breaking and mangl-
ing both legs and badly cutting his breast
and neck. lie died instantly.
The completion OF the new ST. Mary's
Roman Catholic church, or the Church OF
the Assumption, AS II is now known, was
celebrated at Middlebury Sunday with a
special high mass OF dedication. The
church has seating capacity OF about SOC
and ON this occasion Il was packed with
members OF the parish. The new ehussh
is stately pile OF white marble.
Commissioner OF Fisheries and Game
I n. l.. Thomas OF Stowe has received re-
port from Burton NJ. Newton, warden OF
Windsor county, OF the finding OF a fresh
deer skin and feet In an Italian boarding
house at Perkinsville. An Italian con
iessed TO shooting the deer and was ar
rested and placed under bonds TO appear
at county court. The fine OF 300 and
costs was paid.
At special meeting OF the Montpelier
city council Friday franchise was
granted 10 +. NJ. Cory, +. II. Deavitt
and +. NJ. Frost to enect poles in and
about the streets Of Montpelier, and Il
string wires ON the same for their propos.
ed power plant which il is proposed e
erect near kinneyis mills. These gentle
men are owners of the Montpelier and
Barre street railway.
The summer season in Stowe and
vicinity, which will soon close, has been
record breaker. AT the Summit House,
Mount Mansfield, over nine hundred
people have registered since the tenth OF
June, the largest number in the history
of the house. Many large parties from
all over the country have visited the
famous resort, going away well satisfied
with the trip. The Green Mountain Inn
the Adams House, the Pleasant View
House at Moscow have been filled during
the entire season and many private fami-
lies have entertained from one to fivs
/ people during the season. Green Noun.
tain Lodge at Waterbury Center ha.
been crowded TO its utmost capacity
many applications for accommodation
having been rejected for lack OF room
The University OF Vermont has Joined
the New England College Entrance Certi
ficate Board, and, beginning with tn,
class entering in the fall OF 1905, will &C
cept students on certificate from only
those schools which have received the APP
proval OF the board. The following Yer
mont schools have already received APP
I proval:-Goddard seminary, Spsuldinl
High, Brattleboro High, Montpelier sem
mary, Troy Conference academy, Rut
land High, st. Albans High, ST. Johns
bury academy, Vermont academy, Hart
I ford High and Woodstock High. Several
other schools maintain satisfactor,
standard but have not sent sufficient
number OF students TO the colleges repre-
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on the list OF approved schools. The co.
/ leges represented on the board are:-An,
herst, Brown University, Bowdoin
Brown, Dartmouth, Mount Holyoke
Smith, Tufts, University OF Maine, Uni
/ versity Of Vermont, Wellesley, wesle,
an and Williams.