Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-04-05
State of Vermont.
Its News Condensed and Rewritten for
Our Readers.


given to young men selected by thu
State senators.
Emerson IL. Smith, mayor of Far
90, who has been visiting friends il
Vermont, was a native of Tunbridgt
and was graduated from Dartmouth il
1895. His cousin, Will Lee, recently
mayor of Denver, Col, was also a Tun'
bridge boy.
The Cinnamon living in Vermont
are distributed as follows: Burling'
ton, 5; St. Adams, 4; Rutland, 4.
st. Johnsbury, 2; Fair Haven, 2, and
Montpelier, Bennington. Barre, Bran
don, Winooski, West Randolph and
Poultney, n each.
The ~postoffices in Windsor county
which have been graded by the coun-
ty-seat postmasters as ''excellent"-the
highest attainable rank-are Hart
ford, Ludlow, Proctorsville, Quechee,
Royalton, Springfield, Weston and
Windsor.
Mrs. Jesse Burdett of Rutland, the
State regent of southern Vermont, has
instituted a chapter of the Daughters
of the American Revolution, in Brat
tleboro, appointing Mrs. A. q. Cobb
as the chapter regent, Mrs. L. X. Full
Ter, vice regent, and Mrs. j. j. Estey,
treasurer.
Messrs. Forsyth 4 Ingram of Barre
have ordered care for the shipment OF
the Minnesota battle monument to the
battlefield of Gettysburgh. The ship
ment will necessitate the use of eight
fiat cars, varying in capacity from 20,-
900 to 10000 pounds, and the ship
ment will be made by April 18th.
Commissioner G.. ID. Whitman, who
is to have charge Of the Vermont ma
pie sugar exhibit at the Worlds Fair,
has received the plans of the pavilion
for the exhibit. They were drawn by
Architect Hunt of Weathersfield. The
pavilion will be located in the agricul-
turaI building. 1t will be of attractive
design and 20x27 feet in size.
IL. f. Howard of Brattleboro has
been appointed superintendent of the
Connecticut River, Vermont Valley
and Sullivan County railroads, by the
management OF the Boston and Maine
railroad. The position is now di-
vided between II. f. Sampson, who
has the first road. ana John Mulligan,
who has the last two.
The 47th annual meeting OF the
Grand Lodge of Vermont, l. O. OF,
will be held at Burlington the third
week in May. 1t is fought, by many
of the prominent Odd Fellows, to be
advisable to hold a field day for the
cantons in correction with the meet
ing, which will be arranged for the
near future. The election of officers
of the Patriarchs Militant, which is
held biennially, will occur during the
week.
In the Rutland County Court Tues
dav, seven men were fined S1,230 tor
selling liquor, and one of them receive
ed a sentence of two months in the
house Uf correction. Those who plead
ed guilty and were fined were Ambrose
Adams of Brandon, eight first otienses,
s240 and costs j. W.Higgins of Rut-
land, seven first offenses, S210 and
costs Elmer Bartholomew of Fair
Haven, four first offenses, s120 and
costs NJ. j. Hurley of Rutland. five
second offenses, $3.50 and two months
in the house of correction John Cory
of Rutland, six first offenses, $3.50 aud
costs +; Neil Lynch of Rutland, six first
offenses, $3.50 and costs +; p. A. Cliff
ford of Rutland, five first ofienses $3.50
and costs.
Saturday q sad accident occurred in
the north part of the village of Fair
Haven, in the family of Lewis How
ard. Mr.. Howard carried a small
boy downstairs and placed him on a
cot near the stove, and then went out
to the barn. The cot took fire, and
the cries of the child awakened the
mother, who was i'll on the second
floor. She hurried down and, failing
to e~xtinguish the flames, took the boy
in her arms and rushed into the street.
Mr.. Howard heard the screams and
to smother the flames in the
clothing, but did not succeed soon
enough to save the life of the child.
The father and mother were both
burned about the hands and face.
Last September a horse-stealing az
air, involving So, 200 worth of prop
caused the arrest of James Kani- i
of Putney, charged with knowingly {
'eceiving stolen property. Kanirey
presented a bill of sale, showing that
he had paid $500 for a team which one {
isaac +. Hare of Barre, Mass, Sc j
in Boston by giving bogus checks l
n payment. Hare and an accomplice I