Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-06-13

Derby IL acres of the old Fender farm
} to be used as a cemetery for the vii
lage of West Derby.
Perry Chandler Of Barre has beer
granted patent on an improved
spring hinge, secured through the ser
vices of Tracey L.Jeffords, Esq, as at.
torney.
Edward M. Standard committed
suicide at Woodstock, Sunday, by
blowing off the top of his head with a
shot gun. He was mentally unbal'
anced.
| The village of Bennington is max
ing an effort to buy the plant of the
Bennington Water company. An Of
fer of 1925, 900 has been refused by the
COMPANY.
The house owned by Farwell Davis
at Perkinsville was destroyed by fire
on Friday night, May 81. Mr.. Davis
has been arrested on the charge of set
ting the fire.
The docket for the June term of the
/ Caledonia county court, which con-
vened at St. Johnsbury last Tuesday,
contains POI cases, 20 Of that number
being jury cases.
A trolley road, several new business
structures and tirst-class opera house
are some Of the new acquisitions that
will give Brattleboro additional i'm
petus as progressive town.
Prof. H. Dressed, Jr., has resigned
as principal Of the graded school in
North Bennington and it is UNDER
stood Prof. Adams of Arlington. a
graduate of Middlebury college, is en-
gagged to take his place.
Judge Tyler is presiding at the
spring term Of Bennington county
court at Manchester. There are so
civil and 25 criminal cases, Is of
which are for violations of the pro-
hibitory law, % divorce cases and 30
for the chancery docket.
George Hayden Day, formerly a
prosperous business man in Benning-
ton,appeared in Huntington last week
in an exhausted condition and UNI
doubleday insane. He lost his money
two or three years ago and went from
Bennington to New Haven, Conn.
II. N. Turner, general manager of |
E. Il I. Fairbanks n Co., gave accom-
plimentary banquet at the st. Johns
bury House last week to heads of de-
partments in the scale works and office
over 800 covers being laid.
Thirty-four men were present, whose
combined term Of service with the
aggregated IOl years.
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Burlington Il Lamoille
railroad company last week at Mont
pelier the following officers were elect
I'd: President, j. r. Langdon; clerk,
George I. Childs; treasurer, Z. d.
Blackwell; directors, f. G. Smith c.
?. Cheney, b. B. Smalley and Albert
Futile. The road has paid per
,ent dividend during the year.
The Vermont State Electric Medi-
al society held its both annual meet.
ng Thursday at the statehouse and
Elected as president, DIR. H. N. Waite
If johnson; vice presidents, CT. Har- ,
wood of Dorset, j. B. Ii. Cushman of
Cast Charleston, II. Ii. Hill of Lowell; !,
ecretary, G. l.. Templeton of Mont
,elier; treasurer and librarian, III. j.
Potter of Bennington and Henry Ing
lam OF Bellows Falls Fourteen new !
were admitted. :,
Mayor Strong of New York has APP /
'ointed Col. VIM. C. Hobrook as one :
4 the justices Of the special session ,
curt. The appointment of Mr.. Hol- q
rock is of special interest to Ver- !
lonters. VIM. 9. Holbrook is 50 y
ears old and native of Vermont. J
lis father was the war governor Of 2
'ermont. Mr. Holbrook is gradu- :
te of Harvard Law school, and was !,
omitted to practice in 1867. Before +
nat he had seen considerable war SER Il,
ice. He is Republican and men, /
Ell Of the Union League club. i
A sad accident occurred at Char b
ute, the summer place of G. w. En- v
son, the wealthy dry goods mer- st
lant of Boston, near Thorp's cross a,
70 last week. Mr.. Emerson is hay. al
g a water tower builto over new ar
sian well, and Nathan Lobdell was s.
work near the top of the structure, q
hen the staging gave way and he fell =
distance of As feet, striking on his
lad. He weighed about 200 pounds.
that the force Of the fall was very
eat and he died almost instantly. "
obdell was man of middle age and ~
reman for the Smith Il Winchester a. ~
mpany of Boston. "
Hon. Elmer B. Adams, recently ap- ~
United by President Cleveland as ~
dge of the eastern district of Mis- 10
uri, is a native of Pomfret and was 80 -
I'm in October, 1912. He is grad =
tie of Yale, '65. He studied law 10
it'll Gov. p. I. Washburn and C. p. ~
arsh of Woodstock, being -
United to the bar in 1868 ~,
ID settling in Missouri. In =; ~
cepfng the appointment he sacri- en-
es an income several times as great ~ ~
he will receive for his services IN W