Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-12-03
State of Vermont.

caught five ofa gang of thieves that
have been carrying on their work OF
plundering in the city for some time
past. All these men were arraigned
before the city court, convicted ana
sentenced to the house of correction
for terms ranging from four to six
months. The officers are on the look
out for the remaining number OF the
gang.
The Union Soapstone company OF
Chester has thoroughly repaired the
stone mill at the crossing on South
street road and rebuilt the north
branch dam above the covered bridge.
The soapstone mill is now being run
with two sets of saws. The business
has so increased that it takes ten
horses to haul the stones from the
quarries to the mill at the crossing
and to the depot.
The preliminary hearing of the case
of State VS.. Rodger Donahue, John and
Rodger, Jr., sons, charged with man
slaughter in causing the death of Car
los Miller, was heard in Mortified be-
fore Justice Il. II. Thayer last Satur-
day. f. Plumley, Z. 5. Stanton and
f. w. Rowland appeared for the
state; j. ii. Senter and Charles Davis
for the respondents. The case was
mol pressed and the respondents were
rearrested on the charge of murder.
The case was then adjourned subject
10 the call of the justice in December.
A meeting of the officers of the YER
mont Maple Sugar Makers association
was held Nov. "A for the purpose OF
arranging a program and premium
/ list for the annual meeting to be held
January and 6,lS97. ltwas thought
+ best to leave the matter of location
/ open for further consideration and the
secretary would be glad to hear from
towns favorably located in order that
i the meeting may be held where the
most interest will be taken and the
best results obtained.
Alden Heath, thirteen-year-old
boy of East Warren, committed sui
eide by hanging Tuesday of last week.
When found he was on his knees and
could easily have taken his head out
of the line by which he was hung.
There was no known cause for the
act. His aunt sent him to get the
eggs and he had been gone about half
an hour when his uncle came home
and found him hung by the neck in
the barn. He breathed only few
times after his uncle carried him into
the house.
Fresh reports come, and this time
from what seems reliable source, in
regard TO the prospective wealth COM
ing to the Frenchman, Brillian, who
was at work. in Morrisville as a car
penter. NJ. Brillian is to receive
third of S650,000 left by an uncle in
France, he and two brothers being
the only heirs. When in Morrisyille
he had much to say OF his prospective
fortune, and repeatedly said that he
should come back TO Morrisville to
erect an opera house block when he
had come into possession OF his ex-
pected wealth.
Brattleboro is having an epidemic
Of sling shot. All the village youths
are in possession of these small weap-
ons. a recent victim was George
Hill, aged s. While playing upon
High street he was fired upon by the
son of one of the leading citizens of
the town, and the shot struck him
squarely in the eye, cutting open the
t,1tAn aud a11ntnrtfar no -
the eye to run out. Boys with the
sling seem to find great amusement
in shooting at passersby, and the little
girls are picked out as the most desira-
BILE mark.
The store of II. II. Brown of West
Rutland was entered by thieves early
Wednesday morning OF last week and
robbed of 1000 cigars, gold rings,
gold pins. plated silverware and |, 900 |
cigarettes. Nothing else was taken
so far as is known. The total value
of the goods taken is set at about 800. |
The thieves entered through a win
dow in the upper story, by removing
the putty from the glass and taking
out two panes of glass. Stairs lead |
to the upper story on the side where
the thieves entered the building. No /
clew to the guilty parties has been
found.
Rev. +. b. Leavitt Of Brattleboro
has received a call from "All Saints"
Unitarian church at Washington, ID.
c., one of the leading half dozen
churches in the denomination and
the only one in that city and for a
wide territory about there. 1t is Sem
ator Morrill's church. 1t is PASTOR
ate that has been held by men like
Edward Everett Hale, w. Orville
Dewey, Dr.Joseph Henry Allen, Nor
cure ID. Conway, VIM. Henry Chan
ming, Samuel Longfellow. and one for
which dozen of the foremost preach
ers of the denomination were candi-
dates. and the selection of Mr.. Leavitt.
who is less than four years out of the
Harvard Divinity school, is indeed a
remarkable tribute to him.
Henry Williams of Jamaica had an