Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-01-23

nearly completed. IL Is Ueautilui
commodious and well appointed
building.
Franklin w. Hatch, who formerl.
lived i'll Montpelier, was married re
Gently at Sac Paulo, Brazil, to Mis-
lsolina Duprat, brazilian maiden.
The Valentine knitting mill in Ben
ningtcn has resumed operations. Many
Improvements have been made, among
them being the putting in Of com
plcte electric plant.
Fifteen completely equipped steam
sawmills, besides number Of water
mills, are devastating the forests in thu
vicinity of Peru in the very heart Of
the Green mountains.
George G. Towns Of Poultney died
suddenly at the home of A. II. Brown
in Rutland last week. An autopsy
showed indications Of a death caused
by poison. The case will be investi-
gated by the authorities.
Detective Mcbride of Maine and
Special Officer Hogan OF Pownal have
been working some time on the recent
robbery that occurred in Pownal
when a large sum Of money and valu-
able jewelry were taken from the
house of Henry LeBarron. Their ef-
forts have proved unavailing thus far.
Joseph Wade Of Poultney, aged 70
years, has been missing since Christ
mas. On that day he was seen at
Hampton, N. Y, just across the state
line, under the influence of liquor,
wandering in the fields. Little was
thought Of it, supposing that he was
visiting friends Whereabouts. After
ward fears became pronounced and
now searching parties are out. River
banks, the fields and hedges are being
investigated. The town officials of
Poultney had upward of hundred
persons looking for the missing man
last week Tuesday. Mr.. Wade was
formerly section foreman on the Rut-
land Il Washington railroad. He was
an eccentric man and had lived a her.
nit life, estrapged from his family.
He is possessed Of considerable prop
erty. lie has son, Frank Wade, a
well-known commercial man OF Rut-
land, and two interesting daughters.
ARENAS Ii. Washburn of Vernon,
who died recently at the age OF 50
years, was one of the characters in
southern Vermont. His experience
as a civil magistrate had covered a
period of 43 years and had been
varied, and for a country justice,
quite extensive. Endowed with I'M
usual mental ability and very re-
tentive memory, he became the pos
SCISSOR Of wide knowledge OF
events and local history, and a few
years ago he took great interest in
compiling for Miss Hemenway's YER
mont Gazetteer unique work on the
history OF the town. His keen and
ready wit and inexhaustibie fund OF
anecdote, with fluent command Of
language, made his society congenial,
and he always took lively interest
in the current events and affairs Of the
town, his faculties remaining un-
dimmed to the day Of his death.
The committee Of the Bennington
Historical society, appointed some
time ago to secure new pedestal for
the Catamount monument at Ben
nington Center, expect to give the
contract soon to Emerson Estabrook
of Bennington. The pedestal is Of
dark Windsor granite, full polished,
will be feet high and feet 10 inches
wide, facing the north and south, and
feet and s inches wide, facing the
east and west. The only inscription
at present will be the dates 'l76S-
1885," the first indicating the time the
Catamount tavern was built, and the
other the other the time of the cree
ton of the pedestal. The stone will
weigh nearly nine tons and will cost
s4OO. The old pedestal, which was of
''sappy" stock and poorly proper
toned, stands more than six feet high |
md weighs about six tons, is Of pol.
shed Barre granite and was set up in
1876. The old pedestal will probably
De set up in the Bennington Center
cemetery, to indicate the burial places
If the 30 odd Hessians who died at
he time of the battle of Bennington.
Before the close of the year the site
viii be honored by a bronze cata-
mount costing about 81, 800.
T. G. Elworth, the chief of police Of
Rutland, has completed his annual re-
port. He says that during the year
ending Dec. 3lst the police officers of
Rutland made the following arrests,
,nly two OF the persons arrested being
women: Intoxication, 1876; furnishing
liquor, 20; breach of the peace, 20; as
ault, l; petty larceny, 5;grand larceny,
/; prostitution, /; violation Of city or
finances, 2;highway robbery, 2; fast
Irving, l; non-support Of family, i;
/; forgery, A; tramps COM
nitted to house of correction, 3; total,
IL. During the year the police gave
assistance at IA accidents and quieted
and dispersed crowds 81
lifiercnt times without making ar
ests. There have been 3S persons