Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-06-10

Six St.Albans merchants were fined
last week for the illegal sale of cigar
cites TO minors under 10 years of age.
The law calls for fine not to exceed
$50. This law ought to be enforced
everywhere. There is hardly village
! in the state in which the law is Ell
| forced and almost any day boys from
10 to 10 years of age may be seen
| buying cigarettes and tobacco.
AT present Mildred Brewster, the
/ Montpelier gill who shot Miss Wheel
er and then herself, is making favora-
bic progress toward recovery, which
is now thought quite probable. Mr..
Brewster has retained W. A. Lord as
counsel, provided she RECEIVERS. Miss
| Brewster will be arraigned for murder
at the preliminary hearing and bound
over to the grand jury of the Septem-
Der term of Washington county court.
! 1t is probable that her plea will be
that of insanity.
The New England Eclectic Medical
society at its convention in Montpelier
last week elected officers as follows:
President, Dir. L. j. Batchelder, Ma
chias, Me; vice presidents, Dr. II. E.
Hunt, Ainesburg, and DIR. S. Mum,
Waterbury, Conn: secretary DIR. VIM.
Z. Hatch, New Sharon, Me-; assistant
secretary, DIR. S. A. Blodgett, New
burgh; treasurer, DR.. II. n. Waite,
Johnson; auditor, DIR. g. b. Hatch,
Newburgh; corresponding secretary,
DIR. IL. N. Waite; censors, DR.. II. T.
Potter, Bennington, f. w. Abbott,
Taunton, Mass, A. l.. Howe, Provi-
dence, r. l., w. G., Hatch and II. n.
Waite.
Eugene Carpenter of Middlebury,
who was arrested a week ago charged
with Illicit intercourse with his own
daughter, a child less than II years of
age, at an examination concluded late
last Thursday evening was held for
the grand jury in $500 bonds. Bail
not being forthcoming he was recon-
mitted to Jail as there is no grand jury
this term. Carpenter has a bad
record in other lines of crime, having
been a horse thief and also having
served term in Windsor for severely
Furnishing, with a club. a peddler
whom he thought was attempting to
be familiar with his wife.
The farm house and barns of James
Moore on the North Danville road
were burned to the ground shortly
after dinner last week Wednesday.
The fire probably caught around the
chimney and when it started no one
was in the house but Mrs. Moore.
She had barely time to save a few
plates and some pictures before the
house was all in flames. Mr.. Moore
was working at the hatchery and did
not hear OF the disaster until after the
house was burned up. One of the
neighbors came over as soon as he saw
the fire and saved the horse that was
in the barn and fortunately the other
two horses were at work away from
the house. The house was insured
for $500 in the Vermont Mutual
and the loss will be about 81, 900
above the insurance.
The board of directors of the state
penal institutions met in Rutland last
Friday and inspected the house Of
correction. They found everything in
good condition. There are now 137
prisoners there, 20 Of whom are wom-
en-. There is but little sickness at the /
institution. on the invitation of 5. /
a. Andrews, superintendent of the
state industrial school, the board went |
to Vergennes to look over that insti |
tuition in the afternoon. Rev. DIR, Il. |
NJ. Haynes and Superintendent Nor
gan accompanied the party. The /
school there is reported to be in eX-
cellent condition and contains los in
mates, l6 being women. The hos
pital is empty. This was the first
visit of the board 10 the industrial
school.