Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-06-17

Windsor caught fire in some un.
known way one day last week and
was badly damaged. All of his tools
were spoiled and the shop was dam
aged to the extent of $50.
Arthur Ropes and Mr.. Colby
have bought out the other stockhold-
ers in the Waterman Publishing COM
pany of Montpelier and will do bust
ness as partnership, under the name
Of the Vermont Waterman company.
Two of the members of the L. V.
NJ. baseball team while at New
Haven, Conn, last week appropriated
a few silver teaspoons for their use as
souvenirs. The proprietor noticed
his loss and had the baggage searched
and recovered the silverware.
Vermont will have two customs dis
tricts after Oct. ] next, the president
having signed the sundry civil appro-
/ priatiOn, which had clause to that
effect, Friday, June 4. The districts
will be known as the District of Yer
mont and District of Memphremagog.
Hira Davis of Stowe, aged over 100
years, died Friday night, June LATTER
a short illness, at the home of Andrew
Gibbs in Elmore. Mr.. Davis had been
a remarkable man in his day bis MEM
DRY remaining good 10 his last days.
He not long ago related some instances
in the Canadian war of 1872 where
be took part near Ticonderoga, n.
Y, at the age of l6 years. His stories
of pioneer life were of great interest.
A. B. Luce, better known as
'Pheene" Luce, of Waterbury, killed
himself some time Sunday afternoon,
June 9th, on his farm near the Cen
ter. Mr.. Luce had appeared despond-
ent for some time past and it is
thought that he was driven to his
rash act by certain financial difficult
ties. His body was found about 8
o'clock Monday morning hanging
from a beam in sugarhouse.
The funeral of Rev. j. M. Duglue,
priest of the diocese of Burlington,
who died in New York. was held at
ST. Joseph's church, Burlington, last
week. Father Duglue was for many
years pastor of ST. Augustine's church
at Montpelier. OF late years, Oh ac-
count OF feeble health, he had been
obliged to retire from active ministry
and at the time of his death was chap
lain at a convent in Harrison, n. Y.
The question of the Springfield |
electric road will be settled by the New |
Hampshire state board of railway |
commissioners. A petition signed by |
Ira Colby, attorney, for permission to
complete the building of the Spring
field railroad in New Hampshire has
been filed with the supreme court, and /
by that tribunal referred to the rail- |
road commissioners, who Monday of I
last week appointed a hearing upon
it to take place at Charlestown on
July 20.
Sheriff Thomas Stodghill of OF
tumwa, Iowa. arrived in Burlington
last week. He secured requisition
papers from Gov. Grout to remove
"Buck" Murray, the star crook of the
four recently captured in Burlington,
and left for the West. Murray will
probably receive a good sentence for
his part in the affair of stealing
So, 600. Michael Gleason, alias Mar
tin Green, who is one of the four who
attempted to pick the pocket of II. w.
Headle at Montpelier Junction some
time ago, was brought into Washing
ton county court last Thursday. He
plead guilty to attempted larceny and
Judge Rowell sentenced him to Is
months at Windsor. This leaves only :
.wo of the notorious gang for the law
% deal with.
Some people are born farmers and
AN transform a forest into garden
md meadowland. Such a man is $
Matthew Crow of East Charlestown. e
Several years ago he bought farm v
If 100 acres of wooded land and, e
With his two sons, cleared the most of g
{, and then bought an adjoining d
arm of about the same number of
cres, so they now own large farm.
lie keeps 60 head of cattle, 10 sheep
nd horses. He has a sugar place of l
500 trees and good orchard, from q
which he raised about 80 bushels of q
pples. Since he bought the place all ?
he buildings have been burned, o
nd after they were up large barn r
vas blown down; but in spite of this !
lie has kept up and now has a fine 1
lace, and only few years since this =
asst fertile tract was a typical Yer L
mont wilderness. Y
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In Washington county court at
last week Mrs. Marsh and
George G. Buzzell, who were jointly
onvicted at this term of court of
murder in the first degree, for the
murder of George Marsh, husband of
ISABELLA, were brought into court and
". p. Dillingham;, assigned counsel
or Buzzell, presented and argued
,etition to the court asking for a new
rial for Buzzell, on tine ground that
f Buzzell had not been jointly tried
With Mrs. Marsh he would never have
zen convicted. If he had been tried
lone the result would have been