Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-10-07

I a Uliiltt vi
in place of Alfred Turner, resigned
The 47th semi-annual meeting o
the Vermont homeopathic Medica
society will be held in the parlors o
Towns Hotel, Bellows Falls, Thurs
day, Oct. Ia.
The following Vermont postmas
tiers have been appointed: Henry +
Walsh, Houghtonville; Willie S.Shep
ardson, Fletcher; John L. Townsend
West Dnmmerston.
Guilford people are excited over The
report that one of the victims of tn,
wholesale lynching at Versailles, Ind,
the l4th. Bert Andrews was former
ly Of that town which he left several
years ago.
George NJ. Percival of Highgate
Springs went to bed at the Exchange
hotel in st. Adams last week Tuesday
night and blew out the gas, ii is
thought by mistake. He was found
dead the next morning. lie was 40
years old and unmarried.
John w. Titcomb for the fish and
game commissioners. has notified all
game wardens TO stop dogs pursuing
deer and also instructed them 10 de-
liver to the state all the deer illegally
killed. Mr.. 1itcomb expects the state
will be oyerrun with hunters through
October
Civil Engineer Perham. who has
charge OF the surveys for the electric
railroad, has located the road in the
village and town of st. Johnsbury in
conjunction with the trustees and Sc
lectmen. The force of Italians has
about two weeks more work in Mont
pelier, after which they win go to st.
Johnsbury.
Dca. Charles Wyman of Burlington
died last week Tuesday, after long
illness. He was one of the most prom
inent jewellers and business men in the
state. lie had been in business in st.
Adams As years, where his remains
were taken for burial Friday. Rev.
j. L. Rankin, ID. D., OF Washington,
ID. c., former pastor ofiiciated.
The authorities of Hardwick are iu-
the death of Pole who
was found badly injured in the barn
of Joseph Paige, where he was Gnu
ployed fortnight ago. 1t has been
learned that the man had attended a
Polish house near by that night, where
a fight took place over girl. Three
men are said to have held the man
while his back was broken, and then
to have carried him on a ladder where
he was found. He was never able to
tell what happened. Several arrests
will take place soon.
Judge Ross has sentenced four OF
the prisoners who have been tried at
the Windham county court now in
ses sion at Newfane. Seaman l.. Weth-
nrell of Grafton, who was convicted OF
rape and adultery, will go to states
prison for . years. Michael Lillis OF
convicted of grand lar
,eny, gets sentence of three years |
and VIM. Reynolds and Charles Rog-
,rs, former Massachusetts reform
school boys, who broke into a farm
er's house in DummerSton, get three !
md two years espectively.
Mrs. Matilda Garrow was arrested |
IN Vergennes last week by Deputy |
United States Marshal T. G. Nolan of |
Rutland for an alleged pension fraud.
Il was claimed that she has been OBJ
aiming widows pension under false |
)retences after a second marriage, she |
being formerly Mrs. Matilda Jordan.
She was brought before United States
G.. +. johnson, and
81, 600 bail for her appear
lnce at the United States district
curt for the northern district of New
i ork.
Montpelier had two quaint visitors
ecently. They were Seymour More
house and wife of Westford, aged -
md ~ years respectively. They had !
ived together as man and wife for
'ver half century on one of the hill
arms in the above named town but
until that day had never seen rail-
vay train and much less rode on one.
They were EN- route for Plainfield to
isit a son and during the time they
ad TO wait for their train they visited
he statehouse, where everything they
aw impressed them greatly. Their
uriosity and simplicity was most
and pathetic. They asked if
hey would not be considered in the
way at the capitol building but they
Tere treasured by being informed that
hey had commercial interest in all
hat was there. They appeared to
ave a load of anxiety removed from
heir minds and pursued their investi-
alton with child-like glee.
The governor has refused to inter- {
ere in the case of Wilbur L. Perrigo,
onvicted Oct. 6, 1894, of assault with '
ntent to kill and sentenced to fifteen I
ears in the states prison. The petit !
ion for his pardon was based largely
n his i'll health This record being so