Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-10-21
Mrs. Nathaniel Kelley of Derby has

About S45, 900 was paid out by the
Vermont Marble company 10 its en-
ployes as wages for September.
About 40 people were in Gov.
CIRCUITS party at the Nashville, Tenn,
exposition. Tuesday was Vermont
Day at the exposition.
The Unity Collar and Cuff COM
pany has been organized nj North
Bennington with $4,000 capital. A
start will be made with 80 employees.
The thirtieth triennial and also cen
tennial conclave of the General Grand
Chapter Royal Arch Masons of the
United States was held last week at
! the temple, Baltimore. Charles H..
Heaton of Montpelier was elected
general grand recorder.
Andrea Fredianni, an Italian
boarding house keeper, some time ago
trusted Alexandria Bracci for board
bill. The men met on Granite street
few days ago and during a quarrel,
which followed. Bracci drew re-
volver and shot Fredianni in the hip,
infi ting severe, but not dangerous,
wound. Bystanders took the pistol
away from Bracci, but no officers be-
ing at hand he escaped.
The people Of Lyndonville are in a
quarndary. Congressman Grout
notified 5. j. Wilson that he had
been unanimously recommended for
postmaster and his friends gave him
a serenade Two days later the post
Office department announced the APP
pointment Of John Z. Webster. Gen.
Grout says some mistake has been
made and assured Mr. Williams that
he would receive the appointment in
the end
The grand jury of Washington
county reported last Thursday after
noon. They were in session since
Sept. 8. Twenty-six bills were con-
sidered and % true bills were found.
The grand jury recommended that
the county jail be enlarged. 1t is
announced as a certainty that Mil
dred Brewster has been indicted for
murder and that her trial is set for
Nov. Is. County court has talen u
recess until Nov. 9.
The will of the late Egbert Starr,
who possessed an estate valued at
$500, 900. was filed for probate in
New York last Thursday. Among |
the requests is one OF $4,000 to the |
president and fellows of Middlebnry |
college, Middlebury, W., for the pur-
pose of erecting library building, |
unless the trustees think the interests
OF the institution will be better
served by deyoting the money to
other purposes. The bulk OF the es-
tate is bequeathed to the son of de-
ceased
At the opening OF supreme court
at Montpelier last week William a.
Lord, one of the counsel for William
G. Buzzell and Mrs. Isabella Marsh,
convicted of murder in Washington
county court last spring, offered a
motion for new trial. The motion
was overruled and the case was
ordered set for a hearing. The
motion for continuance was denied,
but on account of the sickness of Mr..
counsel for BuZzell. the
court today allowed il to be contin-
ued until the January term, but
ordered that il be the first ease argued
at that term.
A rumor that comes from a rclia-
BILE source says that Rudyard kipling
will return TO his home in Dummers.
ton, just over the Brattleboro line,
within few months. DIR. Conland.
perhaps the closest friend the novelist
has in Brattleboro, declines 10 talk in
relation TO his friend Kipling. The
field near Mr.. Kipling's residence,
which was formerly grassy plot, has
his year been cultivated by his man
that has charge of the place, and fair
IN good crops secured. The farm and
residence are supposed to represent
number of thousand
dollars and forced sale would not
large price.
4 romance in real life came to light
N Montpelier Monday evening of last
week. Forty years ago Charles
Cummings, son OF john l.. Cum
nings, the blacksmith, left home and
iince that time his friends and rela-
ives have not heard from him and
lad long mourned him rs dead. lie
'eturned Monday evening and went
o the home OF Alvin Cummings, his :
brother, but was obliged to establish
his identity before his brother or aged
mother could identify him. When :
Mrs. Cummings was made to realize
hat her long-lost son was indeed with :
Ter again, pathetic scene ensued !
hat would have brought tears from 4
yes unused to weeping. MIR. Cum /
nings has been in the British army Z
nd navy nearly all the forty years lac :
las been absent and is now a retired D
urgeon in that service and stationed (
/ the Bermudas. lie finds few familiar /
aces in Montpelier. a
Ii is the expectation that the Barre !