Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-04-15
General Vermont News.


superintendent h0us, az the government
hatchery. two milr- from the station
This house i built with AN appropriation
Of $500 from the government aud
will be occupied by Mr.. litcumb and
his family. Id il now nearly cumpirtrd.
Commissioner IiicHmh reports that "ath OF
the hatchvTies j. filled with ii~h spawn, when
will be transferred Co the state waters "a.
soon a. the season permits. The di-iuhu-
tion will begin In the southern part 81 the
state. / recent consignment il that ui lu1,-
600 steel head trout from California. These
fish have been tried boz Vermont and are
known To flourish la our waters. There are
also large number ul luud-iocked salmon
and salmon trout To be pat out THIS sra-uu'
The body Of Mrs. Benjamin Roberts, -,
who died az Fort Hamilton. y. u, recently,
was brought To Manchester for burial. Mrs.
Roberts had been living with Captain Ben
jamiu h. Roberts. Fifth artillery. Her hus-
band, General Benjamin Roberts, was son
Of General Martin Roberts, who served Ia
the war Of 1872 General Benjamin Rob
erts graduated at West Point. and won great
distinction during the Mexican war, after
which he was promoted and was ia the reg
ular army until his retirement lie died
about 20 years ago. Mrs. Roberts was the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arson Nprrry.
Her mother was the daughter OF Richard
skinner, who was three times chosen gov
ernOr of Vermont
The following Nermonters have been
ganted pensions Additional Harlow Pot
ter, Lowell. 50 to so; increase, Granville
". Barnes. Randolph, Ill to -; original.
widows, etc. Julia CadreuN, New Haven, =.
Original, Asa Hoyt Of East Pcacham -;
Thomas Johnson OF Willi,ton, =; increase.
Benjamin T.. 5. Davidson of Fairfax. - To
,,Xi. AnDttr If Alhnns : 90 =
William VI. Parker Of Chelsea, ~ 10 80.
stephen Farrar of West Berlin, ia To = Il;
Albert +. Waterman of South ROyultuu.
Sl2 to S24; Edward Taylor Of Danyillr, ia;
restoration and supplemental. Rollins ;.
Place. deceased. of Middlebury, : /; renewal,
Joseph Davis, Berehou Falls, -; rcstpra-
ton and increase, Lewis l.. Nuuunden Of
Fair Haven, ~ to St.
The citizens of Williamstown were excited
the other morning over street row between
two granite cutters of Barre, David Lutrly
and Peter Booth. The fight startea over a
table girl at a boarding house where beth
fighters boarded. The trouble started with
words. followed by stabbing, LUtely cutting
Booth in the head with small jack knife.
Iutrly was arrested, charged, with AN assault
with "a dangerous weapon. He offered no
defence and was hound over to the June
term of Orange County court in $50 tail,
which wa, furnished. Booth was then ar
rested. charged with fighting the challenger.
After some discussion he was released ON
paying 30 for simple assault.
Captain Charles L. Clark. who is now in
command of the battleship Oregon which Is
making "a voyage OF over $4,000 miles
around Cage Horn from san Francisco to
Key West, H. u boy lived in Montpelier.
He is the ~au' Of ]. u. Clark, a book
H.. r.l
Captain CLARK, who Is remembered by
many middle aged people Of the city, lived
there from 1852 to 1857 and went to school
there. Later hes went TO Bradford and about
1850 was appointed naval cadet. ~ y
cadet he was with Admiral Farragut at
Mobile and since the war has gradually
earned promotion for faithful and crcdltab.c
service.
One morning recently when George Lane
OF Randolph tried % awaken his hired man.
Joe Emery, aud his hired maid,
Nellie Kcnisou. be found both rooms
unOccupied. He was somewhat puzzled at
first. but later discovered a note from the
girl informing him that his domerttc- had
departed und would hr married the same
day. He also found his team missing. II
was at the village. WHITTIER the cuuPl" had
gone to take the night train. The girl WAS
only Is years old and under guardianship.
She came originally from IunbrliEr. Emery
is u. The couple departed for parts uu-
known.
John Srofeld, a lumbrrman, is just re-
covering from the effects Of 4 terrible ~iTug-
gle from drowning al Greenfield short
time since. He was In the river cutting
away some limbs that caused the ire and
water to set back. and Will" working at this
task got caught himself several times he
was on the point of giving up the fight and
resiguing himself Tor lost, bat hya last d",-
pcrate effort, after "A struggle which hHt
continued for nearly forty-ilVe minutes, h"
succeeded in getting free and regaIninE a
place Of safety
Many Bellows Falls people were startled
at reading in Boston paper the statement
that Mrs. f. ID. Stillwell, a we'll known mill
iner of the place had, been arrested in Boston
for shoplifting. On being interviewed Mrs.
StillwelI said she was in Boston at the time,
hut had known nothing Of the Occurrences
The theory is that the woman had seen her
name and address on her shopping bug and
upon her arrest had assumed it to conceal
her own identity. The woman was dis
missed. so the case will not be investigated
further
BY appointment Of the governor OF New
Mexico, Henry Il. Hersey OF Montpelier is
adjutant general Of that territory. Mr. Her
sey is in his 37th year. His education was
received in the Randolph Normal school and
the Norwich university. For years h" has
been in the government weather service,
having been stationed in Sante Fc in April,
1891. His appointment elicits hearty praise
from some of the territorial newspapers.
Ambrose Stone and his twin brother, Sam
ueI, of Bernardston, have just celebrated
their S0th birthday. They were born in
Nottingham. and Ambrose Went To Shell
burue Falls eighteen years ago. lie has
been employed in the cutlery business aud
the markets of the town but j. now retired
from active labor
Dosi Genario, an Austrian employed in
the pulp mill at ReadsbOrO. was going down
in the elevator one day recently when some
part of the machinery broEe and the eeva-
tor fell five stories. Genarlo suffered
broken leg and an injured arm, and brain
fever set in, so that his condition is precar-
iCus
Calsta Harrington, al inmate of the Pom
fret poor farm, has committed suicide by
hanging. She made rope of clothing, fast
ening one end to Il bedpost and the other
around her neck and was found dead. She
was of unsound mind and had been at tho
BrattlebOro asylum.
The Rutland posofIico commenced on
April to count every letter and postal card
handle at the Office for one month. The
counting is done as the letters are run
through the canceIng machine. Postmaster
Sheldon does this for his own intormaton.
A curious scene on the street Of Randolph
the other day was Il deaf and dumb man in
conversation with a blind man.. The former
used the deaf and dumb alphabet. and the
blind man. by taking the others fingers in
his own, reading what was said.
BY the will Of Ann L. Porter of Newbury-
port, Mass, $1,000 is given to the public lib
rary at Springfield. Vt, in memory of Ed
ward Porter and son, and $500 to st. Mark
church at Springfield for a memorial window
to Charles L. Porter and wife.
L. B. Phelps of Bellows Falls is building