Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-02-10

Henry :. Chubb, native OF 81
John,bnry. was recently appointed by
Pres. Mckinley receiver of public
money at Gainesville, Fla, with sal
ary of SO, 900 year
II. C. Collins Of East Montpelier
has a young Jersey heifer three years
and nine months old that recently
gave 80 pounds of milk in one day
and from ii he made three and one
half pounds of butter. Who can beat
that ? He is soon to make a seven
days. test.
A building belonging to the estate
of j. w. Bliss and occupied by w. A.
Perkins, a harness maker OF Bradford
was partially destroyed by fire on
Sunday afternoon, Jan. Both. The
firemen had hard struggle of two
hours in a temperature OF eight
degrees below zero. The loss was
81 900. Perkins stock was insured.
The fire caught from an overheated
chimney.
A man who was in Bennington a
short time ago in the interests OF out
of-town capitalists to look over the
streams on the mountains east Of the
town with the view of the produce
tions of electric power, estimated that
fall Of 500 feet could be obtained,
giving the power that would turn the
wheels of every manufacturing es-
adjustment in the town and light the
village besides.
The farm buildings and contents
belonging to a. 7. Langmaid of
North Danville, which were situated
about one-half mile from the village
on the Wheelock road, were consum-
ed by fire early Saturday morning.
The cause of the fire is unknown.
The family had barely time to escape
after discovering the fire; very little
was saved from the house. The live
stock was saved, but the most OF the
contents Of the barn were destroyed.
Insured for 81 900.
Mrs. S. b. Loveland OF Pittsford
has a ring which has been in the
family of j. ID. Butler, formerly of
Rutland, for about 1875 years. Ii is
supposed to have been the wedding
ring of her great grandmother, who
lived in Boston at the commencement
of the revolutionary war. II was
originally heavily chased gold, ring, |
but having been worn by daughter,
granddaughter and great-grand-
daughter of its first owner, ii has be-
come a fine thread of gold.
Judge III. II. Wheeler of the United |
States district court, after a hearing |
on the petition of S. A. Smith Il Co.,
has ordered that the receivers of the
Central Vermont railroad report not
later than February 22d list of the
claims for supplies furnished the road
for the six months previous to the APP
pointment of receivers. The report |
must state for what division OF the
system the supplies were furnished,
the income of the divisions during
the receivership and the expenditures
for improvements upon these divi-
sions.
Deputy Sheriff Ballou of Winooski,
went TO st. Adams last Thursday with
Fred Ducharme of Winooski. who is
wanted there for burglary. Ii is al
legged that Ducharme on the night of
October IL, in company with Michael
Barney of WiDooski, broke into the
basement, laundry and refrigerator of
the American house and into two
freight cars. Ducharme pleaded not
guilty and the case was continued I'M
til February 10. Bail was fixed at
$500. Barney is now in the house OF
correction. His sentence expires Feb
ruary 3, when he will be tried with
Ducharme. Barney will turn states
evidence.
James A. Wright of Bennington
recently attempted suicide by hang
ing. The story is that he went up
stairs, arranged rope over the top of
a door, got up on chair, put the
moose around his neck and was about
to swing of when his young son dis
covered him and prevented the con-
Summation of the deed. Ii is thought
that since he made a good deal of
noise about it that Wright was "put-
ting up neat bluff" against his wife
on account of family differences. The
report that near neighbor of
Wright's also attempted suicide by
at about the same time can
not be verified.
A little unpleasantness occurred last
week at schoolhouse No. 6 in Chester.
1t appears that as the house has not
been occupied for two years for school !
purposes Walter Lockwood bought
a quit claim deed from Mr.. Wells,
owner of the farm from which the
school property was set of, and broke ,
in and took possession of the house {
and put in machinery for cream sep
arating purposes. Information OF
what was taking place coming to the
school commissioners, they, with
sufficient help, repaired to No. 6, and
finding things not exactly after the .
ordar of school time. broke into the ]