Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-04-14

Inc wife OF Prof. X. A. Witthoust
OF New York city, a member of the
y. V. III. faculty, has been granted d
divorce on the grounds of adultery
z. w. Stilphen, well-known cit.
izen OF Swanton, formerly of st. Al
bans Bay suffered shock OF apoplexy
which resulted fatally within a very
short time.
Rev. j. X. Thompson, an evangelist
OF Montpelier, was arrested Saturday
for refusal to pay tax of 50. lie
paid 1t under protest, claiming to re-
side in Calais.
Gaspard Fecto Of Richford astonish-
ed the natives by exhibiting about a
hundred live grasshoppers which " ere
caught by his children in his meadow
one day in March.
Barre lost the big Chicago postofiice
granite job, which was let to New
York and Concord parties at over
S2,0OO,000 1t is said the high scale
OF wages in Barre was responsible.
Henry M. Rice of Westford is an
other victim of faith cure which fail
ed to cure. He died at Essex juno
ton Friday of Bright's disease, re-
fusing to have physician at the last.
William Williams was sentenced in
Chittenden county court last week TO
a years imprisonment for passing
worthless checks on Massachusetts,
bank while buying potatoes last fall.
Woodstock thinks that one of its
cemeteries has the bones of member
of the famous Boston "tea party" of
lT73-Joseph Pearse Palmer-and
talks about erecting a suitable mon
ument to his memory.
The men in the machine shop and
truck works in Rutland have been
working nights for some time, as the
company has many rush orders on
hand. One of them is large order
for railroad trucks from the Canada
Atlantic railroad company.
George Flint OF st. Adams, brake
man on Conductor Farrell's special
freight, had his left arm smashed
while coupling cars, making up a.
train. He was at once sent by special
train to st. Adams and taken TO the
hospital there for treatment. He is a
man.
A five year old son of John Boud-
reau of st. Adams was scalded tol
death in the railroad yard Thursday
noon. The little fellow had been to
carry note to q workman in the
Central Vermont paint shop. Return
ing in some way he fell into the box
where exhaust steam from the shops
escapes and met with death.
Calista Harrington, an inmate Of
he poor farm at Pomfret, committed
suicide recently by hanging. She
made rope of her bed clothing,
astcned one end to bed post and
he other around her neck. She was
ound dead about 3 o'clock in the
morning. Her mind was unsound,
md she had at one time been an in
nate of the Brattleboro retreat.
Barre is considering another pro-
essional baseball team this year. The
Ian is to have baseball park built
bout half way between Barre and
on the line OF the electric
and to have Montpelier en-
age a team, then let both teams play
II games on the proposed grounds.
is claimed that the proposed plan
1ould be paying investment for all
orcerned and give the two cities some
xcellent baseball games the coming
nmmer.
Senator and Mrs. Morrill, have
ards out for reception Thursday ,
vening. April IA, from 3 until l2t.t
clock, to celebrate the senator's S8th :
irthday. Senator Morrill, has been
D his usual good health during the
asst winter and consequently in at :.
sndance at the Senate. Mrs. Morrill,,
tho was quite delicate during the
arly winter, has greatly improved
Itely and has been able to go out oc-
since the fine weather came.
Barre has voted to modify the plan I
alled the Adams plan, so that the
ew city building may be built for 4
10000. The city council was author q
ed to erect the building Immediate a
:. The Main and Prospect street =,
onts are to be of granite and pressed y
rick. 1t was also voted to use no u
art of the building for school or r,
,stoffice purposes, the lower part be- :,
q devoted to city offices and the up :,
r part to be used for an opera house. I,
he opera house will seat l,500 peo- n
c. A special tax of % cents was :
tied to construct the building.
At special village meeting at Mid
ebury last week contracts were W
yned whereby the Brandon Italian Iii
arble company's works, whose shops nj
ere recently destroyed at Brandon in
: fire have agreed to erect their new v
OBS at Middlebury. The new build n
gs will be built of brick to be abb al
lutely fireproof. Power will be OBJ in
ined from what is known as the al
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