Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-02-15

date of 1900, wherein the city of Bur-
lington leased to Gideon King
for the term OF 999 years a piece OF
property, Mr.. King depositing 81 600
to the city's credit, the interest of
which was TO pay the rent If the prop
erty. investigation showed that the
property had long ago been sold by
some of Mr. Kings descendants, but
the money held by the city has not as
yet been accounted for.
Sixteen of st. Adams merchants
have been victimized by an impostor
soliciting advertisements to be print
ed on labor union program Of three
meetings which were to be held in
the near future. There were no such
meetings contemplated. He said that
there would be Is, 900 circulars print
ed for distribution. About 400 were
printed and after scattering them
about the stores he left town. He
was traced to Barre and arrested. 1t is
said that he played the same game in
Montreal and st. Johns.
F. L. May, logging contractor on
the mountains east of Manchester, had
four horses killed and one man badly
injured by tree falling on them
Thursday. The men were cutting
heavy spruce logs and were using the
horses to draw them TO the road,
where they are loaded on sleds and
drawn to the railroad. In telling
large tree, one side of which was de-
cayed, it fell in a different direction
from what was expected, striking
four horses, killing three and injur-
ing one so badly that it had to be shot.
One man was badly hurt, but his re-
covery is expected.
The silver loving cup which 1000
employees of the Wagner Palace Car
company united to give 10 Dr. W.
Seward Webb, who retired as presi-
dent at the time Of the consolidation
Of the company with the Pullman
company, has just been given its
finishing touches by Tiffany Il Co.
The cup stands IA inches high, weighs
over l57 ounces, and has a capacity of
% pints. Running around the lower
part of the cup beneath tie handles
is locomotive and a train of four
Wagner palace cars. Each car repre-
sents a step in palace car building,
while the locomotive represents DIR.
Webb's Adirondack engine, "Ne-Ha-
SANE"
4 supreme court decision was rem
dered by Judge Rowell at Montpelier
last week in the famous salary grab
case from Montpelier. The legislature
of 1898 amended the charter of the
city of Montpelier, allowing the mayor
TO draw a salary of $500 per year and
the alderman $3.50. Mayor Senter
and Aldermen Fred Blanchard and Z.
+. Lowe construed the act as retroact-
| i've and drew back salary from March,
1898. The city sued to recover the
same. Judgment was given for the
plaintiff city of Montpelier to recover
what the defendants received for salary
from the commencement of their term
until the passage of the bill, with in
terest thereon from the rendition of
Judgment in the lower court.
Frank Blake, a workman employed
by the Bellows Falls Canal company,
was seriously injured by the acciden-
tai explosion Of a charge Of dynamite
Feb. It'll. With three other men he
was at work taking down a pier at
the head Of the canal, and on sticking
his pick into the round a loud report
took place. Blake was hurled violent
| " TO the earth, his clothing torn and
| his face, neck and hands filled with
hying stones and gravel, intlicting
serious flesh wounds. His compan-
ions escaped without severe injury.
The company for some days had been
blasting out trench and il is sup
posed that owing to the cold weather
only part Of a charge exploded and
the remainder of the charge on being
struck with the pick exploded by con-
cussion.
Dwight +. Mason, Montpelier
superintendent of the Western Union
Telegraph company, is not partial to
BRYAN nights. From six p. m. until
one O'Clock Saturday morning he and
three ether expert operators handled
l6. sec words of press, besides the reg
ular run Of night commercial business
The last word was on the wire before
one O'Clock in good time for the morn
ING papers. This mass Of copy was
/ filed hy local newspaper men, and a
dozen or more representatives OF city
paner and press bureaus, who are fol-
lowing Mr.. Bryan through New Eng
LAND. The work done by Mr.. Mason
ana his assistants will best be appre-
ciated by telegraph operators, but
even a '1ayman" can see that 1t was a
tremendous nights work.
The State Council, Knights OF Co
Ilumbus. held their first annual meet
ING with the ST. Adams council Tues
day OF last week. IL was also the
second anniversary Of the formation
Of the local council and Monday night
ll6 candidates received the first and
second degrees. TIE meeting OF the
state council was held in Pythias hall,
N -. ~. ~ Va Molnuay acting