Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-03-07

courts IN session at Burlington last
week District Attorney j. L. Martin
presented the names of Leon ID. La
than OF Milton, John NJ. Thorne of st.
Adams, +. nj. Horton. {. j. Ferguson
and Claude NJ. Grafton OF Burlington.
X. w. Hulburd of Hyde Park and w.
b. Locklin of Richford for admission
to practice and the oath was admins
tered to them by the clerk.
The eighth annual banquet of the
Barre Granite Manufacturers associa-
ton was held Tuesday evening of last
week in Barre. Plates were laid for
225 and nearly every seat was filled.
G. Il. Midget of Barre was toastmas-
ter and those who responded to toasts
were DIR. }. Henry jackson, f. w. Bis
bee. ex-Mayor j. w. Gordon and Eu-
gene Sullivan of Barre and Secretary
OF State F. A. Rowland, c. A. G.. Jack
son. ii. j. Nj. Jones and Z. A. Mutt OF
Montpelier.
The works of the Henry Parker
company, situated about three miles
from Springfield on the line of the
electric railway, were destroyed by
| fire Wednesday Of last week. The
works comprised a bobbin factory,
grist and saw mill. and were rushed to
the fullest extent, employing % or 80
men. The fire is supposed to have
caught in the attic from an oyerheated
chimney. The buildings were owned
by Mrs. p. w. Gould of New York
city. and the loss is fully covered by
insurance.
There is promising activity in slate
quarrying circles in Northfeld. The
Union Slate & Real Estate company,
having increased its capital stock to
$50. 600, Thursday absorbed the prop
erty of the Mortified Slate company,
which has a capital of $4,000. The
Union company is negotiating for the
purchase of the Dole-Brill quarry,
which represents an investment of S25-
600. IL Is claimed that this consolida-
ton is projected TO bring about a re-
duction in expenses.
A gentleman is stopping at c. r.
Witherells at Craftsbury who is ref
ugee from South Africa. He is Boer,
who, having been outlawed as a result
OF the war, fed from the country. lie
had been a purchaser of stock on pre-
viOus trips from Mr.. Witherell, and
not knowing that Mr.. Witherell was
in Africa at this time he came up
from New York TO see him. Any
doubt of the inhumanity and barbarity
of the British in that country can be
removed by conversation with him.
The papers were served Friday in
two civil cases for libel, the cases be-
ing F q. McAnally VS.. Harvey Hersey
and j. 4. L. Julian VS.. Harvey Hersey
The addamhum in each ease is 5000.
All of Mayor Hersey's property has
been attached. The cases are return
able at this term of county court but
will not be tried until next term. The
plaintiffs are two newspaper reporters
whom it is alleged that Mayor Hersey
in his annual message accused of being
in his Office in an Intoxicated condi-
ton.
In the Chittenden county cases of
State VS.. Fayette L. TAFT and State VS..
David NJ. McCuen. common sellers, de-
cision was rendered by the supreme
court last Friday, that no error is
found in the record except IN the
charge Of Judge Rowell, which was
10 an order for a verdict
for the state; for this reason Judgment
IS reversed and the causes remanded
for new trial. These were in the ma
ture OF test cases, holders of govern
ment licenses being considered COM
mon sellers.
Papers have been served on States
Attorney Hoar of Barre to appear at
the coming term of Washington county
court TO give reasons why Mildred
Brewster should not be discharged as
cured from the asylum at Waterbury.
There was an error in the citation, the
papers summoning the states attorney
to appear in county court Wednesday, |
Feb. 6. 1901, which makes the sum-
mons illegal and void. Unless this
can be corrected or new papers served
II viii be necessary tor the girl to stay |
in the asylum perhaps six months
longer.
As win Rowen of Crattsbury was
driving past George Sawyer's house
morning of last week he
found MIR. Sawyer lying in the yard
badly frozen. Mr.. Sawyer had lived
alone in a honse near the Albany line
for some years. 1t appears that he
had fit before reaching the house.
His hands. feet, ears and other parts
Of his body were badly frozen and It
was thought that his hands and feet
would have TO be amputated, but at
last accounts he was doing as well as
,ould be expected and amputation was
not thought necessary.
Mrs. Margaret b. Simmons, wife Of
Charles Il. simmons, an employee OF
he Vermont Marble company at Gen.
er Rutland, was so terribly burned
asst Thursday that she died at mid
night. She dropped a coal from an
,shpan near Kerosene tank in the
goodshed and in fighting the flames
Ter clothing caught fire. Tearing her
.lothes from her she rushed back to
he kitchen and fell on the floor. Her
,-year-old son took blanket from the
bed and threw it about his mother, ex-
inruishing the flames, but too late to
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