Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-05-16

IL tOinplclSu w MAY ~, WHcI tue
will make formal demand on thei
employers for reduction from ten t
nine hours without any reduction o
pay. They are the only skilled work
men in Barre who work ten hours PEE
day.
! Chas. S. George of Barre INDUCED il
some fatal target practice Sunday, kill
ing his wife, aged about 60 years. HI
has been accustomed to shoot with (
Flobert rifle at a target in his house
the cartridges making little noise. She
stepped within range not noticing
what he was doing and received the
bullet near her jugular vein. He was
assisted but released on his own rec
ognizance.
Barre's Board of health submits the
following report for the month OF
April: Births, male %. female, IL
nativity of parents, fathers. Is Ameri-
can, 20 foreign; mothers, Is American,
20 foreign. Contagious diseases,
diphtheria 2, no deaths; measles 8, no
/ deaths; scarlet fever 10, no deaths
! typhoid fever 4, one death. Number
of deaths in city, males 4 females 5
f, one still birth.
Z; In the spring Of 1899 Arthur Robin
son, son of the Rev. j. II. Robinson,
former pastor of the NJ. E. church Of
Vergennes, disappeared while can
wasting for stereoscopic goods in the
state of New York and though his
father made every effort to discover
his whereabouts, no trace of him could
be found. News has now been re-
ceived in Vergennes that he has re-
turned to Esperance, n T., where his
parents now live.
Amos Hall of South Burlington,
aged GO, was arrested last week on the
charge of cruelty to animals. Hall
pleaded guilty, and was fined $50 and
costs of S6.l0. He was accused Of
starving ten cattle during the winter,
one of which died and was eaten by
dogs. Hall said that he had bad luck
during the past year, which accounts
for the fact that the cattle didn't have
as much to eat as they ought.
Arturo Bernacco, who was recently
found guilty of an assault upon Chief
of Police Brown in Barre with intent
/ TO kill was sentenced Friday to not
less than q years nor more than % at
Windsor prison. The guilty man I'M
dertook to kill himself lately and the
sentence was made in order that the
guilty man may get to work at once,
/ the authorities being of the opinion
that work would relieve the mental
strain.
Last Thursday burglars broke into
the store and post Office conducted by
Is. X. Burbank OF Pittstord. They
forced the blacksmith shop door near
by and secured tools and effected an
entrance through rear window of the
store. They blew open the safe with
dynamite and secured $500 in money,
a number of registered letters and
private papers OF the postmaster.
Eight dollars in stamps was untouched.
Two men were arrested at Brandon
that day, charged with the crime.
Antonio Nudano has been arrested
in Manchester, charged with burglary
and larceny Nudano recently arrived
in New York from Italy and was met
there by Carmine Patriot, who is a
foreman on a lumber job in Sunder-
land. On the way up the latter told
Nudano what success he had and how
much money he had saved. Friday
night of last week Nudano entered
Patriots house and finding 5000 took
ii. When arrested he had S5l7 in his
possession. Nudano is in Bennington
Jail awaiting hearing.
Arthur f. Stone was the first in st.
,Johnsbury to receive letter contain
inc a Pan-American stamp on the
cover. and the envelope was immedi-
ately added to his collection Of stamps
on the original envelove, which now
contains over 500 envelopes, with
about ZOO stamps on them, from all
parts of the world. Mr.Stone also has
a postal card album containing 400
varieties of cards and letter sheets,
and a general collection of stamps in
five blank albums of over 5000 varie-
ties. lie values his stamp collection
at $1,000,
] The current number of Newspaper
dom contains full-page article with
cut of Curtis +. ROleau, who has re-
Gently been chosen manager OF the
Bruce Type Foundry of New York. lie
entered the printing business in the
early SOS as an apprentice at the case,
lin n little Montpelier office, there
spent a decade or more in the trade
before entering the employ OF the
Crescent type foundry of Chicago.
With that house he rose steadily TO
No ,,anaoerial chair. and. after FILE
inc II for six years, went to New York
and his present office.
The latest from Vergennes is that
Frank r. Mccormick OF the depart
ment OF Justice at Westinghouse max
line an investigation OF the affairs oi
| me Farmers National Bank. independ-
ent of that of Receiver Sullivan. A. l..
Currey of Chicago. a lawyer employed
by the comptroller of currency al
Washington, is investigating the Legal
points of the bank failure. There will
probably be an assessment of 100 pei