Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-03-14

"SiA 40 usual anu uiiu SHOWN no
signs OF insanity for week, although
before that time he had been slightly
demented
Inc Porter Screen company will be-
GIN the work OF rebuilding their manu-
factory destroyed by fire at Winooski
about the first Of April. Plans are now
being prepared and the buildings will
be about forty per cent larger in floor
space than before.
Automobiles will make their appear
ance in Burlington this summer in a
business capacity. FR.Roberts, propri-
etor OF the Queen City meat market,
says that he has ordered three auto
mobiles for delivery purposes and he
expects that they will be delivered
some time in April.
George 5. Turner, formerly of
Montpelier. is cashier of the Citizens
bank or La Cygne, Kan. He is now
in Montpelier, and the officers have
been notified 10 arrest him as the bank
examiner who took charge OF the bank
after Turner left La Cygne, claims to
have found irregularities.
The four-year-old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. +. j. Ross of Burlington was
severely scalded last week by falling
from chair and spilling pot OF boil
ing coffee over herself She climbed
into the chair and took the coffee from
the stove. Her injuries are serious
but it is thought will not be fatal.
Three petitions in bankruptcy have
gone on record: Joel w. Reynolds of
Milton, locomotive engineer, liabili-
ties, Sl245, all unsecured, assets, $50,
all OF which is exempt Leon A. Wolfe
OF Hartford, railroad freight checker,
/ liabilities, $4,000, all unsecured; as
sets, S32.1l, Of which $50 is exempt.
Last week the Rutland railroad COM
pany cut every wire of the Western
Union Telegraph company crossing hts
tracks between Rutland and Bellows
Falls which did not clear the rails at
least % feet. This action was caused
by the death of train man recently
who was knocked of train by low
wire.
Among the many annual kicks
caused by a perusal of the printed
town report was one on the part OF a
prominent Lowell, Vt, man who OBJ
iected to the furnishing OF medicine to
the schools. lie said it certainly had
been furnished as there were two items
of "Mdsen charged in the school di-
rector's report.
c. J. Bell, master Of the state grange,
is authority for the statement that sew
en- new local organizations OF that or
der have been formed within the past
few DAYS. They have good member
ship and are located at Cofinth, Claren-
don, Reading, Middletown Springs,
Poultney, Hubbardton and Barton
Landing.
Vital Dandurand, Swanton paint
err, who was arrested, charged with
stealing coal from the Boston 4 Maine
railroad, escaped from his cell in the
police station Thursday night, by saw
] ING OFF the lock with a saw, which was
either handed to him by some member
of his family or else he had II on his
person when arrested.
The Vermont congressional delega-
ton have unanimously decided TO rec
ommend the disappointment Of james
l.. Martin as district attorney, Fred a.
Field rs marshal, Olin Merrill as Gus
toms collector at Burlington, u. Nj.
Mansnr as customs collector at New
port. Frank /. Fish, hank examiner;
Col. Hugh Henry, pension agent at
Concord.
Examinations for departmental posi-
tons in the service of the L. ;. gov
eminent will be held in Burlington
March 27 and April %. The first vii!
include the positions of mail clerks
stenooraphers. typewriters, once
clerks and many others, while the
second will be for positions in the
coast and geodetic survey, draughts-
men, clerks and many Others
Columbus C. Churchill of North
| Chittenden, in fit of religious lnsani-
~. set fire 10 his house last week and
allowed il to burn to the ground with
All its contents. He then started on
foot for Rutland and covered the dis
lance of Is miles in quick time. lie
gave himself up to the sheriff, was ex-
amined and pronounced insane and Is
now in the Brattleboro Retreat.
Thomas Barrett, who it is alleged
shot and wounded Noah Gleason at the
formers house in the Cold River set
Element lately, was lately given a hear
inc az Rutland. He pleaded guilty
and was bound over to the grand jury
IN the sum Of $500. The evidence
showed that Gleason had smashed
windows and done other damage at
Barrett's place. for which he was fined
$40 and costs.
The Estey Organ company OF Brat
tleboro has had under consideration
for a long time the manufacture OF
pipe organs. Arrangements have re
Gently been concluded with W. T.
Haskell of Philadelphia, an experlen-
ced. progressive, and entirely compe-
tent manufacturer of pipe organs, 70
move to Brattleboro to take charge oil
this department of their rapidly IN
creasing business in church organs.
w. A. Bentley OF Nashville, who has
attained such a wide reputation IN
magnifying and photographing snow
CRYSTALS has this winter secured