Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-03-20
Late State News.

p-istol free library, which was
recently opened, contains i'VOO 'Of
Williams has bought the in
a A ". Badger in the furniture
tels ssrn of Barry & Badger at Barre
'O - ma Mrs. w. Seward Webb, who
u an ~ an a trip to southern Cali
tornia. are expected in New 10TH TINS
week 30. n,ho
- ei0hty wears old, IL men ana
ale p,o, Most of them are in good
n' ~ and Mrs. A. c. Lyman celebrat-
,'bo 5Oth anniversary OF their we'd
ga S;., dav Mar. 18th at their home IN
Norwich.
~ and Mrs. HenryJ. Somers cele-
II their 50th wedding anniversary
,beir home in Barnet Tuesday alter
noon and evening, Mar. 4.
r,senb Mears of Sandgate was
,.,ogbt 10 Bennington Friday night
and lodged in Jail. lie Is charged
wirb irving to poison family by CIV
mo corrosive sublimate.
1osenh Fusby. aged 1914 years, who
died I'M Montgomery Thursday morn
;ag was undoubtedly the Oldest per-
IN n northern Vermont and had been
h fairly GOOD health for some time.
Fire gutted the barn and partially
burned The ell of the property OF ID, A.
Ssmn NJ SO Elm street, Barre, Friday.
nm. damage to the barn and the house
win he in the neighborhood of $1,000,
partly insured.
Moses Sharkey OF Barre has been
,lsced i'm the House of Correction at
Rutland TO serve sentence OF 81 days
for contempt of court. The contempt
consisted in refusing TO obey a sub
poena in city court.
II took a Washington county jury
less than one hour Thursday TO md
Ionig sweeney tilty Of cruelty 70
animals. the fact aying been proven
mai he was gu of over-driving
beating and kill : a horse with an
axe.
Five thousand and four hundred
front purchased from the New Hamp-
shire hatchery. have been added to the
"a .5al with which Lake Mansfield pre-
serves az stowe have been stocked and
5uJB more are soon to be added from
the national hatchery.
II. II. Graves. who has been land
lord at the Commercial house in Bel
lows Falls since last May. will yacate
Abr. / and gostO New York state. His
successor will be +. A. Whitney OF
Bellows Falls. now employed by the
Casein company Of America.
Antoine Happy died of old age at
the home OF Norman Warner IN PAN
ton, Mar 18th. in the lo3d year OF his
age Mr.. Happy claimed to have
been at the battle of Plattsburg as a
teamster and also said that he was IN
the Pappinau war in Canada.
By the death of Mary Jane Lathrop,
sister-in-law OF the late Horatlo u.
LOOMS, Of Burlington, the Fletcher
tree library of that city inherlts $40
900 in government bonds. The pro-
visions OF the will bind the city to use
the income only of this amount.
JE. Taylor of Mechanicsville, Is
the recipient of a cane made from the
wood of the United States steam
irigate, Minnesota, on which he served
three years during the Civil War. The
donor was +. ID. Handy OF Eastport
Me, a former pastor of the Methodist
church in Mechanicsville.
At "a meeting of the First Baptist
church in Burlington Thursday even
ing il was unanimously voted to eX
tend a call to Rev. +. ID. Penney. MI
Penney is 80 years old and graduate
OF Co lgate Theological school. Fol
the pa st five years he has been VIII
the Lincoln Square Baptist church a
Worcester 1t is confidently expected
that he will accept the call extended t'
him.
The late Gen. Julius j. Estey o
Brattleboro was one of the most heaN
lily insured men in Vermont, having
life insurance policies aggregatins
$4,000 His individual policies az
gregated $4,000, and, together VIII
bis two sons. who were his partners II
business, he carried a joint policy o
$4,000. He also carried aceiden
policies aggregating $4,000.
Edward j. Corcoran, aged Is, son o