Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-06-04
State of Vermont.
49,. CONDENSED and Rewritten
for Our Readers.


Friday. Saturday and sunday,
W a 10 30 and q, 1908. The YER
u tate speakers will be Mrs. Abbie
n.y. Mrs. Emma Paul, Alonzo
Hebbard, Lucius Colburn ana oarah
Wiley.
The sum of 900, 900 has been appro-
.ss,ed for new village hall at Bel
rails. which will be located be-
.reen Canal and Rockingham streets.
!, wiIl be four stories high on Canal
Lei and three on Rockingham. Ii
IN ~ used az headquarters Tor the
a. department and village officials.
I'M m work of construction will begin at
once
fohn Cattanach of Newport is can
5;date for court reporter. Miss Chest
M has been advanced to the late Miss
penhamis position, which leaves a va
aancy and Mr.. Cattanach Is fitting
himself 10 fill it. He is planning to at
tend the session of court at Hyde Park
ana oct some practice under the super
vision of Miss Chestnut, and he will
slso attend the session at st. Johns
bury.
The condition OF Charles Pierce,
Who works at Richard Sewers farm
between Quechee and Pomfret, and
who was shot by his brother. William
II. Pierce, appears 10 be favorable.
Not much can be learned from the
bothers as 10 the cause of the fray.
William Pierce was arrested and
giyen a hearing. He waived ex-
animation and was held in the sum
Of sl 600 for his appearance at the
county court on the charge Of at
tempting TO kill his brother.
Al the Montpelier city council meet
inc held May q the license com
& mttee reported unfayorably on the
petition OF the Orange County Tele-
phone Co. asking for permission TO
erect poles and wires in the city
s. The report was accepted and the
petition denied. The company de-
sired 20 erect a lire through Mont
peler 10 connect with the Mortified
line. Il was the opinion OF the coun-
Gil that already there were too many
poles and wires in the streets.
Work will begin at Poultney soon
On the new gymnasium for the Troy
E Conference academy. II will be built
on the campus north OF the main dor
mitory. The dimensions will be 50 by
IS feet. IL will have rock face sub
. structure of blue marble six feet above
. grade. From there up II will be
F. yeneered with brick. The structure
will cost $4,000 and the furnishings
E $1,000. The corner stone will be laid
a Wednesday. June IL, DR.. F.. NJ. Mills,
y secretary OF the 20th century thank
L offering movement, delivering the adj
q dress.
Il T. NJ. Prouty, with a good force of
men. is at work remodelling the Ber-
tina Allen block in Swanton. The
n building barely escaped being destroy
ed by the British In the War OF 1912.
n Il was then used by the Americans as
an arsenal, and the British. coming In
10 town. surprised the few remaining
" guards here and seized the arsenal.
Fl An order was at first given TO fire the
Il building, but the commander being in
f formed that the building might belong
20 a Tory countermanded his order
and had the stores brought out on the
park and destroyed.
Eddie Sullivan. fourteen years old,
son OF Michael Sullivan, ran from
bis home at Northfeld Center to the
common Nav &c in company with a
n playmate. just before reaching the
common he sat down and complained
Of a pain about his heart. He got
up and walked short distance, where
tree show was being held. Sudden
y be fell. unconscious. and was sup
n posed 10 have tainted. He was taken
70 PHYSICIANS Office and died as he
was being carried into the Office.
The supposed cause of death Is
weak heart, unduly exerted.
United States court reconvened
4 Tuesday afternoon. May 20. A jury
was empanelled and hearing was be-
. gun In the case of United States VS..
Charles Z. George. alias Earl Nj. Shan
non. alias Charles +. Shannon, charged
with fraudulent use of the mails In
4 getting orders last tall from YER
mont legislators for a legislative
album. The case was given to
the jury last Thursday noon and YER
dict Of guilty was brought in during
tnN dlttIuOOn- Inc INeibhhthN "nS
lined $500, to be paid before June 10.
Court then adjourned until that date at
Brattleboro. j. c. Enright is bonds
man for the respondent.
A Cleveland despatch says that the
engagement of Mrs. May Harrington
Hanna, divorced wife of Dan X. Han
ma, son of Senator Hanna, to +. h.
Stallo, a prominent New York lawyer,
has been announced. Mr.. Stallo Is a
son Of Judge Stallo, minister to Italy
under President Cleveland. Mrs.
Hanna is now in Waterbury, Conn,
where her sons are attending school.
The date of the wedding has not been
settled. but Cleveland relatives say Il
will be sometimeI in the fall and will
no doubt take place in New York,
where Mrs. Hanna took up her resi-
dence after leaving Cleveland about a
Aear ago. Mrs. Hanna was Shelburne
girl.
Irasburor has EIGHT new cases OF!