Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-05-05
State of Vermont.
a.. News CONDENSED and Rewritten
for Our Readers.

IN Proctor loi lSn N"l
A. anil 25 to Saranac Lake, n. T., where
~ will remain until his attending pey-
= Ian deems it advisable for him to
return home.
Indoe Wendell Phillips Stafford of
e Jo6nsbury has been appointed the
;nstice OF the supreme court OF the
Pi.trict of Columbia 10 succeed Justice
pater @. Pritchard. who mas been made
limited States circuit judge.
George NJ. Powers of Morrisville
end Harry Blodgett OF st. Johnsbury
are mentioned as candidates for the
;n6geship made vacant by the appoint
@e5t of w. P. Stafford as justice of the
spnTeme court of the District of Col
4 umbia.
IN consideration OF a bonus of 1900
already pledged by the public spirited
rasidents of that place, and the use Of
a large plot of unoccupied land of the
q ri railroad near the railway station,
az normal rental, Banister q Co.
| have decided to rebuild their mill re-
Gently burned in jay, in North Troy.
Jobn J. Enright OF Burlington has
brought suit against Mrs. Anna Nj.
/ Knott. wife OF +. +. Knott, the we'll
/ known stock broker, for $500 for
alleged services as attorney. Proper
~ IN Burlington valued at $4,000 has
| been attached. The case is entered
for the next term OF Chittenden county
court
John Gilman, West Fairlee boy
and Dartmouth college graduate, is at
West Lebanon, n. H., from Washing
ton. d. c., where he has passed the
winter. He is expecting to receive
this month his commission from the
I United States government as civil
engineer in the construction of the
Panama canal.
Evan +. Lloyd's brick house in Fair
haven was damaged to the extent of
several hundred dollars April Is by
rocks thrown from a blast in the street
directly in front of the house. One
rock weighing about % pounds went
through the roof into the kitchen and
though there were several people in
tie honse, no one was injured.
Judgment for the defendant bank
was rendered April p by Chief Judge
John ". Rowell in the case of the
. Capital Savings Bank, Montpelier,
\ brought to recover on a treasurer's
check for 81 900 growing out Of the
forgery Of DIR. W. r. Hardness. The
. Capital Savings bank will take the case
to supreme court on exceptions.
Simon Rosshero, 46 years old and an
employee OF the Rutland Florence
. Marble company, was struck by a
. freight train April 80 on the Rutland
road near Pittsford and was killed.
/ He was crossing the track and evil
IDENTIFY did not hear the train until II
was too late TO get off. The engineer
saw the man, but not in time TO stop
tie train.
The case OF George Birch against the
Central Vermont Railway company
iar the loss of farming tools which
we're burned at the Brooks farm in
Battleboro last April was settled
eyil % through C. G. Fits for 500.
n fire which destroyed the farm
billings Is said TO have caught from
spark from a Central Vermont en-
glt and il is understood that the
oWer OF the farm will sue the railroad
Company for damages.
The 10th annual session of the grand
blge Of Vermont, New England order
o. Protection, was held in ST. Johns
bury April % with an attendance OF 80.
Official reports show % lodges in this
state with 1898 members. net gain of
two new lodges at Graniteville and
4 Northheld 10 deaths in the Vermont
membership during the past year and
$4,000 insurance paid thereon. The
total insurance paid since the order
was instituted in Vermont is $4,000.
Four carpenters employed at the
plant Of the Lumiere North American
Co., in Burlington quit work April q
and refused TO 90 back the next day
unless their wages were increased
from - % TO $3.50 a day. beginning
Monday. The Carpenters union had
noiihed contractors and builders that
on and after May the minimum wage
i0r lourneymen carpenters shall be
500 tor day of nine hours. The
Lumiere plant engaged other work
men.
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the new tuberculosis hospital at the
state hospital for the insane in Water
bury has been awarded to William
Deal al S5,l95. At the last session of
tne state legislature the sum of Sl0,-
wv was appropriated for the erection
Of a building or ward for tubercular
PATIENTS. The plans provide for the
erection Of a two-story brick veneer
building at the rear OF the present
building aud in direct communication
WITH 1t, Provision will be made for p
Patients.
The Democratic state committee met
,APrll % in Burlington and decided to
hola the convention for the election of
Iour delegates-at-large and four alter
hales to attend the national conven-
uon to be held at st. Louis, and the
convention for the nomination of state
g5ucers in Burlington Wednesday,
'une y, at 10 o'clock in the morning
az the Howard opera house. As far as
yy9lld be ascertained there was not a
htdrst man present at the committee