Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-03-10

while slightly deranged as she haC
been troubled with insomnia and com.
planned OF severe headaches. Mrs
Holmes Is about 60 years old. and il
the widow of Dr. c. c. Holmes Of
) Milton, Mass, who commanded the
| First corps of cadets during the Civil
war. This winter Colonel and Mrs
| Darling and Mrs. Holmes have been
living at Hemenway chambers IN the
Back Bay.
Miss Grace Lamb, who went to Bos.
ton from St. Adams with II. l.. Bling.
ham, who, with Carl Stevens, also Of
st. Adams, is held there for grand Jury
on the charge OF larceny from the stu
dents of the Institute OF Technology,
succeeded in getting permission of the
police to wed Bingham and the mar
riage occurred at police headquarters,
Clerk ingalls, of the municipal court
officiating. Mrs. Bingham, before she
lj0ined Bingham in Boston, was nurse
in a hospital in st. Adams. The. Do
lice allege that following the arrest OF
Bingham and Stevens large quantity
OF clothing and other articles found in
their rooms was identified as the prop
erty OF Tech students. Stevens was
studying to be a mechanical engineer
at Tech. Bingham was not regis
tered student.
Willard 5. Isham. who is the in
ventor of the lsham shell. so-called,
is making another attempt to bring
his invention to the favorable notice
of the war department. An amend
ment to the Notifications appropria-
tions bill has been offered by Senator
Proctor which makes an appropria-
ton of $4,000 for the purpose of max
ing test OF the shell. Mr.. lsham is
a Vermonter and was born in Chitten-
den county. where he has relatives.
A test of the shell was made some
years ago at which time an uniavor-
able report was made upon it. Since
that time Mr. Isham has been engaged
in an attempt to show that the army
board before whom the test was made
was Unfair. He hopes in securing this
appropriation for a new test of the
explosive to yindicate it.
A settlement Of the well-known case
OF Edwin l.. Glynn, admir-, VS.. the
| Village OF Mortified, was secured
March 4. About four years ago Arson
| IL stebbins was killed In Mortified
| By current OF electricity passing
through his body from an electric lamp
which be was handling in his barn
while putting up a team. A friend
was near him at the time, saw the
accident. and snatched Stebbins from
contact with the lamp as quickly as
possible, but 1t was too late. Suit was
brought against the village of North
field, which owned the electric light
inc system, by the administrator and
after several battles in the courts as TO
legal points stood for trial this term on
It's merits. Ii is understood the
settlement as agreed upon is practl-
cally that the defendant village pay the
plaintiff 81 900, besides costs and law
yers' bills.
The fear that the granting OF the
town of Rutland's one liquor license
May will result in great disorder aft
er the saloons of the city OF Rutland
and the town of West Rutland are
closed at the expirations of their Ii
censes has been instrumental In Undue
ing residents OF Rutland who live near
the border of the town to circulate a
petition 10 the selectmen OF the town,
asking them to refrain from granting
any license at all while the dry re,
gime is on. The one saloon 10 which
the town of Rutland is entitled is stu
ated on West street near Evergreen
cemetery and only a few feet from the
city limits. 1t is almost within a
stones throw of the residence OF Perci-
val W. Clement, and ii would be the
only open bar within ten miles of Rut-
land. The result of this situation, 1t is
feared by the people in that neighbor-
hood, would be such as to entirely I'M
fit the place for residential purposes.
The Goth annual session of the Yer
mont conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church viii convene in
Montpelier Wednesday. March 80, to
continue until the following Monday.
Bishop Charles III. Fowler of Buffalo
will preside. The Oldest member of
the Vermont conference is Rev. Peter
Merrill of Enosburg Falls, who Joined
in lS43 and has been on the superan-
nuated list since 1888. 1t is under
stood that Rev. A. II. Webb, after
seven years service In Bradford, may
be transferred to another charge; also
that Rev. w. S. Smithers OF st. Adams
and Rev. +. g. Rainey of Randolph
may take new appointments. The
Vermont conference is entitled to two
ministerial and two lay delegates TO
the general conference, which will be
held at Los Angeles. Cal. May |. The
clergymen who are most prominently
mentioned for this honor are Presiding
Elder J. O. Sherburne of st. Johns
bury, the Rev DR.. o. f. Thayer OF
Springfield, Presiding Elder W. NJ.
Newton OF South RoyaltOn and Rev.
Ralph Lowe of Barre. Among those
mentioned as probable lay delegates
are Judge Chauncey Temple Of st.
Albans, T. b. Hall of Groton, Frank
Plumlev of Mortified and George W.
Parmenter of Montpelier.
DIR. w. G. Z. Flanders of Burlington
has one-sixth OF a grain of radium, the
first brought into this state. lie
bought It from New York firm and i
is portion of the first shipment OF
thraa frrafns from France IN this conn |