Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-10-19

1 versity OF Vermont On the new athletic
field. The first Of these meets will be held
next May, and at present IA schools and
academies of the state have applied for
representation at the meeting.
Prof. Robert l.. Greene of Notre Dame
university, Goshen, Ind, has been held
under bail 10 answer 10 charge of send
ing seurfilous matter through the mails
II Is alleged that he sent postal card to
/ Sheriff Peck Of Vermont last June ia hieh
| he warned him not to "butcher" Mrs.
( Rogers.
The Bennington Y. N. c. A. will pur-
chase the Cone property at Main and
School streets for the ute Of the associa-
tlon's new building, paying $4,000 for
the property. The buildings VIII be sold
50 as to cut the cost OF the site itself to
5000. Work on the building will be
( begun early in the spring
Il is learned that the suit against A. J.
7 Ferris, president of the defunct Peoples
1 National bank Of Swanton, was brought
I for $4,000 instead Of so, 900, as stated, in
an action to recover the assessment upon
{ toclz OF the bank owned by Mr.. Ferris,
and also TO recover large Indebtedness to
the bank owned by the former president.
! At the recent annual meeting Of the
/ Central Vermont Railway company, gross
receipts for the last fiscal year were re-
j NfaAAEl NiiANANAFAa ~ Eafft led itAsa kl1A-
+ ating expenses, ~2,T93. 1851; taxes, sg7,
1913; net earnings $3.50, 279.l7; other in
come, SO, $40; interest on bonds and rental
7 OF leased lines, 1868, 1852; net surplus,
I g, $50 IS.
! At the annual meeting OF the Society Of
/ the Army Of the Tennessee held in Cincin-
I natl recently, Gen. Grenyille VI. Dodge, a
graduate of Norwich university, North
Z field. presided. Gen. O. o. Howard Of
/ Burlington, who was the last commander
/ OF the army OF the Tennessee, was present.
General Dodge was elected president for
I the ensuing year
I B njamin Williams, who WAS found
guilty OF murder in the second degree for
shooting and killing Policeman James
\ McGrath, was sentenced at Burlington
Z Oct. II 10 serve the remainder of his life at
I hard labor in the state prison at Windsor.
/ Williams has not spoken a word since be
was taken from the insane hospital at
/ Waterbury, where be was sent for obser-
/ vation.
sergeant Leroy Pettigrew, Troop +,
I Fort Ethan Allen, who was recently tried
I by a general court martial on charges
I growing out OF his furnishing an untruth-
/ ful statement to a newspaper for publica-
\ tion and who pleaded guilty to the charge,
7 has been given a sentence OF three months
I ia the guard house, to forfeit $50 OF his
! pay hNu 70 bt ANAANN1 " NAN EAuAN " n
private soldier.
/ The handsome observation engine, ST.
] Lawrence, Of the Central Vermont Rail-
way Co. was badly damaged by fire while
/ in the roundhOuse at st. Adams last
/ Thursday night. It Is supposed the ire
caught from ignition OF waste or over
Z heated woodwork. as the furnace fires had
| been drawn. The engine was finally
pulled out of the rOundhouse and the nre
extinguished by the fire department. The
engine cost $4,000 new.
I Chief Judge Rowell fined Odnle Gilbert
/ OF East Barre 500 for simple breach OF the
peace in Washington county court Oct. =.
Z Gilbert assaulted an officer. Among the
/ offenders against the local option law
/ who got stiff fines were T.. w Gilman, a
merchant OF Marshtield, 1920 for three
+ offenses OF selling with alternative sem
tence OF about ten years; Joseph Wood OF
Barre, selling, 500; Mary saroni OF East
Montpelier, two oifenses selling .oJJ
\ In Washington county court last week,
+ Enrico Maggiani was convicted OF assault
I with intent to kill in shooting William
Perkins. a conductor on the Montpelier q
Barre Electric railway. lie got sentence
i 81 five wears in the house OF correction.
I Charles Stacy got p 3 years at the same
place for open and gross lewdness, 10
which he pleaded guilty. David Camoll
! was convicted Of simple assault IN an al
I legged attempt TO shoot Mrs. Mary Broggl
/ al Mortified.
The Insurance commissioners OF Ner-
mont met at Burlington Oct. 10 TO consld-
/ ar debarring the Equitable Life Assurance
I society. the New York Life Insurance ana
the Mutual Life Insurance company from
doing further business I'M this state. Ihey
/ were advised by legal authority that they
Y had no power to shut out these companies
u ion
next fall TO amend the insurance laws 50
that the commission Will have power 70
deal with outside corporations,
The Orleans bobbin factory at Newport
WAS burned Oct 9. The blaze started near
the dry kiln early in the evening ana
/ owing 10 the elevation it was Impossible
10 obtain water until the pump was
started at the mill Of Prouty u Mlller'
when the fire had made such headWay
that all efforts were diverted 70 SAVING
The houses and surrounding buildings
| me business employed twenty-siN hands.
I The loss is estimated at $1,000 ana Inc
property was Insured for 5000.
The Rev. Or. q. Glenn Atkins, pastor
Z Of the FIRST Congregational church, BUR
| lingtou, has received call To the pas
/ torate OF the First Congregational ehurch
OF Detroit, Mich, and has praclicaliS
accepted the call, his pastorate with the
church in Detroit 70 begin neAt May,
The church at Detroit IS one OF the W.
or three largest Congregational churches
west OF the Hudson river and oilers an
| attractive field of service. The member
/ shin Is something over a thousand.
The farmers who come into Montpelier
/ daily with their produce report scarcity
/ OF potatoes which has been unparalleled ~
any year recently. one man SAID that hs
| dug over one and one half acres OF GROUND
recently with the result that he picked up
/ but eight bushels OF good potatoes NO.
! Potatoes at present are selling for seventy
cents i'm Montpelier. In some OF the