Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-02-02

/ society for the race next fall, and i
/ satisfactory arrangements can be-
) made II will come of during the fair
next September.
George ID. Parkhurst of Fair Haven,
, administrator OF the estate of the late
| Daniel Regan of that place, has
| brought suit against the Vermont I'm
fading Green Slate company OF Fair
, Haven for $4,000 damages The
| plaintiff claims that on Sept. IL, 1908.
while employed by the defendant,
/ Daniel Regan fell 90 feet from near the
top OF high derrick pole from which
he was suspending a cable pursuant 10
the defendants orders, and was killed.
He left a widow and three children.
IL Is also claimed that the pins for
lclimbing the mast, and upon which
MIR. Regm was standing, were OF old
iron and unsafe through the negligence
OF the defendants, and that one OF
these broke, letting Mr.. Regain fall.
John Tudor OF Stamford has brought
suit Tor $4,000 against the w. w.
Peck Lumber company of Somerset
and has attached an the real estate,
mill machinery and logs involved In the
recent Wright-Peck timber land deal.
| The suit IS 10 recover for money
claimed 10 have been advanced to
Wright by the Tudor brothers, and for
damages Tor the failure OF the defen-
dant 10 deliver logs contracted TO the
plaintiff. Il is not believed that this
suit will seriously interfere with the
consummation of the recent deal
whereby 1000 acres OF spruce land In
the towns OF Somerset and Stratton
are conveyed TO Fremont III. Wright
of Auburndale, who is supposed to
represent a syndicate OF lumber
operators.
Secretary of the Interior +. A.
Hitchcock has forwarded TO Speaker
Joseph G.. Cannon letter formally
announcing how the funds tor land
grant colleges In the various states
have disbursed during the last fiscal
year. This shows the payment OF
s25. 900 TO the University of Vermont,
Burlington, the same sum paid TO each
state university. The appropriation
originated in an act Of Congress drawn
by the late Senator Morrill, OF Vermont
aud started in 1890 with the payment
OF $50. 600 TO each institution. This
was increased 81 900 annually till II
reached the sum of $4,000 annually
for each state and territorial UNIVERSE
ty in 1900. Since then the payments
have uniformly been $4,000 a year.
No small interest is felt throughout
the state over the selection by the
superintendent of West Point of
Calvin Z. Titus, "A student there. as
one OF the four aides from the military
academy on the staff OF Lieut.-General
Chafee. who will be grand marshal
at the Inaugural parade. At the break
inc out of the Spanish war Titus was
a private in the Salvation Army. He
enlisted as bugler in Company X. LIST
Vermont. of Bennington. Afler the
regiment was mustered out he enlisted
in the 9th United States infantry,
went to the Philippines and then to
China. At the siege of Pekin he was
the first man 10 gain the top OF the
wall that surrounded the city. FOR
his bravery he was appointed 10 West
Point and is serving his third year
there.
Several parties are negotiating with |
f. c. Holmes TO rent the LenoX hotel, |
Montpelier, which is now idle. Mrs.
S. G.. Doty went away the last OF De- I
cember and is not coming back. Mr.. I
Doty ran the hotel until a few days I
AGO. He purchased the furniture for /,
$500 of Mr.. Knapp who moved to .
IIardwick and il is understood paid all ,
but $50 on it. IL is reported that there /
are about $500 in bills outstanding .
which can be paid as soon as the fur .
niture Is disposed of. which will prob 4
ably be as soon as the hotel is rented. |
Two attachments have been placed on .
the furniture by local dealers. Mrs.
Dotv would like to run the hotel again
IL is said il she could have full charge.
This hotel gained considerable promi-
nence during the recent session OF the
legislature as the boarding place OF
GOV. c. j. Bell and family.
The city OF Burlington fears it may
have an elephant on its hands in the
new Carnegie library building recently
dedicated. In the agreement with
Mr.. Carnegie at the time his offer
of $50. 600 was accepted it was sapu-
lated that a sum not less than 10 per
cent of the amount must be raised by
the city to maintain the building and
the library. This sum, 5000, Is
8ouble the amount needed when the
hooks were housed in the old library
building. Now the trustees have
decided that the entire library must
be recatal0gued, 10000 volumes, at
cost of $1,000 a. least This brings
ne budget 10 raise for library pur-
noses mo 10 nearly $4,000 to be raised I.
mis- next wear By a direct tax. The
new building which was planned TO
cost to erect about the sum given BY
AIr. Carnegie, has really cost 10000
more than that, and the trustees say
there Is none too much room now for
the books.
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