Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-04-27
State of Vermont.
lts News CONDENSED and Rewritten
for Our Readers.

d, as ArDor day.
John Mahon, who fell while shingling
roof in Ludlow recently, died Apr. 10.
Navigation has opened on Lake Cham
plain for the season, the ice having gone
out.
DIR. and Mrs. ]. W. Morrow OF Burling
ton are both suing for absolute divorce.
Both name correspondents.
Ex-Gov. u. A. Woodbury. is on bust
ness and pleasure trip to Mexico with a
party of New York capitalists.
Deputy Sheriff b. F. Atherton of Water
bury last week pleaded guilty to the
charge of intoxication and was fined.
DIR. w. Seward Webb and family arrived
at SheIburne Farms Thursday and Shell
burne House is opened for the summer
Harry I. Eaton of Claremont, n. H.,
has secured the management OF the Barre
opera house for the coming year by
bidding $3.50.
In runaway at Brattleboro Apr. 2lst,
Horace Smith, an aged merchant and
grain dealer of West Chesterfield, y. H.,
had his right leg broken.
Nathan Allen of Williston sustained a
serious injury Thursday. His COW hooked
him in one eye. Mr.. Allen was already
nearly blind in the other eye.
At village meeting last week in Wi
nooski, it was voted TO purchase the VII
nooski Aqueduct eompany's plant to be
used for public water supply.
In Washington county court Apr. Is
Irving Isham was fined 200 and costs for
illegally shooting deer. He bad been re-
leased on bail but had skipped.
Three Hardwick lads, aged 10 to II, who
broke into a store and stole - cents, were
sentenced to the reform school The sem
teDce of one OF them was suspended.
The Syndicate Clothing Co. OF Burling-
ton, with a capital of $4,000, and the
Church OF the the First Born OF Barre have
filed articles of association with the secre-
tary of state.
Col. S. A. nlsley of Middlebury has
announced his intention to practically
rebuild the Baptist church in that village.
He has already presented this church
society with nice parsonage.
The Congregational and Methodist
churches OF Castleton, that have been
working together for sometime, have voted
to continue the federation. The vote was
unanimously in favor of continuing it.
While Abraham Priest OF Gardner,
Mass, was performing the duties OF saw
yer at the sawmill OF II. NJ. Brown Il Co.
in Castleton last Thursday, log rolled
from the skidway and struck his left leg,
breaking two bones just above the ankle.
Robert T.. Lincoln and family and
Private Secretary Paulson arrived in
Manchester Apr. Is in private car.
After inspecting Mr.. Lincoln's handsome
new residence, Hiidene, in Manchester
village, they left that night for Chicago.
Frank Hebert OF st. Adams, whose place
OF business was raided Apr. 10 and Ave
gallon keg OF whiskey seized, pleaded
guilty and was sentenced to four months
at hard labor in the house OF correction at
Rutland. The liquor was ordered de-
stroyed.
William c. spaford Camp, No. log,
United Spanish War Veterans, has been
organized in Bennington. The camp
was named after William c. Spafford, Co.
X, LIST Inf, VT. Vols, who was the first
man in the regiment to give up his life in
the service.
Manley Winch OF Aiiddlebury accident
ally shot himself in his left foot last
He was hunting with COM
panion and in getting over fence the gun
was discharged. Mr.. Winch took the gun
from the other man, not knowing that II
was cooked.
Silas Stanley has been admitted to the
Soldiers Home, Bennington, from Bran
don. He is So years old and had 10 be
taken ON cot because Of broken hip
and bad knee that he received in a fall
a few days ago. He is the oldest inmate
Of the home.
@. r. Bianchi has purchased the plant OF
the Capital Granite Co., which was prac-
tically destroyed by fire January l3 last.
Mr.. Bianchi pays $500 for this property
and will at once rebuild and occupy il in
addition to his present quarters adjoining
at Montpelier.
Mrs. Katherine S. Sumner of Rutland, !
aged i0l years, was found Apr. Is In a /
pitiful state of restitution and sick
probably unto death. She was alone and /
lying on a mattress on the floor with 4
nothing else in the room. She was taken |
10 the hospital at the eity's expense.
The legislature OF 1904 broke the record |
for the number OF acts and resolutions |
passed. The state officials last week en-
crossed 800 acts and resolutions. The /
volume with the index will contain about
$50 pages. Each page averages forty lines,
With about nine words to the line, making 4
about 100000 words.
Dr. ]. L. Rathbone, veterinary Of I
recently chloroformed a
chestnut mare owned by w. {. Mitchell,
which was i'll with spinal meningitis.
Doctor Rathbone says that in his nineteen
years of practice this was the first eharac-
eristic case of spinal meningitis that had
ome to his attention.
Two new unions have been organized in
Montpelier. Forty employees of the
Cotton Manufacturing Co. have estab-
ished branch OF the buffers, platers,
)olishers and brass moulders' interna-
ional union; and truckmen of the city
nave perfected their organization. The
after has fourteen members.
Frank Kurus of Rutland was severely
burned about the head while using kero-
iene in building fire in stove Apr. Is.
His face, ears, the back OF his neck and
he right arm to the elbow were badly
burned, much of the skin coming of.
His eyebrows, mustache and the hair on
he front OF his head were burned off,
Andrew Carnegie has offered Bellows
Falls free public library building. Mr..
Carnegie offers to give the town $4,000,
provided II appropriates at least $500
rear. The town of Rockingham now
places =, 100 year at the disposal OF the
library trustees, and 1t is probable that
Mr.. Csrnegie's offer will be accepted.
The Brand block in Concord, a three
tory wooden building with the town
iall and the residence of Emery Adams