Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-06-15

their only manufacturing establishment
in the fire of last August, the people OF
Wilmington feel great interest in the
undertaking.
Carlo Milani was convicted in Barre cit,
court Saturday of Illegal transportation OF
liquor and the liquors seized when he was
arrested were condemned and ordered
spilled. he appealed the case and in de-
fault OF 800 bail went to jail until next
September. Milani was arrested while re-
I turning from Montpelier Friday, having
on his team two barrels and eight cases OF
beer and two Jugs of whiskey. He said in
court that this was all for his own con-
sumption over Sunday.
The Willard Manufacturing Co. OF st.
Adams has received notification from the
department Of the interior at Washington
that II had been awarded the contract to
furnish 6,s6i garments to the department,
the garments each comprising coat, pants
and vest. The company also has received
notification from the department of pub
lie works Of New York city that il had
been awarded the contract to- supply the
hospital staff with coats and pants to the
extent Of 3,4s0 garments.
The portrait of the late ex-Gov. Roswell
Farnham, painted by the well-known art
ist, A. W. BUTLER, Of Boston, hangs at
present at his home in Bradford. IL is de-
signed for the executive chamber OF the
state house at Montpelier, but il will
probably remain in Bradford until the
converting of the next legislature, when it
will be hung in its permanent place among
the governors OF Vermont. Many friends
have examined the picture and all agree
that it is very excellent likeness.
It is believed in Brattleboro that the
body of Herbert n. Gum, formerly a
Brattleboro real estate agent, has found a
xt-af arN af he Of IaIa a
sound. The reasons for this belief are two
letters which Mr.. Gum wrote May 20 and
May p, stating his intention to commit
suicide, and information from New York
city and Providence, X. l., which was re-
ceived in Brattleboro by Lawyer Ernest
w. Gibson, which tended to show that
Mr.. Gum had carried out his plan.
The memory Of Ann Story, who gave
efficient aid TO the Green Mountain Boys
in the early history OF the state, is to be
by the dedication of a monu- |
ment on the site of her cabin in Salisbury
July "a under the auspices OF the Vermont
Society of Colonial Danes. Judge Wen |
dell p Stafford Of the supreme court OF the |
District Of Columbia. will deliver the prin- |
cipal address. The monument will con-
sist Of block of marble Weighing five |
tons, suitably lettered, and is the gift OF
Fletcher ID. Proctor OF Proctor.
President NJ. II. Buckham OF the Univer-
sity of Vermont is in receipt of a letter
from w. J. Bryan, trustee of the estate of
the late Philo $. Bennett OF New Haven,
Conn, in which check for 800 was en-
closed. According to the terms OF Mr..
Benefits will, this sum is to be invested
by the officials OF the university to which
/ is given, and the annual proceeds are TO
De used as prize for the best essay dis
,ussing the principles OF free government.
he afvsrr tf0ss "a ~ he fUa -fitsaI
colleges in the country to receive this gift.
Senator Dillingham; is authority for the
statement that the smaller postoffices have
~ order OF the president been placed un-
Ter civil service and that changes will not
)e made except for cause. In case COM
Dlaints are made against present officials
hey will be investigated, and IL change
Gems best il will be made; otherwise the
present incumbent will remain in office
This is OF especial interest
II over Vermont, where a large number OF
,ostmasters have served nearly eight
ears, and in many towns new candidates
re appearing.
While engaged in practice with the
fontpelier High school track team June
, James Stack, seventeen years old, was
lit In the head by heavy hammer thrown
y Arthur Gauvreau, who did not notice
i'm. The hammer struck Stack on one
At anu III IL MT u Iiu |
rom the standard with the result that it
truck Stack on the other side OF the head,
both sides OF his skull. He was
perated upon at the Heaton hospital and
is probable that later silver plate will
G put in the skull in place OF the bone
roken by the blow.
Elson Spencer OF Montpelier made an
tempt to commit suicide June 4. He
as been employed at the farm of c. A.
ecorr near the Junction, and after call
IL on a young lady OF Middlesex in the
'ening returned after the family had re-
red. About II O'Clock the house was
'oused by rife shot. An investigation
isclosed the fact that Spencer had shot
Imself with a 3S-calibre Winchester rife,
lie ball passing through his body just
Dove the heart and lodging in the wall.
vidently there was some trouble between
Ie young man and his girl, which in
iced Spencer to attempt suicide.
The interstate commerce commission
lie rendered decision in the case OF
e Capital City Gas company OF Mont
lier against the Central Vermont Rail-
AZ company and the Rutland Railroad A
in favor OF the complainant. =,
ne carriers made joint rate OF 80 cents
II ton on bituminous coal from Nor r
pod, N. ", to Montpelier, VT, when {
tended for RAILROAD supply" and a
m bination rate Of Sl.S5 per ton which
piled on such coal carried between the
me point and used for manufacturing
other industrial or domestic uses. n
lese rates are held by the commission Ii
constitute unlawful discrimination.
The regent OF Palestrello Chapter, Y
Iughters of the American Revolution, OF n
and Miss Cecil Tarben drove
Plymouth Memorial day and presented
rs. Esther Damon, who is a member OF n,
at chapter, with q certificate enclosed IN VI
beautiful frame, being a present from
e chapter, and also decorated the graves
Mr.. and Mrs. William Thompson,
triots, ancestors OF Mrs. Damon. She A
IS also presented with a gold spoon, =
L from the National Society, Daughters I
the American Revolution. Mrs. Damon q
II be 96 years old August l, and is IN eli
" good health for her years. She is the i;
~ surviving widow OF Revolutionary "
der. Il
iardwick has had quite a number Of p
ne man" granite manufacturing firms.
IN who preferred to take small contracts
d work them out alone have engaged IN
siness. Several would join forces and
ploy a union tool sharpener. For some
son the local union objected to this.
E union clearly couldn't go to these