Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1906-06-07

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furnished $1,000 in the train wreel,ins
case and 200 IN the perjury case.
Francier Mesrs, only II years old. living
IN the mountain section between Sandgste
and Manchester, was lodged in BeDning.
ton county jail Saturday on the charge OF
making and passing counterfeit money.
The coins were Dickels, dimes and quar-
tiers. The money was not good counter
leit ana was not given to careful persons.
some ot the counterfeit money and a part
/ Of the apparatus was seized al the Mears
home.
Miss Blanche Stewart Of Barre has won
her SUIT Tor breach OF promise brought
against Chester Lawrence Of Windsor.
Nova Scotia. The plaintiff testified that
Lawrence had promised 70 marry her and
produced some letters to prove this
charge Lawrence declared that If he
ever promised to marry her be was drunk
and said he was ia that state much Of the
time that be was in Barre Miss Stewart S
testimony apparently made a strong i'm
preston on the court.
! Columbus Huling, aged 81, Of North
Bennington, died at his home In that
| village May %. Life for Mr.. Hulins
during the final year OF his existence was
made unusually strenuous BY the ciions
OF his relatives, who sought 10 prevent
his marriage with the young girl TO
whom be was united last August. The
widow, who a year ago was Jennie
Bissell, "a years old, an employee IN one
OF the factories at North Bennington,
will inherit the whole of his estate esti-
mated to be valued at over 100000.
A movement is proposed to organize a
new county Of portions OF Nindham and
Windsor counties, calling il Cumberland
county, the name the territory anciently
. - nj "a
contain the towns Of Springfield, Ludlow,
Plymouth, Cavendish, Chester and w ston
in Windsor county and WIndham,
Grafton, Athens, Rockingham, West
minister and Putney in Windham county.
Rockingham would be the county seat.
| II is claimed that this arrangement would
/ greatly accommodate ell the towns
/ named.
Hon. Orriee Ballard, 81 years old, one Of
/ the best known residents Of Georgia,
committed suicide Sunday morning By
drinking a quantity OF horse medicine,
4 the principal ingredient OF which was
carbolic acid Mr.. Ballard died within
I IS minutes after be had taken the poison.
I Mr. Ballard Is believed to have been
temporarily insane when he committed
4 the deed He was a prominent Republic
can, had represented his town IN the
4 House, his county in the Senate, and was
i for a time a trustee of the Waterbury
asylum.
The Lake Dunmore House in Salisbury
was burned May 81 with a loss OF from
/ s35, 600 TO $4,000 The hotel was jointly
/ owned by Messrs. Marsh, George Briggs
and ex-Gov Ormsbee Of Brandon and
/ Kingsley Of Salisbury. There was some
/ insurance. The house was TO have been
opened for the season June ID. IL would
la accommodate i25 guests. The tire origi-
mated in the engine room at $3.50, where
plumbers had been employed during the
i day. There was no means Of fighting the
/ blaze untf aid could be secured from
/ Brandon and little was saved.
/ In response to a call from ex-Goy. Car
roll 5. Page OF Hyde Park, Hon. William
+ II. Dubois Of Randolph, Joseph Aud OF
! Burlington, W. +. Hawks OF Bennington
and Dr.. Henry D. Holton OF Brattleboro, a
1 number Of holders OF life insurance poll
cies met Friday at Burlington and organ
E ized the Vermont PolicyhOlders' assocIa-
4 ton Of the Mutual Life Insurance COM
/ pany OF New York. There were between
4 i75 and 200 policyholders represented IN
person and by proxy. Officers we're chos-
/ En-. and the purposes OF the organization
defined to 81 to look out for the interests
OF Vermont policyholders in the Mutual
Life.
q. C. Risdon. game warden az Dandy
and Mount Tabor, saw man fishing Tor
trout. The man was very careful 70 keep
| the contents Of the fish basket concealed
from view, and the warden was deter
mined to see what it contained. He un-
dertook TO raise the lid, which brought on
a struggle between the two during when
the fisherman goi his basket and threw It
away. He then ran away himself. MT.
Risdon secured the basket and upon IN
vesttgation found in il l03 short trout,
which renders the man liable TO a me OF
=. Q30 il ne is apprehended. Harry Shase
OF Bennington, county game warden,
seized a forty-foot gill net that gang OF
poachers had been using in the Walloom-
sac river He was unable TO ind the men,
Although one horse has been taken
away from DR.. II. II. Read OF smell
burne and bis wife. ida II. Read, state
president OF the w. c. I. u, by the state
Humane society and killed, they came 70
Burlington again May p with an animal
in such a condition that Bumane Agent
.John Fuller notified them that they mu.t
care for the horse at once or he Woulu
seize the animal and institute criminal
prosecution. Mrs. Read was with Dr.
Read al the time, and she al once lett the
carriage, while DR.. Read took the morse 10
a stable. He promised to have the amman
cared for. Al er the first horse was selzeu
criminal action was instituted ags iIli,
DIR. Read and the case Is now penang.
The matter has aroused much discussion
tbroughout the state because of the prom
inance Of Mrs Read in the temperance
work. and in nearly every county
ten,neraDre convention resolutions toueh-
in, IN the matter have been passed. one
union asked for the resignation OF MIS-.
Read because Of the affair.