Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1906-02-08

The 18th annual meeting and banquet oil
The Norwich University Alumni associa-
ton OF Boston will be held IN the new
american house on Hanover street
"Wednesday evening, Feb. q. President
Charles II. Spooner, rs, will address the
meeting. The meeting OF the Vermont
association probably will be held in the
early part OF this month, and the meeting
OF the Chicago association VIII likely be
about the middle OF March.
The report OF the superintendent of the
Vermont Soldiers Home for the month
ending January 81 shows present for duty
a. IN hospital IL, absent on leave 10, total
mem bership 100. During the last ten DAYS
one died, two were discharged, one read
united and one admitted. The average
daily present was 81, present and absent
~. On account OF the mild winter, the
number Of inmates at the home has not
been as large as it was expected it
would be.
Dr.E.Arlington Pond, formerly OF Rut-
land and graduate OF the medical depart
ment OF the u. V. NJ, is now president of
the board OF health in Manila. While a stu
dent at the University Of Vermont, he was
a famous baseball pitcher and later became
one OF the strongest pitchers in the coun-
try. lie began his professional baseball
career when but twenty years old and
quickly forged TO the front. He LETT the
game 70 pursue the practice of medicine,
and afterward joined the army.
Mrs. w. G. Reynolds, VINO is deaf, at
tended the services at the First church,
Burlington, recently, and by means OF a
special telephone arrangement was en-
abled 10 hear the entire sermon OF the pas
tor, the Rev. DIR. g. Glenn Atkins. Two
traBsmtters were placed on the preachers
desk and wire running along the floor
was connected with receiver attached to
Mrs. Reynolds ear. So smoothly did the
device work that many people in the
church were not aware of the arrange
ment.
/ William K. Hoyt, the newly appointed
1 United states commissioner for Musko-
gee. /. r., who assumed his new duties
Feb LIST, was born in st. Adams in 1916.
At an early age he attended Norwich uni
yersity and from there he entered West
Point as a classmate Of ex-Goy William
II. Upham and Gen. Charles King. He
was admitted to the practice Of law, and
in 1868 located at Chippewa Falls, Wis,
having at one time associated with him
Congressman jenkins and Ex-Governor
Bingham.
Moses Jones. assistant postmaster at
Pouitney, is serving years sentence IN
the house OF correction in Rutland for
stealing money from letters. He was in
dicted year ago and was released on bail.
At the session OF United STATES court last
October his bail was called, but be tailed
60 appear. II has just leaked out that
Jones was committed TO the house OF cor
rectlon few days ago. He had long been
suspected OF crooked work and postofiice
inspectors sent marked bills through the
mails ia order to detect him.
More than $50 people, representing YER
gennes, Shoreham, Orwell, Benson and
other towns along the proposed electric
railway line. attended the meeting OF the
Champlain Valley Traction Co. In Fair
Haven Jan. 30. Several engineers were
present aud made estimates OF the cost OF
preliminary survey OF the road The
executive committee appointed commit
tee TO look up the approximate value OF
produce that each town along the line
would give the road 10 carry. The next
meeting viii be held in Orwell March /.
News has been received of the death in
Harpoot, Turkey, OF Mrs. Edward +.
Carey, Dec. 8, after a brief illness. she
was a daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Nathaniel
simonds and a granddaugh OF Mr.. and
Mrs. John Lynde OF Nilliamstown. She
married Rev. Mr.. Carey in 1901 and they
went as missionaries for the American
Board to Harpoot in Eastern Turkey,
where he is president OF tho theological
school. and she had charge OF Armenian
women who do lace work in the mission
AZ Harpoot. She also taught drawing.
In the arrest OF William Randall, who is
serving a sentence OF six months IN the
house OF correction on the charge Of va
grancy, the police think they have landed
1 slick type OF the gentleman burglar.
Randall was searched IN the police station
at Mortified. and, when searched, bur
plar tools were found, as well as bunch
81 skeleton KEYS. Ia 1901 he was in North
field. and at that time left trunk when
he departed, which, when opened, con-
tanned articles OF different sorts which a
person might use in petty stealing his
record is being looked up and the police
think he has been mixed up In some thefts
about Vermont.
Henry McGary. aged 90, and a well-to-
do blacksmith at Highgate Center, was
placed under arrest Jan. p, charged with
getting drunk and assaulting Mrs. Emma
Bingham, a good sized, muscular woman,
who fought him until she got within
reach OF broom with which she knocked
him down and pounded him until he
finally succeeded in gaining his feet, only
too glad to run away. Notary was ar
raigned before Justice Reynolds of Swan
ton and convicted of first ofense OF
drunk. He was then arraigned on the
more serious charge and was bound over
fOr trfAl ntlOft WIN -
furnished bail and was released.
Half. crazed Pssqual Peppe terrified the
in inhabitants OF the town OF Dandy recently
as he rushed through the streets brandish-
ing a pitehfork and making threats. he
finally singled out Patrick Decates, whom
he knew, and sought to iniure him but
Decates escaped. A number OF men or
gained party to pursue the man and
surrounded him in a small hut formerly
occupied by section men on the railroad
on the outskirts OF the town. After
desperate encounter, in which Peppe fought
like a maniac, the man was finally over
powered and taken to the county jail IN
Rutland for safe keeping. Peppe bad
polished and sharpened the middle tine OF
the pitchfork for deadly use, having
broken of the other two.
Part OF the plumber taken in the postot-
flee robbery al East Fairfield Oct. 10, 1905,
was the pension check Of r. c. Colburn.
MIR. Colburn had properly endorsed the
same and il had been cashed by the post
master, l. ". Chase, as he is allowed TO do.
Ii appears to have been mailed on the ST.
Adams & Richford railway Oct. y, the
day Of the shooting Of the burglar ia Jen-
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