Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-02-21

| 49, -. fs' . SITE adjoining the
shfiners' temple In Rutland. The IN, "a
l.0koa ieet "a size, The consideration h
said 10 be sl,OOO, The work Of erection
VIII De begun early IN the spring.
The people OF Vermont who wish m
purchase Trout Tor the purpose OF stock ing
ahd posting private waters are asked Id
SEND IA Their application al an early dale
10 III. u. Thomas, state fish and game come
missioner, Stowe, VI; also To send Tor a
olank requisitlon Tor stocking public
| waters.
The Rutland County Agricultural soei.
ETY. will meet Ia Rutland Feb. Is 10 disens.
the ACCESSIBILITY OF leasing the fair grounds
TO the new state fair commission Tor a
term OF years, II is understood al Rut.
land that the commission has made a
proposition TO the society there for the
lease OF its grounds.
The annual report Of the trustees Of
iieaton hospital, Montpelier, shows that
during the ear 1871 patients have been al
milted to the hospital, OF whom ls we're
city patients, There we're Is deaths al the
hospital aud 10 births, The total receipts
Tor the year were ;l0,S09 $ aud the dis.
hursements were sl0,i77.23
As the result Of a recent disturbance at
the home OF sabin Mareott la Woodstock,
sahin aud his brother, John Marcott OF
windsor, were arrested. Al the hearing,
John Marcott was held under bonds III
1900 on charge Of furnishing liquor, and
sabin Marcott is bound up In the SUN Of
slOo ON charge Of ill,reating his wife.
AT a citizens caucus, held in Barre Fri.
day, x-Alderman John Robbins was
dominated Tor mayor over ex-Aldern a
John j. Mckenzie, the labor candidate, by
vote Of $40 to 20s. II is expected that
there Will be no contest at the polls. The
indications at present are that the city
Will vote "yes" on the license question
this year.
No definite action as TO the working OF
county jail prisoners was taken at the
meeting OF the assistant judges and
sheriffs OF Addison, Chittenden, franklin,
Orange, and Washington counties held at
the county clerks office In Burlington
Feb. %, u being decided that the problem
be left with the officials Of each county, TO
be solved by them.
Poultney is the first town in the state
TO pay back to the state the United States
deposit money. IL prefers TO do this to
payiuga nve per cent tax. The amount
returned by that town Is $1,000 The at
torney general takes the view that the
towns ale entitled 10 the income from the
deposit money up to Dec, 10, but on and
after Dec. Is must pay five per cent to the
state.
The commissioners OF Green Mount
cemetery, Montpelier, in their annual re-
port to the city council, show that the
cost OF the new chapel and tomb at the
cemetery was 32,i79.9i. OF this sum
$50, 1870 was received from the John Il.
Hubbard bequest and the remaining
z, 3i5.0i was paid from the cemetery fund.
The commissioners have a cash balance of
=, i33.0s.
At the annual banquet OF the Burlington
Commercial club Feb. u, Maxwell Eyarts
OF Windsor offered TO give 5000 toward
holding the state fair in Burlington, pro-
vided the city would raise 10000 more for
the same purpose. The other speakers
we're Lieut.-G5v. Prouty, Z. B. Finn OF
Springfield, w. b Jones OF Albany, n. Y,
and Mayor J. L. Burke. w. j.. Van Pat
ten presided.
At the annual meeting OF the Vermont
Alumni association OF Nor Sich Univer.
sity, Mortified, held at the Mortified
House recently, il was voted TO request the
trustees OF Norwich University to take
necessary steps to convert the old barracks
into suitable memorial to Gan. Alonzo
Jackman, former instructor OF the col
lege. The meeting was followed by an
elaborate banquet.
As the express train from Montreal
was approaching Island Pond Feb. ii on
the Grand Trunk, and six miles distant,
side rod of the engine broke, penetrating
the ca b and striking Fireman James Mann.
Mann was crushed and thrown from
the engine and his neck broken by the
fall. He was picked up twenty five rods
from where the accident occurred and
survived but five minutes.
George Wiliore, employed in a grant
shed at West Berlin, was at work about
some shafting Friday and in some way
was caught in il. Before the other en-
ployes could stop the power, Wilfore had
whrled around seve al times. Both legs
were broken, one arm was broken and his
head was seriously bruised. The physi-
clans have grave fears OF internal Injuries.
He is in serious condition.
Gilman LaClair OF Sutton. a farm labor
err, was arrested Feb. Is on a charge that
he bad forged four notes. aggregatlng
about 5000, in the Lyndonville National
bank. The names signed were those of
we'll known Sutton men. LaClair was
bound over to county court in the sum OF
5000, which he was unable to furnish.
LaClair admits the crime, but claims that
he can straightsn matters out.
The differences which arose last week
between the Quarry Workers union and
their employers at Woodbury. has besn
satisfactorily adjusted and the men are
back at work. The trouble arose over al
legged determinations in the wage scale,
some of the employees finding when they
drew their pay at the end of the month
that they had not been allowed the wages
which the union scale calls for.
Daniel G. Field, proprietor of Fields
restaurant, Montpelier, died Feb. from
the effects OF stroke OF paralysis suffered
in the morning. Mr. Field was 80 years
old. During the Civil war he went to the
front with the Second Vermont regiment
as assistant surgeon. For several years
Mr.. Field was trombone player in the
Montpelier Military band and was con-
sidered one of the bert players in the
state.
Feb. II, the members of the Episcopal
parish at Newport gave mortgage party
at the Memphremagog House, when the
mortgage papers on the church ana
rectory were burned by little Miss Edna
Anderson in the presence OF the large
company. Speeches were made by all
the pastors OF the town. The church and