Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-03-07

$4,000 libel suit.
Mrs. Daniel y. Lynch OF st. Johnsbury
suffered the severe burning of her left
hand in hire which broke out in clothes
closet at her home Feb. ID. She carried
her baby TO the home OF a neighbor and,
In attempting TO enter the closet ON her
return, was burned. The damage to the
house will amount TO about $500, which is
covered by insurance.
The body OF Y. w. Mcdonald, the man
who committed suicide ON train between
Newport and Coventry Feb. 20, has been
Identified by his brother and sister, and
taken to Boston for burial. The day be-
fore the deed was committed Mcdonald
took out life insurance policy for IS 900.
No motive Is known for the suicide. Me-
Donald left his boyhood home In Nova
Scotia eighteen years ago when IL years
old, and had not been heard from by his
family since that time,
Hon. Allen NJ. Fletcher Of Cayendish,
the millionaire who has been mentioned
as . possible candidate for governor OF
Vermont next year on the regular Repub-
lican ticket, was operated upon for appen-
dicitis at his home Feb. "a. The operation
revealed gangrenous appendicitis, but the
patient Is reported doing well, and il is
not doubted that he will recover. Editor
Y. u. Howe OF the Bennington Banner was
operated on at the samaritan hospital at
Troy, n. ", last week for hernia.
With the opening OF a new floor in the
Columbian quarry al Proctor, which
promises to produce sound marble In
unlimited quantities, problem which has
caused much anxiety to the officers Of the
Columbian company has been practically
| solved. Up to within the past three
weeks the marble taken from this quarry
has been very unsound, so much so that
70 per cent OF the output has been waste
material. This has In various ways de-
layed the working OF the entire plant.
Senators Dillingham; OF Vermont and
Lodge of Massachusetts, are assured a
pleasant "junket' this coming summer,
Vice President Fairbanks having appoint
| ed them, together with Senator McLaurin,
as Senate members OF the commission
created by the immigration bill to make
inquiry into that subject. The commits
sion is empowered to travel abroad IN or
der to gather the desired facts. Their
\ travels probably will take them to Ger
many, Italy and Russia, among other
Tcountries.
The will OF Mrs. Sarah T.. Mower OF
Barre, who died in that city about three
weeks ago, contains several bequysts OF a
public nature, among them one OF u 900 to
the Unitarian church in Barre; goo 10 the
Ladies' society OF that church; $500 10
found a scholarship at Goddard seminary
for poor hoys. After dozen OF these
smaller requests are made the residue is to
go to four iegatees, one OF which is God
! dard seminary, which institution will re-
ceive about 5000, IL is expected. The
value OF the estate Is estimated at about
$4,000.
In response to call issued, about
twenty Democrats assembled at Mont
pelier Feb. % and formed the Vermont
Democratic league. Mr.. Gleason OF ST
Johnsbury stated that the object OF th'
meeting was to cooperate with simila
leagues In New England and intimatet
that following the speeches to be delivered
in Vermont soon by William j. Bryan
there might be speeches by other noted
party orators. Officers were elected al
follows President, q. Herbert Pape o
Barre; vice president, James r. Burke o
Burlington; secretary and treasurer, Z
8. Howes OF Montpelier.
r. All the granite cutters in Hardwick ar
/, out pending wage agreement between Tn
manufacturers and cutters. The old agree
ment expired Feb. 18th. Several futile at
. tempts have been made to get together on
, scale. The cutters want wage OF s5Su
, day. the agreement to be in force 10
ing to pay 80 cents an hour with an agree
mept 10 remain in force for four years.
2 is understood that the manufacturers q
. Hardwick are in good shape and can &c
I along without running for time and un
> less the cutters come to their terms, who
: figure S3.12 for day, minimum, the shed
will probably be closed down.
yergennes is generously remembered b
the late William q. Bixby, whose VIII wa
I filed for probate last week. A sum wnlc
, is estimated at between $4,000 and 800
n 900 is willed the city Tor the establishment
a and maintenance OF public nbrar.
4 Other public requests include Sls,0oo
d the Prospect Cemetery association. .
n which Mr.. Bixby was a trustee, and s2,W
eaco for the Hampton institute, the luz
kegee Normal institute and an orpna
: asylum at Chicago. The estate is value
Il at bstween s275,0 and 100000, althoug
y close personal friends of the deceased sta
y that il will not reach this amount. nj
u Bixby was interested in real estate IN u
7. West.
- Emma Goldman OF New York, the mote
n anarchist agitator, and Luigi Galleani,eo
tor OF a local anarchist sheet, unaer II
dictment in New Jersey for alleged con
= plicity in anarchist riots at Paterson TO-
'r wears ago, spoke in the Barre opera hou
. Feb. "a to al audience OF about oOo pc
= sons, about evenly divided between EN- m
ish and Italian speaking s, people, egs II
re license and the pirates" The aiiair "
d not sensational. The police were cru
cised by Miss Goldman, declaring u
t they were lot Of asses. she spoke
At about an hour and received no applaus
Of Gallant spoke in Italian and was warm
at received.
rs Last month was the coolest February ),
"a the "a years that an official RECORD ,a u
n been kept in Burlington. The mean t VI
~ nerature was II degrees, the average re
as ruary temperature for the "a years pei pei
20 degrees. 1t was four degrees iea nr .oS
It's than the mean temperature for the preee
he mo month of January, which was five :
er grees lower than the average janus
en- tempera, ure. The mean temperature
n December "a degrees) was eight degr
he below the normal, so that tne VI
n months, with an average temperature
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