Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-07-04

Proctor, Other degrees awarded Include
DOCTOR oil divinity, Rev. William Har-
mon Hopkins OF Berkely, CAL, and doe
Tor OF science, Charles Simeon Denison
OF Ann Arbor. Mich.
I'VE VIII send IL cents for 1902 pen-
Mes" A shrewd vermonter saw this All
ma newspaper and with some labor
gathered nfty eoppers OF the mintage of
isos and forwarded them in registered
package. He received the following re-
ply, "send 1882 more pennies, sufficient
70 make up the number (is02l, and YOU
VIII receive the eleven cents
L. Marcus, who was arrested some DAYS
ago, charged with passing worthless
szoo check ON NJ. J. Agel, was bound
over 70 the september term OF Chittenden
county court. Tie was released on bail
OF 5000, which he furnished. He was.
however, Immediately rearrested and
placed In jail on a complaint charging
nun with passing worthless check for
1850 in Bellows Falls.
Three barns with silos, twenty TONS
OF hay and 1000 feet OF timber ON the
farm OF Lewis NJ. Walker OF Chippen-
hook, were destroyed by fire June 90
The loss is $4,000. The insurance is
light. The flames started in the hay
from an unknown cause. Forty head Of
cattle, the house and a creamery were
saved by bucket brigade. Chippenhook
is hamlet in the town OF Clarendon.
Charles st. John OF Montpelier, aged
"a years, freight brakeman on the
central Vermont railway, lost both legs
June 70 while switching on the .'Yn at
Montpelier Junction and died shortly
after the amputation at Heaton hospital.
How the accident occurred Is not known.
st. John was found beside the track with
one leg severed just above the ankle and
the other crushed and nearly of near the
thigh.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles T. Walter enter
tanned ex-Gov. c. J. Bell, his family and
members OF Governor Bells staff and
their families at Riverside their home
in Lyndon, from Friday afternoon until
Monday morning. Saturday the party
went to Newport, for an all-day sail on
Lake Memphremagog. This is the first
reunion OF Governor Bells official fam
lily. Mr.. Walter was Governor Bells
secretary OF civil and military affairs.
B. d. Piper's farm buildings in Green's
boro were burned June "a. The loss was
about e, 500 and the insurance, $500.
The buildings were occupied by F. V.
Hassam, who had stored in the barn
about four carloads OF last-blocks which
were consumed with the buildings. Mr..
Hassam estimates his loss ON the last
blocks at $4,000, with no insurance.
The fire is supposed to have caught
around the chimney in one OF the cham.
bers.
In United States court at Windsor June
%, in the case Of Frank F. Holbrook VS..
]. Quinlan & Co. corporation, a verdict
Of s4,477.6s was rendered against the de-
PENDANT. II was a case which originated
in Newport and was interesting, involv-
ing as it did the question Of buying and
selling stocks ON margins and whether
c. n. Brady Of Newport, who had an
Office there and was on a telegraph wire
loop from Quinlan Il Co.'S. Office in Bos-
ton was an agent or not OF the defendant
company.
The "Moxie" which States Attorney
BENJAMIN Gates received at the entrance
gate Of Intercity park June %, which
was suspected of containing whiskey,
was found to be composed of 1926 per
cent alcohol, the examination being
made at the state laboratory in Burling-
ton. Nelson Remission, who sold the
drink, was arrested. He pleaded guilty
to selling but said he didn't intend to
break the law. The judge upbraided
him severely and fined him $500 and
costs Of $3.50.
Joseph Bianchi, aged AZ, peaceably
disposed Italian, was pounded into insen-
sibility by Louis Caffi, Luigi Fassie and
verba Bruno at an Italian picnic held in
Townsend's grove in Barre Sunday
of last week. No one appears to know
how the trouble started. Bianchi's
assailants are anarchists. The battered
condition OF Bianchi's head and body
would indicate that the men used some
thing beside their fists. Bianchi is ex-
pected to recover. Caffl and Bruno are
under arrest. Fassie is at large.
June "a, John w. Ketchum walked out
of Addison county Jail free man, hav-
ing served five years and two months OF
the seven years sentence given him in
1902 for the part he took in wrecking the
Farmers National Bank of Vergennes,
six years ago. Only son nine years
old and a sister were at the jail doors to
meet him. To correspondent Ketchum
said, 81 am going forth into the world
without one cent except the money given
federal prisoners by the government
when they are released from jail, which
is about five dollars"
The postoffice at Essex junction was
broken into Wednesday night OF last
week and small amount in stamps and
cash taken. The safe was cracked. The
burglars were undoubtedly professionals.
They left in the Office a four-pound
sledge hammer and thirty-four inch
steel pinch bar. The night was excep-
tionally favorable for their work as the
hard thunder shower enabled them TO
work and make all the noise they pleased
without being noticed, and part OF the
electric light system in the vicinity OF
the Office had been put out OF COM
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