Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-07-25

MAE war HSAAthNA ~ AhANN fA+'N% ~
Windsor, having been convicted OF the
crime Of manslaughter in Orange county
court in June, iss2, thus having served
twenty-one years.
A Grange field day meeting viii be
held ON the Valley fair grounds at Brat
tleboro August 23, which Il is expected
will he larger than any other meeting OF
the order ever held in southern Vermont.
Sixty subordinate oranges In Vermont,
New Hampshire and Massachusetts, have
been invited to attend.
The body OF Frank Whiteomh of Hyde
Park, who was last seen alive on the
night OF July ~, was discovered July ~
In the Lamoille river, States Attorney
Tracy does not entertain the theory OF
foul play, but thinks that Whiteomb fell
into the river while intoxicated. Whit
comb was IS years OF age.
The Moody 4 Almon electric plant will
extend its lines to Moretown from the
power plant near Middlesex village and
will light Moretown on the way. The
lines viii be extended later 10 Wsitsiield
and farmers on the way are planning to
put in motors TO run their separators and
ensilage cutters and light their houses.
After search extending over 80
hours, the body Of Mrs. Elmer Pierce OF
Bolton was found Friday in a clump OF
evergreens about 40 rods from her home.
She had killed herself by taking arsenic.
Family troubles had unsettled her mind
and she had made two previous attempts
to take her life, the second about two
months ago.
A eolored baby was left al Bert Rich
ardson's house in Manchester Friday
night, July u. The child is apparently
two years old. II was dressed comfort
ably and there was an extra lot OF cloth
I ing with IL. Mr.. Richardson promptly
notified the proper authorities and they
are now trying TO locate the parties who
/ left the baby.
/ David lockwood, Bennington's oldest
citizen, died Friday, aged 81 years. He
/ was the only living person who could re-
/ call the period when William Lloyd Gar
rison edited a weekly newspaper at Ben
nington Center. He distinctly remember
\ ed seeing the noted abolitionist carry his
papers from the printing office to the
postotfice at Bennington Center.
4 Private Augustine L. Murphy, Troop
/ Z, 18th cavalry, committed suicide Fri
/ day at Fort Ethan Allen by shooting him
/ self in the stomach with one OF the army
/ revolvers. He was % years Of age and
a native of Dixon, Ill. This was his first
enlistment and he had only three months
more to serve. He was considered by his
commanding officer to be one OF the best
soldiers at the garrison.
When John Massie did not appear Sat
urday morning at breakfast at the board
ing house Of G.. Leonardo, where he lived
in South Ryegste, someone went up to
his room and found that the bed had not
been occupied during the night. A
search was then instituted for the missing
man, and at eight o'clock his body was
found in Wells river just back of the
house. Massie went in bathing alone in
the river Friday night, and was drowned
Attorney John d. Spellman Of Rutland
has sent communication to the assistant
judges OF the Rutland county court,
charging the board of license commits
sioners with misfeasance. 1t is claimed
that the board has not awarded licenses
according TO law, has not held hearings
to learn complaints, and has not taken
any licenses away, although nine OF the
eleven licenses have been disclosed on.
He asks the judges to set a time for a
public hearing.
! In Windham county court last week,
Frank lnman, Tennessee negro, recently
arrested on a charge of larceny from a
Bellows Falls residence, pleaded guilty
and was sentenced to not less than two or
more than two and one-half years in the
state prison at Windsor. In the case of
DIR. j. NJ. Ryder of Bellows Falls, con-
victed of malpractice, $1,000 bail was re-
! quired. The amount was offered but the
court refused to accept it, considering the
surety not entirely safe. Sentence was
suspended, pending the disposition OF ex-
ceptions to the October term of supreme
court.
The Vermont convention of rural car
riers will be held Labor day at White
River Junction. A good program is be-
ing prepared by j. c. Carpenter of Iras-
burg, president of VT R. L. c. A. Burns
: L. Osgood of Gaysville has been asked to
give some of his Yankee dialect readings.
1t is most essential that each county be
represented by a full delegation, as there
will be important business to be tran
= ooNbSu' NOIlS pItpdrSu W duIusU the Dy-
, laws so that each county will do its part
in providing ways and means for running
the association on business principles.
The carriers Of Windsor county will act
as introduction committee.
The case of United States VS.. John Jen-
kins, alias John Burns, charged with
burglarizing the postoffice at Norton
Mills, tried in United States court at
Windsor last week, resulted in a verdict
OF guilty. Judge George c. Holt i'm
posed a sentence of three years and six
months at hard labor in the house of cor
rection at Rutland. In the case of Mrs.
Ann Hopkins VS.. the Boston & Maine
Railroad Co., who sued to recover DAM
ages of $1,000 for being obliged to ride
on the platform of passenger car, and
Tor illness resulting therefrom, plaintiff
was awarded damages of $1,000. The de-
lendant company appealed the case to the
United States circuit court of appeals. A
nearing was given on demurrer in the
case of the White River Railroad Co.,
FRANK E. Day, receiver, vs.. the Town OF
Stockbridge, being a suit to recover
10000, which it is claimed that the de-
iendant town promised to pay if said
railroad was built. The decision was
withheld. e. M. Harvey of MONTPELIER
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