Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-04-09

M; n has ad charge of it largely.
The probabilities are that the quarries
OF the Norcross-West Marble Co. at Dor
set, opened in 1875, will be operated on
only small scale the coming summer
and fall, the hard times having had de-
pressing effect on the building business.
Inc company is completing the exterior
OF the Royal bank building OF Toronto,
Ont., the interior of ten-story Office
building in Worcester and the interior of
the Mutual Life Insurance Co. IS building
at Springfield. 1t has made remarkable
record in the number of important build
lngs constructed OF Dorset marble during
the last five years, including the New
York public library and Hotel Plaza,
New York, and the Harvard Medical
school buildings, Boston.
The large barn on the farm of George
+. Wiley three miles from Springfield,
was destroyed by fire last week Wednes-
day night. His son, Clarence, returned
from neighbours in the evening, put up
his horse and fastened the doors as GUS
tomary and retired. He was awakened
by the glare of the fire, which had started
in the southeasterly corner of the build
ing farthest from the stock. He rushed
out and attempted to save the animals,
but they were all suffocated by the smoke
which filed the structure. Eighteen
cows, four horses, number of sheep and
pigs persisted. A quantity of hay and
grain, farming tools, gasoline engine,
corn barn, silo and grist mill were con-
sumed, besides the big barn which had
been built but a few years.
The Rutland Railway Light & Power
Co. has contracted with Orel johnson of
Chittenden to cut 1000, 900 feet of hard
and soft timber on the company's land
adjoining its immense reservoir in Chit
tenden. In order to get the necessary
water rights the concern had to buy
thousands of acres of extra land and a
late survey shows that it has 5000 acres
of timber. The lumber is to be cut scien-
tifically under the supervision of the
company's engineer. With a view to
conservating the small timber and pro-
tecting the watershed, only trees eight
inches or more in diameter, three feet
above the ground, will be cut. The COM
pany is fitting up the Baird mill, built
thirty-seven years ago and long since
gone to ruin, and will market its lumber.
1t is learned that the man who commit
ted suicide in a hotel at New Haven,
Conn.,, last week by turning on the gas in
his room, WAS Israel Davy, who about
twenty years ago was prominent in bank
ing circles of Vermont. Davy was born
in Fair Haven, nearly 90 years ago. Aft
er leaving school, he became clerk in
the old Rutland National bank and later
was cashier of the Woodhouse National
bank of Burlington. After the liquida-
ton of the latter institution, he went to
Kansas as cashier of a bank there. OF
late he had been a travelling salesman.
Twenty-Five years ago, Davy married
Miss Mary Post, daughter of J. E. Post
of Rutland. Several years ago they sep
srated, Mrs. Davy taking position as
housekeeper at the Somerset club in Bos-
ton.
The,plant of the Union Card Co. in
has been sold by C. E. Bus
well of Montpelier to Harry E. Parker of
Bradford, proprietor of the Opinion Pub
fishing Co. of that place. While the
terms are not made public, the price is
to be about $4,000. The new
concern will be known as the Capital
City Press, and the capital stock will be
$50, 600. The plant will be equipped
with modern machinery and type setting
machines will be installed. Later it is
to add an engraving plant. A
speciality will be made of fine art and cat
alogue work. In the Bradford and Mont
pelier plants about 100 persons will be
Mr.. Boswell will continue to
operate his bookstore. Mr.. Parker has
been in the printing business since 1869
and has been at Bradford twenty-six
years.
The body of EIroy Phelps of Brandon,
was found Monday afternoon of last week
in the Neshobe river where he had
drowned himself the day before when
crazed by pneumonia. He had been
with the disease for about a
week and had been carefully watched, for
in his delirium he wished to escape from
those attending him. Early Sunday, in
the temporary absence from the bedside
Of his grandfather, Phelps jumped out
the window and started for the river
nearby. Search failed to reveal his where
abouts and it was thought that he might |
have wandered into the woods. No trace
Of him was found, however, until his
body was discovered in eight feet of wa
ter. ten feet from the spot where he had
thrown himself into the river. Phelps
was about 80 years old, unmarried, and a
harness maker, at which trade he had
" orked at odd times.
The st. Johnbsury & Lake Champlain
railroad station at DduVHle was SulcIeu
March 20 and the money drawer pried
open. As it contained nothing, no mon
ey was secured. Two coats, belonging to
Charles F. Ranney, the station agent,
were taken, in the pockets of which were
papers. Following the trail
left in the newly fallen snow, tramp
was found hiding in a coal shed at West
Danville He was arrested and the stolen
coats and papers were recovered. The
next morning at a hearing, the man was
bound over to Caledonia county court in
he sum of $500. He was taken to ST.
and placed in the county
Jail in default of payment. The man is
Hungarian, who gives his name as Bebek
Tanor. He is about 81 years old and
came there from New York. Four new
pairs of women's shoes were found in his
He said they belonged to his
wife, but it is believed that they were
stolen.
Charges of defamation of character, ny
pocrisy and intimidation against Prof.
Borden P. Bovine of Boston university,
and of scandal and Misrepresentation
against the Rev. DR.. James M. Buckley,