Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-12-16

o'clock. The duration was nine
seconds and it was accompanied by dis I
tinct rumblings. In the houses door
bells were rung, china clattered. and
many persons thought there had
been some sort of explosion.
Vermont in the National Appropriations.
The annual estimates for appro-
priations submitted to congress We'd
nesday contain the following Vermont
items: Barre post Office. $13, 500: Brat
tleboro public building, $4,000; Rich
ford public building, 5000; Burling-
ton harbor improvements, $86, 555;
St. Johnsbury fish cultural station
$4320.
A Fine Gift.
= Announcement has been made in
Montpelier that E. W. Bailey of Chica-
go and l.. d. Taft of Montpelier have
offered $4,000 for the Heaton hospital
association, to be used in the construc-
ton of maternity ward and in max
ing other necessary improvements to
the institution. The work of drawing
up plans for the new ward will be
started at once.
Trampled to Death by Bull;e
W1H1
prominent farmer of Danville, was
found dead in the barn by his wife
Thursday noon. An investigation
showed that Mr.. Webster led vicious
bull out to water and on relying the
animal up he was trampled to death
and his body horribly mutilaled. Mr..
Webster is survived by his wife and
two grown children.
| Fat Men to Consider Insurance.
! At the annual meeting of the New
England Fat Mems club to be held at
! Hale's tavern, Wells River, the even
ing OF December Is. proposition will
be submitted to form an insurance
| benefit society. 1t is proposed to have
a membership fee of SIS with moderate
annual dues and to pay $100 upon the
death of any member. The club now
has a membership of LOO.
Baby Dies of Smallpox.
| The infant son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Bert
Crouch of Brattleboro died after an
illness of two weeks Of smallpox The
disease in this case was more rro-
nounced than in any of the other
smallpox cases. For several days it
was thought the child could not recov-
1 er bat Sunday the danger appeared to
be passed and death was unexpected.
The child was five weeks old. This
has been the only fatal case.
Hardwick Lucky.
The Woodbury. Granite company has
been awarded the contract for the
granite exterior of the Chicago city
hall, price in the neighborhood of 5 l.
O00,0 900. The contract calls for some
$50, 900 cubic feet of the cut Woodbury.
gray granite. The city hall will be a
duplicate of the new Cook county
courthouse, for which the Wood bury
Granite company furnished the granite.
The two buildings together occupy a
solid block and on the completion OF
the city hall the separating wall will
b demolished. The new contract
means IL months more at the local
quarries and shed for 300 men.
Heavy Hand on Criminal.
A sentence of not less than seven
and more than niEe years was i'm.
posed in Windsor county court Friday
: forenoon on William Hazard, colored.
who was found guilty December 10 OF
. criminal assault upon Mrs. Jessie
Boyce. white woman, on November
,, 9. He will at once be placed in the
. state prison and be placed at hare
t labor. When he COMPLETES that sentence
he will be taken back to Massachusett.
where. it is said. further Imprisonment
Of Is years awaits him. He was ou
q on probation in the state. It didn'
take long to try the case of Hazard
the entire proceedings lasting bu
three hours and the jury returning
verdict within few inmates after re
ceiving the case.