Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-03-18
STATE OF VERMONT.
its News Condensed and Rewritten
for Our Readers.

Junction, have been conuemneo.
Swanton's village debt has increased
nearly S32, 900 in the past year and the
voters are up in arms. The increase il
due to mistakes in putting the new water
system into effect.
The Brandon Inn was closed Mar.
and will not be open again until June 10.
1t is reported that the reason for closing
the hotel was because the town voted no
license for the coming year.
While Clayton E. Brownson and
family OF Hinesburg we're absent from
home Thursday morning, fire destroyed
their house and all its contents. The
loss is about 5000, on v hieh insurance
OF $500 wasearried.
Percy Potter OF Clarendon, a juror in
Rutland county court, was discharged
Thursday for the term because he APP
peared in the court house intoxicated.
Judge +. L. Waterman lectured him
soundly in open court.
At the Office OF the stats auditor il is
learned that the legislature OF 1908 cost
the state $50. 1850 mere than did the
Legislature of 1906. The increase comes
from the longer session, which is figured
at s3O, 3l6, and the increase in per diem
and mileage at s25,4s2.
At a meeting OF the citizens OF Yer
gennes and neighboring towns, held at
the Stevens House Mar. 6, it was voted
that that section of the state should par
ticipate in the Lake Cbsmplain tercente-
nary observance and that a celebration be
had there Saturday, July 8.
From now on the cattle which are
tested for tuberculosis will bear one of
two tags--an aluminium tag through the
ear marked vermont tested" for those
that pass, and red tag bearing the in
scription, "Vermont condemned for
! those found to have the disease.
Luke o. Morse OF Williamsville, con-
stable and tax collector of New fame, vas
badly injured in his mill Saturday. His
left hand got caught in q planer and
three fingers were cut on. The fourth
finger was nearly of and Mr.. Morse fin
ished the job by removing it himself.
While scraping belt at the sawmin OF
II. o. Ward of Moretown, Emmet Taylor
Of Mortified was fatally injured last
week Monday, dying two hours later.
/ His hand caught and he was whirled over
q pulley, fracturing his skull at the base
OF the brain. He was taken to his board
/ ing place but Eever regained conscious
ness.
/ An improvement in the condition OF
ex-Gov. Frederick Holbrook of Brattle-
boro, who is seriously i'll, is such as to
/ lead his physicians to believe that the
venerable man may recover. His respira-
I tory organs have cleared materially
from the attack of bronchitis, his cough
is not so pronounced, and his pulse and
temperature are practically normal.
I The granite business in Montpelier is
not ND to its usual conditionsand several
OF the cutters are leaving the city for
/ Waterbury, where three new sheds are
being put up. The business does not
seem to pick up as it generally does in
the spring OF the year. Some OF the
sheds have their spring orders nearly all
cut and have but few summer orders
ahead.
John Kelley Of Mount Holly was found
dead Saturday, Mar. 8, on the Pond hill
road near Poultney. The body was lying
/ in the snow and was still warm when
found by William Ward. Kelley was
about 35 years old. He had been subject
to attacks of heart disease, but the snow
in the vicinity showed that be had
craTled on his hands,and knees q con-
siderable distance before finally giving
up.
A double tenement house in Hardw lex
owned by Mrs. Lorenzo SuIloway Of st.
Johnsbury and occupied by Sherman
Simonos and Scotch family, was des.
troyed by fire Saturday morning, Mar. g.
The fire broke out in a woodshed in the
upstairs tenement. Help was soon OBJ
tanned but the ell part was ruined and
the main part was seriously damaged
The contents were mostly saved. The
loss is covered by insurance.
An official statement of the number o.
men employed in the granite industry
of Barre, as taken from the reports anC
books OF the various unions, and the rat
of wages paid them, based on the pc
diem, shows that there are at present
3,35S men employed in the business
This number is q considerable increase
The majority of the men are in the cut
ting end of the business in that city
there being 1,s25 in that department.
The LamoilIe House in Morrisville wa
Quilted by fire last week Tuesday. Re
pairs had just been commenced on i
and the fire is supposed to have started
either from a stove or stovepipe. 1t i
understood that all the hotel furnitur
was in the house. The building was in
sured for $4,000, and the loss is vsriousI!
estimated at from $1,000 to 1000
Many other buildings were in great dan
: ger and were only saved by strenuou
work.
Fred F. Strong, who assaulted g. B
Evans Of Waterbury last October, an
I was committed to the state hospital 70
: the insane at Waterbury for observation
has been ordered transferred to Washing
ton county jail, by direction of Judg
Zed s. Stanton, following a report mad
by Supt. Don ID. Circuit. The repor
l shows that no symptoms of insanity wer
discovered. Strong will be tried at thi
term OF Washington county court on tn
charge Of assault with intent to rob.
!, PerIey Devenger of Kirby, nine year
old, was taken to the state industril
school at Vergennes last week Tuesday
!, having been sentenced nominalIy 70
! killing hens, as it was thought best nc
to send the boy to prison. The lad
mother is dead and his father has abar
: doned him and he has been put out
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