Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-04-01

passenger station in Manchester, N. H.
March 20, waiting to take train north
his pocket was picked. Mr.. Adams said
that he placed the book, a long leather
pocketbooS in an inner pocket of his vest
when he checked his baggage and started
for the train. The book contained S145
in money, mileage book 81 JOB miles. a
bank book issued by the Caledonia bank
Of Danville, showing deposits OF $500.
Charles Abbott, who Is wanted bv the
National bank at Newport, charged with
the forgery OF two notes amounting to
$500, was arrested as he aMehted from
the train at Newport last week Monday.
The notes forged were on a firm in
Charleston and Il Is also reported that the
bank at Orleans has a note on which the
same firms name is forged. Mr.. Abbott
has been before the courts ia Newport for
similar offense against his father-in-
law.
There was So, 900 FIRE at North Ben
nington Saturday in the clothing store OF
Morris a. Bonner on Main street. Both
buildings and contents were completely
destroyed. The fruit store OF German
Cioea, adjoining, was ruined by lire and
water. The building Of A. S. Hathaway
a Co., general merchants, was damaged
to the extent OF $500. The combined in
surance on buildings and stock was
$4,000. The origin OF the fire was uu-
known.
In the Vermont department of the
Grand Army OF the Republic, deaths have
been more numerous than additions since
1890, when the organization reached its
highest enrolment with 112 posts and
membership Of SAB. December 81,
49, % m
In 1875, there we're SOL comrades in 10
posts A steady growth WAS noted until
1882, when the posts numbered az. The
following year p new posts were formed.
the next year nine, and after that several
year was the record.
Two silver cups have been offered Tor
track athletic contests to be arranged by
the Brattleboro High school track team,
and after the boys return from their
Washington trip they will devote some
time to track athletics uEder the direc-
tiOn OF their coach, d. Stolte It is ex-
pected that teams from other schools will
meet the Brattleboro team on the fair
grounds this season and plans are being
made for having the team represented at
the interscholastic meet in Burlington.
There will be no baseball team this year.
Barrels board Of school commissioners
has adopted a standard OF salaries for that
city's public school teachers. whereby an
increase is assured nearly every one. The
new plan is a sliding scale dependent on
the length OF service. For the first year,
teachers will receive s375; for the second,
500; for the third, s425; for the fourth,
1925; and for the fifth and all the years
thereafter, S475. As good salaries are in
tended as are paid elsewhere to teachers
in the grades OF cities OF similar size, but
Barre is at present below many others in
this respect.
Russell w. HENDERSON OF Hyde Park.
who was indicted at the February term OF
federal courts on the charge of forging n
pension check and uttering a forgery, is
in Chittenden county jail in default Of
bail OF 81 500. The pension check was
issued to Rosetta Z. HENDERSON, an aunt
OF the man under arrest. Both parties
live in Hyde Park. II is supposed that
the letter containing I be check was placed
in Kennerson's mail box by mistake. He
is charged with having forged the name
of the payee, his aunt. The check was
cashed in albany in October at the store
OF r. M. Cowles.
Constable A. G. Mason OF Pawlet had q
thrilling experience in the Hotel Bardwell
at Rutland the other night and but for
his presence Of mind. while nearly suf-
located by smoke, in ringing for ice
water might have burned to death. he
hung his clothes over the radiator and it
is supposed that matches in his pocket
were ignited from the heat. The damage
includes the loss'of one suit of clothes,
some valuable papers also belonging to
Mr.. Mason. some scorched furniture
and a burned carpet. The prompt arrival
OF the bell boy with the water extin-
guished the blaze.
Mrs. Sally Joy White, the pioneer
newspaper woman of Boston, native OF
Brattleboro, died in Dedham, Mass. last
Thursday, after an illness of nearly a
year. For 3S years Mrs. White was 4
prominent character in the journalistic
world Of New England, beginning bel
career as reporter for the Boston Post Of
news in Vermont. She went to Boston
! in the early SOS. OF late years her work
: was of a more extensive character, includ'
ing special and editorial writing, as vel
as household topics. She was president
for many years OF the New England
/, Woman's Press association.
John Tucker, an employe of the Contra
Vermont railroad, was the victim OF sc
rious accident in Brattleboro last weel
Wednesday and will be incapacitated fol
work for some time. He had been at thu
Q freight house for about two weeks anC