Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-03-24

wear. ne received Tor his holdings IN tni
Company sS50,000 and retained small
iterest in the new concern. He was on,
OF the founders of the E. NJ. F. compan,
! and one OF the best known automobile
men in the country.
A deal has been closed by the KIT. Rev
A. c. A. Hall, bishop OF Vermont, with
the Equinox company of Manchester
whereby the building long owned and oc
cupied by Cone & Swift as a store be.
comes the property OF the society OF ST
Johns church in that village. The soei.
ty has purchased g site on Main street
and this building will be moved there.
The present church ediHce will he raised,
parts Of it being used in the construction
OF the new church.
Local Forecaster William A. Shaw OF
Ncrthneld says that be has just received
an order from the departme at Wash
ington that the daily weather report from
his buFeau would be discontinued March
81. The reason for the discontinuance OF
the service Mr.. Shaw did not know, bat
thought that 1t was in conformity with q
policy Of the department to cut expenses
in the mailing OF reports and maps. The
maps will now come from either the Bur-
Z AAhktou OLuCc OF ifOuA DOblOu.
The movement for erecting q soldiers
monument in Morrisville is meeting with
hearty support, and the attempt to raise
/ q, 200 by subscription, in addition to the
! 81 800 voted by the town, bids fair not
only to be accomplished, but to more
than double that sum. Up to March IS,
individual subscriptions received amount
ed to 5000. and the James NJ. Warner
post and W. X. &. each donated 800,
making he total sum on hand, including
the sum voted by the town, $4,000.
sam Mashtar, who eloped q few weeks
ago with his fitteen-year-old sister-in-law,
is now in Boston, accompanied by said
sister-in-law. according to letter re-
ceived by the officials in his homs town,
Grand Isle. Mashtar wrote to his wife
recently that Miss Rugar wss in Brandon
and told her to keep the children togsth-
er and he would send for her soon. His
family, composed OF bis wife and two or
three small children, have become town
charges since the husband and fathers
elopement.
Two hundred Burlington men listened
for two hours to addresses by General
Union Organizer L. Stewart Reed, Rev.
E. q. Guthrie, pastor OF the First Congre-
gational church, and Mayor Burke at
mass meeting in the interest OF organized
labor in Carpenters hall. Reed said be
hogan the campaign in Burlington and
that be meant to complete the unioniza-
tion OF the city before he finished. Mr..
Guthrie favored unions in large sense.
Mayor Burke urged caution and not to
ask what is impossible.
Two foreigners employed in the Ripley |
mills at Center Rutland were painfully
injured late Saturday night, while at
work in the plant. The machines were
just stopping for the night when one OF
the men carelessly loosened 9 nut in such 4
q way that the heavy lever, which Is used
in throw ing the machine out of gear, was
released. II few back and struck him |
across the face, breaking bis jaw, knock
ing out . number OF teeth and badly lac
Grating the cheek. In some unaccount- |
able way, his companion was struck on /
one finger, almost severing IT from the
hand.
Ex-Governor ]. q. Mccullough of Ben
nington has offered to give t25, 900
towards . gymnasium for Middlebury /
college, provided the balance OF fund OF
csc, 900 is secured by commencement,
June 20. Less than ten days ago Presi- |
dent Thomas issued an appeal to the
alumni for . gymnasium, and he hes al
ready received over $4,000, aside from
this conditional offer. II Is believed that
Ex-Governor McCullough's offer assures
The success Of the movement and that
can build q large and we'll
equipped gymnasium In time for the
opening Of the college in 1911.
e. P. and c. L. Woodbury. have pur-
chased Of @. M. Delaney the Hotel Bur-
ington site and state that they plan to
build on It hotel structure OF double the
capacity OF the old Burlington, fireproof,
modern and up-to-date in all its appoint
nents. II will be open all the year
round and run entirely independent Of
he Van Ness, which the Messrs. Wood ,
Jury also conduct. There is . contro-
'ersy over this sale, as Max L. Powell
laims to have secured from Mr.. Delaney
be right to sell the property as trustee
or him, and then sold 1t himself to the
Voodburys without PowelI's sanction. !
The announcement that Charles Met i
alt, a railway mail clerk running be- /
ween st. Adams and Boston, il suffering !
rom smallpox is causing some anxiety i
mong the large number OF mail clerks, !
abroad men and others who have been O
exposed. Metcalf worked for three days i,
'hile i'll before the nature of the trouble '
'as known and during this time q large G
mount OF mail was handled, and large n
lumber of people exposed. II is not v
nown where he contracted the disease v
ut is thought to have come in the mails y
rom Canada. The sick man iss now in v
uarantine at his home in East Georgia.
Railroad Policeman John w. BFislln Of b
utland had a thrilling experience while v
wing to nab some car thieves at Bellows II
alls few nights ago when he stood in D
be glare OF locomotive light while one v
I the gang emptied his revolver at the OF
nicer. Mr.. Brislin returned the fire, but Al
is assailant was in such dark place pl
lst the bullets had no effect. Forum m
ely the thief's aim was poor and none Il
the bullets struck Mr.. Brislin, al Al
rough he presented q fair mark o. be in
God in the light. The officers assail- ii
ITS escaped in the darkness. He was at h
acted toward them by the noise they n
ade breaking into car. ct
Eva Barnard, the young woman whom