Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-03-10

: Duilnlug was owned Dy l. D. Hunt an
( Was insured. 1t was occupied BY c. \
Southland, q manufacturer Of axe helve
and hammer handler who carried a SINAI
; insurance, and by 4. A. Sontnnrd as gen
eral repair snop, who lost all tools sit
/, no insurance. The origin Of the hre i
unknown.
A horse, wagon and harness, the prop
erty Of q Polish farmer living in Men
don, are lying at the bottom of the mil
pond above the falls at Center Rutland
The farmer had driven into town to biz
goodbye to some of his eountrymen, whs
were to leave town last week Wednesday
A train frightened the horse, which
dashed at top speed into the pond. Il
swan about for a short time, trailing thu
wagon, but finally sank. The owner hac
a narrow escape while trying to rescue
his property aud was pulled from the
water by marble workers after floating
about for some time with a cake OF ice fol
a life p7eserver.
The rebuilding Of the burned wing oil
the state hospital for the insane st Water
bury is progressing rapidly, aud, with
the exception Of the stating OF the roof,
which is nearly finished, all OF the out
side rebuilding has Teen completed. New
hard wood floors will be the rule
throughout this dormitory but otherW Use
the finish will he along the same line as
the original building, which proved very
satisfactory. The insurance on the prop
ertY cannot be used by the hospital. as by
a state law all insurance money which ae-
eumulates has to be turned into the state
treasury. State Treasurer Deavitt says
S15, 900 Of the insurance has already been
paid 10.
Burlington Ia TO have a four-story
building containing a theatre on the ow-
er floor, with balcony on the second.
aud rooms on the two upper floors to be
used in connection with the Sherwood
House and the building will be erected by
the owner OF the hotel, T. II. Murphy.
It is expected that the structure will be
completed in two month";. The theatre
auditorium will have q seating capacity
of 500. with al additional two hundred
in the balcony. The theatre has already
been leased for a term OF years 10 a well
known theatrical man outside OF the city,
who. II Is said. will put on high class
vaudeville. The foundation will also be
laid soon for a large addition 10 the hotel.
&c give Il EOONl1 hulAAAOuhls NJ Aut FthT u
the main structure.
A petition has been circulated in Rut-
land to be presented to the city license
commissioner as soon as they are APP
pointed asking them not to grant the
right TO sell liquor on Center street, one
OF the two principal business thorough
fares, under first class licenses. Practi-
cally ell the merchants or the street have
signed. They argue that when there was
a bunch Of saloons on the street business
fell of from Is to % per cent. This, they
say, Is due to the fact that women will
not go out on the street unless It is abso-
lutely necessary when they meet drunken
men every few minutes. ~Second-class
places, they argue, produce fewer DRINKS
on the street because men who %patronize
them drink at home, many taking the
stuff out OF town.
Three carloads of wine shipped from a
winery ia California are being held up in
the Central Vermont railroad yard at
Barre because Of the new federal law,
which DEGREES that the wine must be
shipped and delivered direct TO the con
signee whose name appears on the articles
consigned. It appears that these three
carloads were shipped 10 one nan in
Barre. while the barrels in the cars are
marked to different people. Frequent at
tsmpts have been made under the state
law to prevent this kind OF traffic in liz
uors, but to no avail. Several wholesale
raids have been made at the Barre Central
Vermont station aud large quantities Of
liquor have been temporarily transferred
to the city hall basement, only to be
ordered returned by the presiding judge
in the city court.
Disdaining to ask for town aid and too
proud to beg. a family OF six persons,
three OF them children. for three years
has been living on a tiny farm on the out
skirts Of Burlington on garbage which
the father OF the family, 20 years old, has
daily collected from yards in the city, os-
tensibly to feed his pigs" This start
ling fact was revealed. when the local
authorities were called in to take charge
of two insane, middIe-aged women, both
widows; their aged father, and three chill
dren, a boy and two girls, aged four,
seven, and IA years, respectively. To the
unspeakable diet upon which the women,
Mrs. Nettie Siples and Mrs. Emery Leav-
have subsisted for the last SO months.
Is attributed their present insanity.
Both will be sent to the state asylum for
the insane. The authorities found revolt
ing conditions of squalor and disorder
in the battered farm house that
the family occupied in a somewhat isolat-
ed section.
The city OF Montpelier having by its
at the annual meeting March l
gone back on the vote Of last year, where
by a 500, 600 bond issue was authorized
10 purchase land and build u school house
LOOMS street, lawyers are not sereed
rs to whether the city can be held to its
purchase, made through the city council,
Of several parcels of real estate on Loomis
No deeds OF this real estate had
been passed, but the property was pur-
chased in good faith, and il suit we're
the city might have to take it
1ver at the high price fixed, at the time
II the purchase. Il is thought the voters
refusing by ballot to sanction this
bond issue did not so much object to add
ing 900, 900 to the indebtedness Of the
for a much needed school house, as
hey did to the Loomis street site. Al
'eady a special city meeting is advocated
again take up and discuss this PROPOSE
ion. No one disputes the imperative