Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-03-17

: Vermont commission for a year and al
! the close OF bis labors reported that tbs
1905, subscribed to the work by the vari
Gus people interested, had been expended
for travel. office rent, stationery, printing
and for other things. He reported that
All debts OF the commission bad been
paid, but that he mad not received DOL
lar for salary. Mr.. Wells now has sal
aried position.
John Lambano OF HalIowelI, Me-, g
granite cutter, who has been employed on
the State House at Augusta. Me-, was ar
rested in Saco, Me-, on suspicion of being
the man wanted by the authorities of
Hard wick, for defacing granite aud mar
Bile valued at a number OF thousand dol
lars, bat has been discharged from GUS
tody. When arrested, be claimed that a
mistake had been made and that he was
not Pedro Marini, the Italian marble cut
ter, who is accused by the Hardwiek off,
ciaIs. Fred Gray, superintendent OF the
Woodbury. Granite Co., " here most OF the
damage vas done, went to saco, and, aft
err be had seen Lambano at the jail. noti-
fed Chief Beatty that the prisoner was
not the man wanted.
DR.. B. II. Stone OF the State laboratory Of
hygiene at Burlington and DR.. William
Stickney OF Rutland were important wit
nesses in Rutland county court against
Robert Eddy, tho is on trial for his life
under the charge OF having caused the
death OF Miss Mary Jane johnson OF
Wallingford, aged 81 years. by strangula-
+ tion last October. DR.. Stone testified
that he considered the statement made by
other doctors, that the subject died from
stranguation from external violence, was
correct He testified as to the effect Of al
eohol upon the human system. A dozen
witnesses were introduced to show that
Eddy was under the influence of liquor
and that be bad bottle OF alcohol in his
possession the day before the murder.
Charles B. Stevens of North DanvilIe,
prominent breeder Of cattle, and his hired
man, Robert w. Howard, have been ar
rested on the charge OF importing dis
eased Ayrshire bull from Canada into the
/ United States. II Is alleged that Stevens
bought the bull in Canada and presented
, healthy bull for the test for tuherculo-
sis; that the healthy bull was left in Can
ada and the diseased bull brought in un-
Ger the false papers. The men we're TAX
en- before u. s. Commissioners Harry
Blodgett and Stevens bail was fixed at
81 GOO and Howard's at $500 for appepr-
ance at district court in Burlington,
April ~. Stevens was also arrested on
the charge OF attempting to bride an in
spection officer at Newport and bail was
fixed at $4,000. Bail was furnished in
each case.
t. N. Wood received a bad fright while
in West DanviIle the other day. He saw
a coffin boxed in plain wood resting on a
truck at the railroad station and in some
curiosity read the name. He looked the
second time and then had to grab the
truck to save falling. The name was the
same as his own, IL. n. Wood and he
would swear that the handwriting was
his. After satisfying himself that he was
still in the land OF the living he inquir-
ed of the station agent what time the
next trsin left for st. Johnsbury. To
make more sure he was with US, he re-
manned in town little longer and at
tended the funeral OF bis namesske, whom
be learned was a Civil war veteran. Mr.. /
Wood buys work for the New York gran /
lite company and was in that tow on one /
OF his periodical trips.
When Joseph Sandusky Of Poultney,
b. n. Stiekney 10 Rutland charged with |
selling liquor illegally, testimony showed /
that Constable 0. j. Gates OF that town /
had to draw his revolver during the raid
on the mans place in order to prevent /
being mobhed. SanduslSy was held in /
$500 bail, and his case was continued. +
The poultney officers surprised sandusky /
completely aud found 20 men gathered in T
his place around tables on which were .
glasses. They seized some beer and whis-
key and arrested sandusky. The liquor
was loaded into q sleigh, but when they
started to drive away the gang followed
and recovered some OF the stuff. The men 1
became so bold that Constable Gates had
to whip bis horses and threatened to
shoot before they turned back.
Leonard Mears, a Pownal farmer, COM
mitted suicide in the woods in the rear Of
his home some time late in the afternoon
of March by hanging, bat the body was
not discovered until night. He had
climbed tree about a foot in diameter
until about 20 feet from the ground and
hanged himself with q trace chain. He
had looped the chain about the tree and
about his neck. A drop of about seven
feet broke bis neck and death was proba
bly, instantaneous. He was a large man,
weighing over 200 pounds and as there
were no limbs ON the tree near the
ground II was necessary for the men in
the neighborhood to use tackle block to
lower the body. He was "a years old,
and is survived by his wife aud two chill
dren. Business troubles are believed to
have been the cause of the act.
BY the will OF Or. Francis Parker, late
of Chicopee, Mass, the town Of Spring
field is to come into q magnificent inherit
lance. 1t is directed that the residue OF
the estate shall bs kept invested by the
executors for Eve years and then the pro-
ceeds be given to the town in trust, the
income to be used after a period of ten
years more for the aid OF poor people who
have not come to poverty through their
own bad habits, to help poor children who
have deformed legs or feet and who can
be relieved by an operation; both classes
of benefciaries to have legal settlement
in Springfield. A part OF the income is
to be used by the town for the erection
of home for these poor and unfortunate
people. This sun will amount at the end