Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-05-12

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school year. State Superintendent Georg
F. Fortier of Mortified has places
! George &. Boora ia charge Of the uniyer
salist church at Rochester and Stock
bridge, and George Il. Morton in ehafg
of East aud North Montpelier, each for
term Of one year. Both OF these younS
men will be ordained as soon as possible
after the opening OF their pastorates.
Sixty hens and barn, worth $500
belonging to Delphia Voudette OF Yves
Rutland, were destroyed by fire April %
The family spent the evening with friends
returning about 1890. and there was theI
no sign Of fire about the premises. At Il
O'Clock, the barn was abiaze. Besides BIZ
loss, about R75 worth Of goods, belonging
to another party, we're stored in the barr
and we're totally destroyed. 1t is thought
that the fire was OF incendiary origin
Both panels in the barn door we're broken
in.
Donald Brooks Emerson, aged 10, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. i. Emerson OF Brat.
tIeboro, was drowned Saturday in Gull
brook In Chesterfield, N. II. With a party
of young friends be went there to attend
a picnic. Tie party remained together
uuLtA lew pttfARhs ~ tnN aI1t-
dent when Donald left to take pictures.
Although no one was present it is thought
I from the position of his tripod that be
slipped from the bank into the river.
/ The body was found in about four feet OF
water two or three minutes after he fell.
! He did not regain consciousness.
Lieut.. Calvin P. Titus, the first man in
4 the American army to scale the walls of
/ Pekin during the Boxer campaign in
+ 1900, and who subsequently, graduated
from West Point, now seeks appointment
as chaplain in the army. Lieut.. Titus
home was in Bennington prior to his
service with the army in China, and he
entered the service as a bugler. His dar-
ing was brought to the attention OF Presi-
dent Mckinley, who secured the admis-
sion OF the young man to West Point in
1901 when Titus was 10 years OF age.
Fanny Allen hospital, Hotel Dieu OF
st. JOSEPH in Winooski, is not endowed
nor do its physicians receive a regular
salary. The capacity is nov between 20
and so patients and the present superior
ess Is the Rev. Mother Steere, the first
New England woman to enter the order
OF the Religious Hospitallers OF st.
Joseph since the time OF Fanny Allen.
Since the opening Of the nurses school
about Go have received diplomas. The
present corps OF secular nurses numbers
10, which will be increased to rs, owing
to the needs OF the hospital.
John ]. Sullivan OF Rutland, who was
injured by fall from an automobile Sun
day night, May 1, died Monday evening
at the Rutland city hospital. Sullivan
and party of friends hired an auto from
the Rutland Garage Co. early Sunday
morning for Joy ride and the accident
occurred near Castleton as they we're re-
turning from Fair Haven. sullivan stood
up IN the machine when a sudden iurch
of the car threw him to the ground with
great force He struck on his head, his
skull being fractured and his jaw broken.
He was about as years old and is survived
by his wife and five children.
The Barre Machinists' union reached an
agreement April 30 with the bosses on
a new bill OF prices, to take the place OF
the old bill, which expired May l. I'm
der the terms of the new agreement, the
maehinsts will receive an increase in
wages of Ave per cent and the minimum
wage rate was increased 25 cents day.
The agreement is to run for two years.
At the outset, the union asked for an
increase of 10 per cent in wages and an
eight-hour work day, but in the bill which
was settled upon the work day will re-
main nine hours, as heretofore.
st. Albans has been strenuously en-
gagged in trying to make water run up
hill, but has decided to give it up. The
blunder will be costly one for the city.
When the new sewer system was con-
structed, the outlet was found to he foot
and a half too high, and the same thing
has been repeated in laying a sewer on
Lake street. After the work was COM
pleted, the sewer would not work, and in
vestigation proved that the outlet in this
case was also foot and half too high. I
Much Of the expensive sewer pipe was
smashed when taken up for the purpose
of laying it deeper.
The Burlington police department paid
n visit to the home of Mary Blair on
North Winooski avenue, April 30, and /
arrested Mrs. Blair, MAY Wyne and Mil
ton Hayward. Mrs. Blair is charged with /
immoral conduct and May Wyne with 1
adultery. Hayward was taken as an as
sociate OF these people. Lena Bessette I
and Margaret Grogsn, arrested some time
ago for immoral conduct, pleaded guilty 4
to the charges in city court and their 1
cases were suspended for sentence. The /
Grogan girl is only is and the Bessette I
girl Is years OF age. Several more women, +
charged with similar ofienses, are in jail /
awaiting trial.
At a largely attended meeting May 2,
Hyde Park voted to build town hall to
take the place of the one recently burned.
Il. w. Hulburd, r. S. Page and B. g.
Rooney were appointed a committee to
locate the same and to act in conjunction
with the selertmen in building. They
were authorized to borrow money to the
extent Of s5. 900, which, with the insur
ance, will give about $500. The trus-
tees have also been empowered to borrow
money not to exceed S20, 200, the same to
be used in installing a perfected water
system. Over 500 OF 1000 shares OF the
Village improvement association, exceed
ing $4,000, have been placed.
f. s. Holbrook, representative Of the
United States bureau of standards and
IN inspector Of weights and measures,
was at the state house April 20 hooking
40 the Vermont law in regard to weights
and measures and endeayoring to as
certain il such Law is in force. Mr.. Hol-
brook strongly favors state conference