Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-12-17
IMPORTANT VERMONT NEWS.

AiyAes tHe lOuf-yeuf oil son OF W. N
Pollard of Chester, was drowned Dec. s. a
Weston.
Il is estimated that the fire losses in thl
state last year foot up 100000 more thar
all the premium notes.
G. J. Cady OF Barre, who is charged with
assaulting several young girls, was hung
IN ei1gy there Friday night.
Henry Pago, a Burlington cigar maker
was badly cut over one eye by tool used
in his work flying and hitting him.
Henry Mayville of Milton had his fin
gers so badly chrushed in threshing ma
chine as to necessitate amputation.
Some sneak thief recently stole the meat
OF two freshly killed pigs from the prem
ises Of Gustavus Curtis OF Bridgewater.
A son OF Warren Bailey OF Plymouth
was fatally hurt Rfew days since by be-
ing struck by falling tree while chop
ping.
Junie, son OF C. p. Chase OF Lyndonville
had his skull fractured by the kick of a
horse, but his condition Is not considered
critical.
Mrs. Susan Payne OF Burlington recent
ly fell down stairs, breaking her right arm,
cutting her head and receiving other seri-
Gus bruises.
Alfred Bushey, yard brakeman OF the
Athbfhl vermont TdlirOau at burlington,
had his left hand smashed to pulp while
coupling cars.
A buttonhole punch passed entirely
through the finger OF Miss May Cox, an
employe at the overall factory in Newport
the other day.
The house and barns, with all their con-
tents, belonging TO G. S. Louis of South
Reading, were burned one day last week
Mr.. Louis is the state secretary of the Cit
izens' alliance.
Austin Hill OF Brattleboro fell from a
hay loft in the barn OF Henry Clark and
was very seriously injured. He was un-
conscious for some time.
house in Westfield, owned by Curtis
& Austin and occupied by Henry @. Cur
tis,was burned Saturday night. Loss $1,000,
insurance, $1,000.
Fred Plummer OF Cambridge thrust his
hand through pane OF glass few nights
ago and an artery In his wrist was severed,
making a serious wound.
Isaac Newell OF South Burlington has
been held in 1880 bail to answer to the
charge OF assault with intent to kill
Mrs. Andrew Besett OF South Burlington.
John W. Gordon OF Barre attempted to
board a moving train recently and was
snapped like a whip lash. He fell on the
track and was badly hurt both in body and
mind.
At the annual meeting OF the village of
Montpelier last Monday T. j. Boynton
was elected president of the board of trus-
tees and tax Of 80 cents on the dollar was
assessed.
Six hundred and fifty quail have been
shipped to Shelburne farms and others
viii be sent there. The birds viii be win
tered as the pheasants were and liberated
next spring FOR shooting.
John w. Cramton of Rutland has been
elected president of the state agricultural
society, and the state fair is next year to
be held at White Biver Junction, in con-
junction with local societies.
Bernard A. McKenna, one Of the much
indicted Montpelier liqHor dealers, got
shaky last week and skipped to Canada.
John IL. SeDter, his bondsman, sent officer
Tuttle after him and he is now in jail at
Montpelier
A three year -old child Of Sidney Mason,
OF Montgomery, recently fell through a
loose boai ded chamber floor, landed on a
hot stove and was severely burned. A ket
tie on the stove was also overturned and
the child was badly scalded.
The Ayrshire Breeders Association Of
which there is a large membership in Yer
mont, holds its seventeenth annual meet |
ing Jan. 8, at the Fifth Avenue hotel, New |
loiA WY ~ W. w lHolOM vi Dlhh0On 10
secretary of the association.
Several changes are being made in the |
Central Vermont railroad yard at Bellows |
Falls. A new iron bridge has been ship |
ped from the mandatory, and the trestle |
work is nearly leady for putting it on.
A man in Burlington got a letter from
Sheriff Lowell of Windsor county the 9TH
er day that had this postscript: 'l have
man to hang the irst of January, if you
want to see it would be pleased to have
you come down."
Miss Moore, assistant librarian at the
Fletcher library in Burlington, in conver-
sation with a reporter the other day stat
ed that the fines from overdue books av-
eraged about S. each month, nearly all of
which came from people who lived near
to the library.
E.. Adsit, of Adsit & Bigelow, Burling-
ton, was kicked while taking his horse in
to blacksmith's shop last Thursday and
although knocked breathless for a mo-
ment, was about his work until Saturday |
when it was demonstrated that his ribs
were broken.
Mrs. Eugene Flint Of Roxbury fell, frac-
turing several ribs, Thursday morning,
Dec. 8. Their goods were packed to move
and not even a bed could be prepared for
the fainting woman, but the willing hands
of neighbors soon made things comfort
able for her.
Chas. A. Spaulding, the Montpelier liq-
uor dealer, on Dec.9 finished his first term
of so days at the house Of correction and
was at once rearrested to answer to two
similar charges now pending in Washing
ton county court. He is in Jail at Mont
pelier in default OF $500 bail.
John Blay OF STAFFORD, over 20 years old,
has been arrested charged with attempt
ing to criminally assault, at different
times, his two grand-daughters, the eld-
est Of whom is but nine years old. Blay
asserts that his arrest is "put up job"
He says he gave his properly to his SON.
in-law, Philander Searles, and was prom
ised that he should be supported by him
through his life, but that Searles Is tricky
and wishes to get rid of him.
City Clerk Allen of Burlington recently
found among his grandfather's, John
papers probably one OF the old
est maps OF the old town OF Burlington as
chartered in 1853. 1t contains the original
numbering Of the lots with the names of {
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