Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-12-12
State Of Vermont.
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There are now ~ inmates at TIN
Rutland poor farm.
4 Isaac s. Borley Of st. Adams shot !.
wildcat in g. garden last Monday.
Edward llonrse Of Bondvill,
caught large gray lynx in one Of hi
traps last week.
Over 1000, 900 feet Of pulp logs hav'
been cut and skidded in South Lin
coin and are ready to be drawn
from that village to Bristol as soon al
sleighing arrives.
Bennington county court opened
Tuesday with Hon. Loveland Nun.
son as presiding Judge. There were
l04 civil, ID divorce and 80 criminal
cases on the docket.
Charles Brown OF Pittsford, a youns
man employed as a farm hand in
North Chittenden, while out hunting
on Nicwachet Mountain last week had
the thumb on his right hand blown of
by the bursting Of his gun.
Mrs. Emily Morgan Harris,63 years
OF age and granddaughter Of Gen
Samuel Stafford, a Revolutionary hero
Of Bennington, died at her home IN
Bennington Monday, Dec. 2. She left
a son, Rev. J. M. Harris Of Pittsfield
Mass.
In some parts Of the state there wai
an over production OF potatoes. In
Rutland county there are several
farmers who are said to have in theii
cellars from 1000 to 1900 bushels oil
potatoes for which they can find nc
market.
There are five senators in the sen
ate who were born in Vermont Sena'
tors Morrill,, Proctor, Thurston OF Ne
braska, Pettigrew Of So. Dakota and
Villas OF Wisconsin. Only four other
states lead her in number of native
sons Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania
and Kentucky.
Vermonters were unlucky in draw
| ing seats at the opening of the 54th
Congress Monday, Judge Powers be-
| ing in the extreme rear Of the center
aisle and Gen. Grout on the extreme
right, separated, with few more I'M
| fortunatcs, from the main body Of
Republicans by the Democrats.
Zcph Trombley was arrested at w.
Cornwall Sunday afternoon, Dec. !,
and is held to answer the charge OF
horse stealing in Lacolle, p. @. He is
an old offender, and only recently
served term for horse stealing. He
was taken to Burlington for hearing.
The stolen property was found in his
possession.
Harrison Millington, l3-year-old
boy OF Salisbury, made quite catch
in trap that lie had near the noun
tain last week. 1t was an eagle that
weighed &c pounds, its outstretched
wings measuring seven feet from tip
to tip. Young Millington had Sc
we're struggle with the bird before he
could capture 1t and get control Of It.
Mrs. E. C. Billings Of South Wood
stock committed suicide Monday
evening, Dec. 2, by drowning. She left
q note to her husband who was away at
the time, saying she could not stand it
any longer and that he would find her
in the cistern. Her body was found
there later. She had been somewhat
deranged at times. She left daugh-
ter.
Eugene Carpenter OF Middlebury
was whipping his son pretty severely
Tuesday 81 last week, and Robert
Steele demonstrated with him, saying
that the boy had been punished
enough. Thereupon Carpenter grab
bed club and struck Steele over the
head with it, knocking him down.
Then he took a big iron pin and struck
George Steele, son Of Robert, on the
head with it, cutting long, bad cash
and telling him to the ground. The
municipal court will probably do the
rest.
w. w. Granger, collector for the
American Museum of Natural Histo-
nv in New York, who is a native Of
Rutland, is gaining fame as natur-
alist. He has lately returned from
the Black Hills region Of South Da.
kota and western Kansas, where he
has been collecting mammals, birds
and reptiles. The mammals obtained
number about 600 specimens, repre-
senting AZ species. Many Of these were
rare and 10 were new. One Of these
animals was the lepus sylvaticus gran
geri, species Of wood hare, which has
been named after the collector discov-
ering it.
Charles Wellman, 20 years Of age,
was run over by an express train near
Bellows Falls on the Fitchburgh road
Thursday night, Nov. %, and was so
completely cut to pieces that he was
only recognized by the fragments Of
one Of his shoes. He had been seen at
saloons in Bellows Falls and
North Walpole the day before, and
the last seen OF him he was going down
the track in an intoxicated condition.
It is thought that the proprietors Of
the saloons that furnished him liquor
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