Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-12-03
State of Vermont.
Its News Condensed and Rewritten 70
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" Is esllHlhleu aI 0U,UUU barrels.
South Woodbury. is having iaun-
dice epidemic and several people have
been seriously i'll with the disease.
St. Adams, the sixth incorporated
city of Vermont, will probably hiv,.
Tor her first mayor Fuller Z. Smith.
Hiram Barr of Franklin found an
old spanish coin in his garden last
week. 1t bears the head of Charles
~. and the date 1916.
FOrty-one bushels of apples were
gathered this year from "A century-old
tree, which is known to have borne
fruit for sc years, in the orchard of
II. ii. Williams of West Corinth. The
circumference of the trunk near the
ground is II feet inches.
John Dorset of Jamaica was ar
rested at Chester recently and held
under 500 bonds for appearance at
county court, for using force to take
a revolver from his wife, with which
she threatened to shoot him. They
were quarrelling because Dorset
wouldn't hurry up divorce so said
wife could marry again.
Mr.. Jennison of Westminster, while
blowing recently. unearthed the skel-
eton of a man of small stature. The
doctors thought the body had been
buried 40 years or more, but no def
I mite theory has been advanced AS to
how it came there. The bones were
buried again by the authorities so
that they can be found if wanted as
\ evidence later.
George w. Larry, arrested at Nor
witch on suspicion of poisoning cows
and the wholesale distribution Of par
/ is green about the streets and outer
portions of the residences OF that vii
lage, was arraigned before Justice
/ Quimby last week Monday. lie waived
examination and was placed under
$500 for his appearance at the Deem
Der term of court.
There seems TO be little doubt that
work on the Bennington electric rail
road will be begun in the coming
spring. The charter for the road was
obtained two years ago and already
about Sc, 600 have been expended in
preliminary work. The road will be
nine miles long il built according TO
the terms of the charter, and at Wal
loomsac will connect with the Hoosick
| Falls road.
Two fires Wednesday night, Nov.
25, very evidently incendiary, have
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the people OF Brattleboro with the
conviction that they have frebug
among them. The bailifis believe it
was done by the same party who at
tempted TO burn jerome Knights
barn last spring and close watch
will be kept TO catch him il he at
tempts it again.
A deaf man named Cline. common
" known as "liudy" Cline of Center
Rutland, was struck by an engine
which was drawing Chauncey NJ. De-
pew's private car Thursday forenoon
Of last week and was seriously,though
not fatally, wounded. Both bones Of
the right leg were broken above the
ankle, and his face was badly bruised.
He was taken into Mr.. Depew's car
and carried TO the hospital in Rut-
land.
Joshua Atwood, a deaf man s.
years of age, was knocked down and
run over hN gravel train near Bel
den's inst Ltfore noon on Wednesday,
Nov. -, and had both legs cut off be-
low the knee. He told the train men
who he was and where he belonged,
but soon became unconscious and
never rallied. He was taken to Md
dlebury by the train and taken TO DIR.
Russell's Office, where he died within
an hour.
The Green Mountain Pulp compa-
nv is building a furnace at its Hunt
ington Falls mill consuming shavings.
The shavings taken of in preparing
the wood for grinding accumulate
very rapidly, and, as no one wants
them. soon become nuisance For
years owners OF similar mills have
been trying to devise furnace in
which to burn them, but the problem
was found to be difficult of solution.
Mr.. Cartmell. the superintendent, had
furnace built in accordance with his
notions a short time ago, and it works
well.
About % of the near relatives OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Morse gathered
at their pleasant home in South New
fame on the afternoon of Thursday,
Nov. II, that being the 50th anniver-
sary of their marriage. The house
was furnished with "some of the
things we used in 1876" Among
them were their first set of parlor fur
niture, still well preserved, part OF
their first set of dishes, chairs and
other articles more than 100 years old,
and Bible containing the family
record, with genealogy traced back to
one samuel Morse, born in England
in the year 1853
A three story block at Townshend,
owned by c. G. Taft, was burned
early Monday morning of last week.
The lower floor was used as a store