Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-12-03

Louis Cotenoir of Montgomery ii
now lodged in the Franklin county
Jail on account of brutal assault ht
made upon Louis 'Iatro and son.
Col. George >. Dowley, presideni
of the Vermont National bank, died
Wedn. sdat uornIng If last week uI
anaemia. lie had been in i'll health
for many months but gave up hi,
work III the bank only about Two
weeks ago.
l.. A. Delisle Of st. Albans, while
attempting to get OH the hose cart Il,
it was going 10 lire Monday night
of last week, was thrown under the
wheels of the cart ami had his left les
broken near the ankle, besides having
that member badly lacerated.
Wright's Health Underwear COM
pany OF Pownal has started its knit.
ting mill on full time. The mill has
been idle most of the time for a year,
and when in operation it has been on
three-quarters time. The company
intends 10 run on full time. Two
hundred hands are employed.
The Lichtensten family, who have
been spending several weeks at Barton
Landing prospecting for gold, etc,
have returned to their home i'll New
York city. They have bonded several
pieces OF real estate at Barton and
claim that some of the samples OF
dirt" sent away for analysis showed
paying quantities of gold.
Ruth Trow, aged five years, daugh-
ter OF George Trow Of Hardwick, died
Tuesday of last week from the effects
Of injuries received Sept. 29th, when
she was struck and knocked down by
a team driven Oy w. T. Thomas. Mr.,
Trow has brought suit against
Thomas alleging negligence in driving,
which caused the accident.
The Central Vermont railroad has
begun the construction Of new stock
yards at ST. Adams. The buildings
will be 400 feet long by so in width
and will have capacity of % ears OF
cattle at time. This arrangement is
TO provide for the quartering and in
spection of cattle for export, and
when the buildings are completed
the shipment Of cattle through there
will greatly exceed anything yet at
tempted in that line.
The celebrated Marlboro pond case
is now on trial in Windham county
court. The point to be decided is the
right Of private club to buy land
enclosing large pond to the exclu.
sion OF private fishing parties. The
same case has been tried before and
has been TO the supreme court, which
returned it for re-tlial upon an error,
and wide interest attaches to it. The
New England Trout and salmon
club brings the suit in trespass against
George Mather.
Horace l.. Thomas, electrician. who
has charge at the power station of the
Vermont Electric company at the
gorge in Winooski, was seriously in
jured week ago last Saturday morn
ing. In lowering the casting from
the boiler room to the dynamo room
and while the casting was still in the
air, the traction brake, which regu-
lated the speed of the hosting ma
chine, slipped and the rope began
winding around the drum at a terri
BILE rate. A twist caught about Mr..
Thomas ankle, throwing him 20 feet
onto the revolving drum, so that his
leg was badly crushed between the
foot and knee. Mr.. Thomas whole
body would have been drawn in and
crushed, but his leg acted as a brake
and stopped the drum from revolv-
ing.
The people of Wilmington are
greatly incensed over double elope
ment which occurred there last week.
Judson Stafford. driver Of the Will
mington and Brattleboro stage, has
been paying attention to the fourteen
year-old daughter OF Leander Russell,
and Walter Wilder has been equally
attentive to the sixteen-year-old
daughter of viii Canedy. Monday
evening the four Young people started
toward the village for visit. At IL
O'Clock they had not returned and an
investigation revealed the fact of the
elopement. On Thursday they were
discovered at llinsdale, n. H., by
Deputy Sheriff Mcclure OF Brattle-
boro. They told the sheriff that they
had been married and would return
home after "A short honeymoon. The
men are about 80 years old.