Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-03-19

Of them caused much damage.
| George Honghton OF Morrisville,
travelling salesman. fell down stair
last week and received an injury tt
his spine from which he has been al
most paralyzed.
d. w. Abbey OF Barre, the old U
V. M. pitcher, who has signed tt
pitch for the Brooklyn baseball clut
Of the National League, has reported
and gone south with the team.
The most serious wreck that has
been had OH the st. J. Il L.C. railroad
occurred at East Highgate Friday af
ternoon. The rails spread, letting the
engine between the tracks and com.
pletely wrecking the train Of l6 freight
cars which were heavily loaded
Mrs. B. G. Morrison Of Lyndonville
met with peculiar and painful acct
dent last week while sewing. She
dropped pair Of shears which struck
on her right foot, severing an artery
and causing the SIS of much blood.
She is now able to walk but is some-
what lame.
The venerable Capt. Charles Hutch
inson has presented the town Of Pom
fret 500 for perpetual fund, the an
nual interest of which is to be expend-
ed for the relief of the deserving poor
who are not paupers. The town some
years ago received like benefaction
for the same purpose.
Charles Craig of Lyndonyille was
arrested last week for trying to pass
forged checks on the Hawks Electric
company of Boston. He succeeded
in passing one but when he attempted
to pass the second it was refused and
the officers arrested him. At the trial
he was bound over to county court.
Elijah Miller OF West Brattleboro
narrowly escaped being shot recently.
He was seated in his home talking
with friends, when an old gun which
was standing in the corner of the room
slipped from its place and, falling,
struck the hammer and exploded. The
charge just barely escaped Mr.. Miller
and entered bureau standing against
the wall.
Edward Bearatti, an Italian statue
cutter of Montpelier, committed sui
eide Friday evening at the Montpelier
& Wells River railroad station. Some
money was found upon his person.
The cause is said to be that he had
erysipelas 10 his ear and perhaps it
made him insane. He shot himself
in the ear, the bullet going nearly
the head. He has brother
living in Albany, N. Y.
Harold, the l3-year-old son OF Frank
N. Bro n Of st. Johnsbury, was acct
IDENTIFY shot by playmate last week.
The ball entered his jaw, landing in
his mouth. The boys belonged to a
cowboy gang OF about half a dozen and
held meetings for mutual improve
ment, some Of them owning revolvers.
The two boys were playing in garnet
and the playmate drew his revolver
Just for fun. The boy is getting along
Ill right, with possibly broken jaw.
J. ID. Larned's barn on the old Hale
place N West Marlboro was burned
to the ground Friday evening of last
week with its entire contents of hay,
though the stock was saved. Mr.. Lar
ned was feeding his stock and set the
lantern on the barn floor while he
vent round the partition to feed some |
,ther stock, and some sheep got into
The room and tipped the lantern over.
In a moment the blaze was beyond
control. There was 81 900 insurance
n the Vermont Mutual through Sher-
nan Il JENNIE.
Mrs. Amelia Spaulding, whose death
occurred at the home OF her daughter,
Mrs. E. T. Burdette, at Woodstock
he other day, was the granddaughter
# Mrs. Job Shattuck of Groton, Mass,
Who was one Of the leaders in organic
ng the women OF the vicinity into a
militia company after the departure
# the minute men for Lexington and
concord. Armed with muskets, pitch
orks and other handy weapons and
lothed in their husbands clothes, they
uarded a bridge and arrested spy
nth important dispatches, which were
ent to the committee of safety. Mrs.
paulding was 83 years old. Her re-
Mains were taken to the home Of her
ncesters for interment.
The Rural New Yorker has an il
ustrated article showing piece of
permanent road made last spring by
Toad Commissioner A. Hopkins Of
rupert. Ii was a bad mud hole nearl
he station where many loaded teams
assed and was fixed without great
Expense. Mr.. Hopkins first plowed it
0 depth of two feet and removed the
irt with wheel scraper. He then
lied the cavity with stonedrawn from
stonewall purchased at small ex-
ense. He covered these to depth of
light inches with coarse gravel taken
rom q brook and the dirt was scraped
ack on top, making rounded road
0 feet wide. Eight-inch drain tiles
,ere put in every 20 feet from the
dye of the stone to the bitches on the
ther side. These take off the surface
yata, and thn rpsult ia hard road