Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-07-16
A movement is now on foot to pro-
ire CITY charter for Bennington.

! A movement is now on foot to pro
cure city charter for Bennington.
' While Asher Burdett of Pittsfor
3 was at work last week Thursday il
| his gristmill, one of the pulleys fel
and broke bone in the thumb Of hi
left hand.
8 James Atwood, who robbed tn
postoffice at w. r. Junction, was al
raigned last week Wednesday and !
, was decided that he will be brough
to Vermont for trial.
VIM. Wallace Of West Rutland, tn
|. l4-year-old son of Michael Wallace
was badly burned the 4th by the ex
plosion OF some powder that he hat
J in each OF his coat pockets.
The first Raymond and Whitcoml
excursion arrives in Burlington July
10th and goes next day to Ausablt
Chasm. There are six Others SEIZED
uled for July and four for August.
4 The morning Of the Fourth, for the
third time in about year, one OF the
coal sheds of Alanson Wilcox of Ben
nington was found to have been set
afire. The fire was soon extinguished.
Perley l.. Goodwin OF Barre, who
had his right leg amputated at the hip
joint about week ago in the Mary
Fletcher hospital, is doing nicely and
will be able shortly to return to his
home.
The net receipts Of the reception and
ball for the benefit of the new Rut-
land hospital were about 1876, I'M
doubleday the largest one-night's re-
ceipts ever made in any home enter
| tainment.
| John Riley, a Western Union mes
senger boy, got into too close contact
with cannon cracker in the depot
yard at Brattleboro Friday, July 3D.,
and the tops of his fingers were
mashed and some of the flesh torn
from the palm of his hand.
AS Chas. Whitaker and daughter
OF Dummcrston were returning home
last week Tuesday evening they got
off the road in the darkness and the
buggy was tipped over and all thrown
out, and the horse went down a ten
foot embankment None were seri-
ously hurt.
Harrison Holden, who lives two
miles south of Middlebury, had IL Me-
rino sheep killed by the cars one night
not long since. Fire had burned
the fence so that the sheep wandered
onto the railroad and were struck by
the engine. The sheep were literally
cut to pieces.
The stones to mark the intersecting
boundary lines OF New Hampshire,
Vermont and Massachusetts, is to be
cut from Ascutney granite and can be
seen at the granite works in Windsor.
The pedestal OF the historic Cata-
mount monument at Bennington is
also to be Of the same color.
George +. Hillard's gun shop in
Corinth was burglarized last week Sat-
urday night, and guns, rev0lvers, cart
ridges and tools to the amount of $50
were stolen. The thieves effected an
entrance by means of a window. 1t
is believed that the thieves were not
novices in the business, and it is
hoped that slight clue in the posses
sion OF the authorities may lead to the
detection and capture OF The rascals.
BY the explosion Of a plumbers gas
oline tlre-pot in Windsor last week
Wednesday, the roof Of f. A. Ken
nedy's unfinished house caught fire
and made lively blaze for a few
The boards and timbers
we're damp from the heavy rain Of the
night before and the men on the roof
we're able to put out the fire with but
title damage to the building. Chas.
E. Hoffman, plumber, was burned a
little about his hands and face and
several OF the men had their clothes
burned in places by the explosion, but
fortunately no one was seriously in
urcd.
For the first time the flag OF the
United States was thrown to the
,reeze last week Saturday with forty
i've stars on its blue field, indicating
he admission of Utah to the sister
rood Of states General orders issued
~ the war and navy departments have
prepared the way for the change and
or several months past the flag-makers
lave been busy in placing new star
IN the flags in stock. From economic
;al considerations, the old army flags
will not be retired at once, but will be
eplaced only as they are worn ont in
ervice by the new ensigns. In the
ase Of the naval flags the change was
ssily made, for all the flags are made
It the New York and Mare Island ma
y yards, while those on hand on ship
BOARD may be readily altered by ex-
,ert sail-makers.
The case of Julia M. McDuffy VS..
he Boston n Maine railroad, which
vas tried in the United States Circuit
curt last week, attracted no little at
ention. The plaintiff is widow,
With two minor children, whose hus.
,and, q locomotive engineer. was kill