Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-08-19

Shelburne, with Mrs. Webb, in the af
ternoon.
At the Bellows Falls station las
Friday morning pickpockeis reaped ;
big harvest. There was crowd o
people gathered about the railroad
ticket office to purchase tickets to thu
muster at Chester and the crooks tool
this time to get in their work. 1t il
estimated that the crowd was touched
for $500 or more.
Bert Nett Of Pittsford, while NOW.
ing with scythe Tuesday, was bit.
ten by an adder. Nett struck the
snake several blows before he let 90
A snake recently killed on Church
IFS farm in that town measured five
feet. Mr.. Nett thought that this one
would measure six feet, but as he was
alone he was unable to kill him.
The Highgate burglars appear to
be a desperate gang and were recog-
nized as the same parties who held up
Custom Officer LeBeau and Baggage
man Powell near the Canadian line
July Both. 1t is doubtful if the crooks
will be eXtradited as the Canadian au-
thorities think they can punish them
better than it could be done in this
state.
A few weeks ago a signal station
was built upon the highest point Of
the nose upon Mt. Mansfield A. I.
Mossman of Washington, ID. c., who
has been in the service of the United
States Coast Survey over forty years,
has charge Of the station and is assist
ed by Charles Yates. BY means Of
heliotropes upon Mt Washington, Kill
lington Peak, Cames Hump and other
heights, the gentlemen are engaged IN
obtaining the heights of the different
mountains and measuring angles.
John Hickock, aged 20, son of Jud
Hickok of Crown Point, n. Y, who
was staying at Mile Point, near Ver-
gennes, with his parents, was drowned
last Thursday afternoon while bath
ing. lie was bathing with two other
boys and jumped off the dock and
started TO swim to the shore but before
he could reach land he was drowned.
The water was only five feet deep
where he was drowned and it is
thought ne was taken with cramps or
was frightened, as he could have wad-
ed ashore from where he went under.
The will of Miss Catherine Dris-
coll of Brattleboro has been filed in
the probate office. There are several
benevolent requests. After several
individual requests, the remainder of
the estate-about S2,000-is left to
trustees to be invested and the income
thereof to be distributed among the
worthy poor of Brattleboro. The
fund is to be known as the "Cathe-
rine Driscoll poor fund" Miss
Driscoll went to Brattleboro about 40
years ago and by doing homework
had accumulated about $4,000.
a fatal accident occurred at Jamai-
ca, on the Brattleboro and Whitehall
division of the Central Vermont rail-
road about 10 o'clock Friday morn
ing, Aug. G. The northbound train,
with Victor Buttertield as one OF the
brakemcn, left Brlttleboro at $40
O'Clock and upon arrival at Jamaica
began setting off some ears on the side
track. Butteriicld lost his hold on the
brake and fell, striking his head on
the rail. His skull was fractured and
his left arm and left foot run over by
a car. lie died at O'Clock in the If.
ternoon. lie was u years old and
left parents in West Dummerston.
Saturday noon, Aug. 7th, the bod
les of Hiram Reed, aged AZ years, and
his sister, Blanche Reed, aged 80
years, were found in their home at
North Adams, Mass, where they had
been murdered the night before. The
mans body was found lying in his
blood-soaked bed and that of his
sister was found in the hall. A heavy
instrument like n mallet and "A pistol
were the probable weapons used by
the murderers, of whom no clue can
be found. 1t is thought that robbery
was the motive for the crime, as a
large amount of jewelry and money
was missing. Reed was formerly
resident Of Manchester, VT.
VIM. Rhodes Of Middlesex had more
than a circus in leading a bull TO Wa
terbury recently. The animal drag
ged him over the bank near Foster
bridge and his nose struck a tree a
blow that damned Off the bark and set
his nose to bleeding like a high water
fountain. On the advice of friends
he applied wheel grease to his nose TO
stay the blood and then proceeded.
Near Dan Donovan's Mr.. Rhodes tried
to drink from a water trough and the
bull pushed him in all over. After
nearly drowning he was able to help
himself out but had got his nose to
bleeding again and ii took another APP
plication of wheel grease TO cure it.
About two weeks ago a young man
engaged a horse of Liveryman Nj. Z.
Fisher of Essex Junction to drive to
Colchester. He returned the same
night. The following day he engaged
the team again, this time to drive TO
Shelburne. He did not come back.
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