Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-06-24


has been lodging the officers for sew
eral weeks, was captured at st. Johns
bury last Saturday and taken tC
Swanton.
The engagement of Miss Alice G.
Clarke. daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. j
NJ. Clarke of Burlington, to Edward
p. Woodbury., son of eX-Gov. L. A.
Woodbury., is announced.
Fire Saturday morning DESTROYED
the machine building of the Highgate
Foundry Co. 1t is believed that the
fire was set. The loss is variously es-
timated between $4,000 and $4,000.
Work has been started on the
Springfield electric road. New cars
have arrived, the generators have been
put in during the past week, and the
road bed overhauled so that now il is
expected cars will be running over
the line within a week.
William McGowan of Grand Isle,
aged 73 years, while out fishing in
boat few days ago, had a paralytic
shock and fell over the side of the
boat so that his head and the upper
part of his body were in the water.
lie was found toward night with life
extinct.
ID. G. Brown of Brandon, secretary
of the Breeders association, announces
that the management have cancelled
the dates for the Breeders meeting
and decided not so hold the races
this year. There were only three en-
tries in the 2:07 pace, the 81 200
purse, but four in the 2:l6 trot and
five in the 2:26 trot.
Dan Moody of Stowe has reason TO
believe there are honest men. Sunday
morning of last week he accidentally
left purse containing about hum
dred and fifty dollars at Green Noun |
tain Inn. Nothing could be learned |
of its whereabouts until sometime the
next day when the purse was returned |
to Mr.. Moody with the statement that |
it had been found upon the street
Monday.
The year.old child of Napoleon
Hog of Swanton was fatally burned
last week Thursday. The baby was
in care Of little seven-year-old girl,
who in trying to build fire with
kerosene, set fire to the child's cloth
ing. The girl managed to put out
The fire, however, and then carried
he baby to the West Side Inn. DIR.
Cross was called, but nothing could
Dc done to save the child.
An Italian peddler was shot in the
pack on a dark road between Eden
md Albany two miles from Albany
Wednesday night of last week. lie
walked to Albany, where the wound,
which is not dangerous, was dressed.
lie is unable to speak English but
howed where the shooting occurred,
which is in the town of Eden, to
which place he was removed. An in
erpreter has been sent for and the
flair will be thoroughly investigated.
{ is supposed that robbery was the
motive Of the assailant.
The annual REIMBURSEMENT of the
alarics of presidential postmasters,
'ased on the increase of receipts for :
our quarters, has been announced.
Iere are the Vermont changes: In :
Enosburgh Falls, 81, 100 to /,
Il 200: Fair Haven, ~ 600 TO 81, 200; :
Newport, 81, 200 to Sl,s00; Proctor,
4 800 to 81 900; decreaSe-Bethel,
Il 400 to 81 300; Bradford, 81 600 to
i 800; Brandon, 81, 700 to 81 GOO;
,ichford. 81, 200 to 81, 100; Rutland,
2, 500 to 81, 200; Springfield, Sl,IOO
D $1,000. v
Thomas Jefferson Boynton, who =
-as inspector in charge of the post !.
flee inspection department of New :
.ngland until succeeded by George ). =
vans a few weeks ago, has declined !.
accept a field commission, which !
ne department rendered him in lieu 7
I the position from which he was re- :,
loved. Mr. Boynton is one of the !
aiding Democrats of Vermont and :
ipported Bryan in the last campaign. :
lie is regarded as one of the very best :
licials the department had. Mr.. =
oynton will resume the practice of y
W at Montpelier. ), |,
A young man named sykes OF p
ei by Center, while out practicing Z.
FOOTING at target last week tar ty
Nv, started TO 90 TO see the result o. c
companions shot. when he fel 2:
rowing his rifle from him, but il 81
ruck the ground in such a manner in
at it went off, the ball hitting Sykes nj
Il arm midway between the wrist re
ID elbow, passed through the arm in
ID lodging just under the skin on III
G outside of the arm. One of the p;
mes was seriously injured by the fir
n. The ball was extracted without v
The wound is of serious co
aracter, though not necessarily dan Ike
rous. be
A man named Jackson of Proctors- an
lie, a section hand on the railroad, vi
40 was arrested Monday of last week sh
a charge of having broken into and pr
bbed the summer house on Chuckle W
\ belonging to a. w. Fletcher of w
dianapOlis, was given a hearing on SCI