Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-01-13
State of Vermont.
It's News Condensed and Rewritten for
Our Readers.

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Alderman Geo. d. Wight and wife
OF burlington observed the 50th an
nlversary of their marriage last week
Thursday.
William Brown, supposed to have
been murdered in Duxbury in a fight
by a man named Phillips, is alive and
well and hiding from justice in the
hamlet of Fayston.
The trial of Smith Davis, who is
charged with being implicated in the
death of Dora Cushman at Bristol last
summer, is set for February s in Adj
olson county court.
There are now lis inmates of the
house of correction, which is the larg-
est since last year about this time,
when the number was 186, the high
water mark of the institution.
The farm house of Frank E. Kim
ball at Newbury was burned last week
Tuesday night. The fire caught from
a defective chimney and spread so
rapidly that the inmates did not have
time to save any of the furniture or
other contents. The loss is Sc, 900 and
the insurance "a. 600.
Caledonia county court, Judge
Thompson presiding, took a recess last
Saturday until February IA, during
the term of supreme court at Montpe-
lier. Robert Scott, for grand larceny,
was given three years and George Kel-
ley and James Smith, for burglary,
five years each in states prison.
William Quinn, formerly of Mont
pelier, was arrested last week in Cam
bridge by Sheriff Nye of Essex II
ty, New York. He is wanted for
burglary of a p%ostoffice and forgery
three years ago. Sheriff Nye had
requisition papers and took his vic
tim back to New York state for trial.
The annual musical festival at New
port will be held February I'll.
Among the artists will be Dir. Clark,
the celebrated basso of Boston. "A
special agent is now in the city to Sc
cure other talent which will be of the
best. A full prospectus will be issued
in a few DAYS, to be had on applica-
ton to G. f. Ranney, Newport, Vt.
The mixed train No. SO, Burlington
and Lamoille railroad, was derailed
at Cambridge Junction Monday after
noon of last week by a broken switch
rod. One car was landed in the
Lamoille river. Fred Arsno, baggage
master, had one arm and leg broken.
The wreck train was ordered from
Burlington and returned through
Jericho early Tuesday morning.
Frank A. Redway's barn in Brook
line, on the road from Putney. was
burned early last week Monday morn
ing, with its contents, including three
horses and a quantity of farming
tools, hay aud grain. The fire was
caused by the explosion of a lantern
with which Mr.. Roadway went to the
barn to do his chores. The loss eX-
ceeds 81 600 and the insurance was in
the Vermont Mutual.
j. Il. Calhorn of North Troy has
for some time missed some OF his pri-
vate stock of tobacco which he kept
in the Office of his mill. lie stated
the other day. in the presence of a
man whom he suspected, that he knew
who the thief was and that unless the
stealing was stopped there would be
loads of trouble for the thief. The
next morning he found eight one
pound cans of smoking tobacco on his
desk and eight pieces OF chewing.
George Gibbs of Waitstield, who is
working on the Stowe Electric rail-
road, narrowly escaped losing his life
last week Wednesday. He set a pan,
in which were three sticks of dyna-
mite, near the stove, and then left the
building for a few minutes. Very
a terrific explosion was heard,
and on going 10 the spot where the
building had stood, nothing could be
seen of it except a few splinters of
wood and some pieces of iron from
the stove.
Dy the overturning of a work car
and snow pillow near South SALISBURY
last Wednesday morning three men
were badly injured. Patrick Hogan
had his left knee disiocated, his under
law was broken in the center, bones
in the left hand were dislocated, and
there were several cuts about the face
and other parts of the body. The
foreman, William Mcguire, had an
arm broken and a bad cut in the
head. ii. Champagne had IN arm
broken, was cut on the leg and other
wise injured. There are fears that
Hogans and Maguire's injuries are
fatal.
Giles Harbour narrowly escaped
fatal injuries at the woodworking es-
Enlistment of j. B. Bingham in Ben
nington last week Tuesday morning.
Harbour went into the wheel pit and
in STOPPING to pick up a board the
skirts OF his coal were caught in the
gearing of the wheel shaft and the
was whirled over and over re-
peatedly. The thumb of the left hand
nc taLan off near the second Joint, a