Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-08-04

i Discouraged at not being able t.
obtain work Fred Murphy Of Mont
pelier left his wife and four small
children the first of last week, and
without telling them of his intentions
went away to find work. They had
hardly a crumb of bread in the house
and have had hard row to travel
since he left. Mrs. Murphy was al
most distracted, not knowing where
her husband had gone to.
| Norman Thomas, resident OF
Moretown, was accidentally shot
while he was driving by the Viles cleo
trio plant in Middlesex Thursday.
Some young men were there shoot
ing at mark and evidently did not
see Mr.. Thomas. The bullet passed
through the cheek and lodged behind
the ear. The wound, although pain
full, is not serious one. Inquiry
failed to disclose who fired the shot.
Albert Baybrooks, who escaped
Deputy Sheriffs Nash and Godfrey OF
Bennington and Postofiice Inspector
Willis of Boston recently by jumping
from a car window of Fitchburg
railroad train near Eagle bridge, has
been captured at his home in STRAIT
ton by Sheriff Wilson of Arlington
and other officers and lodged in the
| jail at Newfane. He made a desper-
ate resistance and shot one of the Of
ticers in the arm.
States Attorney j. G. Harvey,
Sheriff Spafford and Deputy Sheriff
Hoffman raided the Goddard house
at Ludlow Wednesday night of last
week and at the same hour Deputies
Peck. Kiniry and Justice Darrah
made an attack on the Eagle hotel at
/ Proctorsville. Much liquor was
found. Some stuff was seized at
George Smart's store in Proctorsville.
Two gambling Observation-Disclosures ma
chimes were also taken.
Last Tuesday while Harlow Smith
and family with Mr.. and Mrs. Bing-
ham were haying on the Pond farm
in Smokeshire ia Gassets they took
refuge under shanty during the
shower. While there the lightning
struck them, or near them, rendering
them all insensible, except one little
boy, and burning Mr.. Smith and
little girl named Lily Patterson quite
badly. 1t is wonder that none of
them were killed, as there were ten in
the group.
The Emmanuel Episcopal church Of
Bellows Falls celebrated its centennial
last Thursday. The address of the
day was by Rev. S. II. Webb, rector
of Christ's church, Providence, r. /.
Among the clergymen present who
assisted in the services were Bishop
A. G. A. Hall of Vermont, Rev. j. l.
Bliss of Burlington Rev. William J.
Harris of Nashua, N. H., and Rev.
Louis Bedding of Ogdensburg, N. Y.
Rev. Lawrence Brainerd of st. AL
bans and Rev. Thomas b. Foster Of
Rutland.
The three-year-old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. A. A. Curry of South Bur-
lington died last week after an illaess
that had puzzled the physicians. An
autopsy showed that her death was
caused by an enormous cancer of the
kidneys. The physicians say that
they have never before known Of
young child being afflicted with
cancer of so great size. 1t weighed
10 pounds and measured by I in
ches. The cancer is now at the state
psychological laboratory, where it
will be the object of further study.
At the annual meeting of the Rut
land railroad company, the old board
o directors was reelected, as follows:
PercivaI w. Clement of Rutland,
Geo. III. Balm of Boston, John w.
Stewart of Middlebury, Horace G.
Young of Albany, Chester Griswold
and David Wilcox of New York,
Edgar Handing of Boston, Charles A.
Walker of New York and Wallace G.
Clement OF Rutland. These officers
were elected: President, Percival
w. Clement; vice.president, Horace
G.. Young, and treasurer Henry G.
Smith. The old executive committee
was also re-elected-G. II. Balm, H.
G.. Young and P. w. Clement.