Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-10-18
State of Vermont.
Its News Condensed and Rewritten for
Our Readers.

last ten uays III OctoDer.
The gross receipts OF the Brattle-
boro post Office during the year ended
September 30 were l9,830.34.
Lieut.. Theodore G. Dewey. U.S.N.,
Of Montpelier has been transferred
from the Vermont to the Alabama.
Asa j. Daniels Of Burlington has
filed petition in bankruptcy. LA
bilities are s370.27; assets, 5000; ex-
empt, $500.
Nearly $500 pupils are enrolled in
the public schools of Burlington.
The exact number is 2,453,a increase
OF 2ls in one week.
The insurance adjusters have fixed
the loss in Charles Storms branch
store at Barre, which recently suffered
from fire, at $4,000.
George Waters Of Montpelier lately
accepted drink from stranger and
nearly died as the result. IL Isl
thought to have been wood alcohol or
whiskey and strychnine.
Hale Perry was seriously injured
by hammer falling from the second
story and striking him OH the head,
while at work on III. G. MeNall's new
residence at Milton last week.
One boy from East Barre and two
from Essex Junction for truancy and
two from Burlington for larceny were
committed to the state industrial
school at Vergennes last week.
Conductor NJ. Howrican was badly |
IL not fatally injured Tuesday at the
pulp mill at Milton. lie was "stak-
ing cars out Of a siding when the
stake broke and heavy piece struck
him in the chest, inflicting fearful
wounds.
Mrs. Jessie Allen, widow Of the
late Lynn j. Allen, who was acciden-
tally killed by touching a live wire
while at work in the Shepard Il Morse
lumber yards at Burlington last
spring, has received 5000 accident in
surance.
Ground has been broken for anoth-
er large greenhouse for DR.. w. Seward
Webb az Shelburne Farms. The new
building will be nearly 100 feet long.
The greenhouses on this estate rank
among the best and most prolific in
the country.
Hon. Henry w. Hill OF Buffalo, Y.
Y, was unanimously nominated last
week by the Republicans OF the 47th
senatorial district for the state senate.
He is a native OF Isle La Motto and a
graduate Of the University OF YER
mont, class OF 1876.
About four weeks ago the trustees
OF the Kellogg library at
Montpelier gave over fifty books as
beginning OF library for the Wash
ington county jail. Since then there
have been given enough more to now
make over 100 volumes.
Patrick Mumford OF West Rutland ,
met with painful accident recently. !
He was going out 10 shoot a hem ,
hawk and was carrying his gun with ,
the hammer cooked. The hammer
became caught in his clothes, dis
charging the CUR and leaving Mr..
Mumford minus two toes. ?
Louisa Brown, l6, OF Brattleboro,
was arrested in Amherst Saturday =
night and placed in the lookup there, !,
charged with larceny. On Thursday !
last she took skirt from Miss !
Eastman with whom she was board ;
ing in Amherst. She wore the gar !,
ment the following day and was =
arrested, but discharged because of Z
an error in the warrant. !
A sad accident occurred at Hunt N
ington Center recently by which n
Hoyt Baker lost his life. Mr.. Baker .,
was in the employ OF NJ. f. Brewster !,
and started for the mill with load a,
of logs. While coming down hill n
the wheel slipped out and the horses, i,
being unable to hold the load, ii :,
was thrown down an embankment.
Mr.. Baker fell under the load and q.
was instantly killed. a
Miss Ellen f. Moore OF st. Adams p
met with serious accident while 10
visiting New York. She was on the h,
upper deck Of the United States cruis- or
err Kearsarge at the Brooklyn navy %
yard when she made misstep and %
fell over the railing into the water al
below. One OF the crew jumped in ~
10 the water and rescued her. Miss 90
Moore was uninjured except from the n
shock which she received. ID
Daniel Forest OF Middlebury has en-
received the sad news of the death of T,
his son, James Forest. His body was he
Tound in the Connecticut river near as
Springfield, Mass, last week. No OF
body seems to know any of the cir nc
of his death. His grip tw
vas found in the depot at Springfield, of
Mass, which gave clue after the
body had been found. He was 30 ro
iears old and unmarried. 10,
George f. Hyde, the alleged check st
windler and former clerk OF the wi
geological survey in the state OF nj
Washington, is still in the Franklin Cl