Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-08-02

Il VI
. William Roche, of Bennington They
mad not met before in 46 years and
Murphy had not written his sister in
over 40 years. She thought him
dead.
| The E. w. Bissell Manufacturing
20. OF Rutland will cut and skid q.
200, 900 feet Of timber this season on
Shrewsbury mountain, to be drawn
70 Rutland during the coming winter.
twenty men are at work there at
present and the force will soon be in
creased TO 80.
! lnresponse 10 call for PopUlist
mass convention for Vermont to be
held at Montpelier July 10Th, just
Two OF the faithful put in an appear
ance. DIR. II. J. Munson Of South
Burlington called himself and his CO.
worker to order but did not nominate
a state ticket.
{. L. Gale store in East Georgia
was burglarized last week and goods
worth $50 taken. The robbers took
out a large glass in the door. The
same night w. II. Hale Il Co. ; store
IN Milton was entered and two suits
OF clothes and 80 cents taken. Alvin
dow sash was cut out.
Bishop Hall has set forth and au-
thorized for use in the churches Of the
Episcopal diocese Of Vermont during
the present troubles in China, two
special prayers, the first being a petit
ton for protection for the foreigners
and native Christians in China and
the second asking for protection for
the American soldiers there.
What might have been a serious
fire recently occurred in the home Of
Oscar Heininger at Burlington. One
Of the children secured some matches
and began setting articles in the room
on fire. 1t was soon discovered, how
ever, and with the aid Of some work
men who were passing the fire was eX-
tinguished with slight damage to the
house and furniture.
It is reported that a fine deposit Of
copper has been discovered on the
farm Of John Riley at Mount Holy
and there are said TO be good pros
poets Of copper mine being opened
up at that point. Analysis shows
that the ore is rich with copper and
the deposit seems large enough TO
warrant opening the mine, which is
only half mile from the railroad.
While Misses Edna and Ella Nc
Graw were driving near Poultney
Sunday the horse became frightened
and ran away. At a sharp turn in
the road both young ladies jumped
out. When picked up Miss Edna
was unconscious and had received
conclusion Of the brain, while Miss
Ella was severely cut and bruised on
face, head and body, Both win re-
cover
L. Z. .Langdon of New Haven,
Conn, was drowned in Bristol sun
day, stepping of a reef in Lake
Champlain and never coming to the
surface until the body was recovered
about three hours later. He was a
years old and left a wife and one
child. He was on his way to Ma
drid, y. Y, to take a position in a
bank but was unable to make train
connections so remained over.
The big Bolton Mills dam is about
completed. 1t is Of stone, was started
q year ago and from 10 to 60 men
have been employed at various peri
DDS. 1t is the largest dam on the
Winooski and is probably the biggest
in the state. The power station al
ready at the Falls furnishes the pow
er for the Montpelier electric railroad,
and the Barre and Montpelier electric |
lights.
Chas. Doherty, who was convicted |
Of the murder Of Jack Murphy last
November and who has been contin-
ed in the Washington county jail /
since. had another fit of madness or
ugliness last week which happily re-
suited in nothing but a slight bruise /
10 ,Iailer Tracey's face and the demol- |
ishing OF chair. Doherty exhibits an |
ugly. violent disposition and a tend.
encv toward abuse Of his keepers that /
are hard 10 tolerate.
Col LeGrand L. Cannon, while at
tempting TO drive spirited mare in /
front of an electric car at Burlington
Friday was thrown from his carriage |
10 the pavement and severely, If not |
fatally. injured. Col. Cannon struck |
mon his head and was rendered I'M
conscious. Hi, face is badly bruised, /
over the left eye and the |
bridge Of the nose, butt is believed |
the skull Is not fractured.
The Rutland railroad is soon to
adopt the standard or double train
or5er system on its several divisions.
Telegraph operators, engineers, con
ductors and trainmen are being in
.trncted in the new system and viii be
reonired to pass examinations before
II i nut in operation Chances for
accidents are minimized under the
jonble-order system, because two
rims which are told TO meet at GER