Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-12-27


money.
Lee Baker, aged years, son OF
=. l.. Baker, was fatally injured al
Bellows Falls Tuesday Of last week.
He was out coasting and with a play
mate had attached his sled to team
loaded with lumber and was being
drawn up hill. When nearing the
top the king-bolt OF the wagon broke
and the entire load fell back on him,
pinning him against telephone pole
and crushing him to death. His
companion was thrown over fence
and down a steep embankment, but
escaped without serious injuries.
The insurance adjusters sent to
estimate the loss from the recent Dire
at the plant OF the Porter Screen
Manufacturing Co. at Winooski have
completed their work. The total
amount TO be paid TO the company in
insurance is $4,000. The loss as
estimated by the company exceeded
this amount by $500. The company
have received two carloads of new
machinery and expect to begin work
with about 35 hands at once in the
Edwards Il Stevens mill, in which
they have secured quarters for time.
The following petitions in bank
ruptcy have been filed: Henry E.
Bowtell OF Bellows Falls; liabilities
S6796.7S, unsecured S5967.50; assets,
%, 1896, exempt 5000. John s.
Barr of Cabot, a clerk. liabilities
80, l65, all unsecured; assets SO. A
petition has also been filed by John
w. Dow of Lincoln, who has been a
contractor and for the past six months
has been living in Middlebury. The
petition shows liabilities Of $4,000, of
which sl,494.ss is unsecured, and
assets of S2l7l, of whichS739 is exempt.
The case of David II. Miles of
Sheffield against G. l.. Woodbury. of
Burlington, son OF ex-Gov. Wood
bury, for alleged damages Of $4,000
through the defendants negligence,
is now on trial i'm Caledonia county
court before Judge Taft. Maj. Wood
bury had the contract to install
water system in Lyndon and while
the system was being laid, Miles, in
some way, fell into q ditch, which had
been dug by tie contractors men, and
broke his leg. Miles alleges that
Woodbury. was negligent in not pro-
perly guarding against such accidents.
The condition OF the Burlington
breakwater is such as to have created
some alarm among property owners
and others occupying the lake front
and an attempt is to be made to Sc
cure an adequate appropriation from
Congress in the river and harbor bill
for its repair. A heavy wind like
that which Burlington SO often ex-
periences would result in serious dam
age along the water front. The re-
port OF Colonel Barlow recommended
the outlay of S2l5,000 on the Bur-
lington breakwater but said that $780,
600 could be used and more repairs
made little later.
From the report Of the supervising
special agent of the treasury depart
ment for the fiscal year ending June
30, 1900, it appears that out Of the
l56 customs collection districts under
the treasury department of the United
States, there are only ten whose ag-
gregate receipts, meaning thereby
cash collections, exceed the collection
in the customs district of Vermont,
Of which the Hon. Olin Merrill of
Enosburg Falls has charge. Only five
districts handle more entries than the
district of Vermont and these dis
tricts are Boston, Chicago, Philadel-
phia, New York and San Francisco.
Frank o. Sinclair of Burlington,
through his attorney, E. c. Mower,
has brought suit against the Burling-
ton Il Hinesburg railroad to secure
$4,000 for his services. The suit is
entered in Chittenden county court.
Mr.. Sinclair has been the civil engi-
neer for the road since it was started,
and during its construction. The
$4,000 is what is claimed as still due
him for services rendered. Sheriff
Reeves has attached the company's
in Burlington, South Bur-
Iington, Shelburne, Williston and st.
George. The property includes con-
siderable real estate, the rails and ties,
spikes, fish plates, etc.
VIM. E. Atwood, employed in LII.
lime quarries at Highgate,
met with serious accident Friday.
The stone from the quarries is trans
ported to tie kilns on cars which run
down an incline by their own weight,
being hauled back by horse power.
while running car heavily
loaded with stone, allowed it to gain
too great momentum and was unable
10 stop it on the trestle where the
stone is usually dumped at the lime
kilns. In spite Of the application of
the brakes it crashed through the
bunker and guard rail and fell 80
feet to the ground below. Assistance
was quickly given to the unfortunate
man. 1t was found that both legs
were broken below the knees and his
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