Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-11-01
State of Vermont.
Its News Condensed and Rewritten for
Our Readers.

hcnOOl IOOt-Dall team nau an eye
knocked out in scrimmage Saturday.
Dean Gochey of Newport, while
shunting cars last week. had his leg
so badly crushed that amputation was
necessary.
Mrs. Julia G. II. DoT OF Rutland
has poem in the November number
OF Scribner's magazine, entitled "An
Afterthought."
Mrs. Ella NJ. Bagley was sentenced
in Burlington last week to three years
in states prison for obtaining money
under false pretenses.
There Is very close to an epidemic
OF diphtheria in Rutland. There are
IA cases and the authorities are doing
their best TO stamp il out.
The postoffiee at Guilford Center
was discontinued October 81, to be
superseded by the rural free delivery
mail route 10 Brattleboro.
Florence, the incorrigible l4-year-
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar
Guyette OF Burlington, has been COM
mitted TO the Industrial school.
The annual meeting of the Yer
mont society of the Sons Of the Amer
lean Revolution will be held at the
state house, Montpelier Nov. IA.
Burlington now has about - miles
OF permanent road, about half Of
which was laid in the past nine years.
The total cost was about 100000.
John B. Jouaire Of Green, Corners,
aged SO years, died at the hospital in
81 Adams as result Of being run
over by train on the Central YER
mont railroad near East Swanton
Thursday.
l.. II. Lewis, the secretary, has
called the annual meeting Of the YER
mont Press association 10 be held at
the Pavilion, Montpelier, Thursday,
Nov. 4, at 4 o'clock p. m. There will
be no banquet.
Last week Wallace Hutchinson OF
Windsor and Wallace Washburne Of
Woodstock We're deer hunting in
Shrewsbury and shot d female bear
weighing 1863 pounds and cub
weighing 90 pounds.
A petition in voluntary bankruptcy
has been flied by Albert NJ. Gibson Of
Ryegate. Mr.. Gibson has liabilities
of s3,5ss.42, of which sl,075.42 is
unsecured and asset OF s3,975.4O, Of
which 81 ,05j is exempt.
George II. Sheldon OF Middlebury,
aged Is, was almost instantly killed
tfpfs nj htH h Al a - 4
charge of his gun, which he took ]
along when he went after the cows {
with the hope OF seeing game.
Some interesting figures in regard
10 taxes have been complied as follows !
by w. l.. Davis, treasurer of Rutland =
city: Total amount raised, Sl23. ls9.69; :
amount paid in up 20 October 3, =
sll7, 1896; to be collected, sj,73064. y
There j. an elm tree on the premises j
of Nathan Perry in Newfane which Is "
larger than the Washington elm of o
Cambridge and more than 100 years
old. Three feet from the base OF the /,
trunk il measures Is feet in circum- /,
ference. y
Patrick O'Sulliyan Of Burlington 81
suicide by drowning Mon G;
day OF last week. He jumped from b,
the dock in Cranes lumber yards and cl
although there were many witnesses q
Of the act, they were not near enough RI
10 save the man before drowning. n
Center Rutland was the scene of :,
Two burglaries Monday night of last NJ
week, the store of the Vermont OF
Marble company and the railroad IL
station both being entered. The Je
hieves secured but little of value at
he store and nothing at the depot. O
Lucille Lockwood, aged three years NJ
II Burlington, who was poisoned a.
Tuesday by swallowing bi-chloride OF IL
will probably recover. She ~
vas playing in bath room where She -
ound the bottle containing the si
POISON and took some of it before any u'
me knew. She lay in a most critical r.
ondition for many hours.
p. c. Houghton of Kirby lost ~
heifer recently and had I
lot seen her for six weeks, although n,
Ie had repeatedly looked for her ~,
he was finally found walking on
hree feet, having broken the other leg
Glow the gambrel joint, and the foot ~ ~
aving rotted completely of. She is ~
bic 10 get around quite lively on M ~,
hree legs. W w
All except one-Lindsay of New ev,
class Of 20, were admitted frc
D the bar of Vermont last week. If
)avis OF Rutland was the leader Of m,
is class with an average Of "a. The m,
oilil.lI.'ee reporter iaNoraoiy on the int
OF Joseph c. Jones of INF
.u'isnu' VINO was deDarreu rom tel,
ractice about three years ago, and he hal
again in good standing. bol
Louis Heon, son of John Heon of the
Johnsbury, was quite seriously see
ljured while hunting La. week Tie I