Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-09-06

| burlington druggist, charged Win
contempt proceedings in selling liquor
on property that had been enioined
/ By the court, he was found guilty by
Judge Taft and sentenced to four
months in the county jail. T. III.
Murphy, proprietor of the Sherwood
house, also in contempt, was found
guilty and fined 81 900 and sentenced
to the work house in Rutland for six
months.
John Clark. overseer of the poor
for the town of Ferrisburgh, has re-
Gently placed two boys in the Home
for Destitute Children in Burlington.
These boys are the last of the Trow
family who used to live in an old
boat IN the river near Fort Cassin and
whose condition excited so many re-
marks among visitors in that vicinity
some two years ago. Four children
Of this family are now being cared
for at the Home in Burlington.
| The farm house of Stewart Chase,
iwho lives just over the Canadian inc
from Richford was burned Saturday
morning. Without doubt the fire
was incendiary, and the house was
burned out of revenge for the destruc-
ton Of the famous cline house" few
days ago. The citizens are much
aroused over this wantonness, and
feel as indignant as they did joyful
when the cline house, burned. The
work OF rebuilding the cline house
has begun.
Mrs. Francis Peppin OF Burlington
lies in a very critical condition as the
result Of q severe accident that occur
red last week Tuesday morning. She
started to descend flight of stairs
when She missed step and fell head
long 70 the sidewalk. She was pick
ed up unconscious. An examination
revealed a broken arm and a number
OF bad wounds on different parts OF
the body. She is well advanced in
age and her recovery is considered
somewhat doubtful.
| The best place for trout fishing in
Vermont is Senator ;. l.. Griffith's
pond In the town of Groton. Friday
Mr.. Griffith and his partner, G, f.
Soule, in two hours caught 70 pounds.
| During a fishing trip there recently
Ex-senator George +. Edmunds, Gen.
w. Y. w. Ripley, of Rutland, and
Mr. Griffith caught 92 pounds. Dur
ing the season there have been taken
from the pond 2, lao pounds of trout
and Gen. Ripley estimates that there
are 30 tons in the pond.
| Two young children OF Joseph
Daigle OF North Walpole, y. H.,
were drowned in the Connecticut
river at Bellows Falls the 10th. The
father had taken several children in a
llogman's boat for a pleasure trip up
the river Landing, he left the chill
ldren and went to a nearby spring.
Before his return the youngest child
became frightened and fell into the
river. The sister grappled with him
but In the struggle was drawn under
land both were drowned. The bodies
were recovered.
A shortage of milk is feared by the
milk peddlers and creameries in Bur-
llington. In the past few years there
lhave been started there no less than a
dozen creameries, and up TO within a
month ago no trouble was experienced
lin obtaining all the milk they could
handle. But great change has taken
lplace and some of them who have
Icontracted for the whole supply Of
ldairies find it difficult TO get enough
to supply their trade, and the conse-
IauenCes are that several creamerles
have been obliged to suspend business.
The seyenty-first volume of the
Vermont law reports is now being
distributed by the state librarian.
This volume covers the work OF the
lsupreme court for about one year and
REPORTS 90 cases. One hundred and
Thirty different lawyers appeared IN
THESE cases. Among these are % law
firms. OF 80 cases Butler and Malo-
Inev of Rutland prepared Is and won
ll0 OF them: Bates, May and simonds
Of st. Johnsbury prepared IL and
won Il: Joel C. Baker OF Rutland was
next with 10 cases OF which o were
won.
| Nathaniel Ennis, Jr., of Middlesex
ldied Wednesday of last week from
the effects of wounds inflicted by fall
ling upon a scythe he was carrying.
Mr. Ennis had been moving and,
having finished his days work, started
for home. Coming to ditch ne
attempted to leap across it. His foot
catching upon a root, be fell headlong.
| He was carrying the scythe with the
blade in front OF him and when ne
struck the ground the edge OF the
knife was forced into the left breast,
and then downward, inflicting a
terrible wound.
Frank Corcoran, 20 years OF age,
walked into police headquarters IN
New York city Saturday night and
asked to be locked up. He said that
he was fugitive from justice nom
Vermont, where he was wanted for
the larceny of 50, 900 from the Metro
politan Stock Company of st. Johns
hurry. He said that he had been
,,a,,a.,ar ~ the concern and that he