Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-04-25

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are to be in Morrisville, and $4,000 is
the authorized capital. G. c. Carey is
president and treasurer; R. b. Gam
nell, vice president; l.. B. Boynton,
general manager, and c. G. Boynton,
clerk.
Leslie, the 12-year-old son of Mr.and
Mrs. Frank Relation OF Northfield,
caught on a south-bound freight train
in the yard at Mortified last week and
was thrown under the wheels. Both
legs were cut off, enc close to the
body and the other below the knee.
He lived only 10 minutes. He was one
of tour or five youngsters who caught
onto the train.
Congressman-elect ID. j. Foster has
appointed Sherman p. Allen of Bur-
lington as his clerk. He will assume
the duties of the position with the con-
vening of congress in December. Mr..
Allen is newspaper man, well known
and popular. He has been connected
with the Burlington Free Press for
several years and was previously on
the News in that city.
BY lying face down. head towards
the train, against the outside girder on
the Barton railroad bridge, Clara Bus
well and Alice Tenney, two girls with
nerve, caught half way over, escaped
being killed by the Boston express a
few days ago. The train was stopped
as soon as possible, but not before near
IL all the cars had passed by them, but
they were found uniDjured.
In Bartonville Scotch collie dog,
detected at being abandoned by its
master, S. c. Morrison, who had re-
moved to Tacoma, Wash, deliberately
threw himself in front of train and
was killed. The act was clearly pre-
meditated for the dog had been trained
from apuppy to keep away from the
railroad tracks and had always eyinc-
ed fear OF approaching trains.
A three weeks school of engineering
will be conducted by the mathematical
department of Norwich University
Ithis year. beginning after the gradua-
ton exercises All junior and senior
engineers will be required to attend
and all others so desiring may take the
course upon application to the proper
authorities. The three weeks will be
devoted to practical work ten hours a
day in the field.
Chas Beattie, workman employed
at the Capital quarry, Montpelier, met
with a serious accident April 10. lie
was pushing a car loaded with chips
up a slight grade when it got away
from him and ran over both legs. One
leo was broken and the foot on the
other was torn off. The doctors say he
will recover. He is 32 years Of age
and has a wife and four children de-
pendent upon him.
+. T. Sequin had narrow escape
from serious injury last week while
riding his railway bicycle on the track
some three miles from Montpelier lie
/ was running at the rate OF IL miles an
hour when the flange on the guide
wheel OF his machine broke and let his
wheel on to the ties. He kept his seat
until he could stop, though he was
treated to some rough riding.
i F. S. Hudson, son of VIM. Hudson OF
Middlesex, who murdered Miss Belle
Walker in Chicago several months ago,
had his trial a few days ago in that
city and there are two reports as TO the
sentence. one being that he was SEN
fenced to IS, and the other to q years
in tbs penitentiary at joliet, H.
Either sentence is lighter than his par
ents and friends had expected.
Elliot A. Bourne, an inmate of the
Gin Odd Fellows Home OF Ludlow,
died there last week of cancer of the
stomach, after lingering illness OF SIX
weeks. He was between % and 90
wears of age, and had been an inmate
of the home only few months. Mr..
Bourne was a SOD degree Mason,
member OF Pike lodge No. 80, /. q. ..
f.. of Wallingford and Tahanto en-
\ campment, No. Is, of Concord, n. H.,
and a member of the G. A. II.
The Vail Light 4 Lumber company
has been organized at Manchester
with a capital stock of $4,000. The
company is going TO put in a thorough
ly equipped modern mill and shops for
the manufacture of lumber and chair
stock and expects to have the plant in
loneration on or before July /. In con-
nection with this business it proposes
10 furnish electricity for light, heat
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will employ about fifty men in its chair
shop.
Charles and Henry Hart, brothers, OF
Rutland were driving on the otter
creek road TO Dandy last week when
their horse became frightened and
dashed over an embankment 100 feet
deep. Both men were hurled down
the bank and rendered senseless.
Henrv's shoulder was broken and his
SHINE injured. Charles was badly
bruised about the body. The horse
was internally injured and immediate
IN shot. The embankment had no
guard rail.
Constable Henry Carr and his broth
er. John Carr, are under arrest at
Swanton on the charge of assault and
battery with intent to kill. The diff-
entity arose over some property and
the removal of a building. The Carr
brothers assaulted f. NJ. Prouty and
Joseph Barrett, who started TO move
/ ~, k,fIaincr attacking them with a