Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-05-23

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to await hearing.
Key, the l6-year-old son of Superin-
tendent and Mrs D. L. Morgan of the
house OF correction at Rutland. died
al his parents home May II, after an
operation Tor appendicitis.
Two mining experts from Oregon
have arrived at Shelburne and made
arrangements with Chas. Beauchemin
to develop the property on his farm,
where gold is thought to exist.
There Is prospect of au immediate
settlement Of the trouble between the
Montpelier and Wells River railroad
and the city Of Montpelier over the
celebrated Granite street crossing.
About $4,000 was paid last week to
the employees Of the Vermont Marble
Co. as wages for April This is the
largest amount paid for wages by the
company since last October, when it
paid $4,000
Fannie Thomas, aged two years,
daughter Of S. A. Thomas Of Brattle-
boro, set fire to her clothes Thursday
while her mother was absent from the
room and was horribly burned about
the chest, arms and face.
c. S. Wells Of Boston is prospecting
for gold in Mad River, about one mile
from Middlesex, and expects soon to
employ several hands to assist him
and give it thorough trial to find out
whether there is enough Of it to pay for
working.
A sequel to the elopement last Oeto-
Der OF DR.. G. w Jacobs of Richmond
and Della f., wife of Senator Rufus +.
Brown OF Burlington, has Just come in
the Chittenden county court. Both
Senator Brown and Mrs. Jacobs were
granted divorces on the ground of
adultery.
Baggage masters al Central Vermont
stations have received instructions re-
garding the shipment Of baggage to
Buffalo during the Pan-American ex-
position One Of the requests Is that
every piece OF baggage be marked
with the owners fall name and home
address.
Charles .eFay. Y year. old, son Of
Albert LeFay OF Wilmington, i in the
Yergennes Industrial school awaiting
hearing for attempted murder by
shooting Of Gland and Clayton Upton.
Young LeFay is not very bright and Is
Of a criminal nature.
ri Rev w. NJ. Burgess, Protestant
Episcopal bishop ofQuncy, III, who has
been confined 10 hospital for some
time, has been taken 70 his former
home at st. Adams to die. Bishop
Burgess is 50 years old and his case Is
pronounced hopeless.
Fire started Saturday in the hard
ware store of George Il. Albee,
caused by the spontaneous combustion
Of cotton waste and oakum. The
flames were soon extinguished, but
damage amounting to nearly $1,000
was caused by water.
Rufus Gaskill of Upper Waterford
slashed his abdomen horribly with a
butcher knife recently. 1t took two
doctors several hours to sew mp the
gaping wounds and it is feared he can
no. recover. Melancholy is alleged as
the cause for the rash act.
John Stevenson of Rutland was Sc
verely burned at the Howe Scale COM
pany's foundry lately. He was turn
inc some molten iron from ladle into
a rereptacle, when an explosion oe-
cnTed, scattering the hot iron IN his
face. one eve was badly injured.
Geo. Galmp,a former Mortified boy,
has twice been elected mayor OF Is
canada. Mich. The city or Escanaba
has n population of about $4,000; Of
this number less than 500 are Ameri-
cans. the others being from foreign
countries. Mr.. Gallup is visiting IN
Northfeld.
The slaughtering Of the condemned
cattle in the herds of Thomas ana
Robert Redmond at No. Williston last
week probably completed the work oil
the cattle commission in that town Tor
a time at least. There are still left IN
quarantine the herds of Harry Fay ana
Caswell & Son, who object TO the test.
James Handley. a st. Adams hack
man. was found unconscious IN a
brook near IIighgate Saturday. lie
had three ribs and his collar bone
broken and was badly bruised. lie
said he was assaulted by passengers
John and Alice Brohson and Nettle
Pearl. who were placed under arrest
DIR. w. Seward Webb is erecting an
additional barn for the accommodation
of horses and carriages which are used
by his family and guests The new
bnildino is to cost s150,0O0 and VIII
contain every facility for despatch
work. cleanliness and comfort OF ami
mails and employees.
About thirty members Of the fresa-
man class of the u. v. NJ. held Their
annual banquet at the Pavilion \
MONTPELIER Tuesday. So sklliiuliy
were the arrangements made ana .
well were they carried out that the
president of the class and the speakers
met with no resistance by the sopho-
mores.
Fire Saturday destroyed the hosiery,
factory. the barn and residence owned
nv Charles Miner in West Brattleboro'
together with the contents OF the
buildings, including two work horses,
g bnv LARGE amount oil