Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-01-28

of health has also no jurisdiction in
such matters, and that it might as
well inspect the roads and bridges and
the railroad crossings with a view to
the public safety. Mr.. Gordon refer
red the aldermen to section 8 of the re-
ylsed ordinances, which says THE
Inspector OF buildings shall thoroughly
inspect, upon written order IRON the
city council. ali buildings within the
city, etc. The report of the fire de-
partment chief showed that there were
l6 fires during the past year, with a
property loss of $4,000
The towns of Lincoln and Warren
are having a wrangle over quarantine
ing the highway between the two
towns. The Warren people have
fenced the road to prevent teams from
Lincoln entering the town. The Lin
coin board of health have taken steps
to have the road reopened. The trouble
SENS to have grown out OF the fact that
David Dean, who lives on the mount
ain road in Lincoln, has smallpox. War
rem people claim he has visited that
town daily regardless of the qnaran-
tine on his house. This, according to
investigation by Health Officer Cush-
man, was proven false. James III.
Jacobs, with his wife and her mother.
Mrs. Lizzie Maxwell, started from
Bristol for Waitsdeld to attend the
funeral of Mrs. w. III. Marshall. They
had to pass through Warren village to
get to Waitsield. At the funeral a
Warren officer arrested Jacobs for vio-
lating tie quarantine. He was fined s.
and costs for so doing.
Dir. Ashbel p. Grinnell, former dean
of the faculty OF the medical depart
ment of the University OF Vermont,
brought suit in New York for $50, 900
damages against Edward Weston, pres
ident of the Western Electrical Instru-
ment company, for false arrest. While
DIR. and Mrs. Grinnell were in New
York some months ago, the doctor was
mistaken Tor one Ed. s. Raymore, a
swindler, and his arrest followed. The
Grinnells were detained in the police
station until they were identified and
set at liberty. Raymore, whom DIR.
Grinnell is said to strongly resemble
in personal appearance, had swindled
Mr.. Weston out OF $50 and the latter
was anxious to have him apprehended
DR.. Grinnelrs expostulations were
naturally thought a cunning ruse on
the part of the culprit to get away and.
ia spite of all he could say, be was de-
tanned until satisfactory Identification
had been made. The jury returned
Jan. p, a verdict of $12,500 for DR..
Grinnell.
AT the hearing in Montpelier the
goth before the state board Of railroad
commissioners on the head-on collision
at Middlesex December Z, 1908, where
several persons were killed, IL was
established by the train crew of No. 3
that there had been no mistake in
orders and they had the right of way
of the main line, and it was the duty
OF the accommodation train to be on
the siding and have the track open at
Middlesex. George Taylor, engineer
OF the train, was a witness at the hear
ing. He said he understood they had
to meet the mail at Middlesex
and when just west of the dry bridge
in that village he shut off steam and
applied the service air brake, expect
ing to stop at the north switch and
get on the siding. Immediately alter
he applied the service brake he noticed
il was not working properly and he
the emergency brake, but be-
lore the train could be stopped he had
smashed into the locomotive on the
nail train. Mr.. Taylor attributed the
accident to the fact that the angle
,ock, which when open controls the
rain line OF air its entire length, must
" some reason have become closed
md thus that the air brake could only
De applied to the wheels OF his loco
motive.