Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-01-14

Alicu, IL years OF age, IL a resident OF
Riverside, r. 1. Patrolman Allen had
been a member of the police force
since 1886. He was born in st.
Adams.
A lean and hungry lynx came sneak
ing around the Daniels Machine Co. &
building at West Woodstock one day
lately. He vas seen by Edward Towne,
who with Andrew Gage, followed the
tracks till they came up with the ami
NAL, which they shot. IL was a bay
lynx and a good specimen, weighing
fourteen pounds. very thin, as if IL had
been on a limited diet for several days.
IL had apparently collided with a
hedgehog very recently, as the head
and mouth were full of quilts.
William Shaw, who lost his life in
the Troy, n. Y, club fire, December
30, 1908, left personal property valued
at 100000. Among the requests are
the following TO Mrs. Sarah Angus
Ia Tarbell. a sister, OF Marlboro, Mass,
all his real estate in Chester, valued at
$4,000; to Harlan w. Chandler, a
cousin, of Chester. $500; to William
ID. kydd, a cousin, of Saxtons River,
5000 to the Perkins Baptist church,
Perkinsville, $1,000; to the Chester
Baptist church, Chester. $1,000.
The coolest of the cold snap, Jan. 5,
was in Thetford, where thermometers
registered 60 degrees below zero.
Snow made drifts from six to ten feet
deep in Peru, and stages and teams
were stalled The Londonderry and
Manchester stage was stalled in the
mountains in drifts 10 feet deep. 1t
was feared that the passengers might
have persisted but a courier coming
through on horseback reported the
passengers safe at a farm house where
they would be sheltered until the
roads should be made passable.
The bond OF $1,000, ordered by
Judge ii. K. Start to be substituted for
the attachment on the personal prop
erty of the Lumiere North American
Co, Burlington, was offered and was
accepted by Judge Start, although il
was bitterly opposed by v. A. Bull
lard, counsel for f. j. White. The
attachment was placed on the COM
pany, October l9, 1908, for salary
alleged TO be due Mr.. White. The
work of repairing the damage done 10
the factory since the attachment was
has been begun. Since the
plant has been closed the water pipes
have frozen and considerable damage
has resulted. The plant will be oper-
ated by the Lumiere company Of
France.
Ella NJ. Spooner Of Washington has
become heiress 10 a fortune estimated
at about hall a million dollars, a por-.
OF which will have TO be shared
BY her cousin, Miss Grant, who lives
in Massachusetts,. A man named
Thomas Newman. an eccentric char
who lived for many years in
W. Va, died there recent
". Il was supposed by everyone that
the man was extremely poor, as he had
lived alone in humble quarters and
had the necessities OF lite.
his death, however, 1t became
known that be had left in bank de-
posits and securities something over
s5OO, 600. At first 1t was supposed
hat he left no heirs, but investigation
has brought out the fact that Miss
spooner is Mr.. Newman's niece.
Charles North, who lives the
Chester. was saving mp an
)ak log in the woods near his place
recently when the steel teeth came in
with metal. Opening the log
le found a Ratchet firmly imbedded in
he trunk OF the tree ten inches in
rom the bark. A little more cutting
md the Ratchet tell out and proved to
% an Indian tomahawk covered by
ust. but still in q fair state OF preser-
The name peter Snow" was
Tisible where the blade had Joined the
and a little in front of this
vas General Stark's Army, l117."l
\ rough fine drawing OF a red fox was
cratched on the reverse side of the
,lade, and below that two eagle
Gathers. In 1777 General Stark and
lis New Hampshire militia marched
rom Concord, n. H., to Bennington
md camped for two months near
DWELL lake. a short distance from
where the tomahawk was found. He
alter took part in the battle of Ben
As a result OF the recent Chicago
catastrophe DIR. III. ID. Holton, secre-
airy of the state board of health, has
ent a circular letter in behalf of the
10 each local board of health in
Termont calling their attention to sec
ions 4701, 400. 4703 and 4704 of the
laws. The letter orders them
0 examine all hotels, public halls,
'laces of amusement. factories, mills,
rorkshops or other buildings coming
nder the provisions of these sections
nd see that they are not only provided
nth fire escapes as required by law,
ut that such ladders or other means
{ exit from such buildings are in per-
ect working order. That the janitors
nd other persons connected with the
are OF such buildings are familiar with
he wav by which they al be reached.
hat all passage ways are free from
lcumbrances. That during the hours
I day or night when buildings are oc-
upied, the doors or openings open out
the rooms, and that the means of
Kit are so arranged that they a be
opened from the inside by any
arson