Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-12-07

The annual meeting Of the Vermont FISH
and Game league was held at Burlington
Nov. % The report OF the treasure
showed the total receipts OF the year Il
have been S1930.76; with total disburse
ments OF sl020.97, leaving a balance o
s5J9.Is. The old board of officers was re
elected.
The creamery building in Cavendisi
was destroyed by fire Nov. 20, together
with the machinery and $500 worth o.
bobbins, entailing a total loss OF fully
s2,OO0; partially insured The building
was owned by Charles Hastings, who
bought it last August and Levi Allen
owned the bobbln machinery.
The farm barn owned by Z. II. Rood in
SwantoD was destroyed by fire Nov. 25
II is alleged that the fire was caused by a
spark from locomotive, which set fire To
the grass. In the barn we're stored over
sixty tons of hay and a stock of farming
tools, which were all destroyed. There
was sll0O insurance on the property.
By running from the house in their
night clothes, John Mullen and family
narrowly seaped death when the William
Baldwin farm house in Chester was de-
stroyed by fire Nov. q. There was no
time to save clothing or household effects,
and all their possessions were burned.
The entire loss is estimated al about $500.
The medical department OF the Unlver-
sity Of Vermont opened Saturday in the
new medical college building erected to
replace the old structure which was burned
year ago last fall. The building cost
100000. There are about so students in
the entering class, while the total enroll
ment IN the medical college amounts TO
175
John MeWain, who lived on Dorset
mountain, is dead from a wound self in
hicted Nov. q, when an officer attempted
70 arrest him Tor abusing his wife. Mrs.
McWain left the man and walked five
miles to Dorset village for protection.
The officer found MeWain locked in bis
cabin. and the shot was fired when the Of
ficer attempted to break in.
Fire broke out Nov. 26 IN the fruit and
cigar store at Hardwick kept by Frank
Painfetti and did extensive damage, burn
ing the building and destroying most OF
the stock. The damage is estimated at
between 300 and $500. Mrs. Dana's mill
linery store and the Northern Shoe COM
plny's store, with their stocks, were badly
damaged by smoke and water.
Thomas II. McVeigh, who disappeared
March 81, was heard from Dec / in a let
ter to his wife, mailed in New York. Me-
Weigh was night engineer OF the Brattle-
boro Gas Light Co.'S plant in West DUN
merston. IL was supposed that he fell
into the West river during a freshet and
was drowned, as the machinery was run
ming when the day engineer went to work
the next morning.
Mrs. Amelia s. Kibby OF Fairlee has pre-
sented 10 the Vermont Historical society
tine model OF the first steam engine ever
built in America, manufactured by Capt.
Samuel Morey OF Fairlee, her grandfather,
and from which he built an engine that
propelled a boat On Fairlee lake seven
years before Fulton steamed up the Hud-
son. The gift is one OF the most valuable
IN the possession OF the society.
The ladies' room on the west end Of the
Central Vermont passenger station at
Montpelier was wrecked Nov. p by a
loaded freight car shunted against il with
tremendous force by the night switching
gang The car plowed nearly its length
into the room, smashing in the sides Of
the building as though they were made OF
cardboard. The car was not much injured
but the damage TO the building is several
hundred dollars.
The house OF correction has a woman
prisoner over so years old Mrs. Mary
Todd, who with her husband was sem
fenced last March, after having been
declared guilty OF destroying by Dire the
farmhouse and two barns Of Bella Church