Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-10-12
State of Vermont.
Is News condensed and Rewritten
Cor Our Readers.

: Prank w benson has been appointed
postmaster at South Mortified.
The Rev. j. P. Harper Of Pittsfeld, n.
Il mas accepted a call to the Cong'I
church OF North Bennington.
Nathan W. Patch Of Brandon, who tried
& 10 commit suicide recently because OF
financial trouble, has been taken to the
poor farm.
Eddie Levick, one OF the boys burned at
The explosion at the cartridge works Of the
Robin Hood Powder Co. at Swanton Sept.
rs. died Oct. 2.
An order for $4,000 worth Of marble to
he used for interior work on the Fulton
building, Pittsburg, Pa, has been placed
With the Columbian Quarrying company
Of Rutland.
The lowest bid on marble for the United
States senate office building at Washington
was that OF the Vermont Marble Co., Proc
tor. y, 04s 900, and il Is expected the COM
pany will land the contract.
The Essex county grand jury Saturday
found an indictment for murder in the
first degree against Robert Waterman of
/ Victory, who is accused of poisoning his
\ three year-old daughter, Lila.
John Babcoek OF West Wardsboro fell
recently and fractured one hip. He man
4 aged 10 get into the barn, where he lay for
about twenty-four hours wrapped in a
dent. Mr.. Babcock is 81 years old.
DR.. Don D. Grout Of Waterbury, re-
reptly elected superintendent OF the state
hospital for the insane, has resigned as
n 4 member of the state tuberculosis COM
n mission, and Gov. Bell has appointed DIR.
Henry d. Holton OF Brattleboro TO
succeed him.
Fire in W. A. Blake's barn in Mortified
Thursday resulted in damage estimated at
$50, covered by insurance. The fire was
n 1T by two small boys, one three and the
4 other four years old, who secured some
matches and went into the barn and set
fire to The hay.
Robert Sevnck and Romeo Minckler.
aged II aud Is years respectively, escaped
from the Vermont Industrial school at
Nergennes Thursday evening. They wore
the uniform OF the school. The sevnck
boy lives near Swanton and the Minckler
boy at Grand Isle.
Bennington county reports a potato
famine, due to rot. ore man who ex-
pected crop OF not less than $50 bushels
Il from two acres, dug part OF them and then
ploWed IN the remainder. Several other
Fields have been abandoned because the
H digging would not pay.
81. Johnsbury's troublesome water
problem Is thought 10 have been solved
hy cutting out the supply taken from
Russeils pond, from which water OF an
extremely disagreeable taste and odor
Il comes. The Stiles pond water is found
10 BE- sufficient and pure.
Two cars on the Central Vermont train
running 10 Barre from Williamstown
vent On the rails at Barre Oct 2, and Com
ductor stephen Il. Colby suffered broken
leg and other injuries. The train was
backing and the engine and two forward
cars did not leave the rails
At the third annual convention OF the
thlttenden County Sunday school associ-
alton last week the report of the secretary
showed loss OF membership of 1876 in all
departments over that OF a year ago.
There j. a total enrolment OF 3,240. The
loss in Burlington was II.
Columbus Huling of North Bennington.
who brought suit against his relatives
4 Tor $1,000 damages, alleging false inn
prsonment, has settled the case for SIPS.
The relatives tried unsuccessfully to pre-
vent the marriage OF Huling, who is old
and rich, 20 young woman.
There appears to be a contest among
Burlington squash raisers as to which
II shall report the largest vegetable.
squashes weighing 30, 50, 10, 40 and as
pounds have been brought into the city
and South Burlington man reported
i rais'ng one weighing 50 pounds.
The largest pieee Of granite ever taken
from q quarry in Orleans county was
loaded on ear in the freight yard at New
port last week TO be shipped to Albany,
=. 4 The stone weighed forty tons and
required thirty-siN horses and a special
stone car 20 haul IL from the quarry to the
car on which il was loaded.
An antomobiling party arrived in Bur
llngton Oct. LIST after three weeks trip
rom Chicago Ia the states OF Indiana,
ONO pennsylvania, New York, and in !
g4rsrr o IL h.
mont very good and said that the scenery
in this state and New Hampshire sur
passed any that they had seen.
An inCendiary fire was started in the
granite manufacturing plant Of Bianchi Z
8 Sons IN Barre Tuesday night OF last
Week The loss will not exceed $1,000, I
mostly machinery. This is not the first l
time that Bianchi q Sons have had to deal l
Win the ire hend, for their plant at East
harre was partially destroyed a few a
months ago.
serious and probably fatal accident e
occurred IN Newfane Sept. "a, when Lizzie I
and Bernice Edwards, daughters of Mr.. 1
and Mrs. Abbott Edwards, were struck by q
lalllng hammock post and badly injured. /
4iss Lizzie is paralyzed from her waist !
aoWn and IN critical condition. Her sis 7
yen VIII probably recover, though one eye |
Is severely injured.
Temporarily deranged from disappont- I
ment hi a love affair, Alfred Beckman !,
OF Barre, aged Is years, attempted to COM !
lhlt suicide Sunday by shooting himself !,
with a revolver The ball entered his :,
neck az the right OF the Adams apple and
came out at the back. No vital organ was
severed in the bullets eoursel and the
man attempt was therefore unsuccess- a
full. ID
The new concrete-steei dam at Sheldon :
springs was completed last week, The =
structure is more than $50 feet long, is 20 =
Ieet wide and 40 feet high at the deepest u
part Its completion is expected to in :
crease the prosperity OF Sheldon Springs =
ny enabling the Missisquoi Pulp Co. to Il
extend its operations and give more =,
permanent employment to its numerous ~
operatives. :,
The Rev A. n. Lewis, for the past n
fourteen years rector of Christ church in A
Montpelier, announced Oct. 1st that he r
intended at an early date to hand his
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