Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1906-11-08
State of Vermont.
Its News coadensea ana Rewritten
tor Our Readers.

The Vermont Methodist conference will
be held al 81. bloomsbury April ~, Bishop
Charles CardNell MeCabe presiding.
The residence OF Jemes sampson in
Salisbury village was burned Nov. 1.
Llss about VI 900 with small Insurance.
fltty'seyen prisoners were committed
To the house OF correction, Rutland, dur
ing the month OF October, This is an M
erase OF 20 over the preceding month.
John Jones OF POnltney has brought
suit TO recover 5000 from Theron Good
win OF hnbbardton on charge OF assau lt
Jones alleges that GOODWIN struck him on
the head with heavy club,
The underwear factory, which has been
located IN waterbury for about year,
will soon be moved TO Greenfield, Mass.
The company gives as its reasons Tor NOV
ing exorbiIant freight rates aud scarcity
OF help,
Rev, q. A. Stott, who has been pastor OF
the Methodist church In Essex Junction
anu Essex Center for six months, has ae-
eepted call TO the Methodist church in
Nelson, y, y, and is 10 be transferred TO
the central New York conference.
There are two changes In the board OF
! trustees OF the Vermont Soldiers Home.
Justus Dart OF Springfield succeeds n
II. bowman Of ST. Johnsbnry, deceased,
and Porter IA. Dale OF Island Pond sue
cee1s J. Gray Estey OF Brattleboro, re-
signed.
Governor Proctor has reappointed Ed
mund Z. Mower OF Burlington and Ed
ward NJ. Harvey OF Montpelier, city
judges for their respective cities. lie has
also appointed DR.. +. o. Blanchard OF
Randolph a member OF the board OF dental
examiners for term OF iige years.
AT special citizens meeting in North
| field, enough money was promised TO
make the sum raised for the location OF
the knitting mills there amount To over
$1,000. The company asks that 5000 De
raised and the balance is assured. The
company will employ 100 persons.
November 10 has been selected as the
wedding date for Miss Annie lde, daugh-
ter of the Hon. Henry Clay Idle, former
governor OF the Philippines, and Con-
gresham Bourke Cochran OF New York.
The ceremony will be performed m the old
home OF the lde family at st. Johnsbury.
Miss Adella Willard OF Fair Haven was
found dead in well near her home Satur-
day. She retired as usual the night before,
left her bed without being heard by mem
bers OF the family and threw herself into
the well in her night clothing. Her aye
was ~ years. No motive for the suicide is
known.
While seated on log directing the
work OF patients OF the Brattleboro Re
treat who were chopping wood on the
Retreat meadow Oct. %, Walter 5. Stod-
dard was struck on the mead with an ak
by patient named Henry Burt. He was
injured seriously but will probably re-
cover.
George Call, while skunk hunting in
Fletcher Saturday evening, DC: %, caught
and killed a buck deer that dressed l65
pounds. The deer had already been
wounded. Mr.. Call had no gun with him
and killed the buck with a club. Man
and buck both rolled over ledge in the
miX-up.
Hiram Phillips of Barton n'rrowly es-
capped fatal accident while bunting few
days ago in Glover. A wounded deer
jumped upon him aud bruised his flesh
badly, sticking horn through one cheek
and tearing of his clothing. Mr.. Phillips
life was saved by his being able to reach
his hunting knife, with which he soon
killed the deer.
Reports from all the towns in Windham
county show that 81 deer were killed in
the county during the last open season.
This number is much larger than that for
any previous year. At least one deer was
killed in each town. The largest number
killed in any one town was six, killed in
Dummerston. Only one was shot in
Brattleboro.
The four-ye -old daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs Chester White of Marlboro died re-
Gently from injuries suffered by being
trampled BY horse. The little girl was
Playing with toy horn and went into the
barn beside the horse, which became
frightened at the noise aud trampled on
the child She was injured so seriously
that she lived only few hours.
The 56th semi-annual meeting of the
Vermont Homeopathic Medical society
was held at Montpelier Wednesday of
last week. There was an unusually large
attendance on account of the sitting of the
legislature. over 80 members being present.
No business was transacted at the meeting
out pro gram of interesting and practical
papers and discussions was carried out IN
the afternoon.
"Marco," one of the most famous Nor
gan bred trotting stations in Rutland
county, was shippedtoPorto Rico last week,
having been sold for breediny purposes. The
shipper is G. X. Cummings, wealthy
Philadelphia man, who has summer
home between Rutland and Proctor. He
bought the stallion from Adam Center of
Brandon for $3.50, and the sale price is
said to be close to the thousand mark.
The city meeting held in Burlington
FTluhy w CObsiuSi INV iuSotich VI pN'N
ing for filtration called out one OF the
largest assembl ages of voters that ever
gathered there to consider a public ques-
ton. The vote on the proposition to bond
for filtration plant was taken viva voce,
but owing to the vast concourse of citizens
present, 1t was deemed inadvisable to de-
clare the vote, and adjournment was taken
until Tuesday, when the vote on the ques-
ton was to be taken by ballot with check
list.
Officers at Montpelier raided the fruit
store Of Giovanni Arroli Friday night. AS
the officers entered, the Arroli family were
at supper in back room, and on seeing
them Mrs. Arroli seized a teapot standing
on the counter and attempted to empty
the contents into a sink. In the hurry,
the contents were emptied into teakettle
which was in the sink, instead OF the
sink. The officers got possession OF the
teakettle, which was found to contain
whiskey. During the scuffle over the tea
pot, Arroli the proprietor OF the store, es-
capped and has not been found yet.
Congressman Haskins is requested by
the navy department to nominate one
principal and three alternates for appoint
ment as midshipman for entrance at the
United States Naval academy, Annapolis,
in June next. The candidates must be ac-
tual residents Of the Second Congressional
district. Applicants are requested to
70 with Mr. Haskins at once.