Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1906-05-31

thrown with great force 70 Tue sAouhu
/ She was unconscious when picked up sno
suffered severe bruises about the head and
/ face, She had Just undergone an opera
| tion at hospital and as result OF the
shock is in very critical condition.
Because Mrs. c. r. Jones Of Bradford
was struck on the back by II pound
chunk of ice which fell from the roof OF
the Reed block in February, she has sued
Albert and Arthur Johonnott, Frank Hall
and wife and j. r. Blackall Of Montpelier
for $4,000. She alleges that she has been
unable to do anything since the accident.
Men were cleaning of the roof when the
ice fell.
In the Islander case Of Wilson VS.. Glenn
ent, the motion OF defendants attorney
TO sci aside the verdict and the motion 10
arrest of Judgment were overruled by the
United States court at Windsor Friday,
and the verdict OF =, 900 recovered at the
February term at Burlington will stand
unless the case is taken 10 the United
States circuit court OF appeals on excep-
tions.
In connection with the recent move
ment on the part OF the United States
government against the so-called drug
trust and combination OF proprietary med
icine manufacturers, a citation has been
served on DR.. j. Kendall a Co. of
Enosburg Falls to appear at session OF
United States court in indianapolis, June
4, 10 answer TO test case recently brought
by the government.
The new Saxtons River hotel which
was closed recently by its last proprietor,
George Z. Alexander. was opened again
Monday morning, May IL, the property
having been leased by F. F.. Shepard OF
Hotel Windham, Bellows Falls. 1t is to
be run in connection with the hotel at
Bellows Falls and will more particularly
accommodate the summer boarder branch
OF the hotel business.
An unknown man was struck by an
engine in the railroad yard at Bellows
Falls May %. He was on the track and in
switching the train backed over HIM. The
body was horribly mangled. The head
and arms were severed and the bones
crushed. The body was taken IN charge
by the authorities. A postal card IN his
pocket addressed to Dennis MeGuy, West
Swanzey, y. H., furnished possible clue
TO his identity.
The state board OF health has addressed
communications TO the mayor OF Burling-
ton and the trustees Of the villages OF st.
Johnsbury and Swanton calling attention
to their nom compliance with the orders
Of the board Of year ago requiring that
steps be taken TO purity the domestic
water supplies, and asking them what
they have to say in the premises why an
order according to law should not issue TO
prohibit the use OF their present supply
of polluted water.
At a meeting OF Burlington's board OF
aldermen May q the city attorney was
instructed TO notify the Rutland railroad
TO remove the wharf at the foot OF Maple
street, which the company claims TO own.
This action is taken under section OF the
statute providing that an encroachment
on the part OF highway may be ordered
removed. The city wishes TO build a
public wharf there. but has been enjoined
by the railroad from doing so. The rail-
road claims TO own the wharf.
Prof. Il. L. White OF the state laboratory
OF hygiene has made report TO States
Attorney NJ. NJ. Wilson OF Orange county
upon the result OF the analysis made upon
the internal organs of Henry Bradley, the
boy who died last winter At his home in
South STAFFORD under suspicious cir
The report has not been
made public but IL Is said unofficially
that nothing was found to indicate that
the lad was poisoned. The mother was
held under suspicion for some weeks as
IL was thought that she was about TO
leave the state.
r. A. Hussey, the SaxtOns River barber.
" hose arrest for shaving a man on Sunday
and selling MIN 10 cent plug OF tobacco
has made case of state interest, was
lined MAY %. Two juries had disagreed
on the case. The village was secured for
jurymen and the third jury empsnelled
found him guilty. Under be cd "blue
awn the fine was only =. but with costs
Hussey was indicted for a sum OF over $50. /
He appealed aud the case will be thrashed
out in be county court. The town is d.
yided over the affair, many citizens de-
ploring tbs action.
The suit brought lately In Brooklyn, n. I
", against Gen. Grenville NJ Dodge OF
New YORK, one OF the trustees OF Nor
wich University, to recover about $4,000, +
claimed by soliciting agent to be due /
him from the university a. commission on /
a gift OF $4,000 made by Andrew Car /
negie to that institution, has been dis |
missed in the United States circuit court, |
on the ground that the university is not 4
''doing business in the state OF New 4
York; and that General Dodge is not an
authorized agent" on whom summons 4
could be served, il it were.
Maurice William Dewey OF Montpelier .
Is one Of the fifteen students expelled from I
Phillips Andoyer academy, Andover, 4
Mass, because OF participation in the
iucking OF Manager Stewart Of the Phil 4
lips Inn. The hotel man is said to have 4
told the faculty Of the school that one
student had kissed table girl at the inn,
in the expulsion OF the boy. To |
get revenge nearly one hundred students 4
took Stewart ana threw him into a pond.
Dewey was supposed TO have been one OF
the ringleaders in the ducking. He was a
second year man in the school.
An unusual outrage WIS perpetrated at
Browns mill at East Pownal one night
recently wnen some unknown persons
blew up the dam, probably with dynamite.
10 an attempt to kill and capture the trout
in the pond. Evidently the parties were
not skilful in the use of explosives and got
The charge too near the dam. When the
dynamite exploded big hole was torn in
The dam and the water all ran out Of the
pond. The foundation OF the dam was
also injured. The mill will be out Of
for several week in the hnsv