Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1906-04-26
State of Vermont.
usvx. Condensed and Rewritten
for Our Readers.


r.. p.osideut has sent to the Senate the
Ihli,ation of f. q. Ellison as postmaster
u springfield.
81 Merritt Ganson OF Hubbardton,
h M En- ears. committed suicide Thursday
~ humping into We'll
"raa.srd Pinkham was accidentally
~ y,bile running a gasoline saving
SHRINE iIi 10 Cabot where he lived.
1900 n Wilder has resigned as choir
n.or ~ Inc boy choir at Bethany Cong'l
MLs,cb Montpelier, and will be succeeded
- Fred II. Whittier.
D..le PROS. OF White River Junction
,iSe he contract for furnishing the 5000
l 5ssy service that Vermont will present to
~ battleship Vermont.
uan,v Tatro. former proprietor of the
VT Side Inn, has taken a lease OF the
,ssms House in Swanton, oil which ne
al he in possession May i.
rank Rivers, aged IS years, bell boy
:, Hotel Burlington, was fatally injured
- 18th in an elevator accident, one MP
bsipg crushed. He died the oOth.
q barrow OF Chester has had 20
,ssep killed in his pasture by dogs ana
.erersl others badly oitten, ana was al
20 q Is damages by the selectmeD.
The Rutland News Co. has filed articles
= inrorporation with the secretary of
.ast Montpelier. The articles are for
ssn,tsl Of 10000, OF 200 shares OF 200
each.
rhs blair Veneer Manufacturing Co. has
t.,,,n onelations for the erection OF a
go addition to its mill at North Troy,
~ will give them five and MALI times
= much aoOr space and enable them to
employ nearly 60 hands.
The teachers OF the Edmunds high
.,bool. Burlington, of which Isaac Thomas
a principal. have announced that they
mi support the American simplified
ceiling board in its effort to simplify the
soelling OF English words.
Burglars cracked the postofiice safe at
Norton Friiay night. They secured only
I'D in pennies from the postofiice funds.
1 Watches aud other articles were removed
/ from the show cases. The town records
we're badly torn by the blast.
The iour-year- old son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Carl Knapp OF Burlington, swallowed
nearly dozen morphine pulls the iHh
which had been given his father by ply
stefan. The prompt arrival OF the doctor
prevented any disastrous results.
Clarence Billings, who stole a horse,
wagon and harness last July OF Mr.. Foss
Of Hardwick. was found in Fort Edward,
n. Y, April II, by officers who had been
cooking for him since the theft. Tie con-
sented to be taken to Hyde Park.
John Berry, aged 81 years, died at the
Vermont Soldiers Home. Bennington,
Aprl IS. Mr.. Berry served during the
Civil war in Co {, Sd N. Y. Heavy Artil-
leFy. He had been an inmate of the Sol
diers' Home most Of the time since 1889.
Mrs. Nellie tRaymondl Bsrtro, who
lives In that part OF Bolton called Honey
Hollow. was standing near brush heap
which her little boy had fired April d.
when her clothing took fire aud before
help could arrive she was burned TO death.
Flora Dow. aged eight years, died April
Il at the home OF her grandparents, the
Rev. and Mrs. p. l.. Dow, OF Rutland.
Death was due to a form OF meningitis
which developed from injuries the little
girl received by falling down stars April
f. & r. Fairbanks & Co., the scale max
ers OF St. Johnsbury, received news from
san Francisco that their saleshouse was a
total loss. The san Francisco house had
recently moved TO a new store and was
well stocked with scales and other hard
ware
Mss Agnes Canning OF Barre, aged
sb0ai 20 years, drank some oil OF cedar
Friday and nearly died from the effects.
The girl will give no reason for her act and
her friends are unable to account for IT,.
She is employed at [ he Granite City res
taurant.
The granite cutters of the Newport
Granite Co. resumed their labors Thursday
sitter being out on a strike for nearly four
weeks. The president OF the Granite Cut
tsrs union upon investigation found no
Just cause Tor the strike and ordered the
men 10 resume labor.
Judge Rowell issued an order for the
commitment OF Ray Mullin OF Barre TO
The State hospital for the insane at Water
bury for observation. Mullln is under in
dlctment for murder in poisoning Fred
bateheider at Barre, March Is, last. The
defence will be insanity.
A thousand dollars was raised in BEN
nlngion last week toward the rebuilding
iand OF the Methodist church, making a
Total OF $1,000, which was the amount al
nrst contemplated to be expended. The
last thousand came from home members.
The rebuilding will be done this season.
Fire which caught from a pile of rub
DISH at the rear of the barn on the prem
.ses of Il. X. Brayton at Swanton Saturday
burned the barn, damaged the house and
Destroyed another barn belonging 70 the
Oongl parsonage. The loss is about flOOO,
which is partially covered by insurance.
Nathan Jenkins, aged 30 years, was
fatally Injured in West Topsham April 10.
he was opening a box in the barn with a
lackknife when the knife slipped and he
was cut 10 the groin. Though the How OF
blood from the wound was stopped the
man survived the accident bat lew
moments.
The Easter day collection at the Congi
ssaafch, Northfeld, amounted to sill-ol.
me following day the pastor received an
additional sum OF $40 and pledges have
oeen given to the amount OF sll4. fre-
Fious to that time the fund for new par
7onaFe had been started and its total Is
now ;si7.
John ID. Rockefeller, Jr., of Tarrytown,
\. Y, and p. A. Rockefeller OF New
York. who are making horseback TRIP
through the Berkshires and southern
Vermont, were in Bennington the lth
and left that afternoon for Manchester.
Iney were accompanied by groom VINO
carried the baggage.
harold buchanan, a boy OF ten years,
vas drowned in the Wells river al south