Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-05-16

the lire and started up stairs in the barn
TO release the horses, falling from The
stairs, inIating his head and breaking
one leg. The body was under the hay
aud not badly burned.
Congressman ID. J. Foster OF Burlington
addressed the Vermont Association OF
Boston Friday evening on the situation on
The Panama canal as seen by HIM ON a re-
cent trip 10 the lstnmus made by con-
gFessional eomnittee. President Arthur
L. Robinson, in introducing Congressman
Foster, said that he knew little OF YER
mont politics but he had heard that the
state was likely TO confer higher honors
upon the guest OF the evening. The refer
enee was greeted with applause.
| Congressman klttredge Haskins of
Brattleboro has returned home from Get
tysburg, Pa, where he has been with Adj
Gep. w, III. Gilmore OF fairlee and NJ. III.
Bush OF Dorchester, Mass, superintend-
ing moving the monument OF the Six
teenth Vermont regiment from Coderi
thieket To Hanover avenue. The monu-
ment has been moved 1000 feet in a diree-
ton south hfty-eight points west. Its
present location Is much more conspicu-
| Gus, as II Is placed between the state mon
umvnt and the monument OF the Four
tenth regiment
Wilbur Brown, .'trusty" prisoner, 30
years old, who escaped from the state
prison at Windsor April 30, was re-
captured in Morristown May 5. Brown
had relatives in Morristown living near
the Elmore and Wolcott lines. Officers
had been watching the home of Browns
brother for week. The prisoner had
been hiding on Gilmore mountain for two
days. Wednesday evening he came to his
brothers home and during the night he
| was taken py the officers. He made no
resistance, when discovered. He was re-
turned to Windsor
John 0smer, aged sixteen years, who
was accidentally shot May l, died May .
at the Hanover,N. H., hospital. The boy,
accompanied by two companions, was
rowing across the Taftsville pond when
they saw kinghsher rise from the water.
/ The lad reached with his left hand for the
shotgun beside him, and in pulling II up
/ the piece was disc narged, the entire charge
passing through his LETT arm, from the
inside, cutting an artery and tearing the
muscles terribly, powder and wadding
also entering the lacerated arm. He was
/ the son OF John L. osmer Of raftsville.
An effort will be made to secure bail for
DIR. J. NJ. Ryder of Bellows Falls, who was
convicted last week of attempting TO per-
form an operation upon Miss Iva Martin
OF Proctorsville, resulting in her death
Oct. 80. Meanwhile DIR. Ryder is conined
in Jail at Newfane. His bail, which was
=, 900 before the trial, Is now 5000. Court
will reconvene May n. when a motion will
be made by the respondents counsel to
have the verdict set aside as being against
the evidence. In case the motion is de-
MED, sentence will be pronounced and the
case will go TO the supreme court on ex-
ceptions.
Edward Akin, aged So, and his dsugh-
ter, Ethel, aged 10 years, Arthur lift, aged
%, Orlo Hill, aged 40, married, and Lena
Putnam, aged 80 years, all OF Wolcott, are
held under bail. Hill and the Putnam girl
are charged with adultery, and Akin and
Tiff with improper relations with the girl,
Ethel. Akin is the father OF five children,
two OF whom are married, and the young
est a baby in its mothers arms. The
smith farm is owned by Tiff, who rented
the same to Akin last fall and all the
parties have been living there together.
Since the arrest the mother and baby have
been thrown on to the care of the town OF
Elmore.
Some excitement was caused at Barton
Landing Thursday on account OF the I'M
lawful shooting OF a handsome buck near
o. A. Whites residence. Miss Nina
Brooks of Barton Landing was looking
through field glass May to see deer
feeding nearby. While looking she heard
a report Of gun, saw the smoke, and also
saw a man crawl out OF the woods on his
hands and knees and drag the deer into
the woods. She was able TO give good
description of the man. The deer was
found and William Paul acknowledged
that he dragged the buck into the woods
but denied shooting the animal.
The first case under the expectorating
law to be brought in Washington county
was tried May before City Judge ii. w.
Scott in Barre city court. A granite cut
ter named Oster berg was arrested for vom-
iting on the Sidewalk. He was promptly
discharged by Judge Scott, who held that
! ejecting matter from the stomach is not
'. expectoration and, incidentally, Judge
Scott gave il as his opinion that splitting
and expectorating are two different things.
He held that ejecting saliva or tobacco
Juice from the mouth would not be expec-
toration under the meaning OF the law,
but that man must expectorate phlegm
: or mucous matter to constitute an offense
under the statute.
! After a sympathetic strike with the
Brick LAYERS and Masons' union Of about
/. three months duration, the Carpenters
! and Jolners' union Of Burlington has
reached settlement and many of the
members have signed two. year contracts
} with their employers. The Champlain
9 Manufacturing company has entered into
: only union help and that all disputes
!. shall be settled by an arbitration COM
e mlttee of three men. Organizer Shields
! advised the union to resume work under
the old conditions. The carpenters
organizations are still in sympathy with
the masons, but cannot afford to stay out
longer. The masons, who have been on
strike nearly year, demand an eight
hour day.
The board of railroad commissioners has
denied the petition Of the people OF Mil
ton that the Central Vermont be com
PEELED to stop its New England States
Limited, southbound, when tagged a,
Milton. The commission finds that linn
tied trains have to keep pace with the
competitive demands for speed and thai
slight inconvenience must in many In
stances yield 10 the superior rights o
through traffic. The commission locates
the blame for the death OF Theophil'
Menard, who was struck by shifting car
while crossing the tracks at Winoosk
March 81, with the company, inasmuch al
it was shifting by what amounted to NY