Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-10-03
LATE STATE NEWS.
be Valley fair at Brattleboro claims
of Z3. OOJ last week.


censes, and has formulated rules to insure
the purity OF milk sold therein by them.
The annual cane rush of the freshman
and sophomore classes of the University
of Vermont Hst week was won by the
sophomores, 80 to -. There were few
b oxen noses. Six.y-five freshmen and
fifty sophomCres took part. The tug of
war wss also won by the s)phomores.
As THEODORE Hutchinson, the six-vear-
old son of A. B. Hutchinson Of Guildhall,
was playing with the station agent
little son in the freight room of the sta
tion Sept. 20, they tipped over large
pulley and it fell on the Hutchinson boy,
iniuring him so seriously that he died the
following morning.
The Bellows Falls village trustees hay e
appointed Jay ii. Lawrence of Rocking
ham sups rintendent of streets, sewers and
water department. Mr.. Lawrence has
been r. ad commissioner for a number of
years in the north part of the town. He
will furnish his own help to take the
place of the strikers now ut.
The first case set for trial at the October
term of the supreme court, which convened
at Montpelier Tuesday, Oct. /, is that of
DIR. ]. NJ. Ryder of Bellows Falls, who is
now at the NewfIne jail because Of il
ability to furnish bail of $1,000. Doctor
Ryder was convicted at the last term of
Windf an county court fer malpractice
Oh Miss Iva Martin of ProctorsvilIe, who
died in the doctors Off e. The Ca5e was
appealed to the supreme court, where the
doctor is represented by additional
counsel, incluling J hn II. Senter of
Montpelier.
Angelo Desento, who was mixed up in
a row at Rutland Aug. p, which il
cluded a stabbing ARRAY, in which
Charles Finelii was killed, was brought
into Rutiar cou lty cou,t Satu-da-.
Dcsen.o did not stab Finelli, but was en-
gagged in an alteration y 18th another
man. He was indicted by the graz d
jury on a charge of assault with intent
to Kill, bot was permitted to plead guilty
to common assault and was sentenced ty
Judge Alfred \. Hall TO serve not less
than six nor more than eighteen months
in the Eouse OF correction, RUTLAND.
Raymond Claude Dupr Y, the eleven
year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Duprey of Nergennes, died sept. % Of
peritonitis. which, it i said, was caused
by blows received in his side and stomach
at the hands OF older boys attend ng
school with him. # appears from tG-
y
the habit OF forcing the lad to ''maka
"" by striking him in the stomach.
ard that the day he became il he " :
abused in this manner. immcG ately after
which he felt the pain in his side. \
physician, who is fan lila with the
history Of the case ar q different circuE
stances, says he is well satisfied that a
blow in the side brought CA peritouitis.
causing the boys dealt.
Menila advices report the resignation
q the Hon. Henry c. Bates as jud % Il
the court OF the first instance in the ninth
judiciary district OF the Philippine.
Judge Bates received his appointment in
the spring Of 1901. and in announcing
his resignation, The Manila Times says:
During his stay in this province, Judge
Bates has won the respect and admiration
OF the bar as well as the community in
general" Judge Bates has beer located
Al Iloilo in the island of Panay and in a
recent letter to his 81. Johnsbury friends
spoke Of the i'll health Of his wife, which
undoubtedly led TO his resignation. e
will pass the winter in California. and
is doubtful If be and his wife ever return
to ~. Johnsbury TO reside. because Of the
cold Vermont winters. Judge Bates W 5
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS in 1898 with Gov.
E. c. Smith of st. Adams.
Joseph Merrill Of Norwich, aged SO
years, attempted suicide Saturday. He
fired two shots from a revolver at his
head, one glancing of; the other is
lodged in the head back OF the ear. Re
has a wife and six children. Upon e.
tIrning from his work as a section hand
on the Passumpsic division Of the Boston
& Maine railroad at noon. be had dinner
with his family, after which he arose
from the table. kissed the six little girls
and bede them goodby. He then babe his
wife good3y and gave her his rocke
book, saying. Pm going away" lie
II the house by rear door. Going to
the back piazza. from where bis wife in
medistely heard two shots. She rushed
to the door. and Merrill lay on the
piazza floor. DR.. Crosby Of Hanover was
called and removed him to the Mary
Hitchcock hospital in that plIce He
was able to walk between two men to the
ambulance.
F. d. White. a section hand employed
by the Rutland railroad at Mt. Holly.
was arrested Saturday on the charge Of
killing Angelo TURF. the young Austrian
who had been missing since Sept. IS, and
whose decomposed body was found Fri
day in some bushes near Mt. Holly.
TURF left Mt. Holly on Sept. Is in con-
pany with White, and the two men were
seen together at several places along the
road. White had been seen near the
place where TurZis body was found.
When White returned to Mt Holly. he
told several persons that he left TURF or
the road too drunk to walk. but when the
two men were seen along the road neither
appeared to be intoxicated. Ii Is known
that Turzi was paid go on the day OF his
disappearance. When the body vas dis
covered, a % bill was found in q side
compartment OF the mans poczetbook.
and it Is thought that this was overlooked
when the pockets we're rii }.
The village Of Jacksonville l. very
much exercised on account of series OF
incendiary fires which have occurred
there within the past few weeks. The
last one, which occurred last week Tues-
day night, destroyed the barn Of Herbert
j. Porter, situated in the center of the
village. The fire was discovered about
1880 O'Clock in the rear of the barn, and
it was only by the hardest work ON the
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