Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-10-10
State of Vermont.

recently, the careless use OF 32-caliore
rife by one OF the boys sent bullet
through his foot.
The Griffin Lumber Co. OF Sandy Hill,
\. Y, with a capital stock Of s100, 600
has filed registration papers, which VIII
enable il to do business in Vermont. This
company does a general business in lum-
Der and coal, and A. l.. Upper of Sud
bury has been named as agent OF the
company on whom processes may be
served.
V. w. Morgan's store building at Lin
coin, occupied by George Farr, dealer in
general merchandise, was burned Oct. 4.
The total loss is $4,000. The building
was insured for Il 900 and the stock for
s1.4OO. Mr. Farr and his family escaped
with but small quantity of clothing.
The fire is supposed to have caught from
a defective chimney.
James Henderson, quarryman OF
Groton. was found dead in a pasture
near the railroad Oct. 3. Henderson was
around the village the evening before,
as well as usual, but it is supposed he
wandered away and fell asleep in the
pasture, death ensuing from cold. Hen
derson was formerly employed at Gran
iteville, and was prominent in the union
at that place.
There are prospects that an electric
lighting plant will be established at the
vermont Soldiers Home, Bennington, for
the purpose Of lighting the buildings
Of the institution. They are now lighted
hy the Bennington Electric Light and
Power company at an annual expense Of
at out 5000, " hich it is believed could he
reduced by the installation Of an indi-
vidual plant.
John f. Harris of Danyille has been
granted a patent for pouch intended es-
pecialIy for the rural free delivery car
riers. The patent keeps the mail entirely
separate so that it can be delivered in
rotation and no water or snow can get
in. The danger of less or mistake i also
avoided. When Mr.. Harris returns to
Washington this fall, be will try and in
tcrsst the postofice department in the
adoption Of the pouch.
Guido Horyath OF Proctor is engaged in
painting nearly life-size picture Of
General Washington and his staff at the
battle OF Trenton. The work is in oil, Is
now about half finished and Is to be
twenty-five feet long by eight feet wide.
Mr.. Horvath was engaged 10 do the work
by a publishing concern and he has
Travelled extensively to obtain correct
ideas of the site represented by the picture
and the costumes worn by the characters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. Fransoni, five chill
dren and two boarders, 4. Tosi and o.
Luichoni, of Fowler, were poisoned Get.
3 by eating toadstools, mistaking them
for mushrooms. Fransc n and the
boarders were in the woods the day be-
fore and gathered a large quantity OF
what was supposed to be edible mush-
rooms. Every member OF the househC Id
became i'll when the mushrooms were
served. Only the prompt action OF
doctor saved their lives.
DR.. J. F. Wright of Barton Landing
will probably be disabled several weeks
by injuries received recently. Doctor
Wright is joint owner Of butter tub
manufacturing plant at Barton and it was
while there that he was hurt. He was
leaving the plant at the time to take the
train home. and as he stepped on a stair
platform leading from the second story
down he fell from the platform to the
ground. a distance OF ten feet. He re-
ce.ved injuries to his spine and was other
wise badly shaken up.
Fire in Burlington Oct. destroyed
Harry f. Cutters Photographic parlors
and injured several stores. The damage
was estimated at about 20, 800, mostly
caused by smoke and water. The damage
to Mr.. Cutters parlors IS estimated at
-, 500, covered by insurance, and the
amage to the stock OF Paul D. Selley's
grocery store is estimated at $1,000, also
covered by insuTanc. The negatives
and furnishings in Cutters studio were
totally ruined and much of the goods in
Kelley's grocery store were rendered
unstable by water and smoke.
Workmen at the site of the Connecticut
river dam at Vernon, now in process of
construction, found a skeleton OF man
Oct. 2. 1t was apparently that of an
Indian, judging from the shape of the
skull, and all the bones were found ex-
cept that Of the lower jaw. The work
men were removing a bluff on the New
Hampshire shore by means Of powerful
stream OF water, when they uncovered
the skeleton. 1t was about four feet
from the surface of the ground. A num-
Der of Indian arrow-heads were found by
workmen at the dam a short time ago.
Harry Henderson of Montgomery
Center died Sunday of last week as the
result of injuries received at Nelson, Hall
4 Co.'s mill. He was attempting to
throw off a belt by the use of a short
board as the mill was about to close. The
electric lights had grown dim and the
end of the board with which he was re-
moving the belt from the pulley was
struck by spoke in the pulley, driving
the other end with great force against
Mr.. Henderson's abdomen. While the
injury was very painful, il was not
bought to be serious until a few days
later.
Cadet Sergt. Leonard Garrison OF Port
land, Conn, aged 20 years, died in the
Mary Hitchcock hospital at Hanover. \.
H., Sept. 80 as the result of injuries re-
eeived in the Dartmouth-Norwich foot
ban game Sept. rs. Garrison played
right end on the Norwich team and dur
ing the game received blow in the abdo-
men from one OF the players knees, caus-
ing an internal rupture. He was mana
ger of the football team, a member of the
senior class and of the Delta Kappa Phi
fraternity. Last summer GARRISON suf-
cred an attack of appendicitis. In the
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