Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-08-15
LATE STATE NEWS.

church at North Shrewsbury, has accept
ed a call To the church in hinesburg,
I Miss Helen smith is 10 present public
drinking fountain 10 White River June
+ tion in memory OF her brother, the late
George W, Smith, who was prominent
citizen and manufacturer Of that place.
Benjamin Warren of Rutland, aged 20
years, paid fine OF sll6 and costs Aug.
for maintaining gambling resort there.
A large amount of paraphsrnalla, used in
connection with maintaining house OF
this kind, was seized by the officers and
ordered destroyed BY the court,
Frank and Edrie Grafton, two Chester
boys, were seriously injured while work
ing in the bayfield, the other day. The
horse with which Edrie was raking be-
came frightened and the lad was thrown,
breaking his leg. Frank, in an attempt
TO stop the animal, sustained a frao-
tured arm.
Fire Of an unknown origin destroyed
the barn and ell part OF the house OF +.
A. Hail, occupied by Charles T.. Chase in
Chester. -Four valuable work horses and
one driving horse, together with all of
the contents OF the buildings, including
considerable hay, several harnesses and
farming tools, were burned,
Again Norwich university has gained
the distinction OF second rank among the
military schools OF the country and Is
entitled to send her honor graduate into
the regular army with second lieuten-
ants commission. The inspection made
this year by field officers OF the army
awarded first place TO the Culver Mill
tary academy, Culver, Ind, but Norwich
ranked so high as to be practically in the
same class.
The report received from the grand
jury ON its investigations OF the govern
ment's charges against certain railroads
of receiving special and Illegal conees-
sions ON shipments OF oil from Olean, y.
", TO points In Vermont, exon rates the
Rutland railroad and the Central Yer
mont from participating in the alleged IL
legal practice, the evidence showing they
received the legal rate for their part in
carrying the shipments.
As George IL. Barrett OF Brattleboro, a
farmer about 80 years old, was driving
with his hired man on load OF wood
across the brook near his house Aug. S,
the bridge collapsed and men, wagon,
wood and horses fell upon the Jagged
rocks, IL feet below. In the mix-up, Mr..
Barrett received severe injuries. He was
picked up unconscious and il Is feared
that his injuries may prove fatal. sulli-
van, the hired man, was also badly
bruised, but not so severely as his EN-
ployer. After much trouble the horses
were extricated from the gorge, both
badly cut by the falling timbers.
Alexander Schermerhorn, a twelve-year-
old lad whom G. A. Cheney OF Plymouth
Five Corners took from the orphans
home in Burlington last February, was
fatally hurt by bull Monday, August
8, living less than twenty-four hours af-
ter being injured. The boy went TO the
pasture to get horse for use in the hay
field and was cautioned not to let the
bull get after him. A half hour later he
was found by the side OF brook badly
hurt. The bull had chased him, the boy
had fallen; whereupon the animal had
rooted and trampled upon him till the
dog drove him away. The boys external
injuries did not seem serious but he was
so badly hurt internally that he lived on
~ uhti lnc next morning.
The state board OF penal institutions
has completed plans for the state prison
alterations at Windsor. A large root cell
lar will be constructed in a bank of earth
ON the prison grounds. This will have a
brick front A large part of the $50, 900
appropriated by the legislature OF 1906
will be expended on the west wing OF the
prison, which will be extended about 40
feet and several new cells installed. 4
new engine viii be placed in the work
shop to drive the machinery. The base
ment of the main shop is TO be fitted up
and utilized for shoe making and the old
shop will be remodeled into a chapel.
This change win give opportunity for in
stalling general dining room. The
prison hospital, which consists OF one
room, poorly ventilated and of inadequate
size, will be enlarged, properly ventilated
and an isolation room established as a
contagious ward. Modern ventilation
apparatus will also be installed in the
cells, which nov have old-fashioned air
ducts. The penal board plans to make
the repairs and changes without contract
ing the work, using prison help as far as
possible. Several new features have re-
Gently been instituted at the prison and
more are to follow. A night school for
teaching elementary branches was started
not long ago with a prisoner as head
teacher. He has now over 20 pupils, that
could hardly read or write at first. He
was formerly a school teacher and was
committed from Bennington county for
manslaughter in 1908.