Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-05-02
State Of Vermont,
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~. Raw. ". Z. Prentiss has resigned as
~, of the Cong'l church 81 Newbury.
49,, \ smith OF Middlebury. aged 30
aied suddenly OF alcoholism In .
bsyisgton saloon April ~.
Tbe Rev. W. J. Hamilton OF Delaware
nsl has accepted the call to st.
u,sbselis Episcopal church at brattleboro.
Northfield's business section gets . 20
s'ass of its improved water system.
The Boston Dairy company VIII soon
-, creamery IN Middlebury which Will
Enable the farmers 10 dtseontihue snip
ming milk to Boston.
m the recent robbery OF the post ONCE
Wilder about sl00 and the postage
s,,r,rs an hand were taken. The loss OF
money was at first said TO be 40.
The Advent Christian church at Water
,n,y mas extended q call to Elder A. X.
Mad. OF Fall River, Mass, and he will
,ske up his duties ~ pastor May !.
The Montreal newspapers, Ia Press and
IA patrie, will stand the increased postage
ale ON newspapers coming TO the linked
s,stes. and will not establish editions In
Burlington.
Petty thieving OF brass fittings from
usehines and engines at Barre has been
renorted to the city council. Parts which
cost IS 10 rep ace are stolen and sold for
81 or IS as old metal.
Charles Bickness, . young man from
Jericho, who attempted suicide recently
Sy shootlpg himself, died Apr. "a In the
Iary Fletcher hospital, Burlington. The
bullet was not located.
Issper Johnson OF Salem Derby, at
tsmnied suicide April y by drinking
some lsudanum. lie will recover. Dis
snpointment in q love affair is said to be
the motive for the deed.
lanes Donohue, q freight brakeman,
suffered a crushed foot by being caught
between the knuckle on the front OF an
engine and freight car In the Brattle-
boro freight yard Apr. q.
Edward Collins, an unmarried farmer
about 80 years old, living at West Water
ford, attempted suicide Apr. y by cutting
his throat with a razor. IL Is thought he
was Jealous OF his housekeeper.
Fire Apr. q damaged the dining room
and chapel OF the house OF correction al
Rutland to .he extent OF 500. The source
Of the lire is unknown. Fifteen prisoners
were carried from the hospital during the
fire.
More than $50 acres OF sweet corn will
be raised IN Vernon, Brattleboro, Mort a.
field, Chesterfield, Mass, Guilford anc
Bernardston, Mass, the coming season fol
the Snowflake canning factory OF Brattle'
boro.
Ina recent runaway accident Bert Gere
OF Newuort was thrown from wagon Z
distance OF about twenty feet. His righl
ear was torn of and he received severa
bad bruises on the head and some Sigh
internal injuries.
The farmhouse and barns OF j. {
Bisbee at Waitsheld were burned APP
p; loss 5000, with partial insurance
Eight cows, one horse, lot OF hay
poultry, gram, household goods anc
farming implements were burned.
The Rev. G. w. C. Hill OF Proctor, pas.
tor OF the Union church there for nins
years, has received call from the North
Congregational church at st. Johnsbury
TO succeed the Rev. DIR. Eaton who has re-
turned to the presidency OF Beloit college
The portable steam mill owned by the
NJ ID. Smith Lumber Co., about four and q
half miles from Mortified village on the
road to Berlin pond, was burr ed April %
Besides the mill quantity of lumber wa.
burned. The loss will amount to about
$1,000.
Martin Geagon. former resident Of
Bellows Falls, met death near Hinsdale
N. H., April IA by falling down an en-
bankment on a pile of sharp stones. II !:
thought that he was sitting on a railing
at the top Of the bank and lost hi'
balance.
For holding Arthur Lavigne, aged mint
years, while another boy crowded cater
pillar into the captive's mouth, Israel Bar
ney, II years old, OF East Montpelier wa,
fined s. April "a. The Lavigne boy,
mouth, tongue and lips were poisoned anc
badly swollen.
For vicious assault upon a 16-year- ole
Bellows Falls girl, whose head he pounded
with stone, Joseph Sommers has beef
fined $50 or three months in the house o
correction at Rutland. His victim, Mar,
Kelley, is still suffering from the shock
Sommers said he was drunk.
As sequelp f the recent raid at Beechel
Fails for selling liquor without licens'
al the line house, on the Canadian side
Edward Chouinard has been fined at Sher
brooke, Que, 500 and costs, the extreme
penalty OF the law. The Vermont case
against him have not yet come up.
Again there is a great shortage OF freigh
cars and motive power on the Central Yer
mont railway at Barre. Some granit'
manufacturers complain that they hav'
been unable to get shifts on their siding
Tor week and that the finished stock i
piled up in their yards in consequence.