Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-11-07

Rev. S. d. Ringrose of Troy, n. Y, has
/ received a unanimous call to the pastorate
of the Baptist church at Whiting ham and
Rev. George Williams of South Shafts
bury unanimous call to become pastor
of the Baptist church at Grafton, which
he has declined. Rev. George Pomeroy
of Cavendish has accepted a call to be-
come pastor of the Baptist church at
Brandon and will begin his duties Sun
day Nov. II.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Wilson and their
two sons, George, Jr., and William, OF
Burlington, narrowly escaped death from
asphyxiation Oct. rs, from coal gas.
Three members of the family were dis
covered unconscious at 10 O'Clock in the
morning by Mrs. Edward Belding, a
neighbOr, who became alarmed when she
saw the house apparently deserted at such
a late hour. The Wilson family made a
new fire in the heater the night before, as
was their custom, and probably closed all
the drafts.
When two of the clerks in Thompson s
store, Casueton, entered that esta blish-
ment Friday morning, Oct. 25, they dis
covered that a quantity of jewelry, gloves
and provisions was missing. All the
change in the cash register, about two
hal been effected by cutting q hole in the
hatchway door, slipping back the bolt
and in that way access to the store was
gained. No arrests have been made and
no clue has been obtained on which to
work.
George R. Armour and Oliver Ger
main, inmates of the state prison, es-
capped Oct. 81 by cutting d hole in the
roof and lowering themselves to the
ground with rope made of shoemakers'
Irvine. They ran to the woods and dis
appeared. Both men were - years OLD
and were sentenced from Burlington 2
year and half ago, Germain for grand
larceny and Armour for burglary. Each
had two years more to serve. They Cc-
cupied the same cell on the top floor dur
ing repairs to the west wing.
The Jury in the case of Jane FowIie vs..
Mcdonald & Cutler, after being on trial
ten days in Washington county court,
returned verdict Oct. 81 for the plaintiff
to recover "a, 900 and her costs. James
Fowlie, husband OF the plaintiff, was
killed on the quarries of the defendants
in 1908 while pushing a dump cart, a
stone falling off and Gushing him. Suit
was brought by the plaintiff on the
grounds that the dump cart Mr.. FOwlie
and was not tit for use, and that therefore
the defendants were liable for negligence
The HuntIey house and barn at Leices-
ter junction were burned to the ground
Oct 80. The fire started soon after the
morning sleeper went through and it is
thought that a spark from the engine was
the cause. The fire was first discovered
10y .. c. HuntIey, the owner. He got up
to give some medicine to a member of the
family who was i'll and discovered that
the roof of the barn was ablaze. He I'M
mediately called for help but was unable
to save much as the fire spread rapidly to
the house, Observation-Disclosures building.
\ very few goods were saved. Eight
horses were burned to death and the con-
tents of the harm were a total loss. The
estimated loss IS 10000.
The first annual convention of the
Windsor County Young Mems Christian
association was held at the Methodist
church at White River Junction Saturday
and Sunday, Oct. 20 and y. The assoc
alton has members in the towns OF Lud-
low. Woods ock, Bethel and y hite River
junction doing active work. and the
towns of Wilder. randolph, Chester.
Norv ich and springfield Will soon enter
The list. I'Gese towns are all organized
on county basis, as they are not large
, enough to allow OF the city type of work
and they are all under one secretary.
These local branches are organized princi-
palIy for Bible study, debates, etc. !. c.
Hurd IS the county secretary.
The associates of W. Il. Bryant of Brat
tIeboro, manager of the Twin State Gas &
Electric Co., believe that the prolonged
absence OF Mr.. Bryant is due to reasons
more serious than we're at first limited.
Mr. Bryant left Brattleboro about three
weeks ago. telling his family that he was
going TO New York. Since then the only
= message from him has been telegram to
r MS wife in which Mr.. Bryant stated
: simply that he was in New York. 1t was
= thought at first that the man would re-
turn in few days and no alarm was felt,
- but in view of his continued absence ana
= the fact that he has a highly nervous
2 temperament, it is feared that he may he
= suffering from some temporary derange-
ment.
Five cars loaded with grain and coal
l and Engine PIP are at the bottom of Lake
ChampIain at East Alburg as the result of
.'side-swiping" accident during the ear
" morning hours Oct. 80 on the Central
q Vermont railway. Extra freight No. 21=
J from Rouses Point, bound east, arrived
- almost identically with a Grand Trunk eX-
: ira freight, also eastbOund, and through
some misunderstanding of orders, botI
. trains tried to take the same track at the
. same time, with the result that the Cen
. trail Vermont engine and five cars were
. crowded off into the lake right at the APP
proach to the long bridge which spans
tine lake at this point. Engineer Davis
of the Central Vermont train suffered in
ternal injuries and a broken rib, Will,
! the fireman escaped with superficial
bruises and cuts in making their escape
from their engine while it was making its
wild plunge into the dark waters.
5 Changes in officials of the Central Yer
e mont railway have been announced as fol
=. lows, which took effect Nov. 1:-Johr
= w HanIey of st. Adams to be genera
passenger agent, with headquarters at st
. Adams; William E. Costello of Salt Lake
= City, Utah, recently resigned as superin
tendent of the Oregon Short line, to bt
:. SUPERINTENDENT of the southern division