Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-08-22

a'a team with wagon load Of wood,
severely iniuring Mr., Barrett and the
lam.
Herbert Edmunds, aged 2s years, en-
ployed by the Rutland Railroad Co. at
Rutland, was drowned Aug. IL while bath
ing Va the Otter creek al South Walling-
lord, where he was passing his vacation.
Edmunds was poor swimmer and got
into deep hole. A crippled brother,
Leonard, on the bank witnessed the
drowning and was unable to render assist
anee, The body was recovered two
hours later.
The eollapsing OF several sections OF
seats at the Forepaugh 4 Sells BROTHERS
circus at Burlington Aug. u precipitated
about 800 people to the ground, causing
injuries to great number OF people and
resulting in seventeen suits for damage
being brought against the company.
The circus claimed that two drunken
man pulled the props from beneath the
seats, During the excitement, the per-
formers kept ON with their exhibition,
thus allaying part OF the apprehension.
Former Gov. odell and party in an
automobile passed through st. Johnsbury
on their way from the White mountains
TO New York Aug. 10. A horse driven
by Charles Carr OF ST. Johnsbury, &C
eompanied by William Cox, was fright
ened by the machine and ran away,
becoming unmsnageable. Cox sprang
from the wagon and his head struck the
pavement He was removed to the st.
Johnsbury hospital, and II is feared
that he has sustained a fractured skull
and ear drum.
The greatest fire in the history of Rich
ford occurred Saturday, Aug 10, when the
large furniture factory of the Sweat Com
ings Co, together with its grist mill and
feed store, its Office, and an adjoining
building which was rented, vacant
tenement house and large amount Of
lumber, materials and furniture, all be-
longing TO the same concern, a store and
three dwelling houses and adjoining
buildings were destroyed by fire. The
total loss is estimated at from $4,000
to sl00, 900, while the insurance is some
thing over $4,000. 1t is probable that a
modern furniture factory will be built
on the old site.
Attorney James b. Donaway of Middle
bury has returned from Jersey City, y.
j., where he went. recently to act as
counsel for Charles L. Hammond, the
alleged bigamist for whom New Jersey
officers had been searching for four days
before Hammond surrendered himself at
Gov. +. ID. Proetor's Office at Proctor.
Hammond was indicted by the New
Jersey grand jury on the charge Of big
amy. He was brought before the prose-
cutting officer and placed under $500
bonds to appear at the quarter sessions
OF New Jersey courts. Hammond re-
turned to Orwell Aug. 10, where his
second wife resides with their two
children.
A FIRE broke out Aug. II in Bellows
Falls in the four-story brick building
occupied by the Simm $. Hath & Whittier
overall factory and the p. II. Gobie Print
ing company. The overall factory was
fortunately on the opposite side Of the
building from where the fire broke out.
They were enabled to get cut about all Of
their manufactured product. Gobie suf-
fered severely, as he had $4,000 worth of
reports nearly completed, without any in
surance. The loss Of Simm 5. Hath &
Whittier is $1,000. Gobie's printing
plant was valued at $4,000, partly in
sured. The fire started from kerosene
burner on monotype machine in the
printing plant.
After being thrown headlong from
their carriage, Nelson Tyler and Scott
Welsh of Northfield were left to their
fate on lonely road about four miles
out of the village Aug. 10. An automo-
bile coming at breakneck speed caused
the horse to become unmanageable and it
threw the occupants of the carriage into
the gutter. The drivers of the automo-
bile were given signs to stop, but entirely
ignored them. Mr.. Tyler is about 20
years old and received many cuts and
bruises on the body, which may prove
serious. Welsh sustained deep cut over
the right temple, requiring several
stitches, another on the right arm and
many bruises on the body.
William Brooks, a farmer about 40
wears old living at Vernon, was accident
ally shot and instantly killed near his
home Aug. IA by his brother, Eugene
Brooks. The two men left the house to
shoot horse, Eugene taking for the
purpose a 45-caIiber rifle with safety
device to prevent discharge unless the
rife was cooked and trigger pulled. The
safety device, however, was out OF order.
Eugene was walking ahead and climbed
over pair of bars; as he jumped down
on the other side the jar as he struck the
ground caused the rifle to discharge.
The bullet struck his brother in the
left breast, passing through the heart and
coming out at the back. The stricken
man fell to the ground with cry and I'M
stantly expired. Mr.. Brooks, the sur
yiyor, is heartbroken at the accident.
Mrs. c. F. NJ. Taber, public spirited
summer resident of Stowe, has recently
presented to the Soldiers Memorial hall
in the Akely Memorial building a photo
graph of the painting, "Mount Mans
field in Winter" by her gifted son,
the late Edward Martin Taber. The
gift is peculiarly appropriate one, a
large part of the young artists work
having been done there. When his
health began to FAIL the "Four Winds
farm cottage was built for him and was
thereafter his home. Since his death in
1896. his mother has made it her summer
home. The Mount Mansfield painting
was his most important work. 1t was
exhibited at the Paris and Pan-Ameri-
can expositions and now hangs in the
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