Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-10-24
Stale of Vermont.
Its News Condenseo and Rewritten
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The city of Vergennes and the town of
Fe1risburgh have decided to appeal from
the order of the railroad commissioners
to build an underpass at Vergennes.
Rev. H. A. Calhoun has rendered his
resignation from the Baptist church at
GrotCn to take effect about November l.
He has call to a church in Maine.
Fred Bresaw, who attempted suicide
by poisoning few weeks ago, has been
adjudged insane and was taken to the
state hospital at Waterbury Oct. Il for
treatment.
Rev. J. w. Dickson has been secured as
pastor of Hardwick church. He entered
the Wbeelock association from Mverton,
r. l., where he had labored successfully
for the last few years.
Rev. H. s. McHale of WestfieId has &C
cepted call to the pastorate of the Bap-
tlst churches at Mount Holly and Ne
chanicsville and expects to enter upon his
duties there Sunday, Oct. 27.
Two public requests were named in
the will of the late Mary E. Allen of
Burlington. One bequest was to the
Adams mission, and one was to the Home
for Aged Women. Each legacy was for
5000.
Edward Miller Of Bellows Falls was
sentenced in county court Oct. IS to serve
not more than four and a half nor less
than four years at hard labor in the state
prison at Windsor. He was convicted Of
horse stealing.
S.L.Smith of Grafton was sentencedOct.
Is to not more than two and one-half years
and not less than two years at hard labor
in the state prison at Windsor. Smith
pleaded guilty a few days ago to the
charge OF forgery.
a gang OF about fifty Italians employed
by Edward c. Crosby on sewer contract
in Brattleboro went on strike Oct. 16
and demanded IS cents a day increase
in pay. Mr.. Crosby promptly ended the
strike by paying off the leaders, six IN
number, and discharging them. The
others returned to work at the old price.
The remains of Charles n. Fredericks,
who was found dead in little building
at Bennington Falls, were taken to Bur-
lington Oct. II for interment at Green
Mount cemetery. According to the ply
stefan who assisted the authorities in
their examination, Frederick's death was
caused by an overdose of a prescription
containing choral hydrate.
1t is now anticipated that the new fed
ersl building at Burlington which has
been under construction for the past
three years, will be ready for occupancy
early in November. The structure will
cost S240.000. The original appropria-
ton was S200,0n0 but the plans were
changed afterward and an extra sum,
$4,000, was secured from Congress
year later.
serious shooting accident took place
Saturday afternoon of last week on the
Bellows farm near the sand cave in Swan
ton, when Gordon Oumett was shot by
his companion, Sanford Campbell as they
were climbing hill. The charge took
effect in Ouimetts right leg above the
knee. Both boys are about Is years of
age. It is feared that amputatiOn of the
leg will be necessary.
a demurrer has been filed by The
Montpelier Journal Publishing Co. in the
case of Re bert T. Gordon, by next friend,
against tt journal Publishing Co., in
the suit for libel growing out of the pub
lication of an article which the plaintiff
considered derOgatory and for which he
wanted $4,000. The demurrer had y
points, chief of which is that the alleged
libel did not mention any person.
Henry Gallagher, the 19-year-old col
ored youth. who terrOriZed the people of
Jacksonville with incendiary fires and
who pleaded guilty to the charge in
Windham county court, has been SEN
fenced by Judge Seneca HaseltOn to not
more than "A years and not less than 20
in state prison at Windsor. A plea in the
lads behalf by his attorney was based on
the fact that Gallagher had had no home
life.
Joseph BrauIt, aged two and one-half
years, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Levi Brault, of
st. Adams, was fatally scalded by falling
into tub of hot water Oct. IA. The
child lived about five hours. The mother
had stepped away for a few seconds to
empty some water from q wash boiler
" hen the accident occurred. The child
was burned over the entire body, as he
was completely immersed in the scalding
water.
At a meeting of the president and fell
lows OF Middlebury college Oct. II, the
resignation of DR.. Ezra Brainerd, for %
years president of the institution, was
accepted to take effect at the close of the
college year in June, 1908. The Rev.
DR.. John NJ. Thomas OF the Presbyterian
church at East Orange, n. j., was unani-
mousIy elected his successor. President
Brainerd has been connected with Mid
dlebury college for 43 years and wishes
to retire from active life.
John Menleur of Burlington, aged %
years, an employee at the Elias Lyman
Coal Co.'s yards, was drowned in Lake
ChampIain early Sunday afternoon, Oct 3.
NeilIeur was one of party of four who
went out on the lake to fish. The boat
was capsized and Meilleur met death in
the water his three companions being
rescued. The drowning occurred off
Rock Point, two miles north of Juniper.
Meilleur was employed on the steamer
4 Vermont throughout the summer.
( The Choate Manufacturing company,
Wilmington's chief industry, is in tinan-
( cial trouble, its creditors having filed a
petition to have it adjudged bankrupt
The company's debts are estimated at
/ $40, 900 but it has considerable property
| including large mill, stock and other
assets. w. A. Choate of Albany, n. Y,
: is the president of the company whose
business is the manufacture of school
| furniture The cOmDany was generally