Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-10-17

except $50, which have tri-weekly serV-
| ice. The total number of petitions foI
the service handled up to Oct. was
| 30, 1877, upon which 10, 1913 adverse reports
| were made. There are now 1,407 petit
lions for establishment pending, 40 Of
which have been favorably acted upor
and service ordered established, leaving
balance of l 1858 Enacted upon.
Actus Raymond, the 17-year-old High
gate boy who kicked up a great rumpus
few weeks ago by stealing two horses
in Highgate and was finally captured in
the ''Lost Nation,' near Bakersfield,
after a long chase, was Oct. arraigneo
in st. Adams city court charged with
the crime. He pleaded guilty and on
account of his youth, the court exercised
cIemency and sentenced him to the in
dustrial school at Vergennes for the re-
mainder of his minority. The alterna-
tive sentence was passed of not more
than four nor less than three and half
years in the house of correction at Rut-
land, if Raymond does not behave him
self while at the industrial school.
Paul D. Cobb of Brattleboro received
painful gunshot wounds while hunting
squirrels with his father-in-law, Charles
L. Amidon, Oct. 9. They were in the
Mr. Cobb was standing behind tree
watching for a squirrel. Mr.. Amidon
saw small portion of Mr.. Cobb's body
protruding from behind the tree. 1t
moved little and Mr.. Amidon was con-
WINGED that it was game, although he was
not able positively to identify it. With
out moving up closer, he drew up his
gun and fired and some of the shot
plowed across Mr.. Cobb's abdomen,
while some lodged in one arm and one
leg. Others struck the butt of Mr..
Cobb's gun. The men walked to the
village and most of the shot were re-
moved.
The heavy rains caused the destruc-
ton of Senator Redfield Proctor's private
fish pond and hatchery south of the Fox
farm in Pittsford, the dam, completed
two weeks ago, going out. Five thous-
and trout, with which the pond was
stocked, were liberated and crossed the
flooded highway between Pittsford and
Proctor into Otter creek. The waters
from the pond, covering five acres of
pasture land, flooded the barn of Henry
Fox nearby. one of the latter's horses
narrowly escaping death by drowning in
its stall. The animals head was just
above the surface of the water when as
sistance arrived. Senator Proctor's loss
willtamount to several hundred dollars.
1t is expected that he will build
stronger dam to replace the one de-
stroyed.
The strike of the St. Adams branch of
the International Machinists' union,
which has continued for over six years,
and which has resulted in the boycott of
the st. Adams machine shops of the Cen
trail Vermont Railway Co. by union labor,
has been officially declared off. 1t is ex-
pected that conditions at the shops will
be improved, and that more men will be
employed soon. At q O'Clock on the
morning of May IS, 1901, over 200 ma
chinists and metal workers employed in
the locomotive department of the Central
Vermont railway shops at St. Adams quit
work and walked out in a body. The
men were all members of either the Ma
chinists' or the MetalwOrkers' Interna-
tionaI union and left the company on
account of the refusal to grant q nine
hour day.
Miss Mamie King, aged 10 years, died
Oct. at the Mary Fletcher hospital, Bur
lington, where she was taken nine days
before from the Russell House in that
city, where she was found nearly dead
from asphyxistion. The young woman
died without revealing the identity of the
tall young man who accompanied her
to the hotel. Miss King was found at
the Russell House Sunday afternoon, Sep
tenn Der %. She was in bed unconscious
from the effects of gas, and with no evil
dences of disorder in the room. A tall
young man accompanied her to the hotel
but left Immediately after registering and
has not since been found. During Miss
Kings stay at the hospital, she never re-
gained her whole mind and was unable
or unwilling to give the name of the
young man who accompanied her to the
hotel.
The house and barns on the Dawson !
McGregor place about three miles north
of the village of Hyde Park, were de-
stroyed by fire Oct. 8. Mr.. McGregor
went to Grand Isle that morning, leaving
his son, boy about Is years old, and a
young daughter and a housekeeper in
charge. About o'clock, the boy went
to the barn to do the chores and the
lantern went out. In trying to relight it,
the match burned his fingers and he
dropped it, at the same time setting fire
to some hay. The lad went at once for /
some water, but before he returned, the |
flames had spread and he could not ex-
tinguish them. 1t was impossible to save
the buildings. There was no live stock !
in the barn, the cattle not having been |
put in. The hogs and most of the farm |
ing tools were saved. All of the house |
hold furniture was taken out. The in |
surance is understood to be about $4,000. |
John Ruane, who was foreman in !
charge of the work at the Taylor quarry, |
Bennington, where stone is being taken |
out to build the new st. Peters church, |
was the victim Oct. 5 of a serious acct |
dent, his skull being fractured. The |
accident was the result of blast. load |
had been put into a hole in one corner of
the quarry and Ruane stood behind a pro-
tecting ledge while the charge was being |
fired. Although he was only six feet |
away from the hole, he thought he was