Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-05-09

st. Adams. A razor found IN one of the
dead mans pockets shows that he was de-
termined to take his life and he took the
razor TO make sure in case the rope broke.
Dependency due TO continued i'll health
is supposed TO have caused his rash act.
Fire destroyed 4. ID. Shepardson's steam
sawmill at Fairfax and a large quantity OF
lumber nearby April 30. The loss is be-
tween 1900 and 5000, with insurance OF
1900. A tenement house about 20 rods
from the mill. owned by Mrs. j. q. Boyce
OF 81. Adams and occupied by Charles
Dunbar, also was destroyed, causing loss
OF several hundred dollars; insured for
400. Most OF the household goods were
saved.
Patrick Reagan OF Burlington met a
sudden and violent death at st. Adams
May when he vas struck by passenger
| tram and instantly killed. Mr.. Reagan
was quite deaf and so probably did not
hear the warning signals. He had been
wrong mentally for several years and
refused to live with his children, so he
was located in st. Joseph's Orphan asylum
in Burlington. He wandered away from
that institution sometime Mouday.
The smallpox situation at West Berlin
seems TO be we'll in hand. Two or three
new cases have been reported there the
past week, but no deaths have occurred,
and several have recovered and been re-
leased from quarantine. There are one or
two cases at Northtield Falls and one is
reported in the Harlow bridge neighbour
hood. in the south part of the town. No
religious services were held in Northfield
Sunday, as safeguard.
The funeral service OF Hugh w. Cram
ton of Rutland, held recently, was sud-
denly interru pied. when he Rev. Delano
Perry of Gloversville, n. V, who was
officiating, became temporarily insane and
il was necessary to escort him from the
room. When he had partially completed
the service it was noticed that his mind
was wandering, and a physician was I'M
mediately summoned. For some time Mr..
Perry has had occasional attacks of a SIM
liar character but they are not regarded as
serious.
A reward of S25 is offered for the capture
of Wilbur Brown, committed to the state
prison from Orleans county to serve two
years sentence for grand larceny, who es-
capped April 30. He had about year more
to serve on his sentence. He was a
"trustyn and with another prisoner was
working under a guard building shed
| about a halt mile west OF the prison.
When quitting time came at O'Clock he
! disappeared in the underbrush while the
| guard was calling the team to take the
| three back.
Fred L. Gray Of Montpelier, who does
little collecting of rare coins, has secured
one which is among the rarest of United
States coins now in circulation. 1t is a
| United States silver dollar dated 1883, or
one year after the first dollar was ever
made IN this country. On one side of the
coin Is the reprs sentation of Liberty with
| flowing hair aud the words "United States
OF America" while on the other side is the
| L. l~k- - he
specimen rests in the fact OF the flowing
hair from the head Of Liberty.
! Sunday morning, spectacular runaway
occurred at Brattleboro, in which Mr.. and
Mrs. Luke o. Morse OF Williamsville were
seriously injured, Mrs. Morse fatally.
They were driving down steep hill when
the holdback strap broke, letting the
wagon on the horses heels. Down the
hill he ran with terrific speed and Mr.. and
Mrs. Morse were dashed against an iron
fence. Mrs. Morse received a fractured
skull, a broken collar bone and internal