Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-05-02

machine when In motion, his froek
sleeve was caught aud he Was pulled onto
the saws. His right hand Mas severed at
the wrist and cash requiring sixteen
stitches TO close was inflicted in his right
side.
A fire Of unknown origin in Castleton
April y destroyed the Mideli building, oe-
eupied - hardware store by Dunn Bros,
ana q Three story dwelling house owned
by Mrs. Harriet Strong. The Dunn stock
was total loss. The losses aggregated
$500 ana were partially covered BY insur-
anee.
As Raymond oragen, sergeant in
Company A, LIST Int, ". n. a.. OF Rutland
was Matching a friend trim The branches
from fruit tree In Rupert, the axe hit a
knot and, CHANGING, struck Mr.. Gragen
dlagonaiiy across the mouth. Two teeth
were Knocked out and a big cash was
cut In each lip.
Charles Rush, a we'll to-do farmer OF
Barton, aged 30 years, went To the barn
TO put up his horse Apr. y. Later, a caller
went to the barn TO see him and found
him dead under q horses iees, his body
being badly mangled. ID is supposed
that the horse struck him on the head
and then trampled ON him.
Herbert Huestis, aged IS years, was
seriously wounded Apr. - In Bridport
by the accidental discharge OF q double
barrelled shotgun carried ty his hired
man. The men were getting over fence
when the gun became caught, one load
OF shot striking Huestis In the right
ankle and the other in the left foot
Ceborn Gonyea and Mrs. Agnes Neveret,
who were arrested few days ago in
Leominster, Mass, and brought back TO
Barre on sta utory charge, were bound
over to the September term OF Washing
ton county court. Bail In the sum OF $500
in each casa was fixed. Neither could
raise II aud they were remanded TO Jail at
Montpelier.
Eight Ludlow school boys and girls
were arraigned recently charged with
lewd conduct and as result one boy, the
oldest OF the offenders, will 20 to the state
Industrial school, Vergennes, while the
Others were sentenced TO the industrial
school but the sentences were suspended
and they were placed in the charge OF a
probation officer.
Henry Wood OF Jamaica was sentenced
in Windham county court April % TO not
more than two and half years and not
less than two years in state prison al
Windsor for larceny. Wood was released
from the house OF correction at Rutland
recently, and almost Immediately he stole
$50 worth Of jewelry at a 1ouse where he
rSas employed IN Jamaica.
BY the retirement OF the Rev. c. p. Tap
lin, recently OF Highgate, and the Rev
sylvester Donaldson, recautly OF Sheldon
from active service in the Methodist min
istry, the Rev. Joseph Hamilton OF Wood
stock Is said to be the senior active mem
Der OF the Vermont Methodist conference
He has been forty years in the continuous
service OF the church in Vermont.
w. c. Hazelton OF Burlington, Vt.
| first baseman of the Johnstown, Pa.
team in the Tri-state league, was hi
Apr, 20 by a batted ball which nearly
destroyed the sight OF one eye. Hazeltor
is out OF the game and it cannot be saic
when he will be back in the Johnstowr
line-u He will be greatly missed, as h'
is one OF the teams heaviest batters.
Emma Louise Davis, the six>year- ole
daughter ofsGeorge w. Davis, OF White
River Junction, who was run over by tn,
cars Nov. and had to have her leg ampu'
tated just below the knee, has returned L
her home after having been nineteeI
weeks in the hospital at Hanover. y. II
rhe child is delicate and in a nervous con.
dition, but is dong as well as could be ex'
pected.
In Burlington city court Friday, Bartlett
Durant, aged - years, was sentenced Il
serve not less than five nor more thar
six years in the state prison for series o
burglaries in that city within the las
three months. He has done time twic'
before at the house OF correction fol
larceny. He confessed to entering sever
stores. Only small amounts were taker
at each.
Norman Hartwell carpenter and bridg,
| builder on the Boston x Maine railroad
was run over by freight last weet
Wednesday night just below the depot a
| Lyndouville and his remains, terribl,
mangled. were found by the track at day
light. No one saw the accident and a.
Hartwell was subject to heart failure i
is surmised that he fell while walking or
the track.
w. X. Buelis, inventor OF tine Buell.
motor handcar and master mechanic o
| the Rutland railroad, was crossing tn
railroad bridge at Bellows Falls Saturday
when a switching locomotive struck hin
and knocked him into the canal, 20 fee
| below. The water was very high and n
was das he'd against the abutment OF thu
| bridge, to which he succeeded in cliDginl
until be was rescued.
George L. Banister OF North Troy, sen
fenced to two years in state prison 10
cattle stealing, escaped from the ONCE
| who was taking him to Windsor April "a
| jumping through car window while tn
train was speeding along just below Whit
| River Junction. He turned q somersaul
out OF the toilet room, struck the groun'
with tremendous force and hiked for tn
woods, apparently uninjured.