Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-10-24
LATE STATE VIEWS.

less LEhn lNO hlAN hDA ANNAN $1,000
years in the state prison.
The women of Lyndonville's Village
Improvement society Melted $500 from
the FESTIVAL of the Nations" which
proved more successful than two similar
bazars given in former years.
After a strong fight TO secure represen-
tation. the dissatisfied holders Of pre-
ferred stock in the Rutland railroad
were beaten at the annual meeting: Al
though they voted 10000 shares, they
failed TO elect a single director.
John wisilI, taken from Montreal to
MiddIebury on a charge of rape upon a
six-year-oId girl at Granville, was given a
hearing Oct. 19. He was held in the sum
of $500 for appearance at the December
term OF Addison county court. Bail was
furnished.
The season at the canning factory Of
Baxter Bros. at Essex Junction, which Is
practically closed, was better than in most
sections OF New England. About 100000
cans of corn were put up, against over
500. 900 last year. The quality, however,
was excellent.
RutIand's Central Trades and Labor
council will take a hand in the closing of
the stores evenings. 1t will stand back
OF the clerks union and If IL il unsuccess-
ful. it is understood that the central body
will ask the proprietors OF all stores To
keep open six nights In the week.
Rev. L. o. sherburne Of Bellows Falls
has formally accepted the position Of sec
rotary and field agent of the Vermont BIZ
bile society. Mr.. Sherburne will not be
able to assume the duties Of ms office for
a few weeks, and until then the Rev. F.
b. Kellogg Of Waterbury will have
charge.
John Wybert Clark, aged Is, a contract
ing carpenter living at the Brunswick
hotel in Schenectady, y. Y, whose dead
body was found in the ditch near a cross
ing on the New York Central road a few
miles west Of the city Thursday morning,
formerly resided in Brandon. The man
attempted 10 run across the tracks IN
front OF freight train.
David Boyce Of Middlebury. aged 80
years, committed suicide al his home Oct.
IS ~ shooting himself through the heart.
He had teen picking apples with his
brother-in-laW, Mr.. Flanagan, with
whom be lived, and had stopped work at
four o'clock. At supper time Boyce did
not appear and Flanagan found his liieless
body in the henhOuse with shotgun be
side il. Dependency j. given a. the
cause Of seif-destruction.
The hard feelings that were engendered
at the annual meeting Of the stockhOld-
ers and directors Of the Vermont Mutual
Fire Insurance Co, held in Montpelier
oct. Is, have largely subsidized. NJ. r.
Smile and L. :. Stanton were dropped
from the board Of directors from Wash
ington county and this so incensed ".
". Stickney and Thomas c. Cheney, d.
rectors from Windsor and Iamoille coun-
ties, that they resigned, but later recon
sidered their designations.
The mangled body OF a man was found
on the Central Vermont railway track
three-quarters OF a mile south Of Oakland
station Oct. IS. He had evidently been
run over by the train. The discovery
was made by the assistant road master
and the man was identified As James Fail
lon OF Burlington. The body was-cut near
~ in two and the general theory il that he
was riaing on a freight train and fell be-
tween the moving cars. a. he was not seen
about the village or walking on the track.
4 jury in federal court at Rutland
Thursday awarded Fred W. Savage, a
Granville. y. Y, theatrical man. yer
dict OF s13,500 in his negligence suit
against the Rutland railroad to recover
10000 for injuries received at Nergennes
Dec. /, last. when gravel train ran into
an accommodation train on a siding.
Mr.. Savage is suffering from neurast heuia
and nerve specialists during the trial ex-
pressed doubt a. to his recovery. The
railroad admitted its liability and the
iury's duty was 10 spportion the damages
only. 1t required three hours TO reach a
verdict.
The horseback riding test for field
officers OF the United States army. depart-
z1fn# q
racks in New England ana northe New
York. took place at Fort Ethan Alien
Oct. IS. The test was put through un-
der the supervision Of Maior-Gen. r. ID.
Grant. commanding the department OF
the East, and was entirely without incl
dents, accidents or unusual features.
Thirty-seven officers participated. The
route was toward Colchester. around the
Mal!etts Bay road and back through Win
ooski. The 1j-mile ride was covered
five miles at a walk, i've miles at a trot
and five miles at a gallop. All Of the
officers who took the ride had previously
been examined by medical officers al
their respective forts or barracks. Upon
their return to the post hospital, they
were again examined by the surgeons.
An order issued Oct. Il by Judge
Chamberlain OF the superior court Of
keene, y. H., has resulted in the erma-
nent closing Of the Cheshire Express Co..
which has been doing a liquor business
on an island in the Connecticut river be-
tween Brattleboro and HinsdaIe. y. II.
The order not only dissolyes the company.
but atates the express Office on the island
as common nuisance and enjoins the
company from further using the premises
for liquor business. The company is
also lined 1920, including costs, having
nheaIsl entity a "a ind OF .k
the keeping Of liquor for sale. The wind
up OF the liquor business on the New
Hampshire border opposite Brattleboro is
thus accomplished after a long fight. In
dIvidual indictments against Fred Gale
and Miss Joanna Shea, the latter clerk
at the express office, on the charge Of
keeping for sale, will not be pressed un-
less they undertake further to carry on
the liquor business on the premises.