Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-01-09
State of Vermont.
lie News Condensed and Rewritten
for Our Readers.


lie News condensed snd Rewritten
for Our Readers.
Rev. 8. H. Myers has resigned as pastor
OF the Baptist church at Panton and re-
moved to Bolton.
Rev. Charles E. Ross ~ Naples, N. Y,
has accepted call to the Baptist church
in Poultney. He is expected to take
charge early in February.
Jacob Fowler of North Troy, a lad
about Is years OF age, was severely in
| jured Dec. 81 while coasting. One hip,
or his leg near his hip, was broken.
/ Rev. DIR. George w. Brown, who has
been pastor OF the Methodist Episcopal
church at Burlington for the past three
years. has asked to be relieved of the pas
/ crate at the end of this conference. year.
4 Fire which broke out in the press room
of the Essex Publishing Co. at Essex
Junction New Years morning caused
about 5000 damage. The fire was caused
/ by some gasoline used to clean the type,
/ press, ETC., overlooking from can and
the gasoline catching fire from the fur
mace.
Napoleon vassar OF Winooski, while
engaged in unloading coal from cars at
Fort Ethan Allen, met with peculiar ac-
cident which will disfgure him for life.
He attempted to step from the car when a
wagon caught him on the side OF the
head as he jumped. The whole upper
| portion of the ear was shaved of.
The general store OF George Fowler al
Brownsville Tin West Wincsor) was en-
tered by burglars Dec. %. A large crowd
of townspeople assembled and surrounded
the store and il was supposed had the
thieves under guard, but when an en-
trance was finally made it was found ths
burglars had escaped. This was the third
time the store has been entered within 9
few months.
Frank McKanna, who left Burlington
about three weeks ago, was arrested last
week by the Boston police and is held In
that city pending further procedure or
the part of the Burlington authorities
McKanna's sudden departure from BuE
lington occurred simultaneously with thG
alleged robbery OF John Finnessy, who
says he was relieved Of a wad OF $40 IL
bank notes.
/ At the request of Clerk OF the United
States Courts F. s. Platt OF Poultney,
Judge J. l.. Martin has changed the rule,
requiring that the Office of the clerk oil
the courts be located in Burlington, to
read that said Office be located in Rutland.
The change in rule was made effective
January l and the removal of the Office
from Burlington to Rutland is expected
to take place in the very near future.
George Guella, a granite cutter OF
Barre, 81 years old, attempted suicide
Dec. 20, following an evening of merry
making. He shot himself with a 32-csli-
bre revolver, the bullet entering the
body little below the heart. He was
taken to the hospital, where it is said he
will probably recover. The man was dis
/ gusted at his failure to kill himself and
asked the physicians to let him try again.
He had been in this country about six
years and in Barre two years.
1t is announced that the next annual
muster of the First Vermont regiment
will be held outside the state, possibly at
Portland, Me. The location of the rife
range the state IL to provide has not been
definitely fixed. The winning team at
this range will be sent to Wakefield,
Mas, next summer to compete with 9TH
er New England teams. 1t was also an
nounced that each company of the regi-
ment is soon to receive two new Spring
field rifles of 22-calibre for indoor prac-
tice.
Wright Caswell OF Middlebury, seeing
flashes of light and hearing unknown
persons scratching matches at the unoc-
cupied residence of Byron Crane at an
early hour Wednesday Of last week, sum
moned the police. He also heard the
crash of broken glass. When the officer
arrived, the burglars had fed. II was
found that cellar window had been
broken out and that two jugs and two
bottles had been filled with cider. The
burglars did not have time to take any
thing. Mr.. and Mrs. Crane are in Los
Angeles, Cal.
In Caledonia county court Jan. 2, the
two Liberty boys of st. Johnsbury were
arraigned and both pleaded guilty to
breaking and entering the grocery store
of r. A. Scott & Co., Nov. 6, 1907, and
stealing money from the cash drawer.
Arsine, aged Is. confessed to taking II
and his brother, Francis Napoleon, to
taking s1.10. Judge Waterman sem
fenced them to the industrial school at
Vergennes for the remainder of their mi
nority, with the alternative sentence OF
hard labor at the house of correction for
not less than one and one-half years nor
more than two.
Papers in $4,000 damage suit
brought by Charles A. Bushey against the
Burlington Traction Co. for injuries re-
ceived while in the employ of the COM
pany in April, 1905, were served last
week and the case was entered in Chitten-
den county court. Bushey was employed
at the car barns on North Winooski
avenue as electrician, and on April s,
1905, while working in the switchboard
room, the coupling which connects the
booster and the motor broke from some
unknown cause and flying fragments hit
Busbey in the right leg below the knee
and fractured it in two places.
1 Michael McCluskey was instantly killed
Jan. in the Boutwell,, Varnum d Milne
quarries at Graniteville. McCluskey and
several other workmen had just loosened
a large block Of granite which had been
drilled and wedged out from the ledge
when it fell, striking the unfortunate
man on the right temple. 1t did moi
crush him, however. Foreman Blakney
had warned the man to be careful moi
more than ten minutes before the accident
occurred. McCluskey was a PolandeI
hod In