Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-10-22

and second joints. It was dark. and Mr..
Lussier, feeling the blood Running,
grasped his wrist tightly and started for
the house. Until he came to the light he
did not know his thumb was gone. The
missing member could not be found.
The wound viii probably be some time
healing.
After n years service on the bench OF
the Vermont supreme court. Judge James
NJ. Tyler Of Brattleboro. first associate
Judge, has announced that he will not be
. candidate for reelection. This an
nouncement follows q purpose made at
the beginning Of the present term that ii
would be his last. He is 70 years OF age,
the Oldest man on the bench-antedating
Chief Judge RoweIl by less than two
months. Judge RoweIl is his senior in
point OF service on the bench, having
been appointed FIVE years previously.
Judge Tyler states that his reason for de-
clining a reelection Is that be needs q
rest, and that be wishes to carry out a
cherished plan to travel He has been
regarded as one Of the most eficient
members OF the Vermont bench.
Mrs. Carrie sharkey Of Mendon Is IN
der arrest charged with assaulting her
husband with intent to kill. The officers
say that Mrs. Sharkey acted as IL she had
been drinking. Mr.. Sharkey was in the
barn when his wife returned from Rut-
land and she yelled for him to come out.
When he complied. he says the woman
threw q lighted lantern ut his head. He
refreshed and on his temperance q shot
gun was fred at him. A number Of bird
shot tore his clothes but none entered his
person. In the fight which follow ed,
Mrs. Shsrkey alleges that she was
knocked down. Mr.. Sharkey complained
to the authorities and officers who ar
rested the woman found her burrowed
in the hay NOW. She did not resist ar
rest but said that the story was false.
Montpelier Is facing q water famine
fully equal to that which St. Adams has
been up against the past three weeks.
Friday morning only about two inches OF
water remained in the reservoir that was
available for the mains, and the normal
consumption equals or exceeds one inch
per day. A rotary pump from Boston
viii be Immediately put into uso at the
neck between the two ponds to pump wa
ter from the upper into the lower pond.
The question Of water for fire purposes is
the most pressing and as q matter Of pro-
lection the service may be entirely cut OF
for few days except for domestic use.
1t has already been shut OF from the stone
sheds and the Consolidated Lighting 90.
This shortage is causing no little uneasi-
ness and eopious rains will be welcome.
The dead body of Peter McEnany OF
Sheldon, aged about 35 years, was found
last Thursday lying close to the hay barn
of the n. L Corliss farm in st. Adams
town. Il is thought that McEnany tried
to enter the barn but was so weak that
he was unable to do so and fell asleep on
the outside and died. From the eDaeiat-
ed appearance OF the body, it is believed
that the unfortunate man probably died
Of heart trouble superinduced by expos
ure. In the pockets Of the dead man
were found letters, a dollar and ten cents
in change, and 9 note for $3.50 payable to
Peter McEnany, signed by 9 well-to-do
sheldon farmer. 1t Is understood that
McEnany also owned q farm in Sheldon.
II is believed that while mentally de-
ranged the man wandered away from
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. 8. N. Atkins of Lincoln