Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-11-05


cidsnt, hsE clothing catching fIrs through
contact With the bot iron. Before neigh
Dors and paasereby could extinguish the
flames tie young woman was severely
burned.
John fcampini Of Barre was sentenced
IA Wash nEtcn county court Thursday to
pay . hns 81 $500 and costs Of rrosscu-
tion Tor selling intoxicatinR liquor with
ont = License. The case against Emma
ecampini, his wife, for similar offence
was on trial when scamnlni pleaded
guilty but was taken from the jury and
the case was continued a. states At
torneY Gates was saiisded with the con-
victlon end sentence Of Mr.. scampini and
did not press the other oflsnse.
Judson Galusha, who resides In the
northeaflern part Of Bennington, il
suffering from partial blindness from %
culiar ctuse, the afIliction being attribut-
"a 60 strain from hard iiftlne. Last No
vembsr Mr.. Galusha lost the sight Of bis
right eys In lifting At heavy work, and in
using his fun strength recently In remov-
ing rock from his land the left eye be-
came 10 strained that II l. feared be may
lose tha sight Of Il. II 10 said such cases
are very rare In medical history.
Il has just become generally known
that Miss Jessica Stewart, daughter Of
Senator John ". Stewart Of MiddIebury,
was married in New Hampshire Oct. Is to
the Rev. Mr.. Sylvester. The groom was
formerly pastor Of q congregational
church in Albany, N. T., and Il said to
be In III health from consumption. Their
proposed marriage some six years ago Is
nnderaiood TO have been opposed by Mr..
Stewart. A telegram from Mrs. sylves-
ter few days ago informed her father OF
the marriage.
George squires OF Brandon either
jumped or fell from & train ct Rutland
last week Wednesday and sustained q
scalp Sound four inches long where his
head struck against q rail In addition Ia
internfl injuries. The man had = round
trip ticket from Brandon to Rutland and
Il Il presumed that he did not discover
that the train bad reached Rutland until
Il was pulling out Of the depot- when be
made 50 attempt to get on huFriedly. He
was taken to the hospital there In q rath-
er serious condition.
EsteIIe Hollenbeck has been arrested
at Burlington, charged with VIC
fation Of the postal law, the spe-
cihc oiiense against Der being the mailing
Of . post card containing defamatorS
utterances to Mrs. Olive Ormel OF Ferris.
burg. Mrs. Hollenbeck was taken befors
United States Commissioner II. B. Shaw
and furnished bail Of $3.50 for her latel
appearance in federal court. She was
arrested on an indictment returned against
her at the recent sitting Of the federal
grand jury in Rutland.
The war department has announced al
lotments to all states and territories on
account Of militia organizations Of thI
~, 00c, 900 appropriated by the act Of MAJ
81, 1908. The allotments are based OF
the enlisted strength reported by Officer
OF the regular army at the last annual in.
spection. Vermont's allotment Is SO,
$50. A new regulation which has beer
adopted by the department in respect I.
the sliotment Of clothing under this'ac
allows ts.s3 per man for the entire or
gained enlisted strength OF the militia
Fire Thursday evening destroyed III
main barn OF c. NJ. Ward, one Of the bes
In shoreham, with its contents Of th
seasons crops. three horses and twelv
COWS The loss Is between $4,000 ans
10000. The house was saved, with farm