Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-05-07

sioner James A. Merrill of Rutland last
week wednesday and pleaded not guilty
10 being in this country unlaw fully.
iney are held in jail in default of 5000
Dail each for hearing later. r. F. Brown
OF burlington appeared for the Cinnamon.
ana United States District Attorney Alex
ander Dunnett represented the govern
ment.
The Bellows Falls Canal Co. has de-
clded to build a new cement dam inst
below the present dam and the prelimi-
nary work will be begun at once. The
Dam Will be $40 feet long and will contain
log spillway operated by hydraulic power
with apron, and that will drop about six
feet. The dam will cost about 500. 600
and will be completed this summer,
FMS company also coItemplates building
dam on the Lawrence mills property,
situated about seven miles from Bellows
Falls, to be used for electric power.
Homer Hewitt's farm buildings in the
north part of Bristol, were burned be-
tween and 3 o'clock Friday morning.
together with all their contents except
the horses and cattle. Hewitt and his
sister lost nearly all their clothing. He
also lost three hogs, an automobile,
wagons, sleighs, harvester, so cords
OF dry stove wood. The loss
is $4,000, and the insurance $4,000.
A terrific southeast wind prevailed DUR
ing the fire and sparks set a number of
fence fires, also l. ]. Murray's house a
quarter of mile to the north.
Mrs. Lewis Mayo, who lives over the
depot at East Montpelier village, swal-
lowed large quantity of some sleeping
potion last week Wednesday night and
came very near dying. After a hard
fight for her life by neighbors and later
by physician, she rallied from the
effects of the potion, which was probably
choral, and is apparently on the road to
recovery. She took the stuff when her
mind was distraught by her own i'll
health and because she thought her hus-
band was going to New York state for
time.
Merritt D. Chittenden, now principal
of the Bellows Free academy at Fairfax,
will succeed Isaac Thomas as principal of
the Burlington High school, beginning
with the next school year in September.
This appointment was definitely settled
by the school commissioners at the regu-
lar monthly meeting of the board last
week. Isaac Thomas, who retires from
the schools at the end of the school year,
the past ten years and during that time
has made many friends. During the past
year ne has not been a candidate for reap
pointment.
A man named Sinclair was drowned at
Belvidere Center Wednesday, April 20,
during an attempt made by him and
three other men to secure boom which
had been fioated because of high water
The flood took the boom and 1000 logs
were floated down stream. The two
Sinclair boys, Fred Wood and Henry Pot
ter made an attempt to fasten the boom
to the pier Potter and one of the broth
ers we're in a small boat which the swift
stream capsized. Potter swan ashore,
but Sinclair, after making an attempt to
grab chain fastened to the boom, went
under. His body has not been recovered
Harry L. Weltermire, a young man
who has been absent from Westfield,
Mass, for some time, WAS arrested there
April "a and was brought to Vermont by
a Newport officer who had been in West
field for several days with requisition pa
pers. Weltermire left Westfield some
time ago under circumstances that are
said to be not to his credit, and while in
Vermont he is alleged to have forged a
check for about $50, using the name of
Northampton man. The officers had
been on the lookout for the young man
for some time. 1t is understood that he
will be arraigned on the charge of forg-
cry at Derby Line.
The ticket and treasurer's Office On the
Franklin county fair grounds in Sheldon
was burned April 26. The cause of the
fire is supposed to have been a spark from
a freight engine, which set the grass on
fire. The conductor discovered the fire
and took water from the engine tank and
stopped its spread with help from the
train and neighbors. Soon after, fire was
discovered in the roof of the old grand
stand, which burned a hole in the roof
about five feet square. Prompt work
saved the whole stand. The damage
amounts to about 5000. The ticket and
treasurer's office will be rebuilt before
the horse show of June and A.
G. w. Sickle of Swanton has invented
a patent carpet cleaner that he is DEM
onstrating by cleaning carpets where his
services are wanted. The machine is
clever arrangement of tapes on frame
work which support the carpet or rug TO
be cleaned. There is an arrangement
whereby the work is rolled up as fast as
a portion is cleaned so that no dust from
the remaining part can get onto the part
already cleaned. With Mr.. Stickle's in
vention, it is said to be possible to much
more thoroughly clean carpets than by
hanging them on a rope or beating them
on the ground. Mr.. Sickle has had his
machine patented and will begin manu-
facture and put the machines on the mar
ket as soon as he has thoroughly intro
duced them.