Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-04-02

the Long Island. The principle COM
plsint of the granite dealers is that the
roads insist that in order to secure the
minimum freight rate, the companies
must load 1000 pounds on a car, when,
in fact, many OF the cars are not of suffi-
cient size to accommodate that amount.
A further complaint is over the CLASH
fication of freight.
w. A. Rice of West Rutland was arrest
ed there last week Monday after Rice had
knocked down Station Agent Joseph
Leamy and had attempted to rob the sta
ton. Leamy, who is over 20 years old,
was out to supper when he heard Rice
hanging about. the station. He had
broken into the room and was rifling the
cash drawer. Rice hid in under seat
but Leamy pulled him out, when Rice
struck the station agent and escaped, but
was afterward captured. Last July Rice
was convicted on the charge of burglariZ-
ing the station and for forgery and was
sentenced to term in the house of cor
rection, Rutland, of not less than six
months or more than four years, but last
1 December was released on parole. He
has now been sentenced to serve not less
than four years nor more than six years
in states prison.
| While returning from the feed store of
Thomas & Weeks. at Middlebury March
| "a, Bert st. Peter and Ira Shredrick had a
narrow escape from sudden death. As it
was, st. Peter was somewhat bruised
about the body and both men received a
severe shaking up. The men left the
| feed store and drove around the freight
house, and started to cross the railroad
at the crossing north of the station, not
knowing that the south-bound train was
coming at high rate of speed, the view
being blocked by several cars standing on
the siding. The men drove their horse
directly in front of the train, not hearing
the warning shouts of several people
standing at the station. The engine
strrck the wagon, which was completely
demolished, the Occupants being thrown
several feet. The horse was only slightly
injured about the legs and body.
Harry McKeefe, who claims to be a
hypnotist, and three subjects, Frank Por-
ter, Carl Wiley and Fred Sears, all of
NorthfieId, went to Warren Wednesday
night of last week to give an exhibition.
Only seven persons were in the audience.
The next morning they left the hotel
without paying their board, walking to
Roxbury mountain, where they broke in
to a sugar house, boiled quantity of sug
ar. stole some sugar and horse blanket.
When they reached Mortified they were
placed under arrest Oh the charge of lar
ceny. Then they were taken to Warren
for trial. McKeefe is a notorious char
acter, only Is years old, and has served
term in the industrial school, Vergennes.
Some time ago he and a girl, 10 years
old, ran away to Burlington and were
married. A petition for the annulment
of this marriage is now pending and the
couple are not living together.
While the hard times have not been
felt as much in st. Johnshury as yet as
they have in larger places, the fact that
one manufacturer has had an average of
80 applications day for work, either by
letter, telephone or person, and some
times he has received as many as 80 in
one day, may cause some to more fully
realize the meaning of the expression so
common now, "hard times" 1t is sup
posed that lately the fewer applications
have been due to the sugaring season and
the approaching opportunities for out
door work. An interesting incident in
this connection is that of steeple-jack
who was asked to make some repairs on
the Universalist church steeple last sum-
mer and who gave S25 as his price. A
few days ago this same man made his APP
pearance at st. Johnsbury and offered his
services for $3.50, saying that he had not
been able to more than pay his board
since last summer.
. The selectmen of BrattIeboro have
made arrangements with George II. Bar
rett of West Brattleboro for settlement
of Mr.. Barrett's claim against the town
for damages, by the terms of which the
town will pay Mr.. Barrett $4,000. A suit
against the town, brought by Mr.. Barrett
to recover damages in the sum of $40, 900,
will be discontinued under the terms of
the agreement. August s, 1907, as Mr..
Barrett and his hired man, William Sulli-
van, were crossing highway bridge over
MILESTONE river with two-horse load of
wood, the bridge gave way and the men,
horses and load wenr down upon some
rocks 20 feet below. Mr.. Barrett struck
on his head and was unconscious several
hours. He has not been well since then.
The cause of the accident was rotten
stringers. The bridge had been regarded
as safe, but there is little doubt that the
town would have been obliged to settle If
the case was carried into the courts.
An unusual condition of affairs was dis
closed in Chittenden county court at Bur
lington last Thursday afternoon, when
the case Oh Eva dildS Eva
rell, VS.. Louis Thammer, alias Louis Ten
ner, petition for annulment of marriage
was heard. The petitioner, an intelligent,
young Syrian, resides in Burlington.
According to the petition, she was given
intoxicants by Thammer, who took her
to Morrisonville, n. Y, where marriage
ceremony was performed by the Rev.
Father Granoutter of that town. Than
mer represented to the clergyman that the
girl was unable to speak English. The
marriage occurred one and one-half years
ago. The girl said that Thammer was
practically stranger to her when the GER
emony was performed and that her condi-
ton was such that she had no recollec-
ton of what took place at the priests
house. The prayer of the petition was
granted and a decree of annulment was
entered. Thammer did not appear in the
case.
A very interesting hearing was that
last week Wednesday, when one Frank