Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-08-06

stolen the night of July 80 from the pas
ture OF A. E. Fuller in Woodstock. JOS
eph Choattie of Nashua, N. H., who had
been working at the Fuller farm, is sus-
Il pected, as he disappeared the same night.
The mares hind shoes had twisted calks
on the outside and by these she was
traced to Taftsville, Hartland, North
Hartland and White River Junction,
where the thief and team had been seen
by at least two persons, but there the
trail was lost.
Suit has been brought by the city Of
Montpelier against the town of Worcester
to recover about $50 for the support of
Mrs. Emma Pratt, pauper. Mrs. Pratt
had not lived with her husband for some
time and finally secured Q divorce from
him, but according to an act passed by
the legislature of 1906 the city of Mont
pelier cl6imed that Mrs. Pratt's residence
is where her husband lived. The case is
returnable at the September term Of
Washington county court and will be in
the nature of test case.
Company F OF Mortified won Aug
the Vermont National Guard shooting
competition for the centennial trophy,
having lead of thirteen points over its
nearest competitor. This is the third
time in succession that Company F has
won the competition. In the aggregate
of six events in individual shooting,
Corporal LaPage Of Company H, Mont
pelier, led with score of 234. Captain
I Harmon of Company K, Bennington, was
second with 226 and Sergeant Gregory OF
! Company d, st. Johnsbury, third, with
225.
: Guy Chase, aged 10, son of L. F. Chase,
! general merchant of Townshend, was
! drowned while bathing in the West river
, half mile from his fathers store July
20. 1t is supposed he was choked by
/ peanuts, as partly chewed peanuts were
) found in his mouth. He and Guy Berry
, went bathing, while Merrill Sparks, aged
, ten years, remained on the bank. The
/ Sparks boy notified Mr.. Chase, who ran
E to the river and took his son from six
t feet OF water. The boy was a good swim
e mer There are four other children in
the family.
: The Barre & Montpelier Traction Co
b has closed a contract with Dornsife
3 Nighlierini for dam and power house
Q on the Winooski river at Kinney's mill.
: on the site o. the old dam used forty
/ years ago. Work has been begun anG
: will be completed Nov. 1. The dam viii
q be OF crushed stone and cement, IFS FEEL
0 long, and IS feet high. The 2enstocl
will be 5000 feet long. 1t will be 100t
. horse power, $50 being required to rur
: the electric railway. The entire plant
. including fixtures, when completed vii
;, cost 100000
!. The eleventh annual reunion of tn
3 Washington County Veterans association
las q hnr
235 members being present. The tota
!, membership is 532 One of the feature
of the meeting was reunion of Compan.
B, 10th VT. Regt. There are fourteen liv
= ing members of this company in Vernon
:, , and eleven were present. The morning
session was devoted to business and II
the afternoon a reception was given by tn
: officers and lunch was served by the We
= mans Relief corps. A campfire was he'll
:, in the evening.
- The touring car of d. NJ. Miles o
, Barre went over a 10-foot embankmen
Sunday night with five people in it-Ml
Miles and his daughter, Mrs. John Z
y Sullivan of Hardwick, and her four-yeal
- old grandson and Mrs. Carney, bot
= sisters of Mrs. Miles. Mrs. Sullivan VIII
!. - had the child in her lap, jumped and wa
:. uninjured. Mr.. Miles and his daughte
!. and Mrs. Carney were pinned under tn
=. car. Mr.. Miles had one arm broken an
~ Miss Miles received bad cut in the hea
:. and was otherwise @eriously bruised
d Mrs. Garvey had one arm crushed.
: All the certificates of nominations fo
no state political tickets have been nied
a the Office of the secretary of state, that
,t the Democratic party being nled las
n The Republican ticket was filed July y
art IIllU
=, and the Prohibition party July 26. III
- Socialist party has filed no ticket, q
there were not enough votes cast in II
e- last election to allow it place on II
- ticket. P. j. Halvosa of Rutland ht
A. also filed nomination papers on the Ind
10 pendent Labor ticket for representati'
~ in Congress from the first district.
g. Middlebury college has received II
an announcement of a gift to the Institute
IS. of $40. 900, made through member
IT. the board OF trustees, residing IN Ne
,st York city, This gift is the largest su
vet received towards the 100000 whie
30 the college set out to secure as the resu
- ~ a conditional offer OF DIR. ID. K. Pea
"a son of Chicago to give s25.O0o, VINE
:, $751; additional was contributed
y, ot hers. Other subscriptions bring u
he amount up to over $4,000, SO that apo'
~ 500. 900 is still to be raised. The succe
~ of the movement seems now assure
he Charles Mcbride of Essex Center al
ng another gentleman were going throue
Main street from Burlington July 8
rs, driving a single horse and leading OF
IN, behind the wagon. When near the not
he Brunswick the rear horse became frlgh
,g- ened at motor cycle and jumped, cate
Of ING one foot in one of the rear whee
oy and throwing Mr.. Mcbride out. In
on freed horse started to run but was 500
m cantured, Mr.. Mcbride suffered
os- snrained ankle and some other inJurie
of he horse was slightly cut about the leg
and one wheel OF the wagon was demo
las ished.
to A travelling man for Young Bros,
al Springfield, Mass, was robbed at
M Central House, Bellows Falls, OF sl4o al
Id. some valuable papers on the night Oh Ju
de- 26. He got acquainted with one OF 7
nj bostlers at the livery stable named Har
me CASEY and invited him to his room whe
ere a swimming trip was planned, and, u