Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-08-13

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doctor, hastily summoned, succeeded in
checking the flow of blood. He is be-
lieved to have about an even chance Of
living.
George NJ. Kenney, who has been en-
ployed in Barre and Montpelier as
barber and who is also known as
hypnotist under the name of Prof. |
Morrell has filed his schedule in bank
ruptcy, showing that his liabilities are
s814.27, with assets of $50, all of which
is claimed to be exempt. The cause OF
Mr.. Kenney's troubles seems to have been
Prof. Morrelps experiences on the stage
as many of the debts owing, as scheduled,
are for the use Of theatres and lights in
various towns and cities.
| Work will begin immediately upon the
new Carnegie library at Rockingham,
which W ill be distinctive feature in the
architecture of that vicinity. An impos-
| ing front entrance with an entablature
supported by Ionic columns and pilasters
will give character to the facade and the
materials used in the construction, brick,
limestone and granite, will unite in en,-
pbasizing and harmonizing the detail of
the design. The architects are Mclean q
| Wright of Boston. The stack room will
have capacity in steel stacks OF $4,000
| volumes.
George Noble, boy Is years old, from
the Boston Orphans Home, who had
been working for Howard Bruce at More
town for the past three years, was
1 drowned Tuesday afternoon OF last week
in the Winooski river, just below the
i Moody & Almon power plant. He was
ON fishing trip with Earl Daniels, q boy
about his age, and Ing climbing over the
rocks he fell into the river. His COM
panion tried to rescue him, and failing to
do this, he went for aid, but did not Sc
cure it in time to save young Noble. The
body was found about two hours later.
Frank Smith OF Ascutneyville was &C
cidentally shot Aug. 8 by q spring gun
and died soon after he received the
wound. Fred Blanchard. farmer OF As
cutneyville, had been missing grain OF
late and set gun in the granary with Q
, string attached to the trigger. Smith,
no was "a years old and came from
philadelphia for his health, had been
working for Mr.. Blanchard, and went
to the granary about o'clock in the
morning, supposing the gun had been
removed He received the charge in
tended for robbers and died in about
, half an hour.
The Rev. and Mrs. j. Fl. Metcalf of
, Burlington, who are at Camp Idlewild,
| South Hero, had an unpleasant experiences
few DAYS ago while out fishing in q
motor boat. In landing q fve-pound
pickerel Mr.. MetcaIf used an oar to strike
the fish after he was partially landed.
The oar struck seam in the bottom OF
the boat, which immediately sprang q
: leak, and water poured in alarmingly
fast. Both Mr.. and Mrs. Metcalf divest-
/, ed themselves of their outer clothing and
, succeeded in getting to shore, distance
|, of three miles, before the boat filled.
They had a narrow escape from going to
: the bottom of the lake.
1 The strike is now on in all the mills OF
. the International Paper company, and
the mills are all closed, leaving about 25c
men out of work in Bellows Falls, owing
!, to the proposed cut in wages Aug. /.
The reduction for common laborers ID
!. from 81 IS to 81. 63 per day, and for ma
: chine tenders, getting S17 to s22 week
!. 10 per cent less. A large part OF the helI
= at Bellows Falls are Polanders and the
!, prospects are good for long term OF idle
= ness unless they succeed in getting work
!, elsew here. All the other mills are run
. ming as usual and the closing OF the In
ternational Paper company's plant in M
way affects any of the other mills.
The annual meeting of the vermon
:, Bar association will be held in RUTLAND
= Aug. 1914. Judge Wendell p. STAFFORD
= of Washington, d. c., will speak OF
I sThe Lawyer" at the meeting the even
= ing of the 18th. The following day viii
- be devoted to various outings to the mar
= BILE quarries and other places OF interest
= and in the evening the annual banque
~ Dnnnoft
. POSTMASTER. Among the speakers OF tn
evening will be Gov. F. ID. Proctor ant
d Judge Elmer Adams of st. Louis, well
III known Democrat, who presides over tn
,e eighth circuit court. He Is native
a. Pomfret and spends his summers q
'e Woodstock.
- Worms are devastating the forest
= around Windsor. The pests are gree
- worms nearly an inch and half long
- with white or light lines down the back
Is some having reddish-brown patches, an
'e are hairless. They do not build tents Q
spin downward from the trees; the
p simply crawl over everything and devon
r. with deadly voracity. So far as hearo
IS they arc mostly confined in that vicinit
as to portions of Hartland and the souther
ne part of Woodstock, and almost entirei
II to the highlands. Hilltop after hilito
es around are untouched. In Barnard
or West Windsor and at some other points
VI few are reported.
a. Annie, the seventeen-year-old daughtt
of Mr. and Mrs. Barney Rosen OF We
er Rutland, was taken recently before Ju
KS tice of the Peace B. III. Stickney at II
0, house of correction on the charge OF a
ie, tempting to burn her fathers building
is She waived examination. pleaded M
IN guilty and furnished bail in the amour
ms of $4,000. The sureties were furnishe
ut by Mrs. Rosen, mother of the girl, an
on BENJAMIN Mascot, brother OF Mrs. Rosei
&c. Powell Turkot who, it is alleged, is an
or cessory in the case, was also arraigne'
He pleaded not guilty, waived examln
t ton and was held in $1,000 bail In
vn it will be remembered is the girl who,
, is alleged, set fire to her fathers store
in number of times within three days.
to The suit of William Call of Winoos
ew VS.. Michael Murphy of Richmond, 5:
er, Thompson Of Essex junction and Ma
! tin S. Villas of Burlington has been e
IN tered in Chittenden county court. II