Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-07-02
State of Vermont.
It's News Condensed and Rewritten
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for Our Readers.
D-. D. <. Pearsons of Chicago has
offered Middlebury college $4,000 for a
woman's building, provided SIS, 900 ad-
ditional is raised.
The Columbian Granite company of
Montpelier lost carved die last week
when it slipped from the derrick sling
and fell on other stones. The work on
the die alone cost $500.
By the terms of the will of Col. c. s.
Barrett of Cleveland, Ohio an oId-time
resident of STAFFORD, and a member of tho
class of 1868 of Norwich university, Nor
wich is to receive an unrestricted endow-
ment of 800, 600. Colonel Barrett died
June 20.
While driving from Danville to West
Danville June %, an automobile came up
behind the carriage of William G.. Bart
lett. frightening the horse and throwing
Mr.. Bartlett out. He was instantly
killed. Mr.. Bartlett was between 20 and
so years old.
Nancy, the five-year-old daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. S. p. Kicker of Groton, was
severely injured Sunday afternoon, June
21, by falling upon piece of wire which
penetrated the abdomen. She was made
as comfortable as possible, but her condi-
ton is very serious.
At meeting of the board of trustees of
Troy Conference academy, held in Poult-
ney last week, it was announced that
$4,000 had been secured in money and
subscriptions toward the $4,000 girls
dormitory to take the place Of the dormi-
tory burned April IS.
The body of John McSherry, work.
tween Vernon and Hinsdale, N. H., was
found June 26 floating within the partly
finished cofferdam at Brattleboro. Nc
Sherry was drowned a few days before
while attempting to swim the river.
Ray Harrison, stone mason of Rut-
land, aged 10, fell when a staging on
which he was working, part way up the
steeple of st. Peters church, broke June
"a, and was injured internally, his kid
neys being affected. He went down
about 20 feet but fortunately struck on
the lawn.
4 granite die nearly completed and
valued at $500 was ruined some time
Thursday night, June %. by some mali
cious person or persons who entered the
stone shed of Bonazzi & Bonazzi at
Montpelier and slashed the stone with a
Is
bic to repair the damage.
Ansel Dennison of Danville, oldest son
Of Mrs. Kate Dennison, was accidently
shot by his brother June % and died al
most instantly. He and young brother
we're on the piazza and the latter had a
22-calibre rifle in his hand. The rife
was accidentally discharged and the ball
entered Ansel's breast. He was IL years
old and his brother was IA.
Harry Evans BaIch died at the John s.
Holden Memorial hospital, Hardwick,
Monday, June %, of blood poisoning
A week before he pricked a small tester
on his upper lip with a pin and soon
atterward the lip became infiamed, but
no doctor was called until Friday. Sum
day morning he was taken to the hospi-
tai, where he died the next day.
The cash drawer and tin document
case taken from the safe at the Whining
ton postoffice at the time of the burglary
about eighteen months ago, were found
by Road Commissioner Gleason's men the
other day under q stone pile which the
men were moving. They were found
about a mile east of the village on the
Jackson road near the Averill tavern.
While Robert Barnes, the fifteen-year-
old son of G. w. Barnes of Montpelier,
was playing in the street in that city Fri
day with several comrades, dog which
is said to belong to the Hancock farm
jumped for him and sunk his teeth in
the boys flesh just beneath the heart.
The wound was two inches long and
half an inch deep. No serious results are
expected.
The general store of F. L. Hopkins and
the store of c. w. Powell at Franklin
were broken into Friday night, but moth
ing of value was taken. The postofhce,
which is kept in Mr.. Powell's store, was
not disturbed. Entrance was gained by
breaking into the basement at PowelPs
store, and at Hopkins store by breaking
glass in a window. No clues were left by
the burglars.
A second attempt to fire the Allen
building in Swanton was made early Fri
day morning by some one who entered
the basement and set the fire in the plank
PARTITION that separates the double
stores. A similar attempt was made just
one week before by setting fire in the
ceiling of the Theatorium room directly
above this one There is much excitement
over the matter.
The farm house and barn on the Charles
Baker place, three miles from Montgom-
cry Center were destroyed by fire June 22
The house was occupied by Allen Brun-
ton and family who were able to save
some of their Household goods and get out
their stock. The loss is estimated at
$4,000 on the buildings with reported in
surance of $4,000. The fire caught
around the chimney about six o'clock.
In compliance with recently issued or
ders from the immigration department OF
the government at Ottawa to strengthen
the immigration laws and make them
conform more closely to those OF the
United States, station has been estab-
lished at st. Adams. James Stahl, for
merly Of Montreal, has been appointed
inspector of trains of the Central yer
mont entering Canada, with such offices
established all along the line from Han.
fax to Vancouver, wherever railroad
crosses the boundary.
A serious accident occurred at Elm
Leigh farm, Putney, last week, when
Frank Nicholson, who had just returned
from the village with a load OF lumbe