Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-02-27

falling tree and pinned down and was re-
leased by Charles Brigham who was pass
ing and heardhis groans. 1t was thought
at first that some bones were broken but
later it was decided that several ribs may
have been started from the backbone.
The railroad shops at Lyndonville have
gone on a five-day schedule. A statement
was issued from the Office of President
futile of the Boston & Maine railroad an
nouncing that reduction in salaries of
10 per cent would be made affecting all
employees of the road receiving over 800
month, to take effect from Feb. 1 and
IA. About 500 employees are affected.
Fire at Sucker pond, Stamford, has
destroyed the cabin of Mart Green, herm-
1T and trapper. He was chopping in the
woods and it is supposed that an over
heated stovepipe started the trouble.
Mart saved his cat and dog but sustained
property loss of some $500. He is now
domiciled in another cabin till he can
build as commodious quarters as before.
A box of brass valued at SIS, stolen
from the Rutland railroad shops; was
found in the freight Office at Fair Haven
addressed to firm in Worcester, Mass.
A detective traced the stolen property to
the hope that the thief would come back
and inquire as to what was causing delay
in his shipment. He avoided the trap,
however.
W. w. Lapoint, the Barre playwright
and theatrical manager, is back from a
stay of five months in New York. He
has two nickel theaters in Brooklyn, a
repertoire company playing in New
III \, tro md sold tlrrna 1IoxrS hi 10
in the metropolis. He has an order for
ten more and has returned to Barre to
write them. Six thousand actors are out
of work, he says.
St. Johnsbury experienced the highest
water in its history Feb. IS, when the ice
in the Passumpsic river went out. The
congregation of the Roman Catholic
church was stranded, as there was four
feet of water in the street when services
were over. Horses were rescued with
difficulty from a woodward and steps had
been taken by the authorities to dyna-
mite the ice gorge when it broke of its
own accord.
Henry Joe, Bennington's demented
Chinaman, is to have a guardian. Be
tween $500 and 5000 was secured in his
laundry the night he attempted to shoot
fake stock certificate, face value $1,000,
was also found, which someone had evil
IDENTIFY sold the guiieless foreigner. With
the appointment of guardian, whatever
the Chinaman possesses will be used to
defray his expenses at the retreat.
John Fl. Allen, who was arrested on
the charge of converting to his own use
legacy of 300 intended for John Allen of
I ha nd
probably no further action will be
brought. The money which Allen appro-
priated was bequeathed by Mrs. Phebe n.
Allen of Orono, Me-, and a check was
sent to Brattleboro, but the legatee had
moved from Brattleboro to Ludlow, and
his namesake cashed the check and sent
receipt to the executor.
Ernest Douse of Marshfield had a mar
row escape from injury while chopping
last week Wednesday. He went up into
a tree that had become lodged, when the
entire tree turned over, throwing him to
the ground. In the fall forked limb be-
came broken off and came down across
his leg in such manner as to pin him to
the ground. Fortunately, an axe was
within reach and after continual chop
ping for twenty minutes he could crawl
from beneath the tree.
Deputy United States Marshal Frank
H. Chapman of Rutland was in North
Bennington last week Wednesday to at
tach the plant of the III. c. White COM
pany, manufacturers of sterescopes, for
IS, coo as the result of a suit for negli-
gence brought in federal court against
the firm by William r. Jones of Gran
vile, n. Y. Jones alleges that he was
hol i,ain in al
press in the company's plant. The case
is returnable to the May term of court.
William Films of Barton Landing was
severely burned on the face and neck re-
Gently by the igniting of gasoline. With
two other men he was preparing to press
some hay in a field when the hose on the
gasoline engine became frozen. One of
the men took a torch to thaw out the hose
but the gas, which was leaking, caught
fire, the tank in which the gasoline was
stored burst, and the bottom came out
and ignited the gasoline. Three tons of
hay were burned before the fire was ex-
tinguished.
According to a Pittsfield, Mass, dis
patch. Miss Elsie Jones, farmers
daughter, is missing from her home and
her acquaintance connect her disappear
ance with the romantic attachment of the
girl Tor Private Harry Roberts of Troop
c, 18th Cav, stationed at Fort Ethan Al
len. Roberts was field hand for the
girls father last summer, returning few
weeks ago to renew his attentions to the
girl in spite of the circumstances of Mr..
Jones. Roberts said he would marry the
girl in the face of all parental objections.
A successful attempt at breaking out of
the United States detention house at
Newport was made Wednesday night of
last week by young Frenchman who
had been placed in the building by the
immigrant officer some time that day.
The prisoner escaped by knocking out
the panel in the door which leads into
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