Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-07-16
State of Vermont.
-. Nsvs Condensed and Rewritten
for Our Readers.


r., rosenh Battell has given to the
piddlebury Improvement society $1,000
- no nsed toward erecting the fountain
Y.nosite the BattelI building.
The Rev. A. C. Wilson of Delanson, N.
. hos accepted a call to become rector
Ii,'iIr,msnuei church, Bellows Falls. The
,,isb has been without rector since
May l.
caorre C. BedeI, granite polisher OF
uontnelier. is suffering with blood pois-
ming in one hand, caused by removing
UraTt With razor. He is at Heaton
hospital for treatment.
GINS. Saasi, workman on the Bout
,rsIl Milne & Varnum quarry, Barre, had
tbs Two first fingers on his right hand
torn Of last week by getting the hand
.snobt in the wheel of derrick.
Frank W. stiles, editor and manager OF
The Springfield Reporter for many years,
has sold out to stock company. Mr..
GILES for some time has not been in very
GOOD health and he will take rest now.
Among the postal card applications for
helm mourning into the United States de-
nortn,ent of commerce and labor are 500
f,om Vermont farmers. The department
has already furnished 227 hands in this
state.
John Hartigan of Woodstock, N. H.,
has sued the Deerfield Lumber Co. for
4 900 damages for the loss of his right
arm. At the time the accident occurred,
Sent. II, 1907, Hartigan was running a
plsner.
william n Kinne, wealthy resident
of Newport, committed suicide by shoot
inc himself Friday. He had been ill,
sufering from nervous trouble for some
time. He was left temporarily by an at
tendsnt and committed the deed while
alone.
Peter Mclaughlin of South Dorset,
while working on moving machine
Jaly 6. severed two toes and badly LAGER
sted one of his feet. The accident was
caused by the sudden starting of the
horses while Mr.. Mclaughlin was oiling
the machine.
While Mrs. R. R. Markham of Wood
stock was filing an alcohol stove which
was very hot, Thursday, July 2, the can
from which she was filling it exploded,
and the flames burned Mrs. Maxham's
dress off and burned one hand in places
to the bone. No other damage was done.
Arthur DucIos, the 14-year-old Dam
vile youth who kicked his school teach
er. has been sentenced to the industrial
school at Vergennes for the remainder of
his minority. He is placed in charge of
the probation officer and sentence is sus-
pended during his keeping of the state
laws.
Mrs. George Davis of Danville died
July of heart failure induced by ex-
IRENE heat. She had been visiting in
Boston and came home that afternoon.
As she was alighting from the train she
was taken i'll and was removed across the
street to the police station, where she
died.
West Fairlee and Stocl1bridge are
among the AZ towns in Vermont that are
still delinquent in sending their grand
list schedule to the secretary of state,
which by law should be in the hands of
that official by July 1. Each of these
towns is liable to fine of $500 for such
delinquency.
The house of Arcadis Gosslin at ST.
Johnsbury, which was being rebuilt, was
damaged by fire last week Tuesday, the
blaze being caused by the explosion of a
lamp Benjamin Morency, in attempting
to throw the lamp out of doors, suffered
burns and was taken to the st. Johns
bury hospital.
Burglars broke into the store of o. T.
Greene in Sheldon July 6, making en-
trance by breaking one of the front win
dows. They secured considerable plum
der, consisting OF fruit, canned goods, CT
gars, valuable pipes, etc. The loss is es-
timated to be between $50 and $50.
There is no clue to the robbers.
John Lygecker of Cam bridge was taken
Friday to the Mary Fletcher hospital,
Burlington, suffering from a serious in
jury. He jumped from a hay loft to the
floor, ten feet, thinking the wagon was
there, and fell on a fork, which entered
the abdomen. Some bones were broken
and the mans condition is critical.
Legyel Vimze of Proctor, an employee
Of the Vermont Marble Co., was drowned
While swimming at Powers pond IN
Proctor Sunday evening. Several friends
were " it'll him but Vimze went down so
suddenly that his companions were I'M
able to save him. 1t is thought he was
seized with cramps. His body was recov-
cred.
In general orders No. Ill, war depart
ment, under date of July 8, 1908, Norwich
university, Northfield, is given as one OF
Inc eight institutions whose students
have exhibited the greatest application
and proficiency in military training and
knowledge under an army officer. The
honor has been held by Norwich for sew
eral years.
One of the health officers who attend
ed the health officers school in Burling-
ton, was relieved of 500, his pocket being
picked. He was standing in the crowd
looking on when he was pushed around.
Later, he discovered that his pocketbook,
winch he carried in his inside coat pock-
et, was gone. Several other cases OF
plekpocket work were reported.
Edward Gereu. who recently pleaded
guilty to charge of attempting to ex-
Tort money from the Rutland Railroad
Co. by means Of "Black Hand" letters,
made full confession in Addison county
court July s and was sentenced by Judge
1eorge NJ. Powers to not less than
twenty-five months or more than two
years in the house of correction at Rut-
land.
At special town meeting held in Gro
ION, the tad fn the firm