Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-03-19

Inc Central Vermont railway station of
south Franklin, three miles south of
fnosburg Falls,was destroyed by fire last
week Monday. 1t is thought the blaze
Original from spark from the loco
motive OF train. A quantity of freig ht
from the west end of the building was
saved with some difficulty The station
was erected many years ago. The loss
Is estimated at about 81, 800.
Henry Sullivan of Burlington, Is wears
/ Old, and Fred Barron of Winooski. II
years olu, escaped from the state indus
trial school at Vergennes Sunday even
ing, March 8, and are slated for the house
OF correction at Rutland when captured.
Both boys have escaped before and have
bad record. The dormitory was recent
ly equipped with fire escapes and it was
down one OF these that the boys-escaped.
Two young men, Waldo NJ. Shadd.
aged 20 years, and Clarence Martin. aged
IL years, were hunting rabbits on the
mountain back of Albany and in some
unknown manner Martins gun was &C
cidentally discharged, the shot entering
Shadd's back, infiicting a dangerous
wound. The injured man was broue bit
to st. Johnsbury and is now at the
Brightlook hospital. The chances for
Shadd's recovery are not considered
| good.
The body of John McGIeury, a South
Poultney quarryman, was found last
week by William Pushee, boy IL years
old, frozen stiff under the grandstand of
the Poultney fair grounds. The man
had been missing for about six weeks,
but no systematic search had been made
for him as it was supposed he had gone
! to some other town. The man is said to
have been hard drinker and it is sup
| posed that he was frozen to death while
in an intoxicated condition.
The $4,000 damage suit of w. Bert
Blodgett VS.. e. w. Curtis, in which the
plaintiff seeks to recover for the loss of
the thumb and two of the fingers of the
right hand while employed in the defend
ants sawmill in Jericho in the spring of
1907, was tried in Chittenden county
court last week. Mr. Blodgett's claim is
that he would not have been injured
while running edgings through the saw
if the guard had been high enough. The
| defense is that the machinery was proper
/ ly guarded and that Mr.. Blodgett was
careless in reaching too near the saw for
the edging.
BY the will of Mrs. Jeanne Babcock,
who died recently at West Barnet, the St.
Johnsbury hospital will eventually re-
ceive the sum of SO, 900, but the pro-
! visions of the document present an in
! teresting situation. Mrs. Babcock left
$40, 600 in cash. The will provides that
after the funeral expenses are paid the
money is to be left in trust until it
reaches, with interest, the sum of so, 900
again; then, that the income shall go to
Mrs. Babcock's five sisters and her
brother. After their deaths, the money
is to be given to the hospital. ALI of the
beneficiaries are well along in years, some
being Older than the testatrix, who was
~ years of age.
Henry Bowers, who had kept sober for
four months under hypnotic treatment,
was in Montpelier city court Friday and
pleaded guilty to the charge of intoxica-
ton. Sentence was suspended and he
was allowed to go on his own recogniz-
ance. For several months Bowers, who
has been at the house of correction, Rut-
land, forty times and who claims the
state championship, has been taking hyp-
motto treatment for the drink habit from
Louis Labelle, and until Thursday night
had kept perfectly sober. His case has
been watched with no little interest. On
being released Friday, Bowers hunted up
Labelle, took another treatment and start
ed in for another try.
Two fatal accidents occurred in Dan
vile Tuesday afternoon, March 10. Carl,
the eight-year-old son of Leslie Taylor,
was killed while riding on load OF logs
with his older brother. The load upset
and the boy was buried under the logs
and instantly killed. The Older brother
escaped without injury. About the same
time of day, second fatal accident oc-
CURED in another part of the town when
Alice, the nine-year-old daughter of
Leslie Bacon, was accidentally shot by
her sixteen-year-oId brother, Asa Bacon.
The boy took down 22-caliber rifle from
| the wall. not knowing it was loaded. In
handling the rifle, it was discharged and
/ the ball entered his sisters abdomen.
Three doctors were promptly summoned
and tried to probe for the ball but the
little girl died during the operation.
! A horse belonging to Luther Gorham
of Middlebury, hitched to light de-
livery wagon. ran away last week and did
| considerable damage. While passing the
4 fruit store of Joseph Calvi, the wagon
1 struck large pole and dashed through
one of the plate glass windows of Calvl's
/ store. The horse then freed itself from
/ the wagon and started around the park
/ distance of about one-fourth of mile.
/ After making this circuit, it returned and
| eluded its pursuers and, coming back TO
| CaIvi's store, put its head, shoulders and
1 forward legs through the other plate
| glass window of the fruit store. The
animal was then Caught. Its head and
chest were badly cut and it will lose the
sight of one eye, but the injuries are not
considered fatal The damage to the
/ store, including the two windows and the
/ fruit spoiled, is estimated at $500.
/ Rev. George A. Cooke of Brandon,
whose charges against Chancellor James
/ r. Day of Syracuse university were made