Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-08-19

charged aud the bullet went through the
shoe into his foot, making an ugly
wound. No serious permanent results
are expected from the injury.
Searcbers for Reuben Lamphere. eyed
~, who was last seen alive Monday even
ing, Aug. 8, when he started to return 10
his home in Benson from farm two
miles away where he was employed.
found his body Friday at the foot of
Myers ledge. Lamphere's path home
led over a mountain. His head was
crushed and the body was badly bruised.
The fact that the mans coat and watch
were found some distance from the body
leads the authorities to suspect foul play
The fire in the West swanton marshes
which had been burning since Aug. 4.
are practically out, the sharp showers Of
last week Tuesday doing the work. Sew
ersl hundred acres were burned over, de-
stroying for a time blueberry and cram
berry fields. 1t is said over a thousand
dollars worth of berries were picked by
poor people in these marshes before the
hres started. Several years ago this sec
ton was burned over and it was only last
season that il had grown up so that berry
picking was profitable.
IL
rs years, met a horrible death at Rich
mond last week Tuesday by falling under
the wheels OF northbound freight train.
He had motioned for the train, which did
not stop there, to slow up, had caught
hold of a brakeman's ladder and was
about to jump on after running few steps
when in some way he fell under the
wheels. His body was cut in two across
the chest. Mr.. Demag was baggage
master on the Central Vermont railway
between Essex Junction and Burlington.
/ A bronze tabfet, suitably inscribed,
will be placed on the rough boulder
( which marks the grave of Capt. Abdiel
/ Bliss, one Of the first settlers of the town
/ OF Calais. Captain Bliss descendants
have formed themselves into a body
known as the Bliss association and have
removed his body and that of his wife
/ from the private lot near the house, where
[ they were buried, to the village cemetery
in Calais. Last spring a seven ton bout
der was rolled to the spot and the tablet
was provided by twenty-eight of his de-
/ scendants.
I William Walker, aged 80, an employee
of the Vermont Marble company at West
/ Rutland for about nine years, was
drowned Sunday while fishing at Lake
I Bomoseen. He was in company with Ire
Dubee OF West Rutland, when their boat
was overturned, few rods from shore,
I BY the high wind. Dubee swan ashore
but although a good swimmer, Walker
was unable to reach shallow water for
some unexplainable reason. Help was
Immediately secured and the body was re-
covered by diving but all efforts to resus-
citate the man failed.
The safe in the office OF Davis Brothers
at West Berlin was blown open some time
between midnight of last Thursday and
daylight next morning and about 1900 in
cash and $3.50 in notes and checks was
taken. A general alarm was sent out and
every deputy sheriff and constable in the
I county has been on the lookout for sus-
picious characters. The office of Davis
Brothers, who are granite manufacturers
at West Berlin, is not situated near any
other building and the robbers had an ex-
cellent chance to do the job without
molestation.
Thomas Barrett, Jr., who went to
Bridgewater from Rutland with his wife
Aug. s for a visit with relatives, was
drowned the next afternoon, while bath
ing with several others in the upper part
Of the mill pond at what is called "The
Lodges" Mr.. Barrett was much over
heated and had eaten a hearty dinner be-
fore he entered the water. He had q
weakness of the heart and as he sank inn
mediately and did not rise until brought
up by Earl Davis, who went to the res
cue, it is supposed thst he died almost in
stantly of heart failure due to the shock
OF the plunge.
AR. and Mrs. Fred Maxim OF Glens
Falls, n. V, were in Brandon several
days last week endeavoring to induce
their 15-year-old daughter, who married
a gypsy last fall, to return home with
them. The girl accompanied them to
Glens Falls. The girl when only IA
years old married Orrin NJ. Moses, q
member of so-called gypsy band. Hel
parents charge that the license was pro
cured through misrepresentation. Moses,
it is stated, told the town clerk that the
girl was 16 years old, and that her par
ents were dead.
Burglars broke into Hard's drug store
and the grocery store of Coy & McGuirt
in Manchester Aug. IL, entrance in eact
case being made through window Of the
drug store. The cash register was
opened and the soda fountain drawer ri
fed, but not more than IS in change ws'
secured. At the grocery store the burg
lar ate a lunch and took some s10 or 81;
which was in the drawer. A bicycle
owned by Charles Kinney was also stol
en-. The thefts continue a series Of petty
burglaries that have occurred there with
in the past month.
: Neshobe island in Lake Bomoseen, on'
, OF the finest island sites in northern New
: England for q summer home, has beer
sold by T. d. Barker OF Mobile, Ala, ant
, ]. J. Barker of New York to <. S. Booth
, New York lawyer, who will use it TO
: private purposes, beginning the erection
OF summer cottage in the fall. Th'
, island has been in the Barker family To-
several generations and it has been
, famous place for clambakes for years. l
was once the site of q hotel The plo
, contains nearly seven acres and the pric
J is said to exceed $4,000.
K. II. Deavitt, state treasurer, and Gu!
Z w. Bailey, secretary of state, issued Fri
J day their annual report as insurance com
: missioners OF Vermont for 1908. The re
Z port contains about LOO pages. Tn