Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-12-09

Gated in the same room, letter mailed 81
1ne addressed to patron Of the oihe
travels 294 miles 10 reach its destination,
the route taken being through ewport,
White River Junction and Lenoxville, p.
O. The two offices have separate en-
frances but only one lobby and no parti-
ton marks the boundary line.
The Northern Electric company Of
Burlington, Of which E. IL. Nancor is
president, has secured the contract to
build the high Transmission line from
Cady's Falls to Stowe, whereby power
will be furnished by the Morrisville
municipal power plant for operating the
Stowe w aterbury electric railroad. The
contract requires that the Installation
shall be completed within sixty days.
A writ Of attachment has been placed
on the property of G. w. Spencer, a
wealthy undertaken and real estate dealer
OF Rutland, in a suit for 81, 900 damages,
brought by r. W. Bissell, also OF Rut-
land, q lumber dealer, alleging aliena-
ton OF the affections OF the latter's wife.
All the parties involved in the proceed
ings are prominent in that city. Mr..
Spencer is q deacon in the Methodist
church.
Ralph Devereaux, son OF Horatio
Deyereaux, living on the Wuloughby
lake road in Barton, was cunning Sunday
with another boy and while getting
through a wire fence bis shot gun acct
dentally discharged, the charge iniuring
one Of his hands to such an extent that
one finger was taken of, and hitting him
in the face, binding both eyes. II is
thought be will recover bis sight but this
is not certain yet.
As Brock Darling, the twelve-year-old
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. George Roben Of
South Ryegate, sat at the foot OF flight
OF stairs waiting for a party OF boy
friends to descend, the trigger OF a rife
which one OF them was carrying caught on
the rail, exploding the gun. The bullet
struck the Darling boy in the right side
below the ribs and tore q cash several
inches long. Next morning the ball was
found in his underwear.
James Manchester's house in McIndoes
Fails was burned last week Monday
night, but nearly everything in the house
was saved. The chimney burned out,
but was watched and supposed to be all
right. Later, the house was discovered
to be on Gre. The hre engine from
Barnet came down but was too late to
save the house. Mr.. Manchester built a
new barn recently, which was, fortunate
ly, little distance from the house. The
latter was insured for 81, 200.
Ezekiel Hilliard OF Island Pond, aged
IS years, an only son, was drowned In
Back pond Nov. 80 end his body recov-
cred after a twelve hours search. Young
billiard saw that some boys were skating
on the pond and he also started out. Be-
fore he had joined the crowd be stepped
upon q bad place in the ice and was
thrown into the water. Before assistance
could reach him be was carried under
the ice. The body was found about two
rods from where the boy went in.
Another and larger granite shed is now
assured for Barton, thanks to the efforts
OF the Barton Granite Promoting Co, and
the excellent showing Of Barton stone.
Ground for this shed is now being broken
and the shed will be erected Immediately.
This shed will be 30x100 feet and win &C.
commodate 35 or 40 men, which number
the concern expects to work next sum
mer, and rs soon as the shed Is completed