Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-07-01

~ A1Saey was sister OF A. o. and q =
Norcross, who live in North Dnn,ra.- -
ton and who are the only remainjna
members OF the family. ing
with his clothes afire and his latt -
roasting against an, electric -light wira
whlch held him until the fiesh 80
burned to the hone, John shsarsr .en
70 feet to the concrete Sidewalk -
Montpeiier Sunday. He was carried "a
nealon hospital, where his condition
vas pronounced as critical. 1t is possihIa
tnat ne may have to suffer the ampntation
OF one leg. "'a'ioi
Htnei' the seventeen-year-old dang hter
Mr. and Mrs. H. c. Sheldon Of
georgia, IS missing and it il believed that
sne mas eloped with William Hastings Of
Mliton. Tue girl was employed as do
nestle at the farm of Dudley Rood az
BUCK Hollow in Fairfax and since the dav
ABOUT two weeks ago when she left the
ierni IN the company OF Hastings. osten-
sipiy to return to her parents, no trace
has been found of either.
Burt, the 11-year-old son Of Mr. and
Mrs. Moses Wheel Of Burlington srs,
tanned a bad fall Thursday in the store :,
Z. K and A. NJ. Bacon. A tran door in
the floor was left open while poeds wers
being stored in the cellar. Wheel walked
on from the floor, not aware that the door
was open, and fell to the cement floor of
the basement, distance OF nine feet. He
wss picked up unconscious and carried
into the office OF Ia physician. The boy
vas examined and 20 broken bones were
found.
James Keeting of johnson is in Chit
tenden county jail, Burlington. charged
With the larceny OF S24 and mileage
book from Miss Helen Boleer OF Jericho
Center, teacher in the johnson Normal
school. Keeting, who is only a lad of 13
years, had merry time until his ap-
prehension in Plattsburg. Keeting
admits his guilt. He had S14 OF the cash
left, having purchased a new suit OF
clothes and a grip. lie had lately been
devoting his time to reading books Of the
diamond Dick" stamp.
The closing session Of the annual con-
vention Of the Vermont State Pbarma-
ceutieal association at Lake Bomoseen
Thursday was devoted principally to
sports. The association has 1923 men,
bers, SO 13 per cent of all the druggists in
the state belonging. The following off,
GERS were lected:-President, A. l.
Cheney OF Morrisyille; vice presidents, j.
q. Bellrose OF Burlington, George g.
Smith Of South Londonderry, Miss Eliza
beth Gregg Of Bennington; secretary,
Willis f. Terrill OF Montpelier; treas
urer, j. M. Taylor OF Bradford.
Henry Stearns Of Holland was arrested
in Sheffield Monday of last week by
Deputy United States Marshal Ralph @.
Sullowsy ON indictments by the federal
grand jury, one indictment charging him
With smuggling 400 pounds of maple
sugar into this country and the other
with receiving stolen goods. He con-
fessed to the charges of smuggling. He
was taken before United States Commits
sioner Harry Blodgett and in default OF
81, 300 bail is confined in the Caledonia
county Jail awaiting the August term OF
United States district court at Windsor.
Rene Russell, with II. o. Hurlburt
and another young man named LeLange,
in attempting to swim across the Con.
necticut last week Wednesday at point
about a mile above Bellows Falls, became
exhausted and was drowned. His com
panion, Hurlburt. attempted to rescue
him, but Russell, in his frenzy, kicked
the former so vigorously that he was
forced to retreat. Hurlburt and LeLanRs
then obtained plank and threw it to the
drowning man, but an attack Of cramI
seized him and he sank before the rescue
could be effected. Mr.. Russell was in
the employ OF the Vermont Farm Ma
chine company.
Miss Kate Longe, aged %, OF South
Londonderry was sentenced to two years
in the house Of correction Thursday al
the opening of the Windham county
court for the wiIful neglect OF two days
old male infant. The woman was arrest
ed on June 4, charged with murder, but
this charge was mol pressed and that oil
wilful neglect substituted. The report oil
the state pathologist, DIR. B. H. Stone o.
Burlington, who performed an autopsy
on the body OF the infant shortly after III
discovery, showed that the child dice
from neglect after It's birth, and the state
changed the nature of its case on account
OF the low mental status Of Misc Longe.
In less than three hours after he hac
been arrested in what is known as "Rec
Village" in WebsterviIle for running I
amoonshine'' liquor stand, Elmel
Jacques was lodged in Washington coun
ty Jail Saturday night, June 10, to serve
sentence of six months for selling liquol
illegally. The officers received word tina
one OF these stands for the sale OF hauo
was doing business and when they ar
rived at the chosen spot there were abou
80 men around the temporary hquo
stand. They scattered quickly. " ben the,
saw the officers but not before some o
their names we're taken. The officer
found Jacques had two barrels OF bottled
beer which they seized together with tn
"moonshiner" proprietor.
The Vermont public service commits
sion has announced that most careful
consideration satisfies it that public safe
/ ~ and convenience require that the graz
crossings at White River Junction de
pot be abolished and a subway construct
ed at a cost of s51,317. change II
tracks at the depot is also ordered. Tn
Boston & Maine and Central Vernon
railways are ordered to defray the ex
pense. two-thirds by the former and one
third by the latter, the work TO De CON
pleted Jan. /. 1910. The commission be
lievcs that the construction OF the SUI
way will 50 clear the tracks OF loot tram
that the efficiency OF the yards for switch
f,,., at,a~pnapa will be equal to that at pres