Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-04-15

tached to any one for the accident which
was as unavoidable as it was unique.
Fred Provost and John Holden OF
Montpelier, each IL years old, were ar
rested on the charge of attempting 70
burglarize the iewelry store Of Phillips q
Lucas April /. They pleaded guilty ana
we're sentenced to not less than fifteen
mouths nor more than two years in the
house of correction at Rutland. During
the past month, several burglsries have
been committed in the city and after
their arrest the boys confessed that they
alone were responsible for them. Thurs
day night, April 1, he boys secured SO
from the till of the Pavilion hotel during
the temporary absence of the clerk from
the office. Both have served time in penal
I institutions before, Provost being out on
a parole from the state industrial school at
Vergennes and Holden having recently
completed q term at the house of
correction.
] The mangled body of man was found
Saturday morning on the tracks of the
! Central Vermont railway about two miles
south of Bolton station by a teamster,
who stopped a south-bound passenger
train and notified the engineer that tie
mutiIated body was on the tracks. The
train crew investigated and found the
body of 9 man about 80 years old wi b
the legs between the rails and the trunk
thrown on the west side of the track.
The body evidently had been run over by
several trains, Is it was badly msngled.
1 The man boarded the northbound passer =
ger train No. at Middlesex Friday even
ing in an intoxicated condition. He was
discovered by the mail clerk and was put
of at Bolton as he did not have transport
tation. Later it was learned that the
man killed near Bolton was Dan Connolly
OF Montpelier.
Fred w. Murphy met with a seriou sac
cident while working at wood-sawing
machine at the farm Of ]. S. Rowland &
Son at Taftsville lin Woodstock) April 8.
He was assisting two other men to place a
large stick on the table of the circular
saw when he slipped and the saw struck
the fieshy part of the right arm Just be-
low the shoulder joint. and the strength
of his clothing turned him so that a con-
tinuous cash was made from the side of
his arm around his back distance of ten
inches, and five inches deep. The arm
bone was sawed about half of, the point
of the shoulderblade injured, and the
wound gaped open so that a hand could
be laid in it. The right forearm was cut
across the back just above the wrist, so
that the cords controlling the fingers
were severed. Fortunately, no vital or
gans were lacerated. Mr.. Murphy is
, about 80 years old and unmarried. He
! was taken to the hospital at Hanover,
! N. H.
district meeting will be held by the
Vermont Board of Library commissioners
at the library in Swsnton april %. Sew.
eral speakers have been secured and each
will give a short talk on some live subject
: connected with library work, after which
will follow discussions. The meeting
will be public and very informal. Some
OF the topics to be considered are:-Work
with schools, travelling libraries, library
r clubs and buildings, raising money fol
I Libraries. and the needs of the small IL
brary. Announcements will be made OF
the meeting of the American Library as
: ISOLATION in the White mountains and o.
D the Vermont summer school held by the
s State Library commission. A large at
tendance is hoped Tor and all librarians
T trustees of Libraries, superintendents and
J teachers of schools and everyone else in
e terested are invited to be present and joir
I in the discussions. short session will
$ be held in the forenoon and another il
S the afternoon. Swanton is easily reached
by three lines Of railroad and by the cleo
. trio cars from st. Adams. Good hotel &C
e commodations can be had. Since its sue
4 cessful Library week, Swa1ton has be
e come noted among Librarians and all vii
q be glad to visit il.
e BecC ming discouraged and respondent
$ Mrs. W. II. Clough, who, with her hus
y band, resides in Barre, attempted suicid
: last week Tuesday by taking several larg,
4 morphine pills. As soon as her husband
e discovered what she had done, be called
;. physician, but the woman was uncon
e scious. lie at once administered an anti
/ dote, but the woman had taken so muol
l. of the drug that it was about Eve hour
before she showed any signs of regainini
re Consciousness. Her husband does nc
" know how many OF the pills she took bu
,e he thinks she must have taken eight
ie After Mrs. Clough had fully Tecovere
s. consciousness, she told the doctor that b
A. had saved her life this time but next tim
ne he would not be able to do So 1t is sal
ne that about three years ago the woma
Ut took an overdose of morphine while r.
re siding in Montpelier and at that time he
IS husband notified the druggists in this
OF city not to sell her any more OF the drus
be The physician took away from the hous
e. box of the morphine tablets that l
n found there and has notified the drut
gists in Barre that they must not sell Il
Al woman drugs or poison Of any kint
n Mrs. Clough is about 80 years old.
rs Deadlock Broken on 526th Ballot.
IL
an After, perhaps, the most renarkab
he contest ever held in the state OF Vernon
4 the deadlock over the choice of pres
a. dent in the Burlington board of alderme
y was broken April on the 52Sth bsllo
i, after more than IS hours of voting, ar
n. C. P. Dion, Republican, was elected
=, presiding officer of the body.
he Up to the final poll, the balloting stoC
IA six to six for the two candidates. C.
m Dion and A. S. Drew, both Republican
n The aldermen began voting on a ne
president Monday night, and after s