Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-08-26

| AOutp cttoI tFdcliOu SYSTEM jumped the
rails in front of the City hotel and
brought up against The curbing in front
of the entrance to the public library.
! Mrs. Ella Pitkin was the only one Of the
three passengers Injured. She swss
thrown from her sect and vas cut about
the mouth. she also complained OF a
strained hack. James Kefion. the motor
man in charge OF the car, was following
his usual custom OF coasting down the
hill and applying the brakes at the bot
tom. The wheels were thrown from the
track by striking an accumulation OF
granite chips and sand washed in by the
heavy rain.
s. H. Mills Of Mills Granite company
of Montpelier has purchased a farm Of
William Lane Of Barre which is located
in the town of Washington, comprising
about 140 acres. On the farm is q spot,
covering four or five acres, that looks like
a bed of some lake, and ON this place has
been found what Mr.. Mills calls q POLISH
ing abrasive. 1t is q slippery kind OF
material resembling clay in 9 way and it
has the property of polishing siIyerware,
glass, ETC., and Mr.. Mills claims is q good
toothpowder. Chemists that have seen
the substance say that it is the same kind
as that used as a basis for silverware pol
ish. The amount paid for the farm is
not known. This substance will be
worked up and put on the market as a
cleanser and polish.
Health Officer H. L. StiIlson Of Ben
nington has just received from the state
board of health a report on conditions at
the county court house and Jail. At the
request of the local health officer, the
state hoard recently made an inspection
OF the county building at Manchester and
the findings OF this examination consti-
tute a sweeping condemnation OF the
building, particularly the Jail, from a
sanitary point of view. At the last
session of the legislature a bill was passed
providing for the building of new court
house and Jail with q referendum pro-
vision to be voted upon at the annual
March election, when it was oyerwhelm-
ingly detected, not a single ballot being
cast in its favor in several towns in the
northern section Of the county.
The dreaded San Jose scale has made its
appearance in Burlington, the discovery
having been made by State Commissioner
of Agriculture Orlando L. Martin and
Prof. William Stuart Of the University of
Vermont. The scale was found on cur
rant bushes in the garden OF A. A. Buell..
These two men had just returned from
the Kurn HAttin Homesat westmin-
ster, where they found the scale in
large numbers. Last year two orchards
were discovered to be infested with the
plague at Westminster. One was de-
stroyed and the other sprayed. The
spraying did not destroy the scale and
the result is increased numbers of infest-
ed trees in that vicinity this year, the
Q - -.
, mune. The currant bushes in the Buell.
garden we're destroyed.
Fire OF unknown origin was dis
! covered Sunday, Aug. IS, in q wood lot
about q mile from Morrisville. It was ex-
, tinguished during the evening, several
, hundred fire fighters coming to the res
cue. The blaze was controlled by dig
, cling trenches. Ten acres of underbrush
owned by j. Z. Russell, $50 cords OF four
foot wood. and 1000 feet OF logs owned
by g. A. Morse, F. E. Hadley and j. w.
Berry were consumed. There was q
high wind when the fire was discovered
! and several times the adjoining timber
lands, situated in the direction of the
village, were in danger of burning. The
, brush fire made a spectacle that attracted
people from all the adjoining country.
In Stowe a fire started in some valuable
timber land owned By Edward Muzzey,
bat was checked before much damage had
been done.
After being out Of Jail last Thursday
long enough to be admitted to bail, An
drew Whitcomb Of SearsburRh was rear
rested on a civil suit brought against him
! By Alexander Bishop, whom be is
charged with assaulting, claiming ~, SOC
, damages for injuries. Whitcomb has
, been in Jail since the last week in June,
! having been arrested in Resdsboro while
J attempting to escape into the state oil
Massachusetts,. Bishop is road commits.
: sioner for the town OF Searsburgh and be
! and Whitcomb had q quarrel over wages.
Bishop, who is SO years of age, received
three broken ribs and q fracture OF the
skull. He has just recovered sufficiently
from the effect OF an operation for the lat
ter injury to be present at the hearing
! which resulted in the holding OF Whit.
comb for the grand jury on charge Of
! assault with intent to kill.
e A daring robbery was perpetrated al
, the office Of the Consolidated Quarry Co
E in Barre last week Wednesday night
: The burglar or burglars got s216 from
: the safe in the Office, which was easily
e opened as the combination was moi
= turned. David tarrano, the lanltor o.
4 the Knights of Columbus hall, which il
n in the same building, went to the build
ing shortly before 8 O'Clock the mex
morning and found the door Of the oftic'
/ wide open and also that of the Office o
e the Quarry Workers union. Tb'
/. burglar had evidently gained entrance by
i forcing the door, and in the Quar-,
q unions Office he had broken the glass il
Y the door and then unlocked it. Nothinl
a was taken from this Office. The burgla
was evidently in hurry as he overlooked
s S14 in the same place from which be tool
s the 1915, and also $50 in another com
,, partment.
d James Mikales, who shot and kille'
i Mrs. @. G. Mascot in Barre July %, wa
IS brought into Barre city court last Thurs
! day on the charge Of murder to which b
y waived examination ard was bound owe
3 to Washington county court for trial a
the September term. No bail was fixe'
n and the man left in the custody Of an on
d Ger as be has constantly been since tn
d date of the murder. States Attorne