Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-12-02

placed, was removed and the injury wa
thought to be cured, but it is now mucl
worse.
Joseph Guidici, aged 10 years, who wei
bound over to the next term Of the Wash
| ington county court Friday on a charg,
OF grand larceny, broke Jail at Barre Satur
day. After Guidici had been placed in I
cell Friday evening someone handed th'
boy an iron bar and it was with this in
strument that he made his way to free
dom. Guidici was arrested on the charge
that be had stolen $40 from Kenneth Nc
Cauley.
Word has been received at Northfield Of
the death in st. Louis hospital OF E. s.
Ball, who went to St. Louis last spring tc
accept position with the Union Pacific
railroad as a civil engineer. The cause Of
his death was malaria, with which he had
suffered for several weeks. Tho remains
were brought to Mortified. Mrs. Ball,
who was Miss Myrtle Tarbell OF North
field, is nov in the Mary Fletcher hospi.
tai In Burlington.
Unless something unforeseen occurs, the
Rutland County National Bank and the
Baxter National Bank at Rutland will be
consolidated in the near future. There
has been the feeling in Rutland for some
time that there were too many banks in
the city when the amount Of capital furn-
ished and the business involved are taken
into consideration. The proposed eonsol-
idation is In line with similar actions on
the part OF Boston and New York imam
call institutions.
The government farm at Weybridge
has been undergoing extensive improve
ments for the past six months Over
1000 feet of four-inch water pipe has
been laid, supplying water to ell the
buildings; 2,400 feet Of macadam road
has been built; q large dwelling house for
the employees and barn for the breeding
Of sheep hare been constructed. Forty
Southdown sheep are expected within q
few days. There are at present 80 Nor
gan horses at the farm.
Nelson Bonner, the Morrisville man
who was struck In the hsad with an axe
by his twelve-year-o son while the lad
was defending his mother, viii recover.
He is still at the Mary Fletcher hospital,
Burlington, where he was hrst taken.
His wife has visited him at the hospital.
The family have disposed Of their proper
ty in Morrisvills and Mrs. Bonner and
her children will return to New York
state to reside. Bonner viii probably be
held on serious charge.
HiIas d. or "Honey Beef Davis OF
South Newbury was fatally shot Thanks
giving day by what is believed to have
been the accidental discharge OF 9 rife
that his son, Ipse, was loading. The
bullet struck the elder Davis in the stom-
ach and be died soon afterward. The
victim was to have come before the De-
cember term OF Orange county court, to
answer to the charge of assaulting George
franklin, He was out on $500 bail at
the time OF the shooting.
The Montpelier seminary and Troy
Conference academy teams met at Poult-
ney, Nov. "a, to settle the state football
championship Of preparatory schools,
Montpelier holding the lead in the
north end and Troy in the south end.
The game was very clote and well played.
The Poultney team secured a safety,
counting two points, near the close Of the
last halt, which the referee allowed,
though II has since been questioned.
This was the only scoring done.