Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-08-19

] AOAaA lOB9 UN BES 10kuTHuCH companies IN
Vermont in 1908 is shown by this report
to be 1917, 1870 against s6a5, 1858 in
1907. The Richford elevator fire vas the
largest single loss and was upwards of
( $780, 900. The second big loss was S125,-
000 at Richmond. here WAS total of
1877 fires aud the total loss from 6eiec-
tive chimneys was $3.50, 925.
H. @. Thomas of Stowe, state fish and
game commissioner, says, in regard to IL
censcs for resident and nonresident
hunters, that if an alien is resident and
/ taxpayer OF a town or city, he need pay
only so cents for hunters license, but
il not taxpayer he must pay SIS. Mr..
Thomas also says that, while a town clerk
has right under the law to issue a Ii
cense to resident of another town, il the
clerk is sure be is a taxpayer, he believes
the proper way to do is for a hunter to
procure his license of the clerk in the
town or city in " hich he reside.
/ Going back to relight fuse which
/ failed, temporarily, to explode blast in
the Rising & Nelson slate quarry, South
4 Poultney, Polish workman was fatally
/ injured Friday afternoon, Aug. 8. The
man had lighted the fuse and gone some
distance away to wait for the explosion.
\ When the blast failed to blow ND he
walked back and just as be arrived the
dynamite blew up, throwing him down.
The man was picked up by fellow work.
men, but was found to be so badly in
4 jured that he died within a few minutes,
before medical assistance could be sum-
moned.
I State Forester A. F. Halves, in cooper
alton with Prof. William Stuart, state
nursery inspector, has Investigated the
reported brown tail moth outbreak in
Waterbury. No trees OF the brown tail
/ or its work were found. The insect re-
sponsible for the report is the fall web
worm, which has been known in YER
mont for several years. 1t appears from
time to time in considerable numbers and
remains for few consecutive years when
il disappears as suddenly as it came. In
most Instances the work of the fall web
worm is not so destructive as that Of
many other defeating insects.
I Irving Pullman. a demented man v no
/ disappeared from Bristol on the morning
Z of Aug. 8, was found on II. J. Peck's
/ farm in New Haven last Thursday. Mr.
I Peck had a pail of water standing near
the barn. He heard the dipper rattle
and, turning around, saw a man drink
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asked for water and also said he was hun
/ CRY, having been without food since leav-
/ ing home q week before. Officers were
communicated with who took the man
home. He gave no reason for running
away. A reward of S25 had been offered
4 for the finding Of the missing man by the
selectmen of Bristol.
Many of the farmers in franklin eoun-
y -. a - LII
there seems to be no prospect OF its ear
ing on account of the drought and the
generally poor season for corn growing.
In Enosburg, grasshoppers are numer-
GUS and are destroying much grain and
fall feed. At Enosburg Falls, the viii
/ lage is without street lights On account of
the water being so low in the river that
the power plant has had to shut down
partially. Though the wster in the res
ervoir at st. Adams is higher than it was
at this time last year, it is quite low and
trouble is anticipated unless the drought
is broken before many weeks.
Thomas ExWare of Burlington, who in
July was sentenced from city court to not
less than ten nor more than twelve
months in the house Of correction at Rut-
land, for defrauding the railroads, es-
capped from that institution last week
Wednesday. Exware was allowed to
work outside the building as a trusty.
Although an elderly man, Exware seems
to possess much cunning. His scheme OF
detrauding the railroads was to check a
worthless piece OF baggage and then steal
the check that was placed on it. Later
be would show up with his own check
and, as the duplicate check could not be
found, he would claim damages. He was
captured the same day and returned Il
the house of correction.
The boIdest of the series of robheries
that have occurred in Manchester lately
was pulled Of last week Thursday at the
home Of j. ID. Wright, superintendent Of
the DeIlwood cemetery. Mr.. Wright was
at home alone about 10 O'Clock when his
attention as attracted by pebbles being
thrown on the porch. He went ont tC
investigate and was gone for few min
utes in making q trip around the house
and to the greenhouses. just as be wal
about to re-enter the house, a man came
out and beat hasty retreat. Upon in
vestigation, Mr.. Wright discovered that
some small bills and change and a CHECK
for sixteen dollars had been taken. A
large posse was out all night securing the
woods and all possible hiding places in
the vicinity, but without result.
The report that John Mikeles, who
shot and killed Mrs. c. g. Mascot al
Barre July %, had been formally arrested
and that he was to have ~ hearing las
week, was incorrect. Mikeles is still il
the charge Of an officer at the Barre City
hospital and is guarded day and night
but the physician having his case il
charge deems it necessary to perform an
other operation to relieve the pressure
upon the young mans brain caused by I
fracture OF the skull by the bullet tha
! pIowed through his head. This opera
ton is a critical one and the physicians
, do not wish to perform it without an or
. der from the states attorney or some 9th
. er official. No date has been fixed fo
| the hearing and no hearing will be held
! until after this operation is performed.
A troupe of twenty-four people, know
as the Continental Carnival Novelty Co.
J which was started in Swanton a few
: weeks ago, came to grief in Morrisvill
for lack Of funds and disbanded. r. n
: Leavitt and 4. 7. Matthews. the manag
Z ers, were without money and unable t