Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-06-24

for some time. Upon their appearance in
court, the boys, the Oldest of whom was
not over Is, confessed to taking the srti-
cles.. Judge Harvey sentenced them to
spend the remainder OF their minority in
the reform school at Vergennes, but they
we're allowed their liberty in charge of
the probation officer during good hehav-
Tor.
John ScofieId OF Hyde Park. - years
old, was drowned last week Monday try
ing to save his 11-year-old brother, Hugh,
who. had gotten beyond his depth and
had called fer help. The boys were bath
ing in the Lamoille river, Just south of
the village with Frank Hcyt, a lad about
their own age. When john rushed in to
save Hugh he went into q deep hole.
Men nearby heard their cries and A. C.
Davis threw in two pieces OF joist " hich
we're seized by the younger brother. who
thus kept himself sfioat. John sank in
twenty feet OF water and it was an hour
before his body was recovered. Persist
ent efforts to revive him were unavsiling.
The boy is survived by widowed moth
er, brother and a sister.
Three residences in Montpelier were
raided Saturday night, June II, and in
every case the searchers got liquor. A.
Iamperti, on advice OF his attorney, w.
A. Lord, waived examination and was
bound over to the September term Of
Washington county court, and Mrs.
Clementine Bisnehi and Louis Malnati
had their cases postponed. At Mrs.
Bianchi's place were found two barrels Of
bottled ale and q barrel of beer; a barrel
Of bottled beer at Lamperti's and on the
premises Of Malnati part of a barrel of
beer. The whole. stuff was carted tc a
place where il would be safe from thirsty
Threats. Grand Juror Bailey is making
/ persistent efforts to keep Montpelier actu-
ally dry as well as officially dry.
Sheriff Tracy of Montpelier settled Fri
day with the prison board for the labor Of
Washington county Jail prisoners for the
past six months, turning over to the state
/ s261.22. Fhe sheriff has about four acres
Of potatoes planted, the hoeiDg of which
keeps some of the prisoners busy, others
are employed on the repairs to the jail
and court house. Sheriff Tracy has also
prepared for publication a statement
showing that under the fee system the
cost OF transporting short term prisoners
to the house OF correction st Rutland was
nearly or quite as much as it is now for
keeping such prisoners in the county
iails. Sheriff Tracy also urges that short
term men committed for intoxication or
other minor crimes ought not to be con-
fined with hardened criminals.
Although their attempt to cross the
White mountains was foiled by an I'M
favorable wind, the ascension made at
Rutland Friday morning by Prof. w. H.
Pickering of Harvard, Jay B. Benton of
Boston, and Pilot William Van Sleet OF
the Pittsburg Aero club In the balloon
Massachusetts was considered a good one.
The Massachusetts passed over Rutland
at ] 200 feet elevation, going in a south
easteriy direction. II soon rose higher
and cleared Bald mountain, which has an
elevation OF 1900 feet, by 1000 feet
4 When over the town of Shrewsbury. the
balloon veered more to the east and passed
over Woodstock at 1O:40 O'Clock, cross
ing the Connecticut river fifteen minutes
later. the course remaining nearly due east
until it landed at Gilmanton, n. H.
Shoplifting on an extensive scale was
discovered June u by /. Miller, manager OF
the Charles Stearns store in Rutland,
when he detected young woman who
had stolen a linen coat. She had tried
on several garments, laying down her
own coat, then, as she picked it up, she
also took coat lying under il. Mr.. Mil
, lIuutulHttlg udu luG NUuilk MOnAA
room searched and found n large quantity
OF goods, including silk umbrellas. silk
petticoats, the missing coat and merchan-
disc to the amount of perhaps 300. The
woman made no objection to the search
but offered to give up any goods she had
, and said she was not herself when she com.
, mitted the thefts. All the missing goods
were returned. No prosecution will fol
low on account Of the woman's menta
, condition.
2 W. W. Coe OF West Burke had difficult
3 ty in East Barnet last week Tuesday aft
/ ernoon, resulting in badly wrecked su
tomobile and slight injuries to the occu
pants. According to reports, Mr.. Coe'
! car, driven by himself and containing hi
son-in-lsw and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs
Ebert z. Orcutt, was descending a steel
hill when the accident occurred. Work
men were digging q ditch for drainag
pipe and it is claimed no warning motto
was given. Mr. Coe discovered the ditcl
, too late to turn out, and the only thin
he could do was to run into pile Of lum
/, Der by the roadside. Mrs. circuit, VIII
was in the front seat with her father, wa
, thrown out, sustaining slight injuries
: The machine was said to be badl
wrecked. A doctor and lawyer wer
: called and it is said suit will be broug b
against the town of Barnet.
= The building in Wolcott owned by
. A. Fife was burned Friday with most Q
! the contents. The lower portion OF tn
. building was occupied by Mr.. Flies larg
!, general store, the upper part being divid
ed into four tenements. The tenants los
! all their household goods. Some cloth
!, ing and a few show cases we're save
!, from the store. The old hotel buildin
= kaown as the Wolcott House, separate
: from the Fife building by a driveway
: and the hotel barn were also burned
= The hotel was unoccupied. The plat
! glass window in Lewis Valleys store va
: broken by the heat. The loss on Ii
= stock in the store is placed at about S25
600, with IS, 600 insurance. But recent
:, ~, Mr.. Fife dropped $1,000 in Insurance.
Il About 60, 900 worth Of goods were saved
= The loss on the Fife building was abor
:, s6, 900, with $4,000 insurance, and on tn
i hotel and barns, valued at $4,000, insu