Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-07-15

.,.s' ".sh started TO enter the animal,s
SAL ana the horse crushed out his Iits
sgalhst the side OF the stall. The victin-
urOppea dead immediately, three ribs
over ~. tne heart having been crusbed A.
inc hieiess body was found in the stau
William Benware OF westaeIa VA.
pound over 10 the city court Bnrlingto,,
saturday, n'the sum Of $4,000. Renrsrs
- GOV. 9. II. Prouty's chauffeur who
siliea Hector Mongeon Tuesday night ~
iast week at Burlington in an auto aoci-
ueht- A large number OF witnesses wers
examined 81 Beware was defended bv a
H. Circuit and R. W. Hulburd. The
prosecution was conducted by States
attorney II. B. Shaw, Attorney General
John q. Sargent Of Ludlow. Governor
rrooty was one OF the bondsmen.
Charles 2. Eddy, owner OF the Mont
pelier creamery, has added Ave new
ereameries to his already large string.
having purchased OF Francis Batchelder
q 70. Oh Boston their oreameries at Wa
teroury Center, Sheldon, Cavendisb. Hor-
tonvllle and Shoreham. The deal was
closed last week and they are now all un
oer Mr.. Eddy's control. The creameries
were known rs the Capital creameries.
Mr. Eddy owns cveameries in Stowe.
Mlddlehurys North Thetford and Mont
peiier. Mr.. Eddy is one Of the largest
individual owners OF creameries in Yer
mont.
George Lewis, an employe at the plant
o. the Van Camp Packing Co., is in a Sc
rlous condition at the st. Adams
hospital, as the result of a severe
scalding around shoulders, chest, neck
and arms, which he received while work.
ing on the condenser. In some unex-
planned manner a jet OF the boiling water
from the condenser escaped and struck
Lewis, horribly burning him. So badly
was the man burned that when his shirt
was taken on large pieces Of skin and
hesh came with it. The unfortunate
man did not inhale any OF the steam and
his chances for recovery are considered
favorable.
A serious automobile accident oc-
Cured three miles south OF Rutland
Sunday, July 4, in which William Al
drich OF that city, suffered a fractured
skull. The machine was owned and
driven by <. L. senniss OF Wallingford,
who was accompanied by his son, z. @.
Senniss, also OF WalIingtord, F. o. Dut-
ton OF Rutland and Barney Smith OF Cold
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out for a team on a sandy road, the car
went into the ditch and was overturned.
Aldrich was thrown against q stone walt
aud bad cash cut on his forehead.
Senniss and his son we're pinned under
aged.
Two dtownings occurred in Lake
Memphremagog at Newport last week.
Ora Brais, eight years old, was drowned
Monday morning while running on logs
in order to get better position for fish
ing. The boys mother jumped in after
him as be was rising the second time but
was unable to save him. The body was
Frederick Gochen, who disappeared July
1, was found floating in the lake Monday
morning. When recovered from the
water a fish pole was tightly grasped in
the lads hands and caught by the hook
was q bass. A Spite was 3 favorite fish
ing place OF the boy and it is evident that
the gamey fish caused his eaptor to lose
his balance and fall into the water, where
be as drowned.
Elroy Kent, who was convicted at the
March term of Rutland county court OF
the murder OF Miss Della b. Congdon
OF East Wallingtord, made an unsuc-
cessful attempt to escape from the house of
correction July /. He had filed one OF
the window bars through and had filed
up the hole with soap, evidently intend
ing to bend the bar back and escape ct
the FIRST opportunity. Harry Madison, q
federal prisoner, who had seen Kent
working about the window, discovered
the sawed bar and at once notified Assist
ant Superintendent d. L Bree. Kent,
" ho had been allowed to exercise in the
Jail room during the day, has now been
placed In close confinement. The file
with which he worked was found on
Kent, but where he obtained It is not
known.
A 75-horsepower stationary engine,
which operated the knitting department
Of the Cooper Manufacturing company
mill In Bennington, "ran away" Friday
and was badly wrecked. Pieces of the
engine were driven through the sides OF
the engine house and through the roof,
when the big fly wheel exploded because
OF the momentum. One section OF the
wheel was thrown through the roof and
landed on the opposite side OF the river.
w hen the load was taken from the engine
bv the shutting down of the night shift
10 the knitting room, the belt operating
the governor slipped and before anyone
could reach the throttle 80 much speed
was acquired that the wheels, both The
fy and the double pulley on the opposite
side, went to pieces. Fortunately there
was no one in the engine room at tbs
time.
A hearing was held in st. Adams last
week Wednesday, when Mrs. Woods Of
Fletcher made application to have hei
sixteen -year-old daughter, Leona Clark
sent to the industrial school at Yer
gennes. After hearing considerable testi
mony in the case from the mother, th'
court took the case under consideration
and then allowed the girl to 60 back e
Fletcher. The Clark girl is in love witt
/ WAYNE Warren, whom she met last NO
rember, but the mother, who was hersei
| temarriod last winter, does not iook upor
I the Young mans suit with favor. Aoun1
Warren Is ready to marry the girl as sooI
a. permission is gained from the court o.
the parent. 1t was decided to defer IN
] ceremony, however, until the glrl shai
I bsve become Of age. Meanwhile the Two
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