Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-11-04

Miss Myra Davis. native OF Vermont
once wealthy and prominent socially. i
dead at Stamford, Conn. When a girl
Miss Davis was engaged TO marry bu
Just before the wedding day her flame,
met tragic death. Miss Davis neyei
married. She devoted herself to wo-k TO-
Eiteh's Home for Soldiers Orphans
spending her private fortune on the char
iiy. When she became penniless, ths
state, In recognition OF this work, grant.
ed her pension.
Henry NJ. Wright and Paul Luther oil
Hartford, Conn.,, have definitely decided
TO locate a brass and metal foundry in
Springfield. The erection OF the foundry
building Is now under way and Il Is ex-
pected work in the foundry vii! be begun
I within two weeks. Mr. Wright and Mr..
Luther, both OF whom are xpert metal
mixers and moulders, will begin business
in a small way, employing only few men
with the expectation OF gradually devel-
oping their plant as business increases.
James Markham. a conductor on a
Montpelier N Wells River freight. mar
rowIy escaped death Sunday, Oct. "a. He
was walking over the train near Plain
field village when he fell down between
two box cars. AS be went down be
caught hold of a bar near the bottom of
the car and was dragged along for con-
siderable distance before his plight was
noticed. Markham was able to walk out
from between the cars but be was bruised
about his legs and had cut on his face.
Marshall Tilley OF Hinesburg was
placed in Jail last week Wednesday on an
Indictment found against him by the
United States grand jury at Rutland,
charging him with selling bob veal. Bail
was fixed at 1880. Mr.. Tilley was ar.
rested last summer for selling bob veal
W hen bail was fixed at 1850, or there
abouts. At that time he appeared before
NJ. s. Villas OF Burlington, United States
commissioned. Mr.. Tilley will appear at
the next session of the United States
court at Rutland November 10.
John shaughnessy, night Waterman
for the New England Telephone & Tele-
graph company at Rutland, was probably
fatally injured about 3 o'clock last Thurs
day morning when in crossing the rail-
road track be attempted to crawl under |
freiR BIT train and was run over. He was
operated upon that afternoon at the Rut,l
land city hospital and his right leg was
amputated above the ankle. Upon exam
nation II was found that he had sus- /
tanned fracture of several ribs and Sc.
we're injury to his spine, besides the in
jury to his leg which was nearly severed.
Rendered temporarily insane by an at
tack OF typhoid fever, Rev. W. II. Wheat 1
ley, pastor OF the Baptist church at /
Whitehall, N. Y, wandered about last t
week Wednesday night and was found /
early the next morning lying beside the
road In Center Rutland, twenty miles
from home. He wes in serious condi-
ton from exhaustion and was unable to
tell his name or give any account of his
His identity was discovered
from papers in his pockets and he was
later taken to the Whitehall hospital. II
is not yet known whether his illness Is
dangerous. He is thirty years old and
was married six months ago.
The case OF State vs. William H. Ben
ware, charged with manslaughter, which
was to have been tried at the present term
of Chittenden county court, has been
continued to the spring term, and the re-
lpondent has been placed under bail OF
Is, 900, not in addition to the first bail, Il
which has been furnished. 1t will be re-
nembered that Benware during tercen-
enary week in Burlington, while
for Gov. g. II. Prouty, ran into
Hector Mongeon on the night OF July 6. I
dongeon, who at the time Of the accident |
vas riding bicy Gle, was taken to the
hospital. where be died of the injuries re- /
eived. He was a visitor in the city, his i
ome being in st. Hyacinthe, Que. 4
A fire that threatened at one time to
ripe out the greater part Of the property
nd boats Of the st. Adams Yacht club,
roke out in Or. c. L. Morin's small I
oat house at st. Adams Bay last week 9
fonday night and before 1t was under !
ontrol had burned boat houses OF Q. Il. Q
ell and Edmund Jarvis. None of the i
rotor boats were lost. With the discov-
" of the fire the villagers rallied and by I
vely work hauled out the motor boats, /
,wed them to safe anchorages and con- !
ned the flames to that immediate vicini- c
I. The only boat lost was a small skin D
wned by DR.. Norm. No one seems to
now how the fire started. The loss I
to $500, perhaps, is pretty Y
ell covered by insurance. e.
Only about 1000 corporations in Yer a.
ont having an annual net income of
ZOO or more have been found by y
Gorge E. Robertson, deputy collector of y :,
ternal revenue, who has for two weeks !
zen at the Office of the secretary OF state =
staining this data as preliminary step :
wards putting in force the corporation - :,
K law passed by the last Congress. :. -
I. Robertson found that approximately -
BOO corporations are doing business in 3 :.
srmont and the number that will come ~ ~
der the provisions of the law, namely, ~ ~
ose whose annual income is $4,000 or -
er, Is considered small. A tax OF one =
I cent on all annual incomes OF 90, 900 u
over is imposed under the new law. -
+. Robertson has gone to Concord to u. ~
similar data for the state of New -
Impshire. -, ~
The Quaker City Pneumatic Tool com III
ny. Inc, OF Philadelphia is to remove in
business from Frankfort, a suburb OF IN,
iladelphia, to Barre, a deal having just ne
IN completed whereby James Ahern, nj,
1prietor OF the New England Granite n,
oil company Of Barre, has bought an ia
crest in the concern and has been tn
cted treasurer to succeed Ralph NJ. Sea- an
n OF Philadelphia. The company is %
under the laws of PeDnsyl-
lia with capital stock Of $4,000 and