Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-11-11
STATE OF VERMONT.
It's News condensed and Rewritten
for Our Hesders.

COi. Is. -. Snaitey OF BURLINGTON, " DO
suffered a stroke OF paralysis Nov. /. is
considered seriously i'll.
Second Lieut.. Walter o. Cooley OF Co.
II, V. n. g., has been elected captain of
that organization, vice Capt. K. j. Water
man, resigned.
The will OF Gen. 0. o. Howard. HIed ct
Burlington, leaves the estate, which con-
sists Of personal property aud $4,000 in
life insurance, to the widow.
A man supposed to be Clarence
Crummie OF Bennington, % years old,
was asphyxiated at the Mansion House,
North Adams, Mass, Oct. 80.
Levi Nichols Barnard, aged 100 yeare,
the oldest resident OF Windsor county,
died Oct. 2s on the farm in Springfield
where he was born Aug. %, 1909.
The Rev. Charles A. Nutting OF Bran
don has accepted the call extended him
ny the Baptist church OF Montgomery
Center and will begin work Nov. IA.
A. q. Ingram OF Bellows Falls, a Bos-
ton 4 Maine fireman, WAS run over by
sw itch engine Oct. 20 and both legs were
cut of. He was carried 10 the freight
office and died on the way.
Hugh II. Baxter OF New RocheIles N.
] Y, formerly Of Rutland, was seriously
injured and lost a $1,000 automobile in
an accident in his home. The machine
became unmanageable and crashed into
an iron electric light pole.
/ As an outcome OF the recent epidemic
OF typhoid fever in Rutland, the board of
aldermen have received a communication
from the state board OF health, urging
the city to take immediate measures TO Sc
cure purer water supply.
When he arose from his bed a few
mornings ago, Alexander Mcintosh of
Barre. 2i years old, discovered that he
had lost bis eyesieht during the night.
The physician called pronounces II
hopeless case OF blindness.
asnlit-the- Wind" a power racing boat
owned by J. B. Crandon and Byron kob-
lnson OF Bellows Falls, broke loose from
her mornings on the Connecticut river
Friday aud went over the falls. The
boat was a 27-foot prize winner.
Several Montpelier granite dealers were
losers Of from s100 to $500 by the recent
failure OF the jobbing firm OF r. NJ. Pike
a Co. at Mansfield, Ohio. 1t Is also said
that Barre dealers are financial mourners
to the amount of II, 500 or more.
David NJ. Ramsay OF Bellows Falls,
aged 76 years, was killed Oct. 20 at the
basket factory OF Sidney Gage a Co. His
head was caught between the ELEVATOR
and the floor ia some unexplainable man.
ner and death Was almost instantaneous.
Fred Wilson of MorrisvilIe received a
serious cut on the head while out chop
ping by falling backwards from log,
striking on the back OF his head, cutting
cash four inches long and another at an
anglc, two inches long, both to the bcne /
The body Of Joseph Gebo, aged So
years, Of Rutland was found in Otter
creek at that city Nov. 3. The man had |
been dead an hour. II il believed that Il /
is a case OF suicide. Gebo Was q widow
or and attempted to cut his throat few /
years ago.
Willard Smith OF Ira was arrested Nov. |
on q search warrant at his home. He
will be arraigned in the justice court on I
the charge Of larceny. II 10 alleged that /
the man has been stealing poultry by the /
wholesale aud that be also killed neigh
boris COW and stole food.
At the annual session OF the Vermont
Methodist conference, to open at Island
Pond, April Is. Bishop Robert Mcintyre
will preside. United. States Senator W.
p. Dillingham; Of Vermont Is to act as lay
delegate to the general conference OF the
Canadian Methodist Episcopal church.
Commissioner Thomas has received
si2, 492.5S up to date for hunters IL
censes, O., 900 being for non-residents' IL
censes, with several towns yet to be heard
from. Previous to the open season, the
most sanguine estimate placed the
amount from this source of revenue at
81, 900.
There were only four arrests In North
field during the month Of October, by far
the smallest since the liquor license peri
cd opened May /. The total number OF
arrests for the past six months are as fol-
10; June, 26; July, Fl;
August, 10; September, s; October, Il to
tai OF 70 for six months.
To express more adequately the spirit
OF the institution, II has been decided to
change the name OF the Adams Mission
at Burlington to the Neighborhood
House. The work carried on there will
continue AZ OF recent years, similar IN
to that carried on by the settle
ment houses OF the large cities.
while Station Agent Charles Cory OF
Castleton was at breakfast Friday morn
ing William Howard of San Francisco
crawled through a cellar window OF the
depot and robbed the cash drawer OF
small amount. He was captured BY the
agent, Donald McLennan, and
bound over for the county grand jury.
The formation Of q labor union in the
Mort hfeld hosiery factory has been agi-
lated. Having learned that the proprie-
tors Of the factory had theatened to dis
charge all employees who should affiliate
with such an organization, the Rev. J. T. ,
O'Nenl acted as pacihcator and the ,
threatened disturbances has blown over.
George L. Mores, the six-year-old son
If Mrs. Loral Mores Of Brattleboro, was
he victim OF q serious accident Thursday ]
xhich cost him the sight Of his right eye.
The boy found a good sized jack knife {
md while playing about the house IN
,ome manner fell down. In the fall the {
xnifs blade struck him in the right eye, |
lntering the pupil. !
Leon B. Dodge. q Barre creamery pro-
1rietor, was badly injured Oct. 30 while
assisting in lowering boiler to the base