Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-04-08


and the property was burned. The stock
was saved. The loss is partially covered
BY insurance Of q $50.
Joseph Rivers Of Windsor was arrested
March 80 at Chambiy Canton, Que, on
charge OF kidnapping. With him was
Daisy Redmond, IA years old, whom Riv-
srs is charged with having taken from
her home In Windsor last May. Rivers
has waived extradition and was taken to
Windsor, where he was bound over to
county court in the sum Of $500, in de-
fault OF which he was committed to jail
at Woodstock.
Rev. w. w. Latte, who has been pastor
Of the Peoples church IN Montpelier
since the Rev. @. H. Moore resign ned last
June to go to q town near Boston as pas
tor, will not return next year. This was
decided at the annual conference held at
Westport, Mass, and Mr.. Latte viii have
the parish at New Bedford, Mass. Rev.
Charles d. Green, who has been assisting
Mr.. Latte for q month, has been assigned
to the Montpelier parish.
Giovanni Nerre, an Italian boy. shot
Gesavordo Buriuto, aged 16, with re-
yolver at an Italian boarding house at
Fair Haven last week Monday. The bull
let passed through Buriuto's abdomen
but he did not lose consciousness and 1t
is believed that he will recover. The
wounded boy says that the shooting was
entirely accidental. They had had NO
quarrel. Nsrre fed hatIess and coatless
Immediately after the shooting.
Ira BIood's barn and contents at West
lLunenburg were destroyed by fire
Wednesday night, March "a. Eight
COWS, two yearlings, one yearling colt,
q calf, q shoat and twenty hens were
burned and all farming tools. Mr.. Blood
was able to save two driving horses and
one three-year-old colt, but the fire made
such rapid progress that it was impossi-
BILE to save the other stock. The fire was
caused by the colt kicking and upsettinR
MIR. Blood's lantern. The loss is partial
" covered by insurance.
The state board of railroad commission
ers went out Of commission March 81
and the members were at their rooms al
the state house the next day fuIl-fiedgeC
members Of the public service commits
sion, the act creating them as such tax
ing effect April 1. No business was tran
{ sacted. but the outlook for the season wa
: discussed and the new Law studied.
: was evident to the members of the boar
! that with the added honors and response
3 bilities Of members Of the public servic
commission would come much additions
! work.
The first New England Institute 70
: pastors in active service will be held il
+ st. Johnsbury May 3 to 6 in the Mort
3 Congregational church. All clergyme
: OF the Baptist, Congregational, Methods
Episcopal. Protestant Episcopal and I'm
!. versalist churches in northeastern Wen
b mont and northwestern New HampshiE
: will be invited. These institutes gre
, out OF the feeling existing in New Eng
i land divinity schools that their exceller
" educational resources are not being adj
qustely employed in the interests Of Ii
n church.
h MIR. and Mrs. Henry Dale and the
II FIVE children CT Barre were made daI
IL gerously i'll with ptomaine poisoning Sa
? urday, March %, as the result of ca
= ing some frankfort sausage for the
le supper the evening before. No i'll efiec
were noticed that night, but the who
" family became violently i'll the nel
3 morning. A physician decided thu
re they were suffering from the effects
As ptomaine poisoning, caused by eatir
ID the sausages. Mrs. Dale was the mo
b severely affected and confined to her b
E. several days.
q. The old grandstand at the Sheldon IA
Of grounds was destroyed by fire April 1.
" caught from sparks Of a passing LOGON
We tive which fell upon the roof. II
IN wind was from the northwest and it vi
c. therefore possible to save the new gran
Y. stand, which was 30 feet distant, fro
26 the flames. The hennery, 20 feet to Il
I'd east, was also saved after a lot OF hal
m work. About rs men fought the fire 81
by tearing down fences kept 1t confined
A the old stand. There was no waite
n The loss will amount to 5000, with insu
a ance OF $500.
IN The mid-week service at the Nor
I'd Congregational church in st. Johnsbu
I'd last week was in memory OF Mrs. o. I
n Stone, who had been q member of tn
ig church nearly go years and more thu
a half that time a teacher in the Sundl
school and an officer in the churc
be Tributes were given by many present al
in letters were received from former paste
oy and a few other friends. At the close
ee the service, the announcement was ma
to that by the will of Mrs. Stone the churl
xt had received 81, 200 to be added to
Nv permanent fund.