Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-05-27

alnso, machinery viii be shipped to the
arm ana Operations begun during the
10 reply to a letter from PRINCIPAL =
a. Bisnop Of Montpelier seminary to DR..
y, X Pearson Of Chicago, asking II the
latter would be satisfied with the raising
~ sAluiOOo ia order to make the proposed
oe9uest OF 100000, Doctor Pearson saws
tnal theFe VIII be nocomproniise; that the
summary must pay every debt now hang
ing over u and raise 500, 900 in order 10
secure the $4,000 from him. Doctor
Bishop says he still expects this amount
can be raised.
IN accordance with q law passed bv
the legislature OF 1905 by which the
state hppropriates e., 600 and the national
government 4 like amount to investigate
nndeveloped water powers In the state.
y. "a. Wood OF Boston, an engineer In
the United States geological survey. IL in
stailing gauges In the winooski river and
iis branches to determine the horse power
developed By these streams. Il Il pro-
posed eventually to survey and gauge all
the larger streams In the state.
4. A. Scott, also known as Lawrence
Cochran and Beliountaln slim. was ar
rested 10 Baltimore through the efforts OF
/ Postofhee Inspector fisherman Of the
I Boston Office, aided by several other in
I spectors. Scott Is at present held on a
charge OF being one OF a party OF men
| who robbed the bank at Newfane, Vt. on
Aug. 4, 1904, shot the Waterman and e.
capped. Scott has since then eiuded the
authorities, hut the others have been con-
victed and are nov serving long terms.
The railroads OF the state have paid
into the state treasury for the year end
ing June 30, 1908, taxes amounting TO
| $3.50, 20i.08. This includes SO, ei2. 81 paid
/ By the Rutland Railroad Co, following a
supreme court decisioa on . disputed
point Of Law. The sum OF s2O, 600 is due
| from the Central Vermont Railway Co. a.
result Of the same decision, and a few
small roads still owe for taxes. The taxes
paid BY the railroads for the year ending
June 30, 1907, umounted to t237, s70.1S.
The diphtheria situation in Rutland re-
mains about the same. There are now
-four cases In Mill village, no new ones,
one at the house OF correction and one
new one in the city. That case will
/ probably be moved TO the pest house on
the city poor farm. The two cases Of
diphtheria that have been cared for there
have been released. The authorities con-
slider that there is no danger OF an epi-
demio. The school at Mil village has
been closed as a precautionary measure.
In Rutland county court last week
Wednesday Judge E. L. Waterman cut to
81, 700 the verdict Of eli, $50 given Mrs
silas II. Davis OF Rutland against the
railroad company several weeks ago ~
the result OF the death of her husband, an
engineer, when a freight car running
Wild down the mountain collided with
his locomotive at East Clarendon. The
original verdict was the largest ever
awarded IN a simRar case in this state
Judge Waterman considered II excessive.
The house Of correction at Rutland is
under quarantine for diphtheria, the pa
tient being william Carroll of Rutland.
II is not known how the prisoner got the
disease az he has been in the house OF cor
rection for many months, but the author
titles believe that his mother, who is q
char-woman, may have come in contact
with Il and carried It to him when she
visited him. II was necessary to post
pone big concert which was to have
been at the institution last week Tuesday
evening.
Wells NJ. Badger, aged father of A. W.
Badger Of Barre, met with q serious acci-
dent at the home of his son, r. j.
Badger, in Williamstown May is. Mr.
Badger went to the barn and in some way
he fell from the barn door and struck
upon a rock. His son was just driving
into the yard as the accident occurred
and got Mr.. Badger into the house.
Medical aid was summoned and 1t was
found that three ribs were broken and
that there were symptoms Of internal in
iuries. Owing to his advanced age, his
recovery will necessarily be slow.
Norwich university, Mortified, has re-
ceived the 900, 900 bequest willed the in
stitution by the late Col. Curtis 5. Barrett
OF Cleveland, Ohio, an alumus of Nor
wieh. The receipt of the money at this
time came as somew hat Of q surprise, as II
bad been thought that some delay would
result because OF the death OF John L.
Bacon Of Hartford, who was one OF the
executors Of the will. Colonel Barrett,
/ who was a successful business man, died
al bis home in Cleveland June 20. He
was native OF South STAFFORD and was
in the class OF '63 in Norwich university.
/ Mrs. G. A. Hubbard OF Burlington was
the victim OF q fendish assault at her
home last week Monday morning. A
Young man called at Mrs. Hibbard's
home and asked to rent room, and on
being admitted and escorted to the sec
ond door Of the house to inspect the
rooms attempted to overpower Mrs. Hib-
bard. The woman withstood the attacks
until the man fed, after locking Mrs.
/ Hubbard In the room where the encounter
took place, and rs she was obliged 70
open q window and step out on piazza
roof to summon assistance, the man es-
capped.
While running into the Putnam House,
Bennington. Saturday night, May 10, for
bis suitcase in order to catch trolley
car for Williamstown Mass, George
Cheney, q Williams college man. who
played third base for the Wiiiiamstown
team which opened the baseball season
with Bennington in the afternoon,
slipped and fell through glass door.
A cash extending from the hand hall
way to the elbow was cut by the brok-
sn glass, a large artery was severed,
and before a physician could be secured,
the student nearly bled TO death, Il be-
maa