Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-06-17

uy the on1cials Is that many patients have
gone home for the summer months. The
shack which has been under constr,,,io,
Tor three or four months Is rsnidIv nssr-
ing completion and will be occupied
about July /.
Patrick Breen, an employe Of the
Champlain Transportaticn eomnanv
committed suicide Friday BY iumning
from the steamer Chateaugay in shell
purne harhor. He was a capable work.
man, but Of peculiar temperament. de-
string to be alone, aud for that reason
mad been put to work where onlv one
man was needed. The body was recoy-
cred near the boat. He left wife and
two children.
Fred N. Crosby, managing editor of
the Middlehury Register, suffered had
injury 70 his right hand Saturday, June
o IN the elevator. While assisting ia
transferring the editorial belongings from
the second 70 the hrst floor, something
went wrong with the machinery and in
attempting to set things right, his hand
was caught in the gearing. No bones
we're broken, and 1t is thought he will
recover the full use Of his hand.
party Of Ave who are touring the
country on horseback have been stopping
at the Putnam House, bennington, recent
~. It is seldom in this age OF automo-
oiles that parties Of this kind are seen.
They left New York last week Wednes-
DAY. They will proceed TO their summer
home in the White mountains, n. H. by
the way OF Brattleboro. The party con
sisted OF Mr.. and Mrs. o. n. HAYES, Miss
X. Hayes, Miss B. @. Haley and groom.
all OF New York.
As Mrs. Henry Bisson OF Barre. with
her six children, was driving recently, a
part OF the harness broke snd she got out
OF the wagon to repair il. She unhitched
one tug and as she did so the wagon
started backwards and the horse followed.
AT the side OF the road at that point is
deep gully and the wagon pitched over
into il, throwing the six young children
out beneath the wagon. The baby was
somewh hat bruised about the head. hut
none were seriously injured.
In connection with the location OF the
permanent Champlain memorial It is
understood that former Lieut-Gov. n.
w. Fisk has offered to give the stone for
the construction il Isle La Motto is
selected as the location. A proposition
was made from persons interested in
locating the memorial on Isle La Motto,
guaranteeing sufficient funds by private
subscription, which added to the appro-
priations from the two commissions
would yield a sum OF $751; 900.
II is probable that Rutland will take
some action looking to the saving for his
torical purposes of the old state house,
which, according to the present plans OF
the owner, Mrs. c. N. Poulin, Is to be
razed and replaced with a modern dwell
ing house. It was this building, now
more than 1872 years old, that was the
first state house of Vermont and in it the
legislatures OF 1874 and 1876 convened.
II Is understood that $4,000 has been
offered for the place and refused.
Arthur White, Montpelier mail car.
rier, sustained serious burns Friday al
the Pavilion garage in Montpelier, where
he was working on his new boat. While
he was STOPPING over in bis work, some
electric wires in the battery got loose and
dropped into little gasolene in the bot
tom OF the boat. As they fell, the wires
emitted a spark which iRnited the gaso
lene. A sheet of fame shot into the air
enveloping White about the head ant
neck. The fire was soon put out.
Daniel Larraga Of Mexico City arrived
in Burlington last week Monday to study
the science Of meteorology with loca
forecaster w. II. Alexander at the United
States weather bureau station. Mr.. Lar
raga Is one of two young men who wer'
sent to the United States in February b.
the Mexican government for meteOrologi
cal research. They have been in Wash
ington since their arrival In this country
but Mr. Larraga desired a more northern
climate and was accordingly sent to Bur
lington, where he will probably remain
during the summer.
Charles A. Webb, editor OF the Mont
pelier Daily Journal for the last nv
years. has been appointed private secre
tary to Senator W. p. Dillingham; ant
will Law down his editorial duties July l
During the summer he will perfect him
self as a stenographer. From reporter t,
CITY editor and then to editor Of tn
: Journal, Mr.. Webb has made good ant
= during the past two years his editoria
p utterances have been extensively quotel
by the state press. W. W. Husband
q former secretary to the senator, is nov
, clerk OF the immigration commission.
Bert Thaver OF Pownal died at tn
North Adams hospital last week Monda
I OF injuries received when he was struc
b bv trolley car on the Bennington an
r North Adams electric road the night be
{. fore. The accident happened just acros
: the state line in Massachusetts,. Thayei
+ who is 46 years old and who, II
p claimed, had been drinking heavily Q
late. was lying motionless across tn
track when be was struck by the car. A
4 the hospital in North Adams leg and
] arm we're amputated in the effort to saw
q the mans life. He was not married.
q c. 8. Whitcomb of Montpelier attempt
], ed to pass a check Friday which he Is a.
(, legged to have raised. He received
= check on the Montpelier National ban
e Tor "a. SO. signed by o. II. Richardson {
that city. Being short Of money be
4 said TO have inserted "forty" before th
1 original amount. Whitcomb made
. small purchase at Segelis clothing stoi
\ and rendered the check in payment Nj
4 segel thought he noted something pecu
: lar about its appearance. Inquiry at II
a hank revealed that 1t had been raised an
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