Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-07-21

The Bellows Falls board OF trade 4,
making efforts to secure a new industry,
the InteT-Ocean Shirt Co., OF Lincoln,
Neb., which, il is said. will locate in the
East this fall. The company now en-
ploys 125 women and girls, sHd il il
comes TO Bellows Falls promises 10 start
With about that number The factory at
Bellows Falls would be the only one; not
a branch.
The house OF j. A. Harrington in Yer
gennes was burglarized last week Non
day evening, over $50 in money being
taken from Mr.. HsrrinRton's coat, which
be had left on a chair. Mr.. and Mrs.
Harrington we're awakened in the middle
OF the night by strange noise but, not
hearing anything further, they thought
no more about il and did not know OF
their loss until morning.
The Elgin creamery in Panton was
burned to the ground July 10, fire having
caught, it is supposed, from detective
chimney. A large quantity OF milk and
cream in the building was lost and two
ice houses were destroyed. The loss,
which is we'll covered by insurance, is
placed at $500. This creamery was
among the first to be erected in its vicini-
I ty and was owned by a cooperative board
of farmers.
The contract for the new building of
the National bank OF Middlebury, to cost
/ $40. 600, has been awarded to Nichols q
/ Parker OF Essex Junction. The building
will be 1896 feet in ground Dimensions
and one story high. II will be construct
ed of Roman buffed brick with Indiana
I limestone trimmings. The foundations
l will be Of concrete, the floors OF terra
Gotta with marble and cork thing and the
interior finish Of quartered oak.
William Kono OF Newark, n. j., was
I brought Friday to the Mary Fletcher hos
pital, Burlington, where bullet was To-
Gated and removed from his leg. Kono is
q boy OF IS years. who, with his father,
was shooting "bill fish" at Basin Harbor
Thursday. A revolver was accidentally
discharged into the left leg. When locat-
ed, the bullet had been divided into four
pieces and had made q bad wound al
though the bone was not shattered.
No operation has been performed upon
Eugene Blair OF Rutland, whose spine
was broken, June %, but he is still alive
and feeling better and takes considerable
nourishment II is thought that the acci-
dent. when he was caught between an
arch and his wagon, will yet prove fatal,
as re is IN plaster cast and the lower
part OF his body is completely paraIyzed.
For time life was sustained by inject
ing stimulants. He is 20 years old.
Ground was broken last week for the
new Lawrence Memorial library in Bris-
toll. The contractor is c. c. Miller OF
- l.a mill "a "a
a wood exterior with hard wood interior
finish. There will be separate reading
rooms for adults and children and ample
stackroom for years to come. The build
ing is q gift to the village from W. A.
Law renee In memory OF his wife, who
Was killed in train wreck at Vergennes.
when the house aud adjoining barns
on the Smith stock farm in South Barre
we're burned last week Tuesday morning,
the ~ people sleeping in the house we're
forced to fee in seanty attire. Edward
Holland, who was 10 the second story, was
rescued By c. II. Gordon, who broke in
the door, and William Alexander and
Angus MoAuley, who we're in the upper
story, managed to crawl out on their
hands and knees. The property loss is
about $4,000.
Threatened with death II they made
another trip on the patrol train OF the
Delaware a Hudson railroad between
Rutland and Whitehall, n. Y, the gang
which have been doing the repair work
since the strike OF the section men has re-
fused to 90 out OF Fair Haven, where they
are living in cars. Before the threat was
made the train was manned by IA labor
ers but now, under charge Of Deputy
sheriff Policy, the train makes its daily
trips with but two men to do the work.
Edna NJ. Hill, a sixteen-year-old girl
who had been employed by farmer
named Guyette, died July 1, and immedi-
ately the neighbors began TO talk Of foA
play. States Attorney H. B. Shaw was
notified Of the suspicious and the body
was exhumed and taken to the state lab
oratory in Burlington for a chemical an-
alvsis 10 be made Of the organs. Guyette
resides between Bolton and Jericho.
People in Huntington have limited at
poisoning, perhaps, because the girl died
suddenly.
A desperate attempt was made to crack
the safe Of the North Pownal Manutaetur-
ing company July 9. While the safe was
damaged, the yeggmen got nothing.
The safe dial and opening were filed
with soap and the job was tackled in
businessike manner but il appears that
an insufficient quantity OF explosive was
used and the door was not blown OF. The
mig BIT Waterman thinks he heard two ex-
plosions but was CT the opinion at the
time that the noise was the reports of
hunters guns.
Gu. V. Miles, painter and paper
hanger Of Hard wick, fell July ~, when
he ladder on which he was standing |
slipped, iracturing the large bone OF his
rig ht leg below the knee and dislocating |
the knee Joint. Lately he has been very |
unfortunate. A few years ago be iell J
through an elevator shaft and was Sc
verely injured, next he was badly hurt by |
the accidental discharge OF gun he was
carrying, and two years ago be was in the
hospital several weeks recovering from an
operation for appendicitis.
James McCluskey Of Woodbury. is in the
Hardwick hospital suffering from serious
burns received July 4, while be and some |
companions were celebrating in quite
UNIQUE manner. scooping out trenches IN |
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