Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-02-10
STATE OF VERMONT.
It's News CONDENSED and Rewritten
for Our Headers.

hand mangled IN the derrick al the mar
Bile mill Feb. /.
j. r. McCuenis tenement in Belvider,
was burned recently, the fire starting from
live ashes in the shed.
While cutting scions from an appI,
tree in Townsend few days ago, Johr
jenkins fell and broke three ribs.
pet cat belonging to a woman in
Townshend was burned to death last weeE
In an oven, into which it had era Wled tc
get warm.
The name OF the North Hartlaud post.
office becomes Evarts Apiil /, 1910, ac-
eOrding to a general order from the de.
+ pa'tment at Washington.
Merton, son Of T. A. Burns OF High.
gate, has bad piece Of glass one-eighth
Of an inch square removed from bis foot.
IL had been In bis foot three years.
As William Nido Of NeWfane was un-
leading lumber, his mitten caught on a
nail and he was forced to jump 20 feet TO
the ground. The bones Of his foot were
4 broken.
The Uttons OF Morrisyille, the we'll
known horsemen, have sold Silver Heels,
2:I3i4 horse often seen on Vermont
tracks, TO John f. Msrston, OF New
Hampshire.
Frank Tomlinson OF Jonesyille lost bis
balance while reaching for pail OF water
from the tpring last week Sunday and
fell in and was unable 10 extricate him
self, dying from drowing.
Joseph Gagnon had the first finger OF
his right hand cut OF and several other
fingers injured while saving wood with
machine run by gasoline engine one
day last week In Pittsford.
New Hampshire officers captured ct
Mortified recently Exlsw Bishop, who
escaped from the Sullivan county,N. H.,
farm nearly q year ago. He has been
sentenced to SO days for assaulting a
woman.
Reginald Bagley, a small boy living in
Bradford, got quite badly ehoked With a
tin whistle recently. II lodged in bis
throat and was finally swallowed, IS II
had gonetoo far down to be dislodged
otherwise.
Over a hundred applicants took the ex-
animation at Burlington Saturday for
positions as census enumerators in Chit
tenden county. Seven hundred others
took the examinations at Is other points
in the state.
Z. q T. Fairbanks a Co. OF ST. Johns
bury will close their grocery store
March /. The company will place ma
chinery in the building TO handle inereas-
ing trade. This is the last company store
in connection with this plant.
F. @. Blodgett, brakeman on the Cen
trail Vermont railway, bad one arm
caught while coupling passenger cars at
Burlington Feb. and several bones were
broken in the arm and hand. The acci-
dent win not result in the loss OF the
arm.
As result of a SNOWFALL game Rachel
e. Kingsley, one OF the teachers in the
Springfield schools, is suffering from an
injured eye. Miss Kingsley was hit by q
hard one and rendered unconscious for
short time. She may lose the sight Of
I hat eye.
The fall on the ice, which he sustained
Jan. 20 proved fatal to Ira Batchelder,
one of Plainheld's oldest residents. In
the fall he broke his right leg, and the !
shock OF the accident was too much for /
his somewhat impaired system, he being |
81 years OF age.
ton, fell on the steps OF the platform and 1
was so seriously injured that he was TAX
IN TO Waterbury for an examination,
fractures of one leg. He was taken to
The hospital in st. Adams.
Two large barns and a silo attached,
belonging TO Major Fl. Edward Dyer OF
were destroyed by fire Feb. and
several tons Of hay we're burned. Seventy
head OF cattle and sheep we're saved with
iificulty. The cause Of the fire is not
known. The loss is $4,000.
While Eugene Kimball was working
With a wood saving machine in Rutland,
he Slipped and FELL back wards, SO that the
Wheel OF the wagon, on which the ma
,hine was placed, struck the back OF his !
lesd, iniicting a severe cash. number
Il stitches were necessary in order to close
he wound.
Bennington is to have district visiting
lurse for the benefit Of families who are I
Unable to hire q nurse to give them her {
ulI time. Through the Kings Daugh-
ers the services of Miss Edith Grover OF {
be Boston District Nursing association
ave been secured and she began her du- I
les last week.
Peter Douglass barn in Coventry was /, ,
urned Jan. %. Mr.. Douglass is very !,
sme and as he was coming down the lad
er he fell, upsetting the lantern. He
rawIed out OF the barn on his hands and =
is little girl went and turned out what :
lock she could. Two COWS and some
ems were burned. :
A singular light on the financial situa-
on is shed by the condition OF the 4.
shoot children's saving fund in Burling- !,
,n. At the beginning Of last year tue !, =
eposits amounted to S6,2l5.s1, which :
as since then increased to only So =
19. IS. The number OF accounts has !
luen from 657 to 647. =
Rev. Raymond Walker, former pastor Z
! South windham, attempted to Kill II
imself Jan. %, by eating pieces OF glass e
hich he broke from a picture frame
bile awaiting trial on the charge OF for
ery ia a jail in Providence, r. L A
rovidence despatch since said be was dy-
lg in an insane hospital.
william Ryan, senior at the Burling-