Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-02-03

were struck by train. Taylor was bad
, ~ injured, breaking four ribs and u hin
bone. he was taken to a hosLitaI.
Beecher was hurt, bat no bones we're
broken.
The condition Of Mrs. Milo Cross Of
North Hyde Park, who was seriously
burned some time ago, is such that skin
grating has been necessary a1d several
women Of that place have had two or
; three gratis taken from their arms for her
benefit.
, The hearing to weigh the evidence that
had to do with the charges preferred by
Mayor James E. Burke OF Burlington
against Police Commissioner NJ. c. Pow
ers came to a close when the board voted,
to 3, not to sustain the mayors
charges.
About rs fishing houses located along
the lake shore at vergennes were swept
away when the ice in the lake broke up
recently. Some of the fkhermen. who
have been making their homes on the ice,
narrowly escaped going down with their
houses.
An involuntary petition in bankruptcy
was filed Friday against the Vermont
Construction cou1pany of Burlington.
The petitioDinR creditors are the Glover
File company Of Nashua. N. H., the Cru
chile Steel company Of Pittsburg. Pa,
and 10 others.
The only toll-gate in Vermont and
probably the only one In New England is
situated at the foot of the mountain on
the road leading from Manchester to
Peru. Last season 1924 automobiles
passed the gate, netting the keeper ys;2
from that source alone.
Joseph Macy of Montpelier became the
I fat her Jan. % OF his goth child. Mr..
Macy Is 80 years old and his present wife
| is 40. Mr.. Macy 10 a farmer and has
been twice married. His fret wife was
the mother OF seven children and his
present wife has borne him 10.
Mr.. Sanders, employed in blacksmith
shop in swantcn, started the fire with
gasoiene the other morning, thinking ii
to be kerosene. The result was what
might have been expected and his face
and eyes are badly burned. II is feared
that his eyesight will be affected.
Joseph Malcolm, an employee OF the
Frost Veneer Seat company IN Newport, /
met with an accident while working un-
der q swift running belt. As be raised
an axe, the belt caught the same, sending |
1t downward into the unfortunate mans
head, causing very bad wound.
As Russell Moore, ten years old, OF
East Barnet Was coasting on traverse,
he ran into another sled and a three I
cornered cash, three and one-half inches
long each way, was cut In his leg below /
the knee Joint. Several stitches we're
necessary in order to close the wound.
When Edmund LaIrancis OF West Rut-
land went Jan. "a to examine a dynamite
cartridge, the fuse Of which he thought
had gone out, II exploded IN his face.
His eyes were saved by pair of glasses
but his face was cut and filled with dirt.
The accident happened at the Patton
quarry.
The First Regiment OF Infantry, Yer
mont National Guard, will probably join
the United States forces Ia maneuvers at
Pine Camp, N. ", sometime next Au-
gust, although the actual dates have not
been determined. The First Regiment
went to this camp two years ago for the
maneuvers.
Thieves broke into the second-class IL
quor store OF Dennis Cops Of West Rut-
land, Jan. "a, smashing the large win
dow with heavy board. They stole i've
quarts OF whiskey, but were frightened
away before they got the expensive
brandy within easy reach. They made
good their escape.
A load Of ice was left IN q school yard
in South Burlington Jan. % while the
horses we're being fed and several OF the
boys playfuIly started Il. The road was
lev and, a. a result OF the fun, Ralph Al
- ~ - ka s,n1n
thrown down and one arm was broken,
besides being bruised.
To help defray the expense o: q bust
Of Ethan Allen to be placed in Con-
tinentaI Hall, Warrington, Ann Story
chapter, Daughters OF the American
Of Rutland has started q pos
tai card campaign. Each member of the
will be expected to purchase
a certain number Of the cards.
]. e. Weeks Of Middlebury, enc Of the
trustees OF the State Industrial school ct
vergennes, says that the situation al the ,
Institution as regards the epidemic of
diphtheria, has not been so bright In
three months, there being only about
thirty cases now, while q month ago
there were more than a hundred.
Edward Martin OF Jericho met with q
painful accident in q peculiar manner
Jan. %. As he was about to jump from
an ice house which had recently been I
filed, he threw up his hand, striking the
Zoe tongs which hung over the door. The /
hook caught in the heshy part OF his
thumb, which held him suspended.
A number OF public-spirited women OF q
sent, In December, q carload OF ]
old papers and magazines to the store
house Of pulp mill and from the 10000 /
pounds collected the women cleared tl15 I
to be used in laying the dust on the I
Castleton streets next summer. The ex- I
pertinent viii be repeated in the fall. 8
Guy w. Bailey, secretary Of state, has S
employed F. Fl. Dewart of 81. Adams to Q
index the reports Of the survey q
or-aeneraI's Office aud to get them into /
proper shape for preservation. This 3
office was abolished several years ago and 1
tbe reports now in the state house are IN q
bad shape either for preservation or for
reference.
Henry Brophy, lumberman, about {
35 years old, was injured when some logs, a
faH l.