Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-09-22


surviving commander Of the union army
in the Civil war. 10 his solicitude M
poor whites and negroes of the South, b,
ieu hls wife an income insufficient t.
meet her needs. A bill for q pension OF
goo a mouth was introduced in Con.
gfess' but as finally passed ii carried only
! slOO month. Mrs. Howard is in feeble
health and requires the services Of pro-
iesslonal nurse, whose salary we'll nigh
wipes out the government allowances.
A solution placed in the Rutland city
reservoir to purify the water has resulted
IN the death OF q large number Of fish,
according to W. L. Williams, the care
taker. He says that be and his hslper
have removed msny trout and suckers as
their deeomposed bodies rose to the sur
face OF the water. This statement Was
confirmed by Health Onicer G. r. Ball,
but Prof. J. w. Votey OF the state labora-
tory is inclined to repudiate the whole
story. he says that few fish were killed
In the feeding streams at the hrst appli-
cation on account OF the strength Of the
solution, but it nov has been renedied.
he Is to make q personal investigation.
Victor WHEEL, the l5-year-old son OF
MI. and Mrs. Peter Lamouria of West
Rutland, attempted to climb between two
moving freight cars on the Clarendon and
Plttsiord railroad, Sept. 9, when be
slipped and bis left foot was caught under
the wheels, his three smaller toes being
cut from bis foot and the two remaining
ones being badly laeerated. The family
has been unlueky for the past year
About that time one OF the sons died with
fever, and the father went to Rutland
TO make arrangements for the funeral
On bis way home, be took a short cut by
walking on the railroad track, where be
was struck BY a train and instantly
killed.
A verdict Of not guilty in the case OF
State against James j. and Joseph Cor
man Of Troy, n. ". who we're charged
with picking the pocket OF Assistant
Judge Horace a. Redheld Of Hubbardton
OF 1880 at Fair Haven fair q year ago,
was returned in Rutland county court
Friday. Judge Redfeld alleged that
while be was on the running board of
crowded trolley car homeward bound the |
defendants stood, one on either side Of
him, and caught him by the arm AZ he
leaving the car soon after it started away 4
from Fair Haven. The Germans estab-
ished an alibi. The case attracted much
attention.
Bailey & Foster Of Montpelier have re-
covered the horse, buggy and harness,
ralued at 1900, that were stolen from their
livery stable several weeks ago by e slick
'oung man, who left a worn out horse
md buggy and hired the rig for two
lays. The horse left at Montpelier by the
hiei has since died. On learning that
man supposed to be the one that had
tolen bis team was under arrest at New
iaven, Conn, Mr.. Bailey went there and
earned from the self-confessed thief " here
D New Hampshire be could find his rig. ,
Iailey went there, claimed il aud drove
home. The man who stole it is charged ,
q New Haven with q similar offence and ,
viii be tried there.
The Public Service commission has !
andered its report and decision on the
etition Of the Midland Railroad COM
any to cross at grade two streets in the i
1wn OF Troy, when il extends its road in I
hat town this year. The commission {
ecides that ii may cross one street at I
rade, but the other, a main highway /
etwean North Troy and Canada, the I
says, must be crossed on a
-estle built over the highway. The com '
lission finds that in the accident at 8
outh SALISBURY on June IS, when sn t
lgine on the Rutland road colliied with L
southbound freight train, the accident ?
as due wholly 10 the negligence OF L. 8
Greene, engineer of the northbound $
ght engine. d
A fatal accident was just averted Sept.
in Lyndonville, when an electric light d
Die fell upon the school grounds and J
Re CT the children had a narrow escape II
ON electrocution. School had been dis Il
Used before he pole was discovered aud b
IL pupils had scattered. Henry Berbue, il
n years old, grasped the live wire at q
ched to the pole and was thrown to the II
ound. Seeing his brothers danger, n
exander Berbue went to bis AID aud 81
cceeded in pulling him from the wire, az
ing himself throw to the ground by v
e shock Henry was found to have o.
rec badly burned fingers add no one oil
n understand how he escaped with his b
e. The pole was found to have rotted 81
in the ground. b
Arthur J. Edwards, the colored trooper -
the 10th at Fort Ethan Allen, who es- y
ped from confinement at the Platts-
re barracks by fracturing his guards
ull, was captured at Hudson, n. H., hid
? in a barn. girl to whom he was
gagged was the innocent cause OF bis
,covery. Edwards, in making his es- A
pc. hit his guard over the head With
* axe and for a time Harris life was
danger bat he is now recovering.
pt. 10, after the arrest Of Edwards, when
} sergeant..of the guard entered his cell, OF
found that be had torn bed clothing SO
% strips and was trying to strangle co
nself. A guard has nov been placed alb
u the man day and night, and the cor ou
raj OF the guard will visit bis cell every IN
minutes. wi
Mrs. John d. Curry OF Proctor, aged To
years, was burned 10 death at her be
me sept. ID while lighting a fre with be
ich 10 get supper. No one witnessed 70
accident but It is presumed that her 10
thing caught FIRE from the stove. Her SCI
,band. whose age is 81 years, was not
II and she started to go to the doctor ms
him. When she did not return after pli
hour be became alarmed and notified &c
ghbors. Mrs. Curry was soon found tn
40 near spring by the house, all her OIL
thing except her starched collar being 70
med from her body. It is thought tri
I she stopped to start the IRE before si1