Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-09-01

home, his leg set and mine stitches taker
to close the wound in his head.
Leslie Pierce, aged rs, the son OF Mr.
and Mrs. Edwin Pierce of Guilford, aeei
dentallY shot himself through the righI
knee with q revolver Aug. II, while at
tending q picnic. The ball went through
the knee rap and lodged ia the joint. hi
was taken to the Farren hospital in Mon,
tague, Mass., where the piece of shattered
hone was removed, as well as powder and
portions of his clothing. Il is expected
that the boys knee will always be stin.
A sixth body was found in the debris
Of the big freight wreck near NorthheId
Falls last week. The remains could not
be Unidentified and 80 far il has not been
learned who the man was. 1t is given
out that be probably was a student fire.
man whose name had not been entered on
the books. A bunch OF keys was found
in pocket and the man wore overalls.
The Public Service commission will inves.
tigate to locate responsibility for the acct
dent.
Raymond, the three and a half years
old son Of Merton e. Stone OF South
Newfane, narrowly escaped drowning
Aug. Il, when, as he wal playing near
the branch, be slipped from a rock into
water deep enough to cover him as he fell.
His younger brother, Bernard, screamed
for help and bis father came at once.
An Older play fellow, Harold Stratton, had
already dragged him from the water and
Mr.. Stone found the child still choking
and coughing.
The low water in the rivers is causing
the users OF water power at Montpelier
considerable loss at this time as they are
carrying large portions of their load on
steam. The Consolidated Lighting Co.
carries most OF the day load on the tur-
bine and compound engine at the Pioneer
auxiliary station, while water is used for
the night load. Moody 4 Almon are OPP
Grating their steam plant night and day
and the Cory, Deavitt and Frost Co. will
o be down to the danger level.
The hotel at Concord was raided Aug.
20, when the sheriff and ten or q dozen
deputies appeared on the scene and pro-
ceeded to search the place for liquor. A
barrel OF beer and three dozen quarts Of
whiskey and gin were found. The off,
GERS had warrants for Daniel Grout, the
proprietor, and bis son, George Grout,
but the latter was out of town. The liq-
nor was claimed to belong to him. At a
hearing bail was fixed at $500 and the
case continued 10 county court at Guild
hall.
Vermont's young ae%roplanists, George
and Charles Schmidt OF Rutland, have en-
gagged Richard Newhaus OF Boston, to as
them in their experiments. They
out their glider in tow OF an auto
mobile with considerable success. The
Schmidt boys with Mr.. Newhaus will
o go to Mineola where they will con-
duct trial flights with their new curtiss
Mr.. Newhaus is q German in
Of note and has been engaged In
manufacture of aeroplanes for the past
years.
There are over 25 cases Of typhoid fever
In Rutland at present. Health officers
have inspected the water shed aud found
several places where there must be
in regard to house and barnyard
sewers. Recent analyses have shown that
he water is polluted with colon bacilli.
The reservoirs will be sterilized and
used in the streams in en- effort
% make the water fl for drinking. Ev-
is now boiling the city water