Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-05-19

thrown on the walls and ceilings and COW
cred all the furniture with its black crust.
The rooms had been newly papered and
painted. No one IN the house was hurt.
At meeting OF the commissioned off,
GERS OF the First Regiment, Vermont Ma
tional Guard, held in Battleboro May 10,
Maj. H. e. Dyer, 1st Bat, LIST Inf, V. n.
g., OF Rutland, wes elected lieutenant
colonel to succeed Lieut.. Col. Lee ). Til
lotson. OF 81. Adams, who recently re-
signed to take the Office Of adintant and
inspector general, vice Adjt. Gen. w. II.
\ Gilmore, deceased. Capt. John W. Tin
ker of st. Johnsbury was elected to sue
coed Major Dyer.
Francis Marion, Q Brattleboro boy,
met with . peculiar accident recently. he
was walking along the street when an au-
tomobiIe whizzed by, frightening a gro
GERS team, which was standing nearby.
The animal started suddenly rs Marion
approached and, In order to avoid being
run over, the toy stepped aside into q
dump of broken bottles, tin cans and
other debris. As he struck, his upper lip
was cut nearly across, necessitating the
taking OF Elk stitches.
I " n
bard OF Brookline, Mass, q wealthy dress
suit case manufacturer, have leased a
large tract OF quarry property In Barton
OF John Barnard and Harry Fiske, With
buying options, and intend to open up
one or more quarries. break has been
made on the Fiske lease and the stone APP
peared better than was expected. u will
be tried at the sheds ~ to its working
qualities before decision is made to set
up power derricks, etc.
Rutland physicians are getting lots OF
practice out Of the wrestling fever,
hich has struck the city. All the small
boys, and some not so small, are engaged
In practising the giant swing, the bar Nell
son, the hammer lock and other tricks OF
the game equally disastrous to the human
frame, which is not trained to meet such
violent straining. One physician has re-
placed four dislocations, another two,
and many have been consulted by boys
with elbows out OF joint.
The Elm House at Danyille., NJ. r.
Spencer, proprietor, will hereafter be
known as the Danville Inn. The hotel
will be renovated and reconstructed from
top to bottom, toilets, baths, and steam
heated rooms to be connected and made
larger, refurnished and refitted through
out. The house is on the automobile
route TO and from the White mountains
and will be made q home for automobile
parties With accommodations for the same.
The hotel will be ready by June /.
Evidence of bold burglary was found
by Mrs. II. M. Spear Sunday night, May
s, W ben she entered her home on Latham
court, Burlington, after having been gone
during the early part OF the evening.
The house had been entered by someone
who was evidently familiar with it, and
three jewel cases, valued highly by Mrs.
Spear, were taken. The burglar or bur-
glars evidently took plenty OF time, as the
house was thoroughly ransaeked and a
light was left burning when they left.
-Four hundred and fifty thousand
Seeding trees have been set out in YER
mont this season, according to Forester
Halves. Some OF these seedlings have
been spruce but most we're white pine.
OF this number 374, 900 we're sold to land
ow ners and the remainder transplanted 10
state land. Nearly a quarter Of the whole
number, or $4,000, were placed in Wash
ington county. Tue forestry department
has this year received orders for $4,000
more seedlings that could be supplied.
George Young of Ripton, aged 70
years, was seriously injured In runaway
accident Thursday and may not survive.
Mr.. Young had sold his farm at Ripton,
where be lived with bis daughter, Kath-
crime, and was about to locate In Forest
dale. He had loaded q wagon with goods
to move to his new home and had driven
into q shed when his horse became
frightened and ran. Mr.. Young was
thrown from the load, striking on
stone wall, and II is thought that his
back was broken.
Rear Admiral Philip Hitchborn, U. 8. |
N, retired, who won his way from an APP |
in the Charlestown navy |
yard to the highest rank and who had
much to do with the designing and |
building OF the new steel navy, died in |
Washington. ID. C., May /. Admiral
Hitchborn's wife was Jennie NJ. Franklin |
OF Tow nshend, VT, a sister of Colonel
franklin OF that town. and had been a |
frequent visitor to Brattleboro and Town
shend, passing several summers at the
Brooks House, Brattleboro.
The will Of John H. Converse, the
former Vermonter, head OF the Baldwin
Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, Pa,
who died recently, has been admitted to
probate. The various boards in the Pres
byterian church are given an aggregate OF
1900, 900. The remainder Of the estate, es-
timared at between s7,0O0,0 900 and $780,
600, 900, is given to relatives with the ex-
ception OF q bequest Of s25, 900 to the
Presbyterian hospital at Philadelphia and
q like amount to the Eliza Cathart Home
for Inourables at Devon, Pa.
Although his sentence would have ex-
pired within three months, John Call,
who was serving q sentence Of from IL to
10 months at the House OF Correction, es-
capped from the institution during the
night OF May Z. Call had served several
sentences at the institution and was con-
sidered to be q model prisoner. For few
weeks be had been fireman in the boiler
room. When the guard went to release
him Sunday morning he was gone, having
made bis escape through q window in the
marble shop BY prying apart the iron
bars.
The suit of George NJ. Delaney, e. P,
and Charles L. Woodbury. VS.. Max L.
Powell and ]. B. Henderson, administra-
tors in chancery, has been discontinued
by the plaintiffs. The indications art