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

six children. and William n. Theriauli
has been retained for the defendant. Tn,
case will come of at the March term Of
Y county court.
II In the pillsbury. Beldwin company'l
shops at Barton several new machines
have been installed, and Others arranged
SO as to greatly facilitate the work OF
manufacturing their tanks. In the room
where the wood work is done, from the
time the lumber in the rough is deliv-
cred, 1t passes through machine after ma
chine, never touching the floor, until the
tanks are ready for the painters. The
capacity OF the plant has been increased
to the extent that an output OF $3.50, 900
worth year Of finished product is clearly
within its means.
Joseph Guidici, The young man who es-
caped from the lookup at Barre last
November while being held for trial for
the larceny OF $3.50 from Kenneth Nc
Aulay, was arrested Friday in North
I Adams, Mass, and brought back to
| Barre. At the time that Guidici made
his escape 1t Was patent that he received
aid from the outside and as soon as the
local authorities we're informed that he
was under arrest they arrested Frank
Good " in, a young man about 20 years
old, on the charge OF having assisted
Guidici to break jail.
A Boston paper relates bow George w.
impson OF East craftsbury, armed with
bank roll of 5000 aud burning desire
to purchase a horse, journeyed to Boston
and there met q friend. After drinking
and dining together and sharing the same
room that night, the friend woke early
and left without formality. Finding
that his $500 had also disappeared simp-
son sought out a policeman and shortly
thereafter one Frank O. Cook was arrest
ed and charged with the theft. Simpson
tarried at the Hub to appear against
Cook, Who got a six months sentence.
Frank NJ. Weeks, New York contrac-
tor, has bought the entire plant OF the
Continental Marble company FORMERLY
Kent q Root Marble company in Dor
set, and has employed Charles b. Kent to
look after his interests in Vermont. Some
OF the finest buildings in New York were
constructed from marble taken from these
quarries now owned by Mr.. Weeks. The
mills connected with this property have
been rented to the Norcross- West Marble
company for the past two or three years.
The marble in the quarry about to be re-
opened has been tested TO the depth OF
1876 feet.
Fire, which was discovered early
Wednesday morning, Jan. 20, in the saw
mill, destroyed the machine shop and the
paint shop OF the Champlain Transporta-
ton Co. at Shelburne HaFbor. The loss
Il estimated at from $4,000 to $4,000. |
The blaze caught In the boiler room OF the
machine shop. By heroic work by a
bucket brigade OF the employees and the
assistance received from ShelbuEne farms. /
the steamers Vermont, Ticonderoga aud
Chateaugay were saved, as was the re-
mainder OF the plant. The fire win
greatly Inconvenience the company. The
plant will be rebuilt.
A. Q. s. Raymond, treasurer OF the Su- |
perior Tap Co., which lately removed its |
plant from Springfield to Charlestown, n. |
H., suffered the crushing OF one leg and |
foot under the heels OF q freight train |
In the Charlestown yard last week. A
freight train was standing on the cross |
ing and he climbed between the cars,
stepping on the coupling. As he did so,
one Of the trainmen, falling to notice him,
gave the signal to the engineer to back
up, and as the train started, Mr.. Ray
mond slipped to the ground, his foot
landing on the rail- The wheel passed |
over it, crushing it terribly.
The Brown Public library Of Northfield
has recently received about 500 juvenile
books from its donor. These books
comprise fiction, non-Hction and many
picture books for its youngest rsaders. A
40 kn 81 has
been given over to the children. When 1
as many as possible OF the new books !
were put on exhibition an invitation was
given through the local paper to the chill
dren, parents and teachers to come aud
view them, the books being held from
for few days for that pur-
pose. The library has also recently pur-
chased a quantity of interesting new fic-
tion and ncn-hction for the adults.
The annual meeting Of the Vermont as
Of Boston was held Jan. 20 at
the headquarters ia the Westminster.
The new officers ars: Gen. Charles <.
Darling, president; Charles II. Bradley,
DR.. Edmond A. Burnham,
secretary; Fred q. Holden, treasurer;
Rev. James Harry Holden, chaplain, and
Harvey King, Thomas j. Boynton, viii
liam M. Hatch, Albert H. Willis, George
W. Bishop, Mansel H. Bush, John q.
George II. Dimond and Vernon
c. Cooke, ex. com. After the business
meeting Retiring President Isaiah R.
Clark gave an interesting narrative Of his I
recent journey through Germany, Nor :
way, Sweden and Russia.
The case against the Montpelier a.
Wells River railroad for an alleged viola
lion OF the interstate commerce law by
operating . locomotive without proper
nncoupling devices, heard last November
IN federal court at Rutland, has been de-
,ided by Judge James L. Martin in favor
II the defendant railroad company. The
,laim OF the government was that a GER
ain part of the coupling on the locomo-
i've was missing. The railroad claimed
.hat the government had not shown that
here was a noncompliance with the law,
ind Judge Martin took that view Of the
natter. n. c. shurtleB, attorney for the
Montpelier q Wells River railroad, repre-
snted the road ct the hearing in Rut-
and.
A netition was fIed in Washington
ounty court Jan. IS by Ray Mullin,
Who is nov in the state prison ct Wind
or for the murder OF Seth Bntcheider OF