Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-08-22
EAST CHARLESTON.

EAST CHARLESTON.
Eddie Streeter has gone back to Low
ell, Mass.
Calvin and Edison Dunton raise some
of the best horses and cattle in this vi
entity. They have Jersey bull, one
year old, that weighs 1O40 pounds.
Your correspondent saw at Newport
last week "Uncle Dick" Richards, as
he is Familiarity known, of Browning
ton. Mr.. Richards was born Feb. /,
ITS, making him 1916 years old last
February. He is yetquite smart, but
has failed considerably during the past
year.
We are indebted to the Stevens
Point, Wis, JournaI for the following
particulars of the death of Charley W.
Dolloff, son of the late John G. Doloff,
and well known in Charleston and
Brighton.
III our last issue we were only able to give
the mere fact that Charley W. Dollof fell
from bridge near Cameron, Barron &C., at
about noon on Wednesday of last week, no
further particulars having then been receiv-
cd. The first reliable information of the ac-
cldent was communicated to his friends here
by John Rice, who, beng in that vicinity.
IL n MI To no ,11a Il l.,
accident happened to see that the unfortunate
man received proper care. Mr.. Dolloff vert
up on the new road being built in that Dor
ton of the State last Spring, expecting to take
a contract, but by some after arrangements
he did not secure what he expected and for
while was foreman on the grade of the Min,
ncapolis, Sault Ste Marie & Atlantic Il. r., and
finally when the company got to building
their bridges he was made foreman of bridges
At the time of the accident he was at work
on bridge crossing Cogama Creek in Bar
ron county, eight miles from Cameron. lie
was engaged with his crew putting the caps
on the top of the piles, which were pulled in
to position by team Charley was on the
top of the bridge with an adj in his hand
ready to drive in the spikes when the pile
NuS puIlch jIlO l'OSlIiOlls luG ledIu gave II
quick start, and he, losing his balance fell
backwards to the ground, a distance of 2S it.,
striking on his shoulders and back. He was
taken to Il farm house near by, and Dr. Nor
gan of Rice Lake and DR.. Robbins of Chetnc
were sent for, both of whom gave il as their
opinion that he could not live. Five ribs
were found to be broken from his back bone
on the left and two on the right side, the left
collar bone broken in two places and his
chest crushed in so that his ribs Tapped over
In front. He remained rnsensible most of the
time until he died, but occasionally con-
seriousness would return and he recognized
his wife, who in answer to q telegram left
this city Thursday morning arriving there
Friday morning. When she entered the
room he said MARY, IkReaC you would come"
and seemed to realize what had happened
and that the end was near. He also knew
and spoke to Mr.. Rice, calling him by name.
Although away from home in the woods, and
among strangers, Mrs. Dolotf found num-
Der of kind friends, who did all that was
possible to alleviate the sufferings of her
dying husband, whose iron constitution was
finally overcome by the inevitable doom, and
death came to his relief on Saturday morning
at b o'clock. j. w. Priest, r. A. Wheelock,
Mr.. Mcdonald and three of the boys who had
been working with him. aud who had watched
by his bed6ide every moment since the fatal
accident bBfel him, attended to the last sad
rites and placing his mangled form in a coffin
he was taken TO the home of j. w. Priest at
Cameron, from whicE point they took the
train for Eau Claire, Mrs Dollof being ac.
iad hun M hi A.
Eau Claire they were meet by NJ. W. Blanch.
ard, Mrs Fitch and Mrs. Dollof7s brother,
and taking the train on Tuesday morning
arrived here at noon, when they were met at
the depot by large delegation of the Mason
ic fraternity, and the remains conveyed to
the Episcopal cemetery, where the deceased
was buried with Masonic bonors Rev w.
Henry Watts, chaplain, and David ii. Vaughn,
W. NJ, conducting the services, which were
made doubly impressive by the thought that
only two days before another brother had
been laid to rest
Charley W, Dolloff was born ut Parishyille
n. Y. Jan. 9Th, 1874, and was therefore in the
10th year of his age at the time of his death
lie came west in the fall of III, since which
time he has lived in this city and vicinity,
except year or two spent in the BLACK Hills,
Washington Territory and Colorado. In 1876
he was engaged In the construction of the
road from here to Portage, he having the
contract for building that branch in company
with David Fitch, deceased, prior to which
he built the pile-bridges betweeA hero and
lOl. lie was man of unusual push and ener-
gy, and in an undertaking of this kind threw
on his coat and went in for all he was worth,
and was acknowledged by all to be first
class oVerseer Of men. While he was out
spoken, he was knd-hcarted and generous
10 fsult, and his death is deeply regretted
ana mourned by host of warm friends, who
VIII cherish his noble qualities-and he
possessed not few-and let his faults be for
gettcp IN the thought that u b9tbuwantp