News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-04-24

was being used In the town halD anC
people going to the lyceum had theil
clothes badly besmeared with it. Sucl
capers should not 90 UNPUBLISHED.
Thos. Coggeshall and wife and Mrs
L. Coggeshall of Newport, R. l., are
spending few days in town, stopping
at the American. Mr.. Ccggeshall is
one of the very few postmasters who
enjoys the distinction of having been
appointed by President Lincoln and
still continuing in office.
Calvin r. Loveland advertises tc
sell at public auction, on the premises,
at North Hyde Park, on the 9TH day
of May, the homestead of the late
Moses B. Loveland, consisting OF
house, barn and ten acres of land, and
also large amount of personal prop
erty. See bills for further partic-
ulars.
By reference to another column it
will be seen that Rev. G. L. Story
has been assigned to Wolcott and No.
Wolcott the coming year; Rev. Mr..
Bushnell again comes into this county,
having been appointed to Cambridge !;
Rev. Mr.. Bowen goes to Milton and
Rev. Mr.. Donaldson to Lyndon. Rev.
J. I. Baxendale goes to Johnson, No.
Hyde Park and Waterville.
Luella Jacobs, wife Of Levi Jacobs,
died suddenly Sunday morning of neu-
ralgia of the heart. She was about as
usual Saturday. She did the work
about the house Sunday morning and
afterward went into her room. Her
husband, hearing an unusual sohnd,
went in and found her breathing her
last. She was twenty years of age,
and leaves child about a year old.
Rev. Geo. NJ. Hubbard preached at
this place last Sunday morning and
presided at the evening meeting. All
who heard him were we'll pleased and
many express wish that he be given
call without looking further. lie is
about finishing up his studies in the
Hartford Conn., Theological Semi
nary and is a graduate of Harvard
College. A meeting of the church and
society will probably be held at an
early date to consider this and other
important matters.
Last Monday while Romina Fair
banks, Frank Williams, and Alvah
Jones were attempting to cross the
river near Fairbanks residence one of
the row-locks broke and before they
could make the shore they had floated
some distance down the stream to q
wire foot-bridge, where the boat cap
sized and all went into the water.
Romina graspcd a good hold on the
wire bridge, and Williams chung to the
boat and was carried down to the bend
of the river near the Wintergreen Hill
before assistance arrived. Here, in an
exhausted condition, he was landed
safely on the shore by a sortie from
the hide house, warned Of the mishap
by the cries of the men. Jones soon
upon the scene, having
swan nearly quarter of mile before
he succeeded in reaching the shore.
Williams was so frightened that he
could not make his rescuers under
stand that he was not the only one in
the boat, and Jones informed them
that Romina was still hanging to the
bridge. They FASTENED thither and
soon had him on terra .frnaa. Alto
gether it was quite an adventure, and
had not timely assistance arrived
might have furnished US with a more
serious item.
A most distressing accident occur
red at North Hyde Park Saturday af-
causing the death of Charles
E. Billiard while engaged with others
in running logs over D. G. Smiths
mill-dam for Buck Brothers of John
son. The water was falling over the
entire length of the dam, but q mar
row chute, or inclined plane is built
for the logs to pass over, where the
water is deeper and the current
than elsewhere. Several logs
had lodged on the brink of the dam
and partly over the fall, just one side
of the chute. 1t was thought there
was not water enough to float them
over where they were; and on these
Billiard was standing, pike in hand,
directing lie floating logs down the
channel. After awhile the logs on
which he stood loosened their hold,
and slid forward throwing him off
into the water. He stood a few mo-
ments on the edge of the dam, steady
ing himself in the swift water by hold
ing on to the logs which soon dropped
over, and he followed them, falling
perpendicularly several feet into the
boiling water below, a large number
of logs plunging after him. He came
to the surface and was endeavoring to
climb upon drift of logs lodged few
feet below the fall, when a floating
log struck him on the back cutting him
almost completely in two across the
lower part of his body. He then went
under the drift, and came up in space
between the logs and at that point was
rescued from the waters which were
died with blood. 1t is not certain
that he was conscious after being TAX
len out, and life was soon extinct.
The deceased was a son of Ezekiel
| Billiard, and was about 80 years Of
age. He formerly lived in Worcester,
Mass, buried his wife about two years
ago, and leaves two little children
without father or mother. His parents.
thus suddenly stricken with grief, have
the sympathy of all The funeral was
held at one o'clock Tuesday afternoon