Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-10-22
IMPORTANT VERMONT NEWS.


Condensed and rewritten by the tAlbans Messenger
from It's entcrprising state exchanges
Henry Sharkey OF Shoreham fell from a
tree few days since and broke his wrist
Clarence Riggs recently had one knee
pal dislocated while playing foot ball al
Middlebury.
Henry L. Strong of Benson recently fell
from a load OF corn stalks and dislocated
his lelt shoulder.
Thieves broke into the house of Rollin
sykes of Dorset, and stole quite sum OF
money and valuables.
A man named Phillips, from West Ar
lington, aged about 65 years, was found
dead in his bed at the Waterbury insane
asylum Oct. s.
Mrs. H. B. Powell of Putney was severe
ly bitten on the right band by cat, and
has since been unable to use the hand,
which swelled badly and was very pain
ful.
Chas .Bissell and Frank Blake of Bellows
Falls have been held in $500 bail each to
answer to the charge of having robbed
VIM. Smith of Athens of S65. Bissell is
the same fellow who burglarized the Bos-
worth drug store few months ago and
was let go without prosecution.
dents in the past few days. James White
had one hand taken off in the carpenter
shop OF the Fall Mountain paper mill;
George OiDette, a leg hurt and James Ma
lev his face cut at the Webb quarry, Fred
Gotta, two fingers jammed of between
freight car couplers, and Thomas Nc
Laughlin one finger crushed in calender
at the Fall Mountain paper mill.
F.F. Bogue OF Pittsfield fell from hay
loft and broke one of his ribs.
James Hanley had one finger cut off by
saw in the pulp mill at Middlebury.
Geo. Fowler OF Lyndonville recently fell
from tree and broke his right wrist.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Blake were recently
thrown from their carriage and badly
hurt.
Hazel, infant daughter of Frank Gardi-
ner, of Felchville, tipped over in her chair
and broke her collar bone.
o. P. Bennett, marble dealer and select
man, of Johnsbury, fell from a step-lad-
der while picking apples and his leg was
broken.
Mrs. Edw. Mayhem, of Fair Haven, died
few days since from excessive hemor-
rhage at the nose. She bled for about II
hours.
DR.. Huse OF Berlin accused Chas. Nichols
Nichols pounded Huse in a most artistic
manner to prove his innocence.
Edw. Kilburn and Miss Minnie Smith
of Poultney were thrown from a carriage
down 16-foot bank last Friday and the
lady died Saturday from concussion OF the
brain. Kilburn was terribly hurt, his in
juries causing brain fever.
L. d. Hazen, leading farmer and prom
inent business man of St.Johusbury,w which
town he represented in the Legislature of
1888, has been named by the president as
one Of the commissioners to select the
site for the new government building at
Pueblo Cal.
f. w. Sherburne of Barre won the 25-
mile bicycle race at Barre on Thursday,
beating II. c. White of Brattleboro in one
hour, forty one minutes and 5 seconds.
The race was for 800 and the champion
ship of the state. The time was three min
utes faster than the best previous state re-
cord.
Ethel, the handsome and accomplished
daughter of John Q. Temple, a prominent
marble dealer at Rutland and one of the
village trustees, eloped with w. c. Jones,
an express messenger running between
Rutland and Troy. They were married in
Troy. Her parents, who had strenuously
opposed the match, were not very happily
surprised when they learned what the
young people had DONE Messenger.