Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-08-18
VERMONT NEWS.

for high school building at that place
The hay barn of William Hines il
Bristol, was struck by lightning Aug
ust 9 and burned with the seasons hay
The Clyde River paper mill at Wes
Derby was burned Aug. s, togethel
with all the machinery. Insured fol
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Hon. John c. Allen, formerly o
Hinesburgb, was nominated for Sec'y
of State at the Nebraska Republican
convention August 5.
Abe Gerau fell and broke his leg,
while climbing over the fence at the
Marsh Driving Park, Enosburgh Falls,
during the recent races.
III. Steele of Barre was hurled across
his store by shock from an electric
light wire during thunder storm, but
received no serious injury.
James Ankle, bridgeman in the
employ of the Boston and Maine rail-
road was run over by hand car near
Passumpsic and his right leg was brok-
en-.
Stephen and Charles Hallock of Bris-
tol have been arrested on charge OF
shooting at Mrs. +. W. Labor. A
hearing was held before Justice w. +.
Dunshee.
A barn owned by S. w. Flint OF
Graniteville, in Barre, was struck by
lightning Aug. IL, and burned, togeth-
er with 20 tons of hay and some $500
worth of furniture.
The barn of J. H. Fitzgerald, in
Chittenden, was struck by lightning
Aug. ! / aud burned, together with four
tons of hay and covered carriage,
the property of Robert Hood.
Two barns and two sheds. all adioin-
ing, owned by Curtis Frasier. East
Burke, together with a quantity Of sug-
ar and some calves, were struck by
lightning during violent storm Aug.
10, and burned.
John McAvoy of Worcester, was re-
Gently kicked by colt and had thrse
ribs broken. He was rendered insen-
sible and the animal, which walked
away after inhicting the injury, return
ed, as he made slight movement, and
kicked him again.
Harry Peake, aged 80 wears, late of
Company G.. 9th Vermont regiment,
died Aug. 8 in the hospital Of the YER
mont Soldiers Home. He was adj
mitted from Washington and will be
buried in the Soldiers Home cemetery.
This is death number 27.
William Lacy of Clintonville, n. T..
was last Thursday arrested at Bristol
on arequisi:ion from Governor Flower,
of New York, he being wanted in that
State on charges of horse stealing and
store breaking. He finished term in
Dannemera State prison last Spring.
A mau calling himself Dan'l Billings
White, and claiming to represent the
Boston Silver Plating Company of Bos-
ton. recently swindled the people OF
Pittsford, Brandon and Middlebury.
White went around soliciting orders for
silver plating, promising to deliver the
goods in three weeks, and did big bus
mess. He also borrowed money in
sums ranging from one dollar to five, of
most of his victims, and then suddenly
disappeared. Nothing has been seen or
heard of him since. The Boston firm
says that no such man has ever been in
its employ and that he is fraud.
The exact amount of his stealings is
not known, but will probably count
well up ia the hundreds.
During the severe thunder storm of
Wednesday evening, Aug. 10, the cleo
tric fluid set fire to the works of the
Harris Manufacturing Company at Rut-
land, and before the fire could be con-
trolled, three three-story buildings, 250
feet Of lumber, sheds, containing some
100, 1000 feet of chair stock and an office
building, az well as large amount Of
machinery, all owned by the Harris
company also two loaded freight cars,
a Central Vermont railroad shed, and
the old depot were burned with their
contents. The loss is fully 100000,
of which SIS, 900 is sustained by the
Harris company, and on that there was
s25, 900 insurance. The Central Yer
mont loses from $4,000 to $4,000. !
The Oldest man in New England is
John Francis lie Maistre of Brighton,
in Essex county. He was lOs years
old on the fourth Of last April and was
born on the Isle of jersey. When he
was 10 years old he left his native coun-
try and settled in St. Verness, p. q. |
There his life was spent as farmer
until II years ago, when he came to
live with his daughter, Mrs. +. j.
Barnes at Brighton. Mr.. Maistre is
tall and straight, being 6 feet two inch +
es in height. He is hale and hearty /
in every way and within month has