Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-09-29
THE VERMONT STATE NEWS.

L. C. Mover, class 'e2, wv. NJ, has as
sumed the duties of night EDITOR OF the
Free Press.
II is reported that the VT. Ms eble Co. is
10 shut down one OF its large Mills at W.
Rutland.
DIR. Henry F. Walker has given the Nc
CIure library in Pittsfield the income from
$4,000 invested in water stock subscriber
for by him.
John r. Seaver has resigned his posi-
ton as station agent at Proctorsyille anu
will be succeeded by f. 5. Lockwood, VINO
had charge Of the station several months
last year.
Rev. Frank Appleton of Providence, X.
l.. has accepted a call to ". Andrews
Episcopal church at St. Johnsbury. Revf.
D. Buckley, the present rector, goes 70
Waterbury, Conn.
N. S. Brockway of Bellows Falls won
TOE club medal for the best so shots, at
the meeting OF the National Rife Club at
South Vernon, Sept. IA, and also made the
shortest string, which counts one on the
bar of silver prize.
Chas. e. Truell of Underhill was found
dead in his room at the Van Ness House,
Burlington, having died OF heart disease
He was AZ years of age, farmer, ana was
grand iuryman in attendance upon the
Chittenden county court
There were four generations represented
at the reunion in Moretown IN honor oil
the Dirt OF Jacob Gagged 81 years.
He is quite a small man, weighing III lbs,
straight as an arrow, has good memory
and Withal is remarkably smart Tor his
age.
Michael keenan, was killed Sept.2l while
at work in r. Hangers slate quarry at
Hydeville. He was employed in the pit
to load rubbish into boxes and had filled
box and sent it up, but had neglected TO
get out from under II, when stone ieil
off the box and struck him on the head,
killing him instantly. He was 80 years Of
age and unmarried.
stephen Morse, the defeated republican
candidate for representative from Dam
vile, proposes to contest the election OF
Geo Davis the democrat, on the ground
that ballots were wrongly marked by as
sistants, that some were marked outside
the booths, that votes were not properly
counted, etc.
Fayette Haskins OF Wardsboro, aged 80
years, attempted to chloroform and alb
duct Flora daughter OF j. g. Hildreth,
who had rejected his suit for her hand.
The girl awoke, screamed and alarmed
her father and the fellow was finally
caught IL is believed that he proposed
to initiate Frank C. Amy and kill Miss
Flora as il was learned that previous to
buying chloroforn he had tried to pur-
chase prussic acid.
In Hartland there are quite number OF
1910 Harrison voters who expect to cast
their votes for the grandson Of their old
time leader in November. Among them
are II. b. Watriss, j. w. Spear, j. NJ.
Sumner, A. f. Burk, b. f. Burnham, Al
vim Benjamin, L. NJ. Benson, Moses Gage,
Elisha Darrell, Norman Perkins. The
oldest one on this list Is Mr.. Gage, "
years OF age.
VIM. c. Coane OF Brattleboro assisted in
the celebration OF the election OF Col. Levi
X. Fuller, by setting of fireworks. He
lighted floral bomb which did not ex-
plode, and after the fuse had burned down
he turned his attention elsewhere. The
| bomb. however, went of shortly alter
ward, striking and fracturing his left leg.
NJ. c. Leffengwell, an insurance solic-
itor OF Rutland, who has been employed
BY s. ID. Shepard, special agent OF the
Mutual Life Insurance Co, has absconded
with about 500, which he had collected
from policy holders in payment OF their
premiums Beside the money he took an
overcoat and pipe belonging to Mr.Shep-
ard.
At the annual meeting ofthe Woodstock
railway company the directors elected
were: +. y. Billings, Woodstock; Lewis
| Pratt, Woodstock; John j. Dewey, Que
chee; r. = Mackenzie, Woodstock; j. fos-
ter Rhodes, Chicago; Norman Williams
Chicago. The directors elecsed as presi-
dent, r. n. Billings; vice president, John
j. Dewey; clerk, {. =. Marsh; supt. and
I treasurer, James q. Porter; auditors, Lew
\ is Pratt and w. 5. Dewey.