Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-06-09
Vermont News.

Archie Stockwell, of Brattieboro
had his foot run over by cars neal
Charlestown, n. H., last week.
Mrs. Charles Bean. of Brattleboro,
fell from chair in which she wa:
standing and broke her leg.
Lightning struck the Methods
church at West Enosburgh during the
storm, of June 2, damaging it about
$500.
Thieves broke into the store of Hoae
and Clauson, Central St. Rutland
Monday, May 80, but did not get away
with any booty.
Frank NJ Bliss had one hand cut
into pieces last week, in one of the up
right planners in the Estey shops, in
Brattleboro.
The Republican Convention of Adj
olson County has been called to meet
at Middlebury Friday, June "a, at 10
o'clock A. NJ.
Miss L. H. Brigham has been engag-
ed as preceptress ofGoddard Seminary
Barre, in place of Miss Clara Haw-
thorn, resigned.
Ed. Shepardson, of Guilford, was
last week scoring ties when he made
misstroke and his axe split one of
his feet from toes to instep.
Mrs. Joseph Bean, of Windsor, fell
down stairs last week, broke her wrist
and fractured her skull, the result of
the latter injury being still in doubt.
Max Reynard, aged four years, in
attempting to jump on a wagon at
Barre, thrust one leg through the wheel
and the leg was broken above the knee.
Henry Lavellee ofBurlington,a mar
ried man, recently criminally assaulted
Rose Limoge, his fifteen ear-old sister
in-law, and the police are looking for
him.
Bernard, son of w. c. Maxfeld, of
Hyde Park, fell from the scaffold to the
floor OF his fathers barn, and received
what were at first believed to be fatal
injuries.
Miss Liza Germane, of Brattleboro,
is a victim of the annual house clean
ing mania. She was taking up carpet
when she fell over trunk and broke
five ribs.
Rev. j. r. Bartlett, arrested at
Montpelier last week by II. Il. Vince
lock for an unlawful debt, settled it by
deciding property at Swanton and re-
turned to Boston.
Capt. George f. Davis, of Co. ID,
10th Vermont, of Burlington, has been
awarded a medal of honor for distin-
guished conduct at the battle of Monoea-
cy, Md, July 9, 1864.
The contract for building a new
Presbyterian meeting house at Barre
viii soon be let. There are but two
Presbyterian churches in Vermont, one
of which is over 100 years old.
Charles j. Harrington, foreman in
the Burlington cotton mills, caught his
clothing on a screw while adjusting a
belt Thursday, was thrown against
the ceiling and one arm was broken.
Lieut.. A. J. Robbins, of Cob, Sec
ond Vermont Volunteers, now residing
at Castleton, has been awarded medal
Of honor by the war department for dis
tinguished services in tie rebellion.
Attempt was made last week to steal
the horse ofGeorge Hall, ofBrattleboro.
Mr.. Hall was awakened, went to the
barn and found the horse with the halter
cut while two men were seen sneaking
away from the premises. :.
At recent special meeting of the
stockholders Of the St. Johnsbury and
Lake Champlain Railroad company, al
St. Johnsbury, the stockholders voted
to authorize the !irec-ors to cancel a
mortgage heretofore made by TIE COM
pany and bearing the date November
2, 1880, and to authorize au issue of
per cent. first mortgage bonds OF the
company to an amount not exceeding
two million FIVE hundred thousand dol
lars.
The will of the late Hiram A. Cut
ting, of Lunenburg, does not dispose OF
the doctors cabinet or library, which
was considered the most elaborate own
ed by any individual in New England
the former contains $4,000 specimens
and the latter upwards of 100000 vol
umes. The disposition of both are left
with he administrator as is the large
landed property, valued at from $4,000
to $4,000. The doctors collection
never ought to 90 out of Vermont, and
some action to keep it intact should be
taken at once. Horace w. Bailey, of
Newbury, is the administrator ofthe es-
tate.
The semi-centennial anniversary OF
the founding of the Academy at St.
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