Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-04-14

NeO. 1IlIlln OF w alIsnelu was Id
tally kicked in he head by horse, OF
April 6.
E Edward Goodbue of Winooski has
been fined So for assault on Napoleon
ferian.
The house in West Ferrisburg occu-
pied by John Newton was burned Apr.
8. Insured Tor $500
| Charles Crandall of Derby recently
paid SIC in fine and costs for assault
ing Chas. Waterman.
The residence OF C"ssius Warner in
Vel geunes was burned April 6. Loss
81 ,O0t insurance, $4,000.
A shed in Rutland, used for storage
purposes. and owned bv George Chat
fee. was burned Tuesday, April ).
The steam mill and chair stock fac
tory Of j. j. Duane, in Lapdgrove,
was burned April 5. Loss, $4,000 /;
! insurance light.
Giles b. Durkee of Barre was thrown
from carriage and three of his ribs
were fractured and one shoulder blade
cracked.
The Argus and Patriot is authority
for the statement that it is rumored
that G. l.. Whitney, Town Treasurer
of Milton, is short some 81 100 in his
accounts, and that his bondsmen are in
vestigating the matter.
Willie, the l0-year-old son of VIM.
Heavy of MorrisviIle, fell into the
fume at the pulp mill in that village
Thursday last, and being carried into
the river, was drowned. The body was
not recovered, the river being very
high.
Ebert G. Levanway has been con-
yicted in Washington County Court OF
simple assault on one 0'Neil, in Mont
pelier. O'Neil was stabbed and cut up
considerably but the jury was evidently
Of the opinion that it was the result of
a drunken row and that there was no
actual intent to kill.
Philander A. Streeter of Company
G, I'd VI. Infantry, now a resident of
llolyoke, Mass, was among the unfor-
tunates taken prisoner by the rebels at
the first battle of Bull Run July 81,
1861, and was the first Union soldier
to be confined in Libby Prison, where
he remained until Jan. 3, 1862. His
picture is to adorn the walls of old Lib
by at Chicago during the Worlds Fair.
Henry NJ. Taylor of Proctor, son of
DR.. ID. w. Taylor of Sherburne, but
for some years an engineer in the en-
ploy of the Government at Washing
ton, few days since rescued a fellow
workman who had been overcome by
escaping gas in narrow tunnel in
Washington. The rescue was render
ed more dangerous by the fact that
lighted lamp was near the broken gas
main and the gas was liableto ignite at
any moment.
George n. Dale of Island Pond was
recently nominated by the St. Jonrs-
bury Republican, for congressman to
succeed Gen. Grout Mr.. Dale prompt
ly published card in which he denied
having any aspirations in that direc-
ton. This is not considered in so good
taste as Col. Fairbanks method OF skip
ping out of the country for awhile after
an equally serious offence had been
committed against him by the same
journal. The intense suffering of both
candidates" however may have been
about equal.
The Central Vermont Railroad Com
pany will have on the 10th inst, COM
pleted and ready for use at Norwood,
n. Y, large grain elevator. The
length of the building is IA feet and it
is 40 feet wide. On top of the western
end of the main building is five-story
cupola, 30x40, the top of which is 1872
feet from the foundation walls. An
engine house 24x32 feet of brick and
metal roof, is being constructed, in
which is now being placed new To-
horsepower engine. Aside from the
belts, no belt transmission
Of power will be used, rope cables
taking its place. In the main structure
there are Is bins, 62 feet high and 20
by u feet. Under the cupola there
are 10 bins II feet square and 40 deep.
Two men can unload and sweep out a
EAR in eight minutes, and a car can be
loaded in two minutes. The elevator
has capacity for storing over $780,
900 bushels.