Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-10-05
State of Vermont.
Its News Condensed and Rewritten for
Our Readers.

Our Readers.
Winnifred Butler of Newbury is go
ing as a missionary 10 Bombay, and
will leave next week.
Henry G. Belden, formerly of St.
Johnsbury, is mentioned as the sue
cessor TO Judge Hooker of Minnesota.
The Newport Express says this has
been rather light season Tor passeD-
ger travel on Lake Memphremagog
and that the freight business has been
about an average.
Chief-of-Police Miller of St. Johns
bury has gone to the Worlds Fair at
the expense OF the Boston Globe. Mr..
Miller was the fortunate Vermont po-
liceman who had the most votes in the
Globes coupon contest.
Middlebury has had a grave robbery
scare, resulting from report that the
grave Of Professor Parker, who died
many years ago. had been desecrated
but no direct evidence has been receiv-
ed to confirm the report.
Charlie Page of Wells River was de-
scending hill last week with pair of
horses. He jumped from the wagon,
made mistake, falling between the
reach and the wheel. and was held
there for some minutes, getting three
ribs broken.
W. n. Hubbard, foreman in Wild
er's mill, in Victory, was badly IL
iured Sept. %. When passing by
shaft in the mill, his coat was caught
and wound round the shaft. aud he
was carried around with il several
times, until the cloth tore away and
he was released. He will be laid up
for several weeks.
@. A. Denison of Bloomington Cen.
ter was in St. Johnsbury, Sept. p,
and started a fiye-dollar bank account
for a promising youngster, Merrill
ID. Leland, aged two years. The nov
ell feature of the transaction is that the
money was contributed by ten living
grandparents OF the child.
How was the Kid related 10 each of
the ten.
Three freight cars on the Lake road
train from the East were derailed by
frog, just as the train was coming in
to the depot Friday afternoon, Sept.
%. The accident happened on the
trestle over the new highway, aud di-
rectly opposite a big derrick Only
one of the cars was loaded, but it was
several hours before the track was
cleared.-St. Johnsbury Caledonian.
Altogether y persons were killed
and llG wounded ia the seven railroad
accidents which occurred on the roads
east Of Chicago in the last six days OF
August ard the first TWENTY-FIVE days
of September. The roads were the
Harlem, Long Island, Boston and Al
bany, Big Four. Panhandle, Illinois
Central aud Wabash. This is mel
ancholy record, the more so because in
every case the disasters were the re-
suit OF negligence. Boston Journal.
For the first time in 80 years, the
tide OF immigration is setting away
from this country. The steamship COM
panies report that twice as many steer
age passengers are leaving for Europe
as are arriving here. One steamer,
VIII CHI Tiled for Genoa, Saturday. had |
to refuse 900 applications for passage
on account of lack OF room. 1t is sup
posed that people who have been
thrown out of work are returning to |
their native land to await the revival
of prosperity here.
WhHn " 5. Bailey's Lambert B
lowered his own aud the ack record
al the Caledonia county fair, he made
the last quarter Of the lie in 30 l-2
seconds. This is 2 10 gait and Lam
bert h. is now the fastest horse in
northeastern Vermont. He has bro.
ken the track record at the county fair
two years in Succession. Little has
been heard of Mr.. Bailey's famous rec
ord-breaker, Helen NJ, but she trotted
her first race this year at Morrisville.
Sept. Fl, winning the free-for-all race.
The best time OF the race was ? 80.
The repairs on the church at Wells
River are nearly completed. The build
ing has been raised FIVE feet, new ves-
try, ladies narlors, dining room.
kitchen arrangements. etc., put into
the basement, finished ia white wood.
An alcoye has been built on the rear of
the church for the organ, the audience
room has been newly plastered and
newly finished, new black walnut pews
and a new carpet win soon be put in
new furnace has been put in by Null
liken & Davis, and 80 electric lights
are in position, ready to turn on. Every
thing has been done in thorough shape.
at a cost Of about $4,000. +
Another forged note of Charles T.
Walters has turned up, upon which