Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-01-05

The Rev. William Perrin OF st. Luxe
Church in Hants, Eng, has been appoint
ed Bishop of British Columbia.
-One fireman was killed and another Is
missing and is believed to be in the runs
of the Becker tannery burned at Minneap
oils.
The Roman Catholic Cathedral at Null
lingar, Ireland, was robbed of the Christ
mas otfertory, amounting TO over one
hundred pounds.
Mrs. John w Wander was frightfully
burned at her home at Orange, N. j.,
her clothing catching fire from the stove.
She cannot live.
The knitting mills of John p Shepard
at Salem, n. j., were burned Monday.
| The loss is estimated at about S2O, OOO,
with 5000 insurance.
| John Miller and Simon Blankenhilier
were examining a revolver in Reading,
Pa, saloon, when the weapon exploded
killing Miller instantly.
Lille Power a domestic at Birming
ham, Ala, went TO bed drunk and smoked
cigarette. The led clothing caught lire
and She was burned to death.
The Italian Government, after expert
menting with the coal brought from Ger
man mines, has decided to continue using
English coal on the Italian warships.
The bank building, the Opera House
and uine small business houses in Nor
borne, No. were burned Monday. Loss
about $40, 600, with only small insurance.
Jack Hall, the Australian lightweight,
was knocked out in the eighth round at
the Palo Alto Club, San Francitco, Mon
day night by Charles Johnson of ST. Paul.
john Mccormick and William o. Cow
an, employed in the yards of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad at Philadelphia, were
struck by an express train and instantly
killed
Fire has destroyed the new music hall
Of Pillsbury Academy at Owattona, Mimi,
which had just been completed through
the generosity of Hon George Pillsbury,
of Minneapolis.
Bridget Gerrity, aged 80 years, was as.
phyxiated by coal gas in her apartments
on Nassau street, New York, Monday,
and her aged husband, the janitor Of the
building, was partially overcome.
While skating at St, Clair, Pa,
a young man named Chas. Edwards
was accidentally shot in the breast by
bullet from Flobert rifle in the hands of
George France. The wound is fatal
Frederick II. Marsh, formerly Chief In
spector OF Police of Chicago, who was sus-
pended some time ago for alleged irregu
larities, has been reinstated, the charges
against him not having been proven.
On Monday night John Purdy, an
employee of the Westinghouse Air Brake
company, arrested for intoxication, was
burned to death in the lookup at Wilmer
ding, Pa, before help could reach him.
AT Pittsburg, Pa, the drunken brawl
OF score Of Polanders on the corner of
Twenty-eighth and Liberty streets late
sunday night, resulted in number of per-
sons being seriously wounded, one dying
of his injuries.
M. Louis Pasteur, the celebrated French
physician, w.ss 20 years old Monday.
Paris gave him magnificent reception in
honor of the benefits he has conferred
upon humanity.
The steamer Spree, which was towed
into Queenstown with thirty feet Of
water in her after compartment recently,
has been towed to Milford Haven, where
the hole made in her stern by her broken
shaft will be repaired.
Patrick Griffin, stair builder. and for
merly private in the Sith Royal Irish |
Fusileers, died at the City Hospital, at
Newark, N. j., from the effects of lauda-
mum taken with suicidal intent. He was /
Respondent over love affair.
Last week storm seriously affected the |
trains and the traffic on nearly all railroad /
lines in the eastern part OF Washington. |
North Idaho and Montana. The trouble 4
is occasionel by the deep snow and heavy |
drifts in the Rocky Mountains.
Capt J. II. Putnam, who was Con-
sul-Gcnerai to Honolulu under President
Cleveland, is dead at Chillicothe. Q. |
He was an exState Senator, was
private secretary to Gov. allen, and was
a well-known newspaper man.
"A. J. Bryant, whose home is in Packs,
vile, 5. O., and who, after being put
under arrest at Bangor Me-, for
made an unsuccessful at
tempt TO hang himself in Jail, is wanted
in South Carolina for murder.
Minnie Cooper, the last descendant of
the Cooper family, and heir to about
SIS, 600, for whom an Albany, \. y.
lawyer has long been making
inquiries, has been located. She is now
49,. !
edward Wright, freight conductor on
he Delaware railroad, was run over and
Silled at Delmar Monday, and two
hours later Benjamin Birmingham aud
MS brother Edward. farmers, were struck
BY train and instantly killed at the
ame place.
Peter Kelly. Of Bridgeport, Conn,
claims that three bodies not belong
ng 70 his family have been
buried in his plot in St Augustine's Gem
'tery, and has demanded their removal.
he threatens TO sue Father Cremin, Gus
odian OF the cemetery.
Mary MeGovern. % years Of age. was
,aoiy burned IN her home at West New
Brighton, ;. l.. and died from
ier injuries shortly after. She was
IN habitual smoker and it is believed that
he bad attempted to light her pipe while
n bed and set lire To the bedding.
1T is discovered at Toledo. O..
hat systematic robbery of city natural
,as has been going on for no one knows