Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-10-19
State of Vermont.
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, IN MlddleDury.
An eight-year-old son of L. Fitz
/ gerald fell from merry-go-round a
Brattleboro and was fatally injured.
. The. Baptist church at Stamford, il
: Bennington county, gets $4,000 il
trust from the will of the late c. T
Sampson of North Adams, Mass.
A barn with its contents, consisting
of hay and grain, belonging to Perry
II. Miles, in Hinesburgh, was burned
recently. Loss, 5000; no insurance.
A freight on the Montpelier q
Wells River road was wrecked Oct
4,at Lanesboro, and Archie Sawyer Of
Montpelier, brakeman, was killed
Gov. Fuller has commissioned Hon
f. 4. Alfred judge of probate for Or
leans county, vice Judge Austin, de-
ceased. He will enter upon the dis
charge of his duties at once.
Col. l.. c. Leavens, deputy collector
in the customhouse at Richford, has
retired, as have Barnes and Captain
Marvin. Their places are filled by
| - Nf0A'7s NoltAs &hANti anu
Bancroft, Democrats.
As George NJ. Davis, the well-known
Windsor horseman, was riding behind
a 2:40 horse last Thursday, dog
Jumped at the animals head and
frightened it. Mr.. Davis was thrown
out and so badly hurt that fatal re-
suit was feared.
Henry Meyers and wife Of Pownal
were run away with Oct. u. The
whitlletree of the wagon broke, scar
ing the horse, and Mr.. Meyers and
wife were fatally injured. They were
each - years of age and among the
most respected residents of Pownal.
Alexis A. Yot, aged 7s, who died
at Rutland, Oct. ), was the man who
planted the first United States flag on
Pixies Peak. In early life, he was
intimately connected with General
Fremont and Kit Carson in their ex-
petitions across the plains and the
Rocky Mountains.
John c. Clark of st. Johnsburv has
been elected director ofthe First Ma
tional Bank to succeed the late Chas.
W. King. Mr.. Clark's extended bank
ing career well tits him for this posi-
ton. Caledonian.
His many friends in Orange county
freely concur in the last.
A Passumpsic freight train was de
rallied at switch at White River
junction. Tuesday night, and Engi-
neer Rooney was hurt about the head
by jumping from his engine. The
track was INSTRUCTED by the wreck.
and the night mail trains were delayed |
several hours.
The town of Monroe has won the suit |
against the Connecticut River Compa-
ny, the jury bringing in a yerdictFr day
OF 81 900 damages The case has been |
on trial in Woodsville for the past two |
weeks. The town sued to recover
$4,000 damages, caused by the defend
ants logs in the spring freshet of SIS.
Mrs. lrena Woods Clifford died
Sept p, aged % years and four
She was one OF the oldest,
il not the very oldest resident Of Pas
Her father was Capt. Jo-
seph Woods of Waterford She mar
ried Jonathan Clifford of Danville.
md since his death She has lived
with her niece. Mrs Celia Goss of
Barnet
The Norwich Shook n Lumber
steammill nj Norwich was ,
burned early sunday morning. The /
was 500 feet long. contained
wo stories and a basement. and it had
ust been completed. The mill was
'ulned in August, 1892. The last
ire is thought to be incendiary. All
he machinery and much manufac-
ured stock were destroyed.
While a party of half dozen bows
we're hunting in the woods northwest
4 81. Adams village on Sunday after
Don, an old-fashioned musket in the
ands of George Roberts was acct
entally discharged, blowing the back
I Edward Lacour's head of. Death
'as instantaneous. Lacour was about 7
$ years of age and had been employ y
/ in the Messenger office.
James Gilrain, a well-to-do citizen ?
nployed by the Howe Scale company, sa
ent cunning in Rutland ON Monday. II
e attempted to crawl under barbed n lS
ire fence, dragging his gun after him.
he result was that ii was discharged. sal
le entire contents entering his abdo- ~ NJ
en-. making a sici@ening wound and &c
using instant death. The deceased ~ 20
rs - years old and leaves wife and Or Or
ght children. dol
A sad accident happened at the Quint /
ace Just below So. Rvegate on Tues -
". the east bound freight due atWens r.,
iyer about 10 o'clock a. m. stopped adj
the stone sheds to drop off a couple e csi'
ears, when a fiye-year-0ld boy mem est'
+ Of a family living near the railroad vii
mbed onto the cars mobserved bv Sai'
e trainmen; the train started and the orc
y was IN some way thrown underth the Oct
reels and run over and instantly kill a fe4l
The body was frightfullv man Of /
II w sucs
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