Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-04-12

Friday evening, April 10th, MI y; w.
Gaynor of Northfield Will give reau isSi
in the Methodist church. Inc Ilusii o.
nart M the program is to be furnished Dy
local talent. Mr.. Gaynor is line reaoer
and few years ago won the hrst prize a'
the Sheldon prize speaking contest
The bristol Herald compliments for
mer resident of West Randolph in the iol-
loving manner "0ne year ago b. ".
Wilcox began business in Bristol, ana ne
has during that time, fully convinced INC
neople of this section that they can az
ways find in his store all up-to-oa'e
goods"
A. e. Lane of Montpelier was IN Town
over Sunday, and Charles Porter OF MeM
York City was the CUES. OF ~ IL lem iangth of
Al. L.IScott for nearly the same lensln a.. -,
time. The latter went back TO the Guy
Tuesday, bat his wife will be-with ner par
ents for a week or so longer
Mrs lila Ross and son arrived from the
West on the early train Sunday morning.
They reached Montreal Saturday Just as
our :35 express was pulling out oi tno
station; and consequently, they VIZ
obliged to see a great deal more OF the ga
madam clty than their guide books called
for.
Mrs. Henry w. Tewksbury and daugh-
ter Miss Mary, returned from Boston,
Monday, after a short visit TO % lew hs
hurv. recently appointed general agent, lot
Boston. OF the Equitable Life Assurances
society, the largest company IN INC W SI.lSi
His Office is in the Equitable buliulhs'
corner Of Milk and Devonshire streets
uwhv Do Not More Men Attend
chnrcbqp Despite the storm, there were
nearly two hundred present at the ChrlA-
tian church last Sunday evening 70 llsleh
/ 10 the able sermon on TINS SUBJECT oeiiN-
cred by the pastor, the Rev. q. W. MOT
row. A second discourse on the SAINT
topic will be given next Sunday evening,
April 18th. All are cordially invited 70
attend.
Wednesday morning, April attn, at
twenty minutes past seven, party OF SCI
tion men on a hand car were passing
] through the cut south of the village, Nheh
a small freight train, which had talled 70
I herald its approach by whistle, appear
ed in the opening. One OF the section
men, who was on the watch gave MS
companions warning, and they jumped,
thereby escaping injury, but the haho car
+ was demolished.
Saturday morning, tramp boarded the
Way freight going south at East GfanNlnei
4 and soon after was accosted by Conductor
+ Kempton, who inquired his destination
| Tue tramp said that he was on the way 10
4 Boston, here he expected 10 ma WorK,
4 and asked II he might not rae on that
/ train. The conductor told him that ne
/ himself only went as far as White River
4 Innction and advised his unwelcome pas
senger to get of at Braintree. The tram,
/ ,yhtch was then under full Roadway,
+ struck a sag in the road and the tramp,
+ who was stationed on the top 81 car, was
+ thrown under the tram, when passed.
over him, seve4ing the head ana legs ana
+ otherwise horribly initiating the pou9'
4 The train was stopped rs quickly as pos
sible. and the tralnmen picked up the
f chastity remains, carried them TO BRAIN
/ Tree and buried them decently IN the illie
cemetery near the track. his clothing
was searched, and a letter was found "a
/ his pocket from a firm in WATERFOWL, y
+ g., strongly recommending certain
/ Frank Faulkner TO a firm in Boston. Inc
/ conductor thought from his appearance
4 that the unfortunate fellow was not an
+ ordinary tramp but having no money ana
4 expecting work in Boston, as he said, he
vas Obliged to make the journey there
either afoot or by stolen rides.
Monday morning, considerable excite
ment was aroused when II was discovered
! that J. q. mann's clothing store had been
4 broken into during the night ana rliied OF
what goes to make fine birds, the dls-
carded plumage of the burglars, who per-
4 haps thought an eXcnange-tair or other-
/ Wiss-po robbery, being left in consple-
uous SPOT Investigation OF the premises
| revealed tbs fact that the thieves entered
the store by breaking out thin panel IN
the lower part of the back door, when
I leads into a dark passageway between the
Mcintyre and Dubois blocks, where a
housebreaker might operate IN almost
| perfect safety as far as observation from
/ the street is concerned. Once inside, the
burglars, who, il is thought, must nave
been tramps with rather unusual lean
ing toward fine apparel, provided them
selves with complete outfits, each appro-
priating a suit of clothes, underwear,
shoes, rubbers, and carrying away every
silk handkerchief in stock. The store
must have been entered sometime after
nine O'Clock Sunday evening; for at that
hour, the clerk, Arson Burroughs, went
i'm TO light the night lamp and found
everything in order. Randolph has been
fairly overrun with members of the tray.
cling fraternity through the winter and
spring, and the lookup has Hospitality
| sheltered from one to 1--WE of them almost
every night.
r-r-Owing to the large amount OF adver-
tislng offered we shall issue an extra next
Friuay, the Green Mountain State, which
will contain lot of Locals crowded out oil
this issue.