Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-10-25

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Rev. Norman Seayer, d. D., will
deliver the address before the YER
mont Bible society at Montpelier, Oct.
Both. His subject will be "The Bible
the Educator of the People"
The late Daniel II. Sortwell of Cam
bridge, Mass, left no will. His estate,
which is reported TO amount to about
-. OO0, 900, will go to his son, Alvin
! f. Sortwell. His widow is provided
for by an ante-nuptial agreement. Mr..
Sor,well was the president and prin-
cipal owner OF the Montpelier& Wells
River railroad. He died recently at
Montpelier.
At meeting held in Windsor, it
was decided 10 establish corn-can-
ming factory in town il sufficient
sum Of money could be raised. Over
II 900 were subscribed at once to put
up buildings, and firm from Maine
will put in machinery worth sl5,0)t,
paying $ per cent for 10 years on the
cost of the buildings. They will en-
ploy ten hands throughout the year
and $50 in the canning season.
There are now ten prisoners in the
| Jail at Woodstock. An attempt to
break out was frustrated Sunday,when
the iailer found that the CRATES of the
inside window were nearly sawed of
and the outside ones started, the marks
being filled with backing and oil.
Thorough search brought several saws
TO light. VIII Briggs admitted that
he did the saving and that the saws
We're passed in TO him by his younger
brother. The latter was arrested and
bound over for trial in the sum of
800.
DIR. w. ii. Brooks, the Nestor OF the
medical profession in Fort Wayne,
Ind, died in that city Saturday, aged
So He was born in Weston. this
state. At the age of ls,young Brooks
taught school in Royalton. His GER
tificate was signed by Jacob Collamer,
afterward United States senator from
this state and a member of the cabinet
of President Taylor. He went West
at the age of 20. studied medicine and
in ls4l settled in Fort Wayne, where
for many years he held high rank in
his profession.
At the sixty-eighth annual meeting
Of the Vermont Mutual fire insurance
company, held at its office on Wednes-
day, Oct. 18th, the following officers
and directors were elected for the en-
suing year: president, Horatio n.
Taplin; vice president, Fred +. Smith:
secretary. James T. Sabin; treasurer,
VIM. 7. Dewey; directors, Fred f.
Smith, Horatio \. Taplin, Louis p.
Gleason, NJ. +. Smile, James L. Sa-
bin, for Washington county; w. A.
Lawrence, for Addison; J. r. Judson.
for Bennington; w. c. Lewis, for
Caledonia; Henry Greene, for Chit
tenden; George ). Robinson, for Essex:
L. b. Hunt, for Franklin; Henry c.
Hill, for Grand Isle; \. c. Raymond,
for Lamoille; James X. Lynde. fol
Orange: j. y. Webster, for Orleans
George Briggs, for Rutland; James l..
Martin, for Windham: w. w. Stick
ney, for Windsor.
\ bad wreck occurred Thursday
noon neer the Montpelier Il Well.
River railroad, which blocked the
main line of both the Central Yer
mont and Wells River roads during
the afternoon. While the Central 10.
connective employed on the branch
freight train was showing two heavily.
loaded cars of granite to the shed of
c. ii. Moore n Co., the rails spread
near the switch connecting the two
roads. Both ears were hurled from
the track, one of them being turned
completely over, placing the granite
beneath it. The stone on one car wa,
estimated to weigh over twenty tons.
The cars were badly broken and tn,
track somewhat injured. One stone
blocked the main track of the Mont
pelier Il Wells River railroad. on
the trains went out ON time by use o
the back track. The Central trains t,
Barre were somewhat delayed. A
wrecking train was sent from st. Al
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