Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-10-11

was to-day. Oct 8, elected second vice
president Of the New England Dis
trict Epworth League.
Senator Gordon of Georgia is to de-
liver IA lecture in the St. Johnsbury
Y. NJ. c. A. course, Jan. 4, on the
'sLast Days Of the Confederacy."
The st. Johnsbury board of trade
held meeting last week to discuss
proposed changes in the village char
Ter. but adjourned without favoring
any alterations.
Edmund IL. Carter, mayor OF
Wahpeton, No. Dakota, is native
and former resident of Springfield.
He is the first Republican ever elected
mayor of Wahpeton.
Bert. the 17-year-old son of L. G.
Young of Brandon, was badly injured
Thursday by the accidental discharge
of a shotgun. His face was filled with
powder and his eyes were somewhat
injured.
Jean G.. Leblanc, who more than a
quarter of century ago, was press
man in the Montpelier Waterman. Of
flee, where he was known as John G..
White, has recently been elected coun-
Gilman of the city Of Woonsocket, l.
Rev. James l.. Diverty of Wood
stock has been transferred TO the
Philadelphia conference. This was a
great surprise to the congregation.
Mr.. Diverty went the first Of this
week to Parkersburg, Pa, where his
new charge is located.
A steam sawmill in North Walpole,
y. H.. owned by the Fall Mountain
Paper company, known rs the "Nims
mill, was burned Wednesday night;
also d valuable pair of draft horses and
80 cords of poplar wood. Loss. So
600. The mill had not been run in
two or three years.
Burglars entered the store Of James
III. McMnllen at Castleton. Monday
evening of last week They entered
BY breaking the lock on the front door.
A hole was bored in the door OF the
safe and one charge Of dynamite eX-
ploded, running the safe door. About
S25 were secured.
The Vermont supreme court will
open at Montpelier, Oct. 9th. Here is
the list Of cases by counties and the
order in which they will come: BEN
nington, ID: Windham, 1; Franklin,
3: Grand Isle, /; Orleans. 3; Rutland,
l6; Addison, ,; Lamoille, s; Essex, |;
Caledonia. %; Windsor. -: Orange,
Z; Chittenden. 10; Washington, Il.
William Seymour Of Winooski re-
Gently met with an unfortunate acci-
dent. While walking across the rail-
road bridge, he was oyertaken by al
freight train and. as the engine passed
him, felt something hitting him on
the side Of the head. In putting up
his hand TO see what it was, he became
entanglcd with the broken bell rope
and was dragged along beside the en-
CINE nearly half mile The skin was
scrapcd from his face and legs and Iii,
wrist was dislocated.
The air Of Calais seems favorable to
longevity, A Calais correspondent
trots ont ten citizen, who voted nj the
last freemen', meeting, with an aggre-
gate are Of SIS years, or an average Of
Sis They are: Ira Kent, 81 years;
Jacob White, S.; Grin Davis, Sc:
TAYLOR HARDWOOD, oi; John Gallison.
SO: John Morse, ~: Bert Smith, so;
). O. Robinson, rs Wareham Chase,
-; Or. Provost, &c. Calais will please
walk up and take the bun to which ii
is manifestly entitled st. Johns
bury Republican.
The new sos 900 issue II Burling
ton water bonds and the city's notes
to the amount of $4,000 have been
sold to w J. Hayes a Son of Boston.
through their agent, 4. II. Richard |
son. The notes are divided into sums
of $1,000, payable in one. two, three
four and five years. The bonds ma
ture in % years and bear interest at
per cent. Both the bonds and notes
brought a premium. OF the issue Of
bonds made last spring, $50, 900 were
thought to be illegal, and this issue Of |
notes is given to replace it.
Hiram :. Atkins of Stowe, a nephew
of the late Hiram Atkins of Montpe- |
lier, has invented new mill for grind
ing grain. 1t Is considered vast inn
provement over the old-fashioned |
burr stones. The design of the mill |
is simple and consists of an iron she'll
which is tlaring and provided upon
Its inner side with teeth. At the lower |
end Of this she'll is set of breaking |
knives which correspond with similar
knives fastened to the grinding cone.
This cone is raised or lowered to con-
troll the lincness of the material ground.
Two men were arrested at Norris
vile, Oct. 18th, for evading a hotel
bill and are held on suspicion Of being
the postotiice thieves who have made
twenty or more breaks in Vermont
during a few months past. One tallics
exactly with the description of the
craeksmen sent ont 10y District Attor-
ney Senter. The latter. who is Az