Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-01-24

Receipts in the postoffice at Wood
stock in 1894 fell off $235.2l from til,
r previous year.
Miss Mary E. Wilkins of Brattle
(. boro is said to have netted $500
(. from "Pcmbroke," her latest novel.
Miss Holbrook, daughter of Franz
, Holbrook of Boston, has just finished
a life-size pastel Of Rudyard Kip
ling's two-year-old daughter.
Lydia Stevenson, otherwise known
as cold Satchel,V was arrested at st
, Adams on the charge of abortion. Sht
Z was bound up in the sum of 5000 t.
await further hearing.
: Frank Ellis of Brattleboro, who
broke his leg some two months ago
was Just able to be out on crutches
last week, when he slipped on the ice
and again broke the same leg.
, The rear half of the first floor in l.
B. Taft's four-story building in Brat
tleboro collapsed recently under the
weight of 200 tons of grain and salt.
Luckily the upper floors weie not
occupied.
The Scott Lake cottage in Ferris
burgh has been broken into and ran
sacked. One of the party, Willis
James, was placed in Middlebury Jail
for want of bonds, which the neigh
bors furnished.
A staging broke at Newport last
week, precipitating three men to the
ground. John Fizzett sustained con-
cusslon of the brain and remained un-
conscious for several hours, but is now
better. The other two were slightly
injured.
Gen. j. G. Mccullough is making
arrangements to build one of the larg-
est barns in town on his place at No.
Bennington next season, to take the
place of six or eight buildings used for
that purpose now. The barn will cost
about $4,000.
Myron Clark, representative from
the town of Salisbury, died Monday,
Jan. Ia, of pneumonia, after an illness
of only a few days. He was 81 years
of age, and had filled numerous offices
in his town. This makes the sixth
member of the present Legislature that
has died.
E. III. Shattuck Of Burlington gave
his annual supper to the postoffice
clerks and carriers one evening last
week. Postmaster Wheeler and As
sistant Postmaster Beach were also
present. As slight token of their
appreciation, Mr.. Shattuck's guests
presented him with a silk umbrella.
Ezra Edison of Mendon has just OBJ
served his SD birthday. He repre-
sented his town in 1856, 1857, 1869
1875 and 1882, and was high bailitf of
Rutland county for two years. He is
a well-preserved man, none of his fac
ulties being impaired, and has hardly
a gray hair in his head. DR.. Cyrus
Edison Of New York is nephew.
Silas l.. Griffith of Dandy has pur-
chased the land surrounding Lake
lying in the mountains east
of that village, and has made arrange
ments to erect large, handsome club
house on its shores. For some time
past Mr.. Griffith has been contemplate
ing this move, but it is only recently
that he has been able to finish his plans.
The pond covers 20 square acres of
and, and is one of the most celebrated
trout fishing resorts in the state.
When veterinary surgeon exam
ned the mouth of handsome mare,
to C.E. Woodruff of Wood {
stock, last week, to see what could be
he matter with her teeth, he discov- {
,red that a narrow rubber band had {
oeen placed on her tongue, about two
inches from the tip, and wound tight
y around it two OF three times. The |
lip of the tongue was nearly cut off, |
,nly a shred remaining above the J
place where the rubber had cut into S
he flesh. Mr.. Woodruff suspects no !
me of this horrible cruelty, still it is I
certain that the rubber couldn't have |
rot on the tongue accidentally. a
A nice appearing young man, Civ
ng the name of j. A. johnson of Il
Syracuse, n. T., was recently placed S
lnder arsest at st. Adams for passing il
worthless check for $50 on Il. V. b
Pierce of Swanton. When he found v
hat he was caught he Immediately il
ettled and departed. 1t is UNDER f
TODD that several business men of
were duped. The landlord 7
# Hotel Randall at Morrisville cashed S,
check for $50 for F. e. Bruce last /
week Monday. The landlord thinks n
hat Bruce and johnson are the same
nd that he is out that amount. He a
laimed to represent Syracuse col II
ection agency. s
Henry L. Gleason, who retired from
he postoffice few days since, has :,
cen so long connected with the pos :,
al service here that he almost seemed =
part of the outfit. He first entered e
pom that work in 1861, the late Luz = ),
her 0. Greene then being postmaster, !,
nd has been at it the greater part of =
he time since, though not continuous y y
Y. He was assistant for five postmas- = :,
ers, most of them serving two or :.
1ore terms, viz: l.. O. Greene, Lewis =,