Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-06-20

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first class at Annapolis.
The goth annual fair Of the Frank
lin County Agricultural and Mechan'
ical society will be held at Sheldon
Junction, August %, 20 and 80.
Col. and Mrs. Z. II. Powell and
Miss Gertrude Powell sail for Glas-
gov on the State OF California, July
9th, for two months trip in Europe.
Rev. p. Mcmillan and Richard Bill
lings expect to leave Woodstock this
week for European trip and will
be accompanied by Prof. Richards OF
Amherst.
The Norwich Creamery company's
building, with all their machinery and
40 cords of wood, was burned Thurs
day afternoon. The fire originated
around the boiler. Loss, $4,000; in
surance, 81, 300, in the Union Of Mont
pelier.
Lightning struck the large barn Of
M. c. Ingalls, in Putney last Thurs
day evening, burning it and nearly all
OF its contents to the ground. He
saved all OF his stock except three
calves. By hard work the adjacent
buildings were saved.
Henry Beumond, engineer in the
paper mill Of Guild II Wetherbee at
Westminster last week. discovered
dead baby in starch box. The au-
topsy proved that the child had been
strangled to death. The authorities
are working upon the case.
A letter just received shows that
Rev. Austin Hazen of Richmond
died on the steamship Vera, May
22d. He sailed Saturday and shortly
after began to fell ill. For ten years
he had been suffering with an internal
humor. The ship slrgeon deemed an
operation necessary and three opera
tions were performed but he failed
completely.
Capt. Thos. II. Chubb, formerly of
Post Mills, has recently undergone a
serious operation in Boston hospital
and he is now at his home at Boston
Highlands. He writes to Bradford
friend, Charles Jones, ~ have passed |
through terrible ordeal and am re-
duced to skeleton, but, thank God
have the assurance Of better health |
and happiness in time to come"
The body of BERTHE Newell, the ten
year-old son of Volney Newell of 2O4
Battery street, Burlington, was found
in Lake Champlain near the stone
crusher dock Thursday afternoon by
some boys in bathing. He did not re-
turn home "Wednesday night and the
police force worked all night trying
to locate the lad. Evidences were
found that tend to show that the boy
was fishing off the dock and that he
might have fallen in.
The Richmond Il Huntington Tel
ephone company met and organized
under the laws of Vermont June lst.
The following officers were elected:
A. +. Ellis, president; j. C. Sabins,
secretary; +. B. Gillette, A. +. Ellis,
w. r. Hanks, directors; A. Hanks, /
The company has capital
Of $4,000. They have force of
men extending the line to Bristol and
Lincoln. This is to be d metallic line
with Blake instruments.
An important deal is nearly con-
for the furnishing of
49, 600 carloads of granite from the
Lyons quarry at West Dummerston
for the new works of the Holyoke,
Mass, water power company. The /
involved is upwards Of half
million dollars; it will require about
.hree years to complete it, and lao or
L50 men will be required summer and
winter. There will be 5000 stones
five tons each and 1000
seven tons each.
Work has been commenced on the
of the new Woodbury. &
Hardwick railroad. About 100 men
With teams were at work last week
trading and getting the road in shape
or the laying of the iron. A gang of
italians have arrived and the work
viii be pushed rapidly and as fast as
he money is provided. 1t is expected
hat at least five miles of the road will
'e completed this season, leaving only
mile and half to reach the valuable
'ranite quarries.
Judge Russell S Taft has book of |
NV the like of which is uncommon.
t purports to be an "Abridgement of
he Ancient Law" The text is in /
'orman French, and the only imprint {
'Per me, r. pynson." AT the end
the device of w. Taller, printer at
souen, France. From this, the char
cter Of the type, the lack of date,
tile and pagination, and the absence !
I the authors name, it is conjectured :
nat the book was printed by Taller
or Pyson as early as l470. The work !
ontains cases down to the end Of the
,ign of Henry vi. and is evidently !
he first attempt to methodize our
TVS as contained in the determine :
ons that had taken place from the 1
sign of Edward L., in the courts of +
w, and contains many original au- =
lorities which are not extant at large y
the YEAR hooks IF fhnco ,.ar;ore