Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-09-26
State of Vermont.
IT. News Condensed and Rewritten for
Our Readers.

T.. nj. Irish, the Well-knOWn eX.
landlord Of Montpelier, died last week
aged 81.
The Central Vermont railroad hal
just completed a new steel bridge ovel
the river at Ludlow.
Bradford is to have an electric light
ing and heating plant. A water pow
er and station have been secured and
plans drawn.
Rev. +. B.Smith, rector OF st. Paul'l
Episcopal church, Vergennes, has SEN
in his resignation. He will 60 te
Pennsylvania.
Rev. George B. Lawson of Ions
Branch city, N. j., has accepted cal
to the pastorate Of the First Baptis
church Of Bennington.
James McCale was frightfully hur
by premature blast at Willard'
Ledge, near Burlington, the other day
One eye had to be taken out and h,
was otherwise badly cut.
The government has discontinued
its recruiting station at Bellows Falls
The station was open about two
months and but three men were ac
cepted out Of about so applicants.
Michigan Boy,th Norman Perche
ron stallion, owned by II. Nj. Sinai
of Bristol, died a few days since. HI
got loose in the barn and ate too mucl
meal. He was valued at 81, 900.
VIM. Brown, travelling insuranc,
agent, aged 80, who is said to have ,
wife and three children in Rutland
has eloped with Sarah G. Hoskins
aged %, of South Londonderry.
Among the indictments found b,
the grand jury at Newfane were two
against Stella Green of Chester ant
Charles 5. Rice of Brookline for in
fanticide in Bellows Falls in June.
The grand jury Of Windham coun
ty reported an indictment agains
Harry Lord for tampering with rail
road switches, causing the collision
at Bellows Falls last month. Lord
not yet 20 years old.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Lamb OF Fetch
er are rejoicing over the birth Of a sol
who is blessed with an unusual mum
Der OF fingers and toes. There are ST.
fingers on each OF its hands and a
many toes on each foot.
Bellows Falls has a Young Men
Christian association at last. The OF
ganization starts off with 80 mem
bers, who will take steps at once t
have the organization incorporate,
under the laws OF Vermont.
/ The Granite State Provident asso
citation OF Manchester, N. H., whicl
has manv branches in Vermont, is il
trouble in Maine, where the bank ex
aminer has condemned it, claimin,
that its accounts are falsified.
| The University of Vermont has ex
pended $25O,000 this year in ncy
buildings-the Williams science build
ing, the Converse dormitory and til
Wells hall for women. There will b
100 freshmen this year against IS las
year.
| The barn and carriage house of }
b. Percy Of Bennington were cntcre
! Wednesday night of last week, and
horse, carriage, harness, wagon, blank
cts, etc, taken, the value of the Who'll
being about $500. No trace of tn
thieves.
| Chief Justice Ross has handle
down a decision in the Rutland coun
| ty court allowing Albert Brown, in
dicted for the Cold River murder q
Henry DeMill Lawrence in 1892, t
withdraw his plea Of guilty. He wi
now plead not guilty and be put NJ
on trial at the present term.
! Frances, the little daughter OF MI
land Mrs. I. A. Clifford OF Rutland
was burned to death at the Spence
/ House, Saratoga, N. ", Sunday al
ternoon of last week. The little gin
took some matches upstairs unot
served. AS soon as she struck ligl
her dress and the lace curtains caugh
| fire, and she was fatally burned bt
fore assistance could reach her.
| Oscar Phipps, the well-known COZ
ductor on the Rutland division of til
| Central Vermont railroad, and VIII
for many years has run the train be
tween Essex Junction and Rutland
committed suicide at Burlington Fri
day morning by shooting a bullet in
to his right temple. He became dc
spondent while i'll and shot himsel
| with revolver that he had kept, evi
IDENTIFY for the purpose, under his pill
llcw.
The Yankee has always had tn
Reputation Of being an ingenious fel
low. He has been credited with do
! ing great many things he never did
and he has done many things he ha
never been credited with. But it re
Gently devolved upon Vernon
Yankee, d resident Of Berlin Side 0
Montpelier, to buy secondhand
hearse and turn it into a peddler'
cart. He fixed it upa little, boarded
up the sides and "daubed" little ret
paint in several places to take off TIL
funeral air. He also took off tn,
plumes and built canopy over til,