Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-10-17
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state prison at Windsor.
Rev. MI. Mason Of Lyndon Centre
has received a call to preach the COM
ing year at Houlton, Me.
A burglar broke out pane of glass
in George Grows store at St. Johns
bury last week and took six or seven
revolvers.
c. H. Osgood Of Bellows Falls, '94,
has left for Yarmouth, Mass, where
he has been elected principal OF the
High school.
The mill and shop Of B. W. SAT-
ford Of East Arlington was burned
at an early hour Tuesday morning Of
last week. The loss is about $4,000
with no insurance.
The following fourth-class postmas-
tiers have been appointed for Yer
mont: j. A. Clearly Of Greensboro
Four Corners, vice Wilbert Edwards,
resigned; Ed. McGinnis Of Nashville,
vice Ansel Nash, resigned.
"A vein OF silver and lead ore has
been discovered on the Orrick Buchus
place in Brandon. VIM. Eckley has
leased the place, with the privilege OF
purchasing, and will tly and get some
capitalists interested in the plant.
j. E. Harris has decided to found a
new paper in st. Johnsbury and will
begin its publication as soon as ar
rangements can be perfected. He in
tends to put in only the printing ma
terial for the present and the spress
work will be done at one of the other
offices.
Three or four small boys painted
the base of the soldiers monument in
Brandon the other night, badly dam
aging 1t. Workingmen from the Ital-
ian marble mill have succeeded in re-
moving the paint from the monument,
but as yet are unable to take out the
stains made by the oil.
An informal village meeting was
held at Lyndonville the other evening
for further discussion of the electric
light question. The committee re-
ported that the Wilder water power
privilege can be had for S22,50O, and
it was decided to buy that plant and
push the matter right along.
A Hartford Comm dispatch of
Tuesday says: "a sheriff from Yer
mont replevied the trotting horse,
Leicester, 2:l7 IA, last night, at sta
bic in this city. lie acted for Edward
D. Thayer OF Brandon, VT, who has
a mortgage Of $1,000 on the horse,
which is owned by Chas. B. Hall Of
Brandon. The latter sent the horse
here to be trained. The animal was
started back tonight"
Col. Amasa O. Gates, So, died at
Morrisville Monday Of last week. He
was a native of Morristown and left
Middlebury college in his junior year
to 60 to the front as first sergeant Of
Company G, of the 18th Vermont reg
iment. Since 1863 he had been pro-
prietor Of a drug store in Morrisville.
He was prominent Mason, had held
the leading town offices and served on
the staff of Gov. Il. *. Fuller.
Action has been commenced in the
Rutland county court by Elizabeth J..
Patterson OF Granville, N. r., against
Hugh J. Williams OF Poultney, for
$40, 900 damages. 1t is claimed by the
plaintiff that she lived with defend
ant as his housekeepcr for thirteen
years, and in consideration of such
services defendant should always pro-
vide a home for plaintiff and see that
she never came to want. The defend
ant is prominent resident Of Poult-
ney.
A fellow named Bert Ingall has
been beating his way through this
state, but has finally wound up in
Burlington jail. He skipped hotel
bill at Morrisville at the Randall hotel
and stole the proprietor's gloves, ran
up a hotel bill at the Union House,
Montpelier,and at the Wolcott House,
livery bills, and got $50 from K. w.
Foss OF Morrisvillc upon false rep
resentations. The latter found him
registered under an assumed name at
Essex Junction and caused his arrest.
Tuesday night while Edwin Max
field OF Fairfax was preparing for an
evenings husking he hung his lantern
in the barn and went into the basement
for short time. When lie returned
the lantern was enveloped in flames
which had communicated with the
hay and instantly the entire barn was
a burning mass. The barn was well
filled with hay and grain. The only
live stock lost was seven or eight hogs
which were in the basement. There
was but small insurance Of about
500 on the entire property.
John Driscoll OF East Poultney was
nearly killed on Sunday morning last.
He was on his way to church when
one side OF the shafts to his wagon
dropped down, frightening the horse
which ran toward Poultney, throwing
Mr.. Driscoll out near some elm trees
and injuring him in a terrible man
ner. He suffered severe scalp wound,
one ear was torn completely off, and
two ribs broken. He was cared for at
once and physicians summoned and is
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