Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-05-23
State of Vermont.
Its News Condensed and Rewritten for
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It's News Condensed and Rewritten fol
Our Readers.
j The date of the installation of Rev
Samuel Jackson as pastor OF the Con,
gregational society at Barre is fixed
for May p.
Rev. D. Sage Mackay, formerly o.
| st. Adams, has accepted a call tt
preach at Elberon, N. j., four months
| during the summer at very large
salary.
| The little son Of Fred Billings Of
Stowe, aged about II years, was shot
through the head Thursday by a gun
| in the hands of Sanborn boy, a
playmate of about the same age.
| The Congl church of Windsor has
called an ecclesiastical council to meet
| May 18th, to examine Rev. Andrew
! u. M. Ogilvie, a candidate for ordina.
ton and, if found expedient, to ordain
him.
| Rev. f. j. Parry, until recently pas
tor of the Baptist church at Brattle-
boro, has received a most flattering
call, which he will probably accept,
from the Alexander avenue Baptist
church at New York city. There is
a plan to unite two churches into one
and give him congregation worthy
of his rank as a preacher.
John Densmore of White River
Junction, arrested by United States
Marshal Harris for alleged misuse Of
the mails, was last week turned over
to the selectmen of Hartford by
United States District Attorney Sen
ter, on the affidavit Of two physicians,
who say that Densmore is insane.
He was taken to the insane aylum at
Brattleboro.
Kezar and Bailey were found guilty
of assault and robbery of c. r. Sher-
man of Fairfield, upon the new trial
at the Franklin county court last
week. They were sentenced to eight
years at hard labor in states prison.
This was the first instance in this
state where blood corpuscles were
measured and compared by a medical
expert. DR.. w. G.. E. Flanders of
Burlington was the medical expert.
Mrs. Lena NJ. Weixler, who pre-
ferred living with Henry F. Bellfield
rather than her husband, recently
received a setback at Burlington,
whittier she had gone with her lover,
who was superintendent of the con-
struction of the military post electric
rad. The woman's father, E. FL.
Chandler, went and interviewed her,
but en'ied by leaving her where she
was. She was then ordered by the
chief Of police to lea~c the city, which
she did.
BISHOPS DeGoesbriand and Michaud
and Very Rev. Thomas Lynch, V. G.,
of Burlington went to Boston last
week and assisted at the golden jubilee
of Archbishop William, it being the
tiftieth anniversary of his ordination
to the priesthood. On his return
from Rome, Bishop Michaud brought
a magnificent gold chalice, consecrated
by the pope, and this gift was pre-
sented by Bishop DeGoesbriand, who
is the dean of the bishops of the New
England province, and who cele-
brated his golden jubilee four years
ago.
M. H. Gibson of Ryegate had about
forty acres Of cleared land, half of
which he wished to burn. The other
half had about 100 cords of wood cut
and neatly piled thereon. Last week
he and 30 men went up to burn the
half which had no wood on it, but in
some way he failed to properly inform
the fire where to stop, and now he has
norwood but says he got a splendid
burn on the land. The fire ran
through the adjoining wood lots of
s.. f. Nelson and Mrs. c. j. Nelson.
The damage done outside his own
land is variously estimated at from
$500 to 81, 200.
An effort is being made at Brattle-
boro, which ought to be successful,
to induce bicycle factory to locate
there. The company, of which for
mer Brattleboroan is president, is a
one, as bicycle concerns
necessarily are at present prices, and
now employs from 800 to 400 hands
and has 1000 orders ahead. 1t wants
to leave the large city, where now To-
Gated, for some place about the size of
Brattleboro in order to avoid labor
troubles. OF course there are good
many places after the mandatory,
md good napny inducements are
being offered.
The directors Of the Maritime Canal
of Nicaragua have held
heir annual meeting and elected ex-
Congressman West to succeed the late
Col. Fairbanks on the board The
company expects to resume work on
he canal soon and has made arrange
nents for funds for the work. The ,
company was incorporated by the
Vermont legislature and some of the
argest blocks of the stock are held in
his state. The estate of the late Hon.
frederick Billings of Woodstock
holds over 100 shares. and the estate ;