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

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William Lathe and Wellington
1 who recently escaped from jail
Newport, were captured at Johnso
Z last Tuesday and taken back. Til
was the second escape OF Lathe.
Addison county court commence
Tuesday. On the court docket, ther
are ITO cases and on the CHANGER
docket, 230. There are l6 cases o.
the jury calendar, and 30 on the coul
calendar. Chief Justice Ross is pre-
siding.
I A large deposit Of beautiful steel
gray colored marble has been discov
cred in the town of Washington
Already q feet have been drilled, ant
three layers have been struck. 1t i
intended to drill to a depth of 81
feet. This is thought to be a YER!
valuable find.
| Last week the liquor dealers in Rut
land were raided, brought into cour
and were fined, from which all tool
appeals to county court. The princi'
pal hotels of the olty were among the
number. There was only a small
quantity found in each place.
A committee of Odd Fellows, con-
sisting of Col. H. w. Hall of Burling-
ton, Hon. H. L. Stetson Of Benning-
ton, o. II. Henderson of st. Johns
bury, and L. j. Retting of st. Johns
bury, last week investigated the sites
in Rutland and Bradford which have
been proposed for the Odd Fellows
Home.
The Montpelier fire insurance COM
panies did not suffer so much from
the st. Adams fire as was at first sup
posed. The total loss of the Vermont
Mutual will not exceed $4,000, and
that of the Union Mutual $4,000.
In the fires at South Royalton three
years ago, the Vermont Mutual lost a
much larger sum and in the great fire
in Montpelier in 1875, it paid out
nearly 100000 insurance. Both the
Vermont Mutual and the Union Mu-
tual are in such excellent condition
that the loss in st. Adams will not
affect them to any appreciate extent.
Mr.. J. 7. shepley of Newport is
preparing to develop his water power
at Sheldon Springs, says the Express.
Mr.. J. NJ. Ellis, Esq, of Woburn,
Mass, has the contract to build the
dam, and do the blasting and neces-
sary stone work. About $4,000 cubic
yards of stone will be removed by
blasting and other means. 1t will
take about 5000 cubic yards of stone
masonry for the dam. Mr.. Shepley
has one Of the best water powers in
the state, and when his new mill is up
and ready for use it will be one of the
best pulp mill plants in this part of
the country. He will continue to run
his plant at West Derby.
Chancellor Rowell has refused the
petitioned for by the Estey
Organ company and ex-Gov Levi X.
Fuller TO restrain the Brattleboro
street railway from using electricity
as motive power and from extend
ing its line in the village of Brattle-
boro. Judge Rowell gave as his rea-
son for refusing the petition that the
had right to use electricity
as motive power, that the prelimi-
nary steps had been taken, as required |
by the statutes, and that the building
IF the street railway, as proposed, con
'tituted no additional burden to the
'oil. This position is sustained by the
oestauthorities in the country.
w. III. Taft & Co.'s mill at Stratton
vas reduced to ashes Saturday, May
Is, between II and | o'clock. Mr.. Will
Jams, the sawyer, had been babbitting
he boxes, and everything was all
light as far as he knew, when he went
o dinner. On coming out after din
Ter the mill was discovered to be in
lanes and could not be approached
nd everything was consumed, includ-
ng the tools, mill clothing, etc, of the
men employed. The mill had not run
Turing the day and no cause can be
ssigned unless the hot babbitting was
ropped among the shavings. The
was not insured. Messrs.
aft Il Sewart propose to build inn
lediately so as to get their stock out.
Osman B. Boyce of Barre dropped ,
cad in his garden Saturday morn
10. He had been in his usual health.
nd his sudden death was dreadful
lock to his family and friends. Mr.. I
Joyce was native of Newburv, where !
e was born Nov. "a, lS4l. He was
lucated at the common schools and i
ARE academy, and, choosing the pro-
,ssion of the law, was graduated \
ON the Albany law school in 1871.
e first located in Essexcounty, where y
. served two years. term as states s
,torney. In 1874 he moved to Barre,
which growing town he has been y
aiding citizen for the past twenty :
ears and in which he held several re-
'onsible town Offices. He was elected t.
member of the state senate in 1882 y
I'd took prominent part in that 1
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A Shocking Dynamite Accident.
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