Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-03-05


\ Sold by all medicine dealers.
| The villages of Manchester, Man
chester Center and Manchester Depo
are agitating the subject Of putting il
an electric light plant.
During 1895 there were eighteen
deaths in Norwich. Ten of those who
died were more than 70 years old and
of the 10 more than so years old.
Jason Ashley, who was born in Bar
nard Feb. 2S, 1896, is living in Tonica
La Sale county, Illinois, and is said
to be in good health. The Ashleys
were early residents of Barnard com.
ing from Oakham, Mass.
S. L. Wells mill at CRANKY was
burned Feb. 18th about ten o'clock al
night. Several thousands of boards
were damaged and but for the help OF
neighbors in fighting the fire none OF
the lumber about the mill would have
heen saved. There was no insurance.
| AT johnson last Friday Joe But
ler's little four-year-old girl, Persis,
was burned to death. She was play
ing with matches while her mother
was out few moments and in some
way set fire to her clothing. She was
a bright, winsome child.
John A. James of Weybridge was
severely injured by Jersey bull last
Wednesday evening. Mr.. James was
leading the animal with staff, which
broke. The bull then went viciously
at the man and injured him badly be-
fore being stopped by the hired man.
The bull was dehomed short time
ago or Mr.. James would have lost his
life.
A chewing gum company is to be
incorporated with headquarters in
Rutland with capital of $4,000.
Chewing gum is quite an industry in
the section. Gum hunters scour the
mountains and after having secured a
quantity send it to the city markets.
The purpose Of this enterprise is to
put the crude substance into more
presentable and palatable condition
for use.
Rev. George P. Knapp, American
missionary at Bitlis, Asia Minor,
whom the Porte is endeavoring to
drive from the country on a charge of
having encouraged seditious move
ments among the Armenians, was
born in Benson. He was married in
Castleton over 80 years ago and, with
his bride, went Immediately to Bitlis
and has never returned home. Mrs.
Knapp died there several months ago.
The Vermont delegation in Con-
gress has selected Senator Redfield
Proctor as the Vermont member of
the Republican Congressional com
mittee. This insnres front place
for Vermont in the deliberations OF
the committee, as Senator Proctor is
regarded by all as wise and saga
cious adviser in the councils of the
party. Representative Powers was
the member Of the last committee.
i. w. Howe, one of Northtield's
most prominent men, died there last
week Wednesday at the age of II.
Mr.. Howe had been postmaster at
Dorset five years, where he COM
menced in the marble business in
1853 and continued in that business
till the present time at Northtield.
He was q deputy sheriff Of Washing
ton county twenty years and sheriff
four years. He was member of the
Episcopal church and Free Mason.
Mawelle w. Cooper, who was APP
praiser of the port of New York dur
ing President Harrison's term, died
Saturday, Feb. 22d, at his apartments
in the Union League club house,
Thirty-ninth street and Fifth avenue,
where he had made his home for a
number of years. He had been i'll
and confined to his bed for three
weeks with heart trouble and his
death was due to this and pneumonia.
Mr.. Cooper was in his 10th year. He
was born in Windsor county, May
"a, 1926.
Rev. Fir. Toupin of Woodstock is a
stamp and coin collector on rather al
large scale and has collection num-
bering several thousand, among which
are many valuable issues, American
and foreign, the latter including near
ly every country under the sun. He
has several thousand of his own, a por-
ton II the collection belonging to 9th.
er numismatists. There are about l6,-
900 coins in the collection, among
which are 1900 Roman coins, COM
plete set of United States copper cents
and Canadian pennies in fair condi-
ton, war pennies, tokens, one thous-
and medals: among which are num-
Der of valuable Napoleonic issues and
of other foreign pieces. In
FIR. Troupin's stamp albums there are
some sixteen thousand issues of vari-
Dus countries. included in which are |