Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-04-30

week appolhtc' pos.nnas.cr ac th''
: place.
The quarries of Barre are besiege,
: everyday with scores of men huntin,
, for employment.
Elmer Giddings Of Hubbardton re
Gently sheared an eve two years old
the wool from which weighed q
pounds.
OzrO Bradish OF PrOctorsville wa
J thrown from his wagon the other day
His nose was broken and two teeth
loosened.
| L. r.. Foster OF Waterbury Center
celebrated his seth birthday on Thurs
day. Twelve ladies were present whose
ages ranged from 10 to "a years.
| A cloak which Mrs. Albert Sumner
OF Brandon had hung out to dry was
set on fire the other day by the reflec.
ton of the suns rays from a milk pan
near by.
Arthur Larrow Of Ferrisburg, aged
10 years, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Larrow, stuck rusty nail into his
knee about 10 days ago and died from
lockjaw last Sunday evening.
/ A reward of $50 has been offered
any one finding the body OF JIG. KIM
nv, who fell from the B. & M. railroad
bridge at Bellows Falls during the re-
cent high water and was drowned.
Considerable building is going on
in Bennington. Already seven houses
have been commenced this season. One
of them is to cost from Sl2, 900 to Sl5,-
900 and the rest will range from $4,000
to $2, 800.
Rev. DR.. Flanders, so years old, rec
tor of st. Lukc's church at st. Adams,
gives statistics OF the church during
his time as follows: lao baptisms, AZ
marriages, l49 burials, los confirma-
tions; $4,000 raised for all purposes.
The Barre members of the Granite
State Provident association are max
ing move to secure permanent in
junction, SO that the $4,000 now on
deposit in one of the local banks can
be kept in the city and not allowed to
be taken into the general fund.
Some Quechee oxen managed to
open the barn door the other night
and helped themselves bountifully to
meal. One was found dead the next
morning, while the other survived for
a day or two. "A COW that partook
more sparingly was saved.
Bishop Hall has again been obliged
to cancel all engagements for visiting
by the advice Of his physicians, this
time until May Is, causing much dis.
appointment throughout Vermont.
His health is improving, but it is
deemed unwise for him to resume at
present.
DR.. Eastman OF Groton had mar
row escape from being run over by
the mixed rain last Wednesday even
ing while driving across the Divoll
crossing, and as it was one Of the rear
wheels Of his carriage was struck by
the locomotive, but was not damaged.
The crossing is one of the most dam
gerous on the road.
Will Harrington, who has been liy-
ing in the vicinity of Brattleboro for
more than year, was identified re-
Gently as an escaped convict from the
reformatory at Concord, Mass, and
was taken back there. He escaped in
1893, after serving Is months OF SEN
tence of three years for robbing Jew
elry store in Springfield.
Two new, finely-appointed school
buildings, which have been erected at
St.Albans during the past Elk months,
were occupied for the first time last
week Monday. They are built alike,
74x6O feet in size, and occupy corner
lots in different parts of the village,
contain four rooms and are OF brick,
Romanesque style. They are occupied
by the primary grades. They cost
$4,000.
Word was received in Irasbmgh last
week that Albert White OF Lynn,
Mass, son OF Moses White OF Iras-
burgh, was drowned off the coast OF
Florida. A schooner in which he and
few companions were sailing cap
sized, White and two companions
chung to drifting RATS for two days,
when his strength failed and he was
drowned. Only one man lived to tell
the story.
Robert A. Foster OF Wilmington,
who has been dumb over eight years
as the result Ola fall in a Hartford,
Conn.,, church, says that he received
his speech the other day at precisely
II o'clock, when he began talking in
his natural tone Of voice. He had
tried many remedies without effect
and is unable to account for the res
toration of his speech at this time.
He says that he has just learned that
he has fallen heir to about $40, 900 by |
the death Of an English relative. Fos-
ter naturally is very happy man.
Joseph Barber OF Pownal, a young
man in the employ of G.. Ii. Dunn,
was in the field at work when he saw
a strange wild beast in a distant field
coming in his direction. He at once
started for barn about half q mile |