Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-01-23
State Of Vermont.
Ito News Condensed and Rewritten for
OnF Readers.

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fore.
Col. A. Il. Walker was elected pres
ident Of the Gulf, Colorado and Sant'
Fe railway company.
The U. v. NJ. medical college open
ed last week with class Of over 2Ol
students-one of the largest in years
| FL. c. Smith of Burlington has sold
his chestnut PAGER, Ben, to parties il
Connecticut for $500. The horse wa,
purchased for man in New York.
A visit to the house of correction re
Gently disclosed l7G inmates at the
present time, which is more than the
capacity Of the prison house, so that two
have to occupy the same cell in some
| instances.
Col. Albert CLARK of Wellesley, q
former Vermonter and now secretary
of the Home Market club at Boston,
lis prominently mentioned for the
speakership Of the lower house of the
Massachusetts, legislature next year.
Rev. w. H. Davis, who has been
the pastor Of the First Congregational
church in Detroit and has accepted a
call from the Elliot Cong'l church,
Newton, Mass, is native of Chelsea
and graduated at Dartmouth in 1874.
B. w. Abbey, the Brooklyn league
pitcher, has begun the winter training
of the Goddard seminary baseball
team. Two of the best players were
recently suspended from the school
and the prospects for strong nine
are not good.
The Vermont house OF correction
labor has been contracted for ~ cents
day for five years, which is the larg-
est amount per day ever received in
the history of the institution. 1t is al
legged to be the highest price paid for
prison labor in the United States.
Dr. G. L. Norm OF st. Adams has
been appointed inspector of cattle by
G. NJ. Winslow, secretary Of the state
cattle commission. He will assume
the duties of the Office at once. His
duty is to inspect all cattle shipped
from northern Vermont to Massachu-
sets. Mr.. NORM is a graduate Of Nc
Gill university and has practiced sue
cessfully for several years.
Robert Southgate, employed in the
Mackenzie mill at Bridgewater, ex-
planned to one OF the new girl opera
tors the other day how woman had
thumb and finger cut off a few days
ago. He stood by the loom where the
accident occurred and thrust his right
hand forward to show just how it hap
pened, when the machinery started up
and cut off his thumb and forefinger.
A remarkable case of larceny was
heard in Middlesex before Justice Hale
a week ago, the respondent being Mrs.
Belle Devino, who was charged with
stealing bag of hay. The first jury
disagreed after an all-night session.
The second jury agreed that respond
ent was mot guilty." George Smith,
the "pardner' of the woman, was
tried by the same justice and jury, and
found guilty OF same offence. Fine,
IS and costs. The horse for which
the hay was alleged to have been stol-
ell died while the trial was going on.
Now let us have peace.
A suit for damage is to be brought
against the Fitchburg railroad on
whose track at Pownal four young
men of North Adams, Mass, were
killed last summer. The parents of
the young men are the ones to claim
damages. A. n. Gelineau of North
who has been given the pow
er of an attorney, says there is i'm
portant evidence which was not put
in at the inquest, and he thinks a
trial will show that the blame for the
accident rests on the railroad compa-
ny. lie says an effort was made at
The inquest to show that the Young
men were intoxicated and not exer-
cising proper precautions when they
drove upon the track, but that it can
be proved that one Of them had drank
nothing and that the other three had
frank only two glasses OF lager beer
each during the day. The develop
nents in the case will be watched with
interest by many.
Rev. N. N. Newton Glazier, ma
i've OF Stratton and for eight years
,ast pastor of the First Baptist church
it Greenfield, has resigned that posi-
ion, to take effect April LIST. The res
gnation which he read at the close of
he service Sunday was great sur
Prise to his congregation. Mr.. Glazier
s Vermont veteran Of the artillery
md was promoted to the rank Of first
He lost his left arm at
spottsylvania. He represented his
own in the Vermont legislature twice
md was for three consecutive terms
chaplain of the Vermont senate. He
vas for three years prior to 1915 SUI
of schools at Montpelier.
lie has held pastorates as follows:
Central Falls, r. l., lS69-7O; Montpe-
ier, 1928; South Abingdon, 1880
a; Westboro, l884-86. He went to
in 1887 and has been highly
there.