Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-04-30
State of Vermont.
Ito News Condensed and Rewritten for
Our Readers.

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vice Peter Little, removed.
A small dwelling house in Topshar
belonging to Denison Densmore 0
Barre was burned Wednesday nigh
of last week.
Frank Giles, q brakeman on tn
Boston and Maine railroad, was killed
at Windsor last week. He leaves
wife and two children.
Lewis Memo, brakeman on tn
Central Vermont, was killed at Wind
sor last week while Stacking cars. HI
leaves wife and two children.
David r. Jones Of South Poultney
while at work in Aud Il Conger'
quarry Monday, was struck by fall
ing rock and his right leg was badly
crushed. 1t was broken in two places
below the knee.
One Of the sugarhouses belonging
to the Forest and Stream club Of Viii
mington was burned there Sunday
evening Of last week, together with
its contents and lot Of maple syrup
IL was insured in the New England
Of Rutland.
Rev. j. j. Hall, state president OF
the Christian Endeavor Union, says
that the union is to have a hymn al
the international convention at Wash
ington next June. The one picked
out is written by Ralph Cobleigh OF
East St. Johnsbury to the air Of "John
Browns Body"
Rev. j. ID. Waldron of Enosburgh
Falls, formerly OF West Buxton, against
whom verdict of $500 was rendered
at the Buxton anonymous letter case,
in the supreme court in January at
Biddeford, Me-, delivered himself up
to an officer who held an execution
against him. He secured his release
from custody.
Last Friday night the citizens of
Fair Haven celebrated by fireworks
and bell-ringing the news that the
Busby Bell and Tool Manufacturing
company OF Boston has decided to To-
cate there. The company's capital
stock is $50, 900, OF which $4,000 is
subscribed in the village. About l25
men will be employed.
Arthur w. Smith Of Norwich, who
for the past year has been assistant
electrician at Wesleyan university,
has recently performed some interest
ing experiments in the calorimeter,
having spent twelve days in it. He
has learned much heretofore unknown
concerning the value of different foods
for the working man and the student,
which will soon be published.
A young son of James Mack Of
Fair Haven, while playing in the yard
recently with several other children,
fell into the well. An alarm was
given and David Jones, who was
passing at the time, descended into
the well and rescued the child. The
well was about 80 feet deep and had
four feet of water in it. The child re-
ceived long cut over the eye and was
unconscious for about half an hour.
DR.. John d. Hanrahan, as custo-
dian of the United States courthouse
and postoifice building at Rutland,
has sent out plans and specifications
calling for a new plumbing system
throughout the Rutland postofiice,
tin roof, the repainting Of all OF the
stone and brick work and other incl
dental repairs. The sanitary arrange
ments will be according to the most
approved methods.
DR.. Merrill of Albany, N. ", per-
formed difficult surgical operation
on Mrs. w. A. Frasier Of Poultney
last week. Four months since Mrs.
Frazier was canning fruit and broke
a glass can, snd she has since had
serious trouble with one of her eyes.
Oculists in Rutland, Troy and other
places were consulted but none relieved
the suffering. DR.. Merrill removed
from the eyesocket a splinter of glass
as big as two pin heads. All pain in
the eye ceased.
Mamie Slocum, a ten-year-old girl
of Cohoes, N. ", ran away from her
home Sunday of last week to Troy.
She told policeman there that she
belonged in Bennington and had gone
to Troy to visit relatives but they
were gone. The officer put her on
the sleeper and she arrived at Ben
nington safely. She was found at the
residence Of Amos Harris and although
she cried considerably she went home
with her uncle who came after her.
No cause was given for her departure
only that she wanted change.
Lightning played a strange freak
at Proctor recently during a shower.
It struck the house OH Terrace hill
occupied by one Ratti and his family.
After demolishing the upper part Of
The chimney it took its course along
he chimney into the house, split the1
chimney to the bottom, and jumped
rom it to the kitchen, where twelve
year.old daughter Of Ratti was sitting
n chair. The child was thrown
rom the chair and somewhat stunned. |
The lightning then went into the sit
ing room adjoining tho kitchen, and |
rom there went through the side of |