Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-01-16

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George Blodgctt was run over by
the cars at st. Johnsbury last week
land fatally injured. He lived TWO
days.
George Dean Of West Burke stopped
in front of COW to pick up a bucket
recently, when the animal quickly
threw up its head, one horn striking
him in the mouth, hurting his tongue
So badly that for several days ne co''iu
neither talk nor eat.
Iwo freight trains collided at Col
chester last Sunday morning. One
train was partly on o side track ana
| the other, owing to the frosty rails,
could not stop. Two or three cars
were wrecked and Peter Tierney, a
fireman, was slightly injured. Tierney
was standing in the gangway between
the engine and the tender and was
squeezed, but not seriously.
Burlington's fire station, No. 3, was
destroyed by fire last week. A gener-
al alarm was rung in, but the build
| ING was so little below the level OF the
reservoir that it was impossible to
throw stream of sufficient force to
quench the flames. The steamer was
brought out, but the fire had pro-
crossed so far that it was of no use.
The fire apparatus was saved.
+. r. Smith, for the past two years
station agent for the Central YER
mont railroad at Ludlow, left about
two weeks ago, it is alleged, with a
large sum belonging to his employers.
Included was check for 500, signed
by M. A. Spaulding and payable to
Smith, as agent, on the National
bank of Chester. Smith is young
man heretofore of good reputation.
Fast company caused his fall.
In the Cosmopolitan magazine for
December, an article appeared which
gave an account of fishing near Gaia
lima, an island on the Pacific coast,
where fishermen caught with hook
and line fish that weighed about three
hundred pounds, landing one of them
in the boat. A picture of the fisher
men and their boat is given on page
LA, the man standing in the boat be-
ing Mr.. John Jones, former resi-
dent of Barton.
An exchange says: "James Preston
is the Oldest person in Bristol. He is
in his 95th year. He was born in Bel
fast, Ireland, in 1902, and came to
this country in 1923. His worldly
goods when he arrived in ST. Adams
were an English shilling bearing the
date l7l7. 1t is now in the possession
of his son, w. II. Preston. He has a
Bible given him when he was seven
years old. He uses neither tea, coffee,
liquor nor tobacco. His father was sc
and his grandfather l04 when they
died.
A Washington despatch says: eek
Senator Edmunds of Vermont, who
voluntarily retired from the United
States senate, frequently appears be-
fore the supreme court. He is con-
siantly employed by the United States
Interstate commerce commission as
special counsel in cases before the SUI
prcme tribunal. Since his retirement
from legislative life Senator Edmunds
has had very large legal practice to
look after. His fees from the United
States to-day are about double his sal
airy as senator, and his aggregate in
come from his law business is said TO
approximate $4,000 or 5000 annu-
ally
The Vermont association of Boston
held It's 10th annual meeting and ban
quet at Hotel Vendome last Thursday
evening. The president, Chief Justice
Field, presided and Chief Justice Ross
and Judge Thompson of the Vermont
supreme court were guests Of the as
ISOLATION. Senator Proctor was pres
ent and the other New England asso-
Citations were represented by Hon.
Chas. A.Catlin, president of the Prov
idence association; +. +. Ladd, ESQ.,,
president of the Springfield associa-
ton, and NJ. 4. Hamblett, president
of the Lowell association. The Daueb-
ters Of Vermont in Boston were rep
resented by their secretary. There
was large meeting, 100 seats being
taken.