Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-03-12
State Of Vermont.
its News Condensed and Rewritten for
Our Readers.

day Of last week.
The e. & I. Fairbanks CO. Of 81
bloomsbury paid quarterly dividen,
4 OF S5 a share March End.
/ William Chase, who was recent,
convicted Of completely in the poison
ing OF John Holloway, was sentenced
to state prison for life at Newport
week ago.
i There was quite little excitcmen
at the Middlebury town meeting wher
II was claimed that the liquor agen
was short in his accounts few hun
dred dollars for the past two years.
| The Ryegate Granite company il
taking boom this spring. A stock
company with capital Of 1925, oOC
has been organized. The company
expect to employ 100 men during the
summer.
Acurious incident recently occurred
at North Corinth. AS two men stood
looking out Of the mill partridge
flew against one Of the guy wires and
fell dead with its head severed from
it's body.
Preliminary commencement ap-
pointments from the senior class OF
T Williams college, based upon scholar
ship, were announced by the faculty
last week Tuesday and the list includes
the name Of Sylvester G. Deming Of
Arlington.
During the freshet last week at Fair
Haven two young men, Walter and
William R0sseau, started to cross the
Castleton river, when the carriage was
overturned by the force of the current
and before help could get to them they
were drowned.
w. L. Terrill, druggist Of Montpc-
lier, met with quite painful accident
last week. When he went to enter
greenhouse large light of glass fell
striking him upon the arm and cut
ting it to the bone and it also severed
the bone to his little finger
The spreading Of the rails on the B.
y M. railroad at Fairfield last week
Wednesday dumped three freight and
a passenger car into the meadow be-
low, which was covered with high wa
ter. The passengers were considera-
bly, wet but no one was hurt.
Fred E. Grout, who works for the
Lane Manufacturing Co. at Montpe-
lier, recently escaped quite a serious
injury. The sleeve Of his frock was
caught in the shafting, which he was
filing, his arm was drawn into the
machine and was badly mutilated.
The enterprising citizens of North
Adams, Mass, are considering the
project Of converting power from the
waters of Howe's pond, near Reads-I
boro in Vermont, into electrical ener-
gy and transmitting that energy to
their city, over distance of 10 miles.
A Ludlow merchant encourages
thrifty habits among the boys and
girls OF that town by offering to those
who deposit So cents in the savings
bank the necessary amount to make
their bank account 81. Several chill
lren have taken advantage of this Of
fer.
Asenath HOLSTER Of East Montpc-
ier met with a curious accident re-
emily. She stepped out Of chair on
o the edge of a pail which was stand
ng near and fell her length upon the
loor, breaking one bone in her left
wrist near the joint. She is 70 years
I'D but will recover.
William Davis, (colored) was last
week at Elizabethtown, N. H., found
,uilty and sentenced to Dannemora
,rison for life for numbering George
Iankard, muatto boy, in most :
ruel manner. His trial took - days !,
nd l02 witnesses were examined.
Ie was formerly Of Burlington.
Last week Monday night J. 9. Kin
" went to cross the b. u M. bridge i
/ Bellows Falls with three compan- /
ons, when in the dark he stnbbed his i
DC and fell between the stringers to !
lie water below. He struggled for a !
ew minutes but OF no avail and he 4
yas taken over the dam and disap-
cared.
A queer-looking fish said to be s
orncd or rock sturgeon, weighing y s.
ounds and measuring one yard in
myth, was taken from Lake Cham \
lain Monday Of last week through 4
ole in the ice near Rock Point. His
)inc protrudes about half an inch
ong his back and on his nose are two 4
orns. The mouth is located on the Z
ndcr side Of the head.
The Champlain Black Slate Com !,
any Of Fair Haven, owning slate prop !,
'ty at Benson. has received 1attering Z
iers from New York parties who de-
re to purchase it. The firm is COM v y
3scd Of Senator Allen, Cashier Allen, I
iii. Preston and EN-. Hunter. The Y
70 former have always been engaged y
the slate business and their connec-
on with the firm means much for It's *
ccess. Incorporation under the state N
W is contemplated. u
Daring the high water last Sunday