Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-07-22
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'iihe AZ ehO ldSt ~ lCdio ram HAS ldlleli
on the Fourth % days.
Rev. II. N. Pringle of St. Johns
bury Center has accepted very flat
tering and unanimous call to pas
torate of the Congl church of East
port, Me.
Miss Carrie f. Taylor of Montpel-
Ter will go as a missionary to India in
October, under the auspices of the As
ISOLATION of Pentecostal Churches of
Brooklyn, n. Y.
Joseph Bedour, a native of Willis
ton, but now living at Springfield,
Mass, was married Saturday, July 10.
He quickly became respondent, and
Thursday committed suicide by shoot
ing himself through the head.
Fireman James Topin, whose home
is in ST. Adams, fell from his engine
at Essex Junction last week Wednesday
evening and was badly injured. lie
has fracture of the neck of the femur
or thigh bone, which is a serious afiiic-
/ ton.
Because a young married woman of
whom he was enamored did not fully
appreciate and return his atlectionate
attentions, Wilbur Sheldon, aged q,
Of Enosburg, attempted suicide Thurs
day night, July s, by taking strich-
nine. Medical aid was summoned
and he is now able TO be out.
Mirk Munson, who claims to live in
Wallingford, had $500 and $3.50
gold watch stolen from his boarding
house in New York by colored girl
recently. lie notified the police and
the property was recovered. Munson
says he left home to attend the Nc
Kinley Inauguration and has since
then been visiting in New York.
During a severe thunderstorm last
Sunday evening nine buildings, in
Guiding barns and clubhouse, owned
by w. l.. Howard of Fairhaven were
burned. The buildings were struck
by lightning and were destroyed, with
farm machinery and many tons of
hay. Loss, 5000; insured for 81, 500.
The management Of the Rutland
Trotting Park association has COM
pleted the final arrangements for John
II. Gentry and Robert j. to appear at
the summer meeting the first week in
August. Thursday, the third day of
the meeting, will be the big day of
the races, and at this time these fast
PAGERS will appear on the turf. They
will, however, be on exhibition the
other two days, and every lover of
horse flesh will be given chance TO
/ look them over.
The buildings owned by w. f. and
Eliza j. Clark in Glover were recent
~ struck by lightning. The chimney
of the house was shattered and the ell
was plowed TO the ground in three
places. One of the neighbors' chill
dren present during the storm was
stunned and remained insensible for
nearly an hour. The barn was also
badly damaged. A horse and calf in
! the barn were knocked down but soon
revived. The section of the barn most
badly shattered was where a quantity
of straw was stored but fortunately it
did not ignite.
The first missionary who went TO
the Sandwich islands was native OF
Bennington. He was Hiram Bing-
ham. With an associate he went to
those islands in 1919, remaining there
20 years. His grandfather settled
there from Charlemont, Mass, about
1873. and took part in the battle OF
Bennington. While a resident at the
islands Mr. Bingham published his
tory of them. He was obliged to
leave there on account of the i'll health
of his wi fe. A son, Hiram Bingham,
Jr., is now missionary there, and
two daughters were for years teachers
in Honolulu.
H. A. and NV. Lyons of Benningr-
ton have been prospecting at Sunde :
land for several weeks for manganese
ore. An inclined well six feet high
and three and one-half feet wide was
dug into the mountain 20 feet. They
found a large amount of rich ore.
They have small force of men at
work and will soon ship car load OF
ore to Troy to be used in the manufac-
ture of steel. If their hopes are real
lied Sunderland win have an import
ant industry. The elder Lyons was
for many years manager of manga
nese mine at South Wallingford, which
was closed some time ago.
A gang of tramps to the number OF
50 gathered near the coal chute in the
railroad yard Saturday night, July
10, to enjoy their evening repast.
Where they came from or where they
went to is a mystery, but they all dis
appeared during the night Train
men say they never saw this class OF
beats SO numerous as they are this
summer. Nearly every train picks up
one or more of the fraternity and they
are content to ride in, on,under or be-
tween the cars as a rule, though oc-
casionally one more particular than
the Others will beg for ride IN the
caboose.-Lyndonville Journal.
When they put man IN
! L. Jail, he cannot follow his
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