Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-10-21
state of Vermont.
Its News Condensed and Rewritten for
Our Readers.

mouse was burned saturday night
Oct. 3. The fire was caused by defec
tive heating apparatus. Loss, $3.50.
/ Miles Story of Leicester had 40 out
of about 60 sheep killed by the night
express last Thursday night. 1t wa:
SO dark the engineer could not see the
obstruction in time TO save the sheep.
Fred 5. Cheney of Barre, while out
hunting Thursday, shot rare speci.
men of a fox. Ii was between q
silver gray and red and weighed Il
pounds. 1t is twenty years since one
OF its kind was killed in Vermont.
George b. Isham, one of the best
/ known Americans in Mexico, died
there last week. He was a native OF
Williston and a graduate of the L. V.
NJ, class of 1881. He was by profess
sion a railroad and mining engineer.
The house of Allison Maynard near
Enosburg Center was destroyed by fire
last veek Tuesday. The flames were
stayed in time to save the wood shed
and milk room. 1t is thought the
blaze was caused by sparks from the
chimney.
The body OF Arthur Tallard, a
French Canadian, was found in the
railroad yard at Lyndonville Satur-
day morning. lie had been run over
and instantly killed by a freight train.
Tsllard was seen during the night by
several residents and appeared mental
~ unbalanced.
Joseph Goldman of Montpelier at
tempted suicide last week Monday at
his home in Shady Rill by taking
rough on rats. He is still alive, but
probably will die. lie was 80 years
old and unmarried. The cause of the
attempt was melancholy yerging on
insanity.
Rev. J. b. Knowles, at trial held
recently at West Burke. was expelled
from the ministry and membership of
the Methodist church ON three
charges: dishonesty, lying and UNI
christian and unministerial conduct
Rev. =. n. Granger was counsel in be-
half of the church. The case was so
clear as to be unmistakable.
The dwelling house, barn and sheds
of Samuel Pearce of North Danville
were destroyed by fire last week
Tuesday morning at little past five
O'Clock. The fire caught around the
chimney. In about two hours the
last timber fell Some of the house,
hold goods were saved. The house
and contents were insured for $3.50.
At Bellows Falls Wednesday night
fire was discovered in the basement OF
the opera house block under the cloth |
ing store OF f. &, Pierce. The build
ing was somewhat damaged and Mr..
Pierce's stock of clothing was badly
by smoke and water. The
fire is thought TO have been spon-
taneous. The estimated loss is be.
tween - 900 and $4,000. Mr.. Pierce
carried no insurance.
Fire destroyed the large barn owned
by n. ID. Surge, two miles from Shell !
don village, last Thursday at $3.50 p.
IN. The barn contained 90 tons of
hay and $50 bushels of corn. Mr..
Surge was husking on one OF the |
floors when he discovered the fire in
one of the mows His hands were Sc
verely burned trying TO put out the
fire. II required a great effort to save
the house and outbuildings. The
cause of the fire is unknown. The |
loss will reach 81 800.
Father Cam, chaplain at the Fanny |
Allen hospital, Winooski, while in
Montreal last week, came near losing |
his life by asphyxiation. He was
stopping at the Hotel Dieu and when
he retired failed to turn the gas en-
tirely off, leaving the valve so that a
little gas escaped during the night. In
the morning he did not get up and
his door was found to be locked. lie
could not be aroused and the door
was finally broken in, when Father
Cam was found TO be unconscious and
The room filled with gas. lie soon re-
covered and is suffering no serious i'll
effects from the accident.
The summary of the parochial sta
.istics of the Episcopal church shows
hat there are 1905 baptized members
II the church in Vermont, of whom
$3.50 are communicates. There were
~ baptisms last year, lS9 coniirma-
ions, lI6 marriages and 20 burials.
The number of clergy attached TO the
diocese. including the bishop, is 44(an
Increase of nine since Bishop Hall
anne to Vermont). These serve %
parishes and missions and chapels.
phe total contributions for the year,
Is reported, were sea, 003.9l; and the
-alue of all church property i $685.
1874, against which are debts
mounting TO S20,672.60.
The town authorities of Glover
we're recently notified that the chill
lren of James Jerome, who lives in
Slab Hollow were in "A destitute
condition and an investigation showed
state of affairs even worse than had
,een reported. A two-year-old child '
az in a filthy cradle. its body sore and