Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-02-18
State of Vermont.
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Barre has continued growing do
spite the depression in business. A.
ID. Morse records SO new buildings and
one block in 1896 and sos new build.
ings in the past Is years, an average
of "a year.
Suit was brought against the Rut-
land Electric Light company recently
by the General Electric company of
| New York, for $4,000. NJ. j. Fran
cisco, manager of the Rutland Light
company, placed another attachment
on the same property for 100000.
Henry Armstrong of Center Rut-
land was instantly killed Sunday, Feb.
Z. He was struck and knocked down
by freight car while attempting to
cross the railroad yard. The upper
part of his legs was terribly mangled.
lie left wife ana family of grown-up
children.
| a deer was seen on the lake at Is
land Pond last week, being chased by
four hounds and several boys. AS the
deer reached the shore the hounds
were pressing it SO close that it turned
aud Knocked two of them away with
its hoofs and went on without further
molestation.
L. E.Canedy of North Adams, man
ufacturer of magnetic and medicated
shoes and slippers, will move to West
Halifax if the citizens Of that town
agree TO purchase $4,000 worth Of
stock shares, which will be sold at S25
each, and the prospect seems bright
that the shares will be sold.
John Emerson, a resident Of Brad
ford, was 3 years old last December
His health record is almost unparal-
leled. lie has always been an indus
trious, Woodworking man and has
never known what sickness is. In all
these years he has never needed the
services Of a physician,and is still hale
and hearty.
The Citizens Telephone company
has been organized at Stowe with a
capital stock of S25, 600. Officers were
elected as follows: II. w. Barrows,
president; r. O. Burt, vice president;
w. +. Benson, treasurer; +. NJ. Pike,
clerk and general manager. Two
hundred and ten shares of stock were
subscribed for at the meeting. Ii is
said that the company will extend its
lines throughout the county at an
early date.
The stage between Burlington and
keeseville, n. Y, which carried John
Whalen, driver, George Sweeney aud
Ed 0uemette, guards, Arthur Condor
of Willsboro, n. Y, and Mrs. Edith
Smith and her two-year-old daughter
of Attleboro, Mass, as passengers,
went through the ice on Lake Cham
! plain when about five miles FROM the
4 Vermont shore last week Wednesday.
! Both horses were drowned, bat by
heroic efforts all the people were
saved. Mrs. Smith had her child in
her arms when the sleigh followed
the horses into the water, but was
rescued by Mr.. Condor. The party
was brought to Burlington by Capt.
Chiott, who was sailing up the lake
with his ice boat, Why Not Mrs.
Smith and the child were nearly
frozen when they reached the shore.
The tragic death of G. w. Eddy,
the young merchant of Alburgh, was
pronounced a case of suicide and the
body was buried. Then the question
of murder was raised. The young
mans wife and mothcr-in-lSw were
present at the time of the deed. IL
was known that Mr.. and Mrs. Eddy
had a quarrel. The fact that Eddy
carried life insurance amounting TO
Sc, 900 furnished a motive for murder
| in the belief of some of the young
mans friends. Public excitement
ran so high that the authorities or
dered full investigation, which has
been going on all the week, conducted
by Lawyer a. A. Hall of st. Adams.
| II was claimed that the temple where
| the bullet entered showed no traces Of
powder as it naturally would if Eddy
killed himself. That point was set
tied last week Wednesday when the
body was exhumed. lt was found
/ that the hair was not only burned
but that powder was embedded in
| itft iltSii. silONili1 Nbittt0iNNta tf"N
the weapon was held close 10 the
head. 1t was the opinion of the doc
tors that Eddy took his own life.
At a meeting of the joint committee
Of the Vermont State Agricultural
society and the Champlain Valley
Fair association in Burlington, it was
voted TO hold joint exhibition at
Howard park under the name of YER
mont state fair, beginning Aug. 3lst
and continuing four days. Officers
were elected for the state fair as
follows: President, George Aitken Of
Woof stock; secretary, +. W. J. Haw-
kins of Bu .lington; treasurer, i. L.
Burgess, Burlington; general superin-
tendent. f. 5. Adsit, Burlington; eN-
ecutive committee, president, George
Aiken, ex-officio, G. NJ. Winslow OF
Brandon. IL. IL. Mcintyre, w. +.
Uendee. f. j. Booth, J. 4. iiender-
SON and NJ. C. Berry of burlington;