Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-05-20

explosion about week DelOTc az
Henry, johnson 4 Lords.
The body of William j. O'Rourke
If West Rutland, who was drowned
in the Deertield river at Shelburne
Falls, Mass, about four weeks ago,
was found last Wednesday by two
boys.
Forest fires in the towns of Guild
hall and Lunenburg last week burned
over 900 acres and involved loss
of over $4,000. There were also
extensive forest fires on Bald noun.
tain and Mt. Anthony in Bennington
county, which did considerable dam
age to young timber.
The town of Salisbury was once a
slave-holding town. A family COM
ing from Connecticut in the last CEN
tury brought slave with them that
lived and died in that town. The
Sheldon museum at Middlebury has
the bill of sale, dated 1873. The
price named was $40.
Eugene NJ. Campbell of st. Johns
bury starts Tuesday, May 20, for
Zurich, Switzerland, to attend the
International Supreme Lodge of
Good Templars as representative of
the Grand Lodge of Vermont. The
other delegate is the grand chief
templar of Vermont, Chancey II.
Hayden, principal of Essex Literary
Institute.
There is little town i'm Vermont
where the people have considerable
fun with their "fenee viewers" One
Of the officers weighs 300 pounds,
another is six feet eight inches tall
and the third is extremely small. IL
was recently voted that all fences on
which the fat man could sit, which
the tall man couldn't step over, nor
the little one crawl through, should
be deemed legal fences.
Bradley Newell, the famous healer,
went South recently and returned
with Maj. Childs and was able TO be
of great assistance to him. As soon
as a parlor car was reached Maj.
Childs would be put into a hypnotic
sleep and would not be awakened
until il was necessary To change cars
or his destination was reached. Mr..
Newell is of the opinion that in time
Maj. Childs will recover but he
thinks il may be years.
A sad accident occurred at North !
Pawlet at the home of Alec Fugerson
Tuesday of last week, when his daugh- |
ter, Jennie, aged two and a half years,
was scalded by falling into wash |
boiler of hot water. The mother had |
put the boiler on the floor and went
across the street, and while gone the
child fell into the water. She lived |
for two hours. he flesh dropped oil
from her shoulders TO the end OF the |
fingers. The child was favorite in
the neighborhood.
The Van Doom failure AT Brattle-
boro, together with the three firms
with which he was connected, viii
probably force another party into
insolvency. Van Doone's mother is
involved TO the extent OF 1900,
which will cause her TO make an
The total liabilities con-
-inue to grow, amounting 10 Sl24,-
poo. The legal complications are
such as are without precedent in our
state insolvency law and lawyers are
very chary about positive opinions.
Hon. S. Il. Land, fish and game
OF Wyoming, is looking
over the RoXbury hatchery. Mr..
Hurlburt is one OF the most extensive
fish farmers in New England, send
ng more trout fry into Vermont
han any other dealer. Both these
men have been specialists in the cul-
-ure of brook trout for many years
md say without qualification that
Vermont can boast of a better plant,
better methods and healthier LOT of
.rout fry than any other State insti-
ution they have visited,
The following Vermonters have
leen commissioned postmasters; VIM.
R. Spaulding, East Wallingford; John
3. Blackmer, Manchester Depot; Tur-
ill f. Hartman, st. Johnsbury Cen
er: East Niddlebury, Il. G.Peck, vice
3. \. Douglass, removed; East Poult-
ley. +. S. Dewey, vice J. c. keefe,
'emoved; Gaysville, f. p. Baker, vice,
Austin Brown, removed; Heath, Mary
Merrill. vice G. G. Rollins, resigned;
Jacksonville. l.. l.. Smith, vice, ii.
". Varnham, removed; Tunbridge,
N. T. King, vice c. f. Farnham, re-
igned.
Sheriff Reeves arrived in Burling-
on last Thursday from Swanton, Pa,
With Elmer Russell, who is wanted
here on a charge of setting fire to
tore. The story goes that Russell
n December, 1895. with Miss Elean-
n Davis. ran the "Household furni-
ure store" in the old Sherwood house
lock at Burlington. just before
Christmas it was burned, with its
ontents. The insurance was $500,
nd suspicion fell Immediately upon
Russell, who was arrested, arraigned
n CITY court on the charge of arson
nd discharged for lack of evidence.
Russell left town at once, but in the
fIoQe laorpipu that hp W1sI