Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-12-23

IttN. Geo. II. DdktI was oIuhltt'
pr stor of the Congregational churcl
at Westford last Friday.
Ii is faid that Rev. DIR. Charles s
! Robinson. a distinguish q New York
preacher and a native OF Bonniugiou
viii resign the pastorate Of The New
York Presbyterian church at the cor,
ner Of One Hundred and Seventy
eighth street and Second avenue. Up.
on DIR. Robinson's permanent retire
mcnt from the ministry he intends Ia
return to Bennington 10 reside.
Fred Wheclock Of Eden slept while
bis house was burning last week. Mr..
Wheelock heard an unusual noise at
the barn and arose about 3 o'clock to
ascertain the cause. Thinking hc
would warm the house previous to
getting up the family. be built a fire
and lay down for the time to rest, drop
ping 10 sleep. lie oversight and awoke
TO find his home in flames and barely
had time 10 escape. The cause of the
iiie was thought 10 be a defective fine.
Just at present there is something
of q smallpox scare AT Montgomery,
but il is hoped il viii not prove to be
very serious. Mrs. Byron Sherman,
who went TO Montreal 10 the hospital
with her sister, is having the yarioloid
in mild form. The house has been
duly quaraniined by the health officer
and every precaution has been taken
TO prevent the disease spreading any
further. The doctors are kept busy
now vaccinating such rs may need IL
and the scare viii doubtless soon SUBJ
side.
-Four Of the Chinese fathers, who
have been detained at Burlington on
a charge Of aiding violations of the
immigration laws, have been released.
A letter from Inspector Brown to the
customs officials states that the labor
registration records OF four OF the
fathers who came from New York are
all right. These four were taken be-
fore Commissioner johnson Saturday
morning and were discharged. The
other two are detained because no let
ter has been received regarding their
certificates, which were issued at Bos.
ton.
a practical miner. who recently in
spected the gold diggings on L. j.
Corkin's land IN Wilmington, pro-
nOmcrs them the best he has seen. A
specimen recently analyzed bv the
United States assayer Welded dollars
worth Of gold and quite a percentage
OF silver This or something else, has
80 frightened the Wilmington Savings
bark hiatt call for an immediate
reduction OF the town debt, and a town /
meeting was called Saturday to raise
money therefor
There was meeting of business +
men Of AIiddlcbury last week Tues
day night to see what could be done I
toward raising a fuIrl for building a
factory for the Backus Heating com
pany % New York and Williamsport,
Pa. Il is proposed to build a factory
on tie old cotton mill site, Mr.. Back
MS agreeing TO pay 6 per cent interest
and one-tcnth Of the principal. s20,-
600, and promising TO employ 80
hands from the start. Beckwith \
Go. and Joseph Battell, who. with
Clinton Smith, own the properly,
win give the land J. +. Buttolph
and Isaac Rogers were appointed
to solicit subscriptions and
report At a meeting two weeks hence
The following tale of unbrotherly
,,a ,a,,n1 fp,Vn nt,p,tnapStptf N I
the family OF Asa Whitney there was
a quarrel between two half-brothers,
men grown, when the younger one
filed the elder ones eyes with pepper
The latter thought he could not see TO
fight. but he could see to run and
started and went plump against a
woodpile. while the more youthful
one followed up with a hoe in each
hand and applied both to the frater
nal Uranium long and vigorously I'M
ii il looked as If harrow had been
over it criss cross and in every other
direction. Early the next morning
he injured man and his father were
n BrattlebOro to institute a prOsecu-
ion and were advised to place the
natter in the hands OF the states at
orney.
Mr.. and Mrs. 5. +. Hawkins of SO.
who were married recent
v, narrowly escaped death from coal
"a last Thursday night. 4 damper
n the stove in the room adjoining
heir sleeping apartment was not 5
properly turned. Mr.. Hawkins did ,
lot get to his business as he usually |
loes and his brother went to find out /
he cause. He found Mrs. Hawkins |
n bed and her husband lying by the
Idle OF her but dressed. He had arose,
ound his wife on the floor uncon- t
cious, placed her in the bed and then I
aid down by her side. Both were =
n an unconscious condition but fresh /
ir and the help that came resuscitated
hem after hard trial. They are
9th out of DANGER Mr.. Hawkins is