Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-01-07
Late State News.

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Ten-year-old Charlie Tarbell OF
Tyson caught an eighteen-pound pike
through the ice Tuesday of last week.
Bishop A. c. A. Hall, who is not in
the best of health, will go to the Ber-
mudas this month for rest of several
weeks.
Mrs. Lucy Rollins of South Bur-
lington had her left leg amputated
lust above the knee last week. The
cause for this was her kneeling upon
a waist in which was needle which
penetrated the flesh and broke off,
causing an abscess to form.
C. j. Bell of Hardwick, master, and
r. b. Galusha of Jericho, lecturer of
the State Grange, organized Burling-
ton grange, No. 245, in Burlington
last week with 20 charter members, of
which not hardly one are farmers or
connected with the farming industry.
Col. H.W. Hall, manager of Bailey's
music rooms in Burlington, has been
appointed a member of the committee
on military organizations for the Nc
kinley Inauguration ceremonies. Col.
Geo. T. Childs of st. Adams and Col.
X. j. Coffey of Bennington are also
members of the committee.
Joseph Lousiaux of Burlington, EN-
ployed by E. b. and A. G. Whiting,
was the victim of painful accident
last Thursday. He accidentally stepped
Int a ,yat Of ao1or;por p,ottap which
was heated almost TO the boiling
point. The foot is very painful at
present, but Mr.. LousiauX will proba-
bly, soon be out again.
During the past season there has
been taken from the Fisk quarries,
Isle La Motto, over three and half
miles of curbing for use in BurliHg-
ton. All of this curbing is taken from
one layer of stone through the quarry
that is just the right thickness. BY
drilling and wedging a curbstone 20
feetin length is sometimes taken out.
Charles Church of Westminster had
a narrow escape few days since from
a horrible death, being gored by a
bull. 1t seems that Mr.. Church was
feeding the animal with other cattle
when he was attacked and thrown
upon the ground. His call for help
was heard by G.. b. Hall, who, with
II. l.. Parker, went TO his rescue Just
in time TO catch Mr.. Church, as the
bull raised him upon his horns for
final plunge, and dragged him over the
fence. Mr.. Church was badly bruised
but is in fair way TO re over. One
boot was nearly torn from his foot in
the encounter.
John Worthington Marsh, aged 81
years, son of the late Judge Marsh of
Woodstock and a graduate of Amherst
college, class of 1868, died from an
overdose of laudanum taken TO relieve
pain, at his home in Chicago on Fri
day of last week. He was a law stu
dent in Washburne n Marsh's Wood
stock office after returning from the
war, secretary TO the governor and
clerk in the legislature. He went to
Chicago in 1870, pracricing his pro-
fession about four years, after which
he became a successful loan agent ana
broker. He married Annie 5. Porter
of Springfield, who, with son and
daughter, survives.
Joseph Britton, Ia, son of A. Brit
ton, was smothered to death in a corn
bin at the A. +. Davis Feed company's !
mill in Rutland Wednesday afternoon
of last week. He stepped into large
bin containing several tons of corn.
which was being drawn away at the
rate of 100 bushels an hour The ro-
tary motion drew him into the corn.
A young companion attempted TO pull
him out but was unsuccessful and be-
fore the machinery could be stopped
the corn was several inches over the
boys head. 1t was necessary to cut
away a part of the bin and shovel out
the corn before he could be reached
and life was then extinct.