Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-01-14
state of Vermont.
Il, News Condensed and Rewritten Tor
Our Readers.

Tho citizens OF Wilmington are en-
,oayoring 10 have the burning of the
I Totel Raponda investigated.
GIG. f. Tobey of Winooski came
.,ry near having his arm taken off by
saw in his mill recently. a wound
oight inches long was made.
The dairy school at the Experiment
.,.,;on commenced last Thursday
a.i,b 40 students. The school will
,,ntinus four weeks, closing Feb. 3D..
llerbcrt. son OF Almon Stoddard of
Nowark. was struck by heavy barn
Jooroue day recently and rendered in
.opsibe. lie nearly froze TO death
before he was discovered.
Fy-Gov. Farnham and Others who
are interested ia the Ely copper mine
st Ely were in Rutland last week for
he uurposc of getting parties to take
.tosk in thecompany ana thus become
Interested in the enterprise.
Vermont hickory will be used as
handle bars for bicycles. It's the wood
,ha .corchers saw. j. II. Hildreth Of
Brattleboro has an order from firm
a make 81, 0O0 OF them by June. Ten
men are working night and day TO
I'LL the order.
The Jury in the Wales arson case,
after being out Il hours, returned a
verdict of not guilty. This closed one
ol the most important and largely
attended trisls ever held in Washing
ION county. The court then adjourned
until March.
Dir. r. &. Flower of Boston, who is
we'll known in Burlington and
throughout Vermont, has flied a petit
lion in insolvency. Nothing will be
known Of the assets and liabilities un-
III he flies his schedule, which will be
done in few days.
George Dickinson, editor and man
ager Of the New York Sunday Her
aid, was at one time employed in the
railroad division office at Rutland.
BIZ push, backed up by mental capac-
ty, he has arisen to his present posi-
ton with salary of $500 week.
James Wallace, tramp at Pittsford,
was on Christmas day sentenced TO
three months in the house of correc-
ton and was taken there by the con.
stable. 1t was afterwards learned that
the law underwhich he was sentenced !
does not take effect until Feb. /, 1897.
The dry house of the Brattleboro |
4 Estey furniture company at Owasse,
NCh was DESTROYED by fire Saturday |
| night, Jan. 2 The loss of 81, zoo is |
/ fully covered by insurance and the
company will suffer chiefly for the |
want Of dry lumber for its manufac-
turing
The Vermont Merino Sheep Breed
en- association will hold its regular
annual meeting at the Addison House
IN Niddlebury Wednesday, Jan. 27th.
There seems to be more hopeful
feeling in regard to the sheep raising
and wool INDUSTRY among sheep men
ID thai locality.
State Railroad Commissioners Hon.
OIln Merrill Of Enosburgh Falls, Capt.
Frank kentield of Morrisville and II.
} Stanton of Roxbury met at the
state house last week to arrange bust
ness for the coming year and prepare
otake up the work which is already
4 arcumulating.
APutney girl is decided success
farmer. The gentlemen farmers
q that town must doff their hats TO
lelr sister, Miss ). white, who has
just sold one Of the best and heaviest
crops OF tobacco that has been raised
ID town. The product of her one and
a hall acres Of land cured 1920
pounds.
Charles LaJoy, aged 30 years, was ,
seriously, if not fatally injured last
week while chopping wood in the {
Vhamberlin woods in West Ferris |
Ourgll by having tree fall on him, {
rushing him to the ground and I
AnOeklng him senseless. He was at i
once taken to his home and it was
,ouhd that he was injured internally. |
ine chances of recovery are slight.
mrs Amelia Allen, Joseph Garrow c
ald wife Of Nergennes were crossing 4
5e lake at Chimney Point from Fort (
-lederiek sunday, Jan. 3, with "a sin [
" team and when halfway over the r
y gave way and the team went in. 5
.ou'e lake, drowning the horse and il
.sIng the harness and robes and wag- n
~ llr. and Mrs Garrow saved t
themselves with difficulty. +
~ II Is now generally understood that [
lln A. w. Peirce of Goddard Semi
NJ Is to leave that institution to n
,ae SIMILAR position i'm Dean acad- Ii
u.!' rankin, Mass. Mr.. Peiree has Il
% osn connected with the Seminary for q
ys /" sixteen years and for the past six t.
" mas been at the head. He will ii
Il,Neu there as well as in the Uni ii
nm l%4',i church and sunday school. of n
,,.' ne was member. b
y nile going to his home about 3 f,
/ m.h ,, sunday evening of last week f
fg aa,5 Iahber. spinner in the min 81
l.lllen' Leonard & Co. at BEN T
r.-oA' was assaulted by some un- 50
pah person as he was turning from