Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-08-12
State of Vermont.
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lights. He will receive 81, $50. There
will be 469 incandescent lights in the
building.
A regular Western cyclone, on a
small scale, struck the village of St.
Roche, near Sheldon, Saturday night,
lasting about half minute and TAX
ing off roofs, twisting down trees and
doing considerable damage.
The Gath annual convention of the
Universalists of Vermont and the
Province of Quebec will be held at
Mortified, this state, Aug. "a to %,
inclusive. Rev. Ii. d. Maxwell of
Brattleboro is down on the program
for the occasional sermon Aug. %.
Gov. Grout has reorganized the
railroad commission on account of
the resignation of Olin Merrill and
has appointed Judge u. S. Stanton of
Roxbury, chairman, Frank Kenfield
of Morrisville. second member and j.
p. Miner of Wallingford, third MEM
Der.
Oliver NJ. Sprague, son OF Col. w.
w. Sprague of st. Johnsbury, has
gone to Europe for a years course of
study in London and Berlin. He was
given the degree of Phi. ID. from Har-
ward and on his return from abroad
he will accept a position of a profess
sor at that college.
Rowland Williams, at work in
IInnbau clo 70 guo4ststr naap DnFtlfpaVr
was instantly killed Thursday, a ten
ton bowlder of slate falling upon him.
He was crushed into shapeless mass.
The day following Hungarian was
killed in the quarry, Il huge rock
falling upon him.
Hon. John Barrett, former resi-
dent of Grafton and the present
u. S. minister at Siam, is urged for
the position again under the present
administration. A petition from
residents of Siam TO the president,
asking him to retain Barrett, has been
sent on to our government.
Leon Ripley of Derby was acciden-
tally shot at West Stewartstown, n.
H., last week. Another young man
with whom he was at work tried to
shoot steer, but the bullet glanced
and hit Ripley near the base of the
spine. Several pieces of shattered
bone were taken from the wound, but
he is expected to recover.
The will of James Barclay Jermain,
who recently died in Watervliet, n.
V, was made public last Friday. He
left large estate, the most of it being
for charitable purposes. BY its terms
the president and trustees of Middle
bury college of Vermont are given
$50, 900 for the endowment of a pro-
fessorship of political economy and
international law.
Frank Tatro, son Of Peter Tatro,
living on Kicker mountain, near
Waterbury, stole his fathers team
and drove to Morrisville Sunday,
Aug. LIST, where he sold the horse and
harness and sent the wagon home,
after which he left for parts I'M
known. His father is in pursuit OF
the runaway and when caught he
will be well thras he'd.
Fred Bixby, brakeman on the
branch train, was killed in the yard
at Essex junction last week. He
stepped in front of caboose, Stun
bled and fell and the caboose passed
over his body. His body was ground
into a small space between the brake
beams and the roadbed and fright
fully crushed. Bixby was % years
old and the only support of widow
ed mother and two young brothers
and a sister.
Gov. Grout last week Wednesday |
issued a pardon to Amanda Vontelle |
of Burlington, who was serving a SEN
tence in the house of correction for |
keeping a disorderly house, on ac-
count of the death of the woman's |
eight-months-old daughter by drown
ing in the lake Tuesday night. The
child was playing in boat house and
fell in. The body was recovered
few moments later, but life was eN-
Linct.
A revolver in the hand of l5-year-
DID boy came near CduslhS iatoi
accident at Lyndonville Wednesday
afternoon, August 4. Clarence
Graves, aged Is, and Guy Blake, aged
IA, were playing in a room in Mrs.
Graves house. Clarence had had a
suit of clothes stolen from him the
night before and was "playing" that
5uy was the thief. Taking a revolv-
II from bureau he pointed it at Guy
md said, "Give me back that suit of
Clothes" He pressed the trigger and
he weapon was discharged. The
bullet entered the Blake boys cheek,
followed the bone and came out back
IF the ear. The wound is bad, but
not serious. The revolver is 81 cali
Der and self-cocking. The boy sup
posed it to be empty and that the ham
ner had to be raised.
H.LDyke and Guy Howe had a
nerve-tearing experience at Spring
field wednesday of last week. They
,tarted from the car house in passen-