Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-03-11
State of Vermont.
Its News Condensed and Rewritten for
Our Readers.


Our Readers.
Hon. Ira II. Allen has been appoint
ed postmaster at Fair Haven.
Edward Il. Robinson, a plumber o.
Burlington, took swallow of carboi,
acid last week Wednesday, mistakina
ii for glycerine and whiskey, and died
in 40 minutes. He was - years old
and married.
The block owned by Mrs. Emma S.
Leach in Swanton was pretty wei
Quilted by fire in the lower story. and
considerable damage done to the pho.
tograph gallery above early Friday
morning. The building was insured
for $1,000.
The slate business in western YER
mont has been very brisk of late. A
train Of 40 cars, drawn by two loco
motives, left Poultney station one day
recently, loaded with slate for the
Western market.
Henry b. Mills, employed in the
Buck ~ Stevens gristmill at Troy,
went below TO adjust a belt and was
caught in the shafting ana was killed.
lie was about 30 years old. lie left
two young daughters.
A final decision has been reached
in the famous Smith will case. which
has been in the New Jersey courts for
the past ten years,i in favor OF the heirs
living at Woodstock. The will Of III.
b. Smith IS set aside and the large
property viii be divided among the
heirs,
The Grand Trunk railway has UNI
der consideration the erection of big
ice house mt Island Pond capable Of
holding one thousand tons The
building is Il necessity to furnish lee
for the bio shipments Of fresh beef
from the West destined for England.
Parties are negotiating for a site
near Cheshire bridge, Springfield, to
locate steam, saw, grist and planning
mill. The opening Of the electric
railway viii probably see the plant in
full operation. There are thousands
of feet ofluInbero fall kinds on Skitch-
amaug mountain that would come to
this point very handily and with the
transportation facilities thar the rail-
road will afford, ears could lie loaded
directly from the mill.
Last week Wednesday morning fire
at Underhill Centre destroyed the
house of Mrs. A. L. Terrill and she
was burned to death. There Were
six persons in the building, all Of
whom escaped except Mrs Terrill, who
was nearly out of the building bat
went back after something. Her son
went into the building three times but
failed to find her. Mrs. Terrill leaves
three Sons. l. Ed. L. and G. A. Ter
rill. all of Underhill. Loss of building,
$500
The town Of sheldon in town meet
ing assembled has instructed its
poor house director to use all his in
flnence and power TO bring about any
change in the management and con-
duct OF the Poor House association, in
order to make the sheldon poor house
what il ought to be. The town Df
Sheldon wishes to place itself on record
rs being willing to take care Of its pau
pers humanely and comfortably, and
the citizens have instructed their poor
house directors to take all necessary
measures to carry out their wishes in u
benevolent and liberal manner.
There are weddings, even in this
great land. where tie bride and groom
see each other for the first time on the
day of The ceremony. Such was the
Of Miss Mabel Barden Of
Wells and John " Brush of Coles
burg, Ia. which occurred in Wells a
few DAYS since. a correspondence
having been commenced several
months ago, photographs were ex-
and an engagement followed.
The couple never met until Mr. Brush
came to claim his bride. They have
now zone 10 their home in Iowa.
The grip is no respecter Of persons.
Hiram l.. Dickinson and Judith G..
Adams of Pumey set out from Hart
land for Woodstock one day recently
where the famous Univcrsalist preach
,r. Rev. j. +. Simmons. had been en-
RACED to unite them in the holy bonds
IF matrimony The marriage cere-
nonv was hardly over, when the
groom began TO feel the premonitory
,hivers of approaching influenza, and,
before reaching home, both groom
md bride were under the full intlu-
,nce of the evil spirit of shakes and
;hivers. On reaching their pleasant
nome in Hartland the customary iolli-
fcation was postponed, and the more
sensible and comforting program OF Z,
not drinks and warm blankets was