Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-04-01
State of Vermont.
Its News Condensed and Rewritten for
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\ OdH HAtduCEos
Col. John A. Sheldon has been an
pointed postmaster at Rutland.
Rev. Frank Appleton, for five year
past rector of St. Andrews church a
st. Johnsbury, has accepted a call t,
Trinity church at Pawtucket, r. /.
The Barre school census shows thai
there are SOB children within the cit,
limits between the ages of and Il
years and l04 who will come within
this limit during the coming year.
Two little girls of Alfred Gallar.
neau of Burlington came near being
poisoned from muriatic acid which
was in box of sardines. They were
sick for several days, but are now out
of danger.
The contest for the Brattleboro
postoffice lies between Dr. ID. z. Web.
ster and Col. kittredge Haskins. The
matter will have to be settled by party
caucus, according to the decision of
| Congressman Grout.
The Democrats of Burlington are
endeavoring TO organize a stock COM
pany with a capital of S25, 900 for the
publication OF a daily newspaper de-
voted to their political faith. Already
$4,000 have been pledged.
Guy Sheldon, the l2-year-old son
of j. ii. Sheldon of Newport, acciden-
tally shot himself Friday, March 18th,
while playing with a loaded gun.
The ball entered the head near one
eye. The shot was removed and the
boy is doing well.
The bill to divide the Vermont Gus
toms district, which failed in the last
Congress by reason of pocket veto
from President Cleveland, has passed
the House of Representatives and has
gone TO the Senate. The prospect is
that it will pass the Senate at an early
day and Newport will be headquar-
tiers for the new district.
The surrender of the Ogdensburg &
Lake Ckamplain X. X. by the receiv-
ers of the Central Vermont X. II. TO
Receiver Charles Parsons has neces-
STATED a reduction of the force here
tofore employed in the mechanical
departments OF the Central at 81. AL
bans. Quite number were released
from the shops last Thursday.
Arthur J. Dewey of Bennington
has received letter from Congress
man Powers informing him that
when the time came for IA change he
would be unanimously recommended
by the delegation from this state for
the position of postmaster. The term
of the present incumbent will expire
in May, 1896.
Prof. 5. J. Blanpied, principal OF
the Montpelier high school, died sun
day afternoon, March II, after brief
illness from liberation of the stomach.
Prof. Blanpicd had been at the head
of the city schools for the past five
years. lie was member of the cx-
ecutive committee of the state teach
ers' association and was one of the
prominent educators of the state.
Miss Catherine Tennien, young
lady of Pittsford. badly mangled her
right hand at Newton n Thompsons
box factory at the Furnace on Thurs
day of last week while working with
small circular saw used in cutting
grooves in box covers. Her hand
came i'm contact with the saw, COM
pletely severing the index and middle
fingers and badly cutting the third
and fourth. She tainted from the
shock and was Immediately conveyed
to her home. 1t is hoped that all ex-
cept one finger can be saved.
II. II. Hoadley was found shot in
his bed at his home in West Rutland
last Thursday. a 30 calibre revolver
with one barrel empty lay beside him
when he was discovered, also a jack
knife. The bullet passed into the head
above the right ear. The wound was
pronounced fatal by the physician. 1t
was probably suicide, although the
doctor thinks he might have been re-
pairing the revolver with the jack
knife. He was thirty years old and
lived with his father, Leonard j.
Hoadley.
Geo. Foster, who lives in Barton,
became enraged at Charles Duke, who |
was scaling logs which Foster was
drawing Saturday, March 20th, and
struck him on the head just above the |
temple with his ak, inflicting an ugly |
wound. 1t seems that Foster disputed /
the measurements of the logs as made |
by Duke and wanted his own meas
urement accepted, which Duke refused |
to do, but offered to let any one else
in the mill scale them. This did not
suit Foster and they had some words
when he struck at Duke with his fist,
but as this did not produce the neces-
sary results he then used his AK. 1t
appears that Foster has an unruly
temper which he apparently does not
try to govern.