Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-01-20

last week for ITO days for abusing his
horses.
Harvey Fisher. wood chopper in
the employ of Russell Il McKelvey,
was killed in the woods at Mills Pond
last week Tuesday afternoon by a
limb falling on him. He was about
80 years old and left no family.
Clinton N. Field, for the past nine
years treasurer Of the Granite Savings
Bank and Trust company of Barre,
has been Gle ted I'd vice president and
director and Frank Il. Cave has been
elected treasurer in place of Mr.. Field.
Hon. James l.. Martin took the
oath Of office of United States attorney
for the district OF Vermont Friday of
last week before John IL. Senter,
notary public, his predecessor, and
Saturday morning assumed the duties
of the Office.
The meeting OF the Republican
league which was 10 have been held
on February ~ has been indefi-
nitely postponed owing TO the failure
to get a speaker of national reputation
for that date. The meeting may be
held later and may be given up en-
tirely.
Frank w. Shattuck OF Quechee,
section foreman on the Woodstock
railway, fell down stairs at his home
Thursday evening, bursting a blood
vessel and breaking one arm. lie
lived only few hours. expiring Fri
day morning. lie leaves a wife and
four children.
The second annual meeting Of the
Vermont Horticultural society was
held at Middlebury last week. 7. l..
Kinney Of South Hero was reelected
president and Prof. +. A. Waugh see
rotary. There was very good at
tendance and the papers read were
very instructive.
Herbert Whitford of Addison was
severely injured last week by half
stack Of straw, which in cutting,
slanted in at the bottom, making it
top heavy. IL tipped over, burying
him under il, nearly smothering him,
beside the weight nearly crushing him
before he could be gotten out. lIe is
in critical condition.
The value of goods imported into
the customs district of Memphrema-
cog for the month of December wa
80, 230, 600, and the amount of duties
assessed SLOT, 40s SO. This shows
an increase over November of goods
imported OF S,2N4 ,459 80 aud of duties
assessed OF s648, BOSS.
The mill and several smaller build
ings comprising the plant of the Bran
don Italian Marble company at Bran
don were destroyed by fire last Satur-
day. The total loss will amount to
s2l 900. The buildings and their con-
tents were insured for $4,000. The |
cause is not known at present. The
mills will probably be rebuilt.
Hon. Spencer 5. Bedard, one of St.
Adams best known business men and |
most esteemed residents, died sudden
" at his home on Messenger street /
last Sunday morning. Angina pee
toris was the cause of death. Mr.. Be-
lard has been an assistant Judge of
Franklin county court and represent
ed ST. Adams in the legislature in
1856.
A Norwich school teacher is not so
good a wrestler as some of his schol-
lrs. Harlan Slack met with a pain
ful accident last week while wrestling
with one of the scholars; he was
thrown to the floor and the bone in
MS left elbow was fractured. A purse
was made up in the intermediate de-
partment Of the public school of
which he was member.
Over half an acre of land, with large
rees standing thereon. was deposited
N the Missisquoi river mile and one
lalf from Swanton on the Highgate
Falls road recently. The slide cut
AWAY the earth TO depth Of 100 feet.
The scene of the slide is near the old
ave, which has attracted the attention
IF hundreds of visitors. The slide ex-
ended entirely across the river, which
IS 300 feet wide Mt this point. The
ce was broken for long distance,
md the river was turned from its
natural bed and new channel cut
through the meadow'of Mr.. Donald
ION. Several hundred people visit the
'cene each dav.
Deputy Sheriff Godfrey found a
woman wandering about the streets
If Bennington at 1870 Friday morn
ng. She was bareheaded, barefooted,
md scantily clothed. She was taken
o the jail and cared for, and in a
hort time she was recognized as Mrs.
J. halSey Cushman, one of the best
Known women of the town, whose
was editor of the Banner for
lears. While in a dazed condition
,aused by long illness, she had wan
Tered away from the home of her sis
er, Mrs. l.. ID. Hamlin. She has
)een Frustrated since her exposure,
mt it is thought that she was out
loors only short time.