Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-03-03


DAYS in January and he now ha
l, $1,000, 900 feet in his yard at til,
south end.
Rutland has Klondike company
1t is called the Edmonton and Alasks
Mining and Transportation company.
S. l.. Griffith of Dandy is president
of the concern.
There has been general shaking
up of conductors and engineers on
the Passumpsic division of the B. &
M. railroad. Seven engineers and
three conductors long in the employ
of the road were discharged.
President Mckinley has sent the
name of DIR. Dan p. Webster to the
senate for postmaster at Brattleboro.
Postmaster Chilis' term expires
March Is Mr. Childs has been post
master IL years and is very popular.
Walter Gerry, carpenter, fell
while ascending ladder on DR..
Boynton's house at Woodstock Sun
day, Feb. 20, striking on his head Oh
the concrete walk. He died two
hours later, having never regained
consciousness. lie lived in Pomfret.
He leaves crippled wife and three
children.
Charles +. Wheeler, a prominent
business man OF Burlington, died Sat
urday night of neuralgia of the heart.
He was assistant postmaster under b.
j. Derby and in 1891 he was appoint
ed postmaster by President Harrison.
He was a courteous official and well
liked by all his acquaintance. lie
left wife, son and two daughters.
The hearing in the case of the
Montpelier and Barre Traction
and Power company at Barre is
the same as settled. An agreement
as drawn up is that the Traction COM
pany will build roadway 80 feet
wide at North Barre and pay the city
So, 200. Ii the agreement is reached
in this way it will mean that the city
will have received the terms which
they offered last fall except that they
will concede two feet in the width OF
the roadway.
William +. Lampman, who was ar
rested Saturday morning for break
ing into the stores of c. A. Skeels and
j. Ii. Niles at ST. Adams, has con-
fessed TO the burglary at T.. w. Badg-
er's clothing store Thursday night.
Most of the jewelry, gloves, neckties
and suspenders have been returned to
Mr.. Badger. The money that was
stolen Lampman spent. Lampman
had hearing on this charge before
Judge Finn. He waived examina-
ton and was held for the grand jury.
Bail was fixed at 81, 500.
Mrs. +. A. Pond, housekeeper in
the family OF S. S. Ballard at Barre,
has brought civil action against V.
w. Curtis of Montpelier for breach of
promise and the amount of damages
set up are $4,000. The papers were
from the office of +. l.. Laird, and
were served yesterday afternoon by
Sheriff Smith. In 1895 Mrs.
Pond was housekeeper for Mr.. Curtis,
and she claims he pretended TO love
her and asked her TO become his wife.
She consented. But he experienced
q change OF heart later, according TO
Mrs. Pond. Now she seeks to obtain
redress.
The village OF North Bennington
has been fortunate in securing sew
eral new industries during the past
few months. The latest acquisition |
Is the A. NJ. Stockwell company for
the manufacture OF shirts, collars and |
cuffs. The capital stock Is 100000,
and the stockholders are John G..
Frederick b. Jennings,
A. NJ. Stockwell, G. e. yelling and
K. ID. yelling. The business will
give employment TO $50 operatives.
About 100 sewing machines have
been ordered. The new industry |
will occupy the Vermont Mills prop
srty, which has been idle for some
lime.
Fred A. Flynn, aged 10, employed
IN the Rutland yard, was fatally in
ured near the River street bridge ear
y Friday morning. The young man
lied Friday evening about O'Clock
II his home on Meadow street. No
,ne, so far as is known, saw the acct
lent, but it is supposed that he
stepped in front Of moving freight
ar TO place a link pin in the draw
BAR and slipped and fell between the
-ails. Two cars passed over him. One
hand was badly lacerated and the left
eg below the knee was fractured. He
vas taken to his home and Drs.
Caverly, Hanrahan and
Cummings were called in.
Earl, the eight-year-old son Of Mr..
md Mrs. F. NJ. Sheldon of Burling-
on, disappeared Saturday, Feb. l9,
md no news Of him has been received.
lie was not missed until 6 Saturday
light, when the family sat down to
ca. II is feared that the lad is
drowned, as he was seen by school,
nate late in the afternoon about the
locks and ont on the lake. His par