Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-04-28

Charleston were burned last week.
H. E. Martin of Sheldon Spring
lost his right hand recently on saw
Israel Stowe OF Halifax COMMITTEES
suicide recently by hanging himsel
in barn.
Harry F. Howard has been com
missioned postmaster at West Town
shend and Mark Moody postmaste
at Waterbury.
The directors of the Young Mem
Christian association Of Bellows Fall
have voted to close their doors May
and dispose of the furniture.
Norman Winchester of London
derry was hit by batted ball during
a baseball game Saturday, land died il
a few hours. He was 10 years old and
the son of Fred Winchester.
The little son of ii. b. Daniels oil
Lyndon was drowned in a cistern the
l4th. The top of the cistern broke
letting the child through, and he was
drowned in sight of his parents.
Arthur Brooks of Bondville was ar.
rested Tuesday of last week for assault
upon Della Benson, thirteen years OF
age. lie was taken to Bennington and
locked up in jail to await hearing.
w. B. Hatch, general purchasing
agent for the Central Vermont, has
closed a contract with G. r. Andrews
of Mortified to deliver about 3,0OO,-
900 feet of lumber.
At meeting Of the incorporators
of the Bolton Falls Electric and Pow
er company directors were elected. 1t
was voted to advertise for bids for the
construction of the entire plant, pow
er house. dynamos, etc.
Exlow Bishop was placed in Wood
stock jail recently in default of $500
bail, being charged with stealing a
horse. 1t is alleged that the horse was
taken during the fair at Billings Park
last summer, and was the property of
G. +. Spaulding.
The new corn factory at Brattle-
boro is assured. Between 400 and 500
acres of corn have been pledged, and
enough money has been raised to pay
for the buildings. Baxter Brothers,
the proprietors OF the business, pay s
per cent interest for the use of these
buildings.
The revolutionary soldiers tablet,
with the names of AZ soldiers of the
revolution who were buried in the old
town of Rutland, was put in place on
the wall on the east side OF memorial
hall, without formalities, recently. IL
is plain white marble slab, two
inches thick and nearly four feet
square. The lettering is in plain in
taglio, blackened.
Thomas Bushee, GO, was killed on
the Robinson bridge one mile north OF
Bennington recently by the express
train from Rutland. He was appar-
emily sitting down in the center of the
bridge and did not notice the APP
proach Of the train as he was hard OF
hearing. The engineer did not see
him until nearby, as there is a curve
there. The body was taken to Dam
by, where his daughter lives.
Eva, the five-year-old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Chicoine Of
was badly burned recently.
Her grandfather had built fire to
burn up the rubbish around the yard.
the little blaze, the child be-
gan to poke it up and jump over it.
Her dress caught fire and her flesh
was burned to the bone in some places.
The child will not recover in less than
three months.
The mystery surrounding the dis
appearance of Earl, little son of F. Nj.
sheldon of Burlington, was cleared
Friday morning by the finding of the
BODY on the lake shore near the
mouth of the sewer at the south end
If the city by boy. The body was
dressed in overcoat and mittens. Evil
lentlv the boy wandered off the dock |
" off on the ice and fell into an air
lole. He disappeared Feb. 18th. The
,ody was badly decomposed.
DIR. O. O. Davis of Mortified died
Wednesday of last week from the eff
ects of an apoplectic shock which he
lad Tuesday, followed by another in
he night. His age was 90 years. He
lad been a resident of Mortified for
ONE 10 years, having come from
.owell, Mass. For time he prac-
iced medicine and later went into the
BUSINESS of raising trotting horses.
'or time he was deputy sheriff.
S. r. Sargent of Castleton Corners
as recently shipped to Arequipa,
'eru, the first pillow ever sent into
hat section from this country. The
attern is of an entirely different style
rom that used in this section. The
anne firm has just designed and made
ne pillow which is to go to Caracas in
The cost of getting up
his one plow and shipping it was
yer 500.
The town of Moretown is excited
YER the visit of Charles III. Wilder of