Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-09-23
General Vermont News.


up Oct |.
Commodore Philips of the Texas has been
visiting in Brandon.
John b. Sanford OF the cruiser Yankee
IS visiting in Rutland.
Chicken thieves have been operating In
Burlington and vicinity.
Homer Mnard of the Ninth Massachusetts
Is III with fever at Montpelier.
Seymour Howe, prominent citizen OF
Northield. is dead, aged 60 years.
J. o. Northup Of Burlington had a let OF
fine sheep mangled by dogs recently.
Maj. C. ]. Woodbury. of Burlington, is i'll
with malarial fever at AnnistOn, Ala.
The enrolment of pupils in the Burlington
schools shows great gain over 1897.
Bennington will ask to be made a city at
the coming session OF the legislature.
Governor Grout aud Governor-elect Smith
visited the state institutions last week.
Jabez q. Goodhue, prominent man in
Bradford. is dead at the age of SO years
Companies and of the 18th Vermont
will have reunion at Hartford, Sept. "a.
Edgar Linton of Company H is very sick
with fever at the Heaton hospital at Mont
peier.
The barn of William Jones OF Fair aven
has been burned with all its contents except
a horse.
John Guilo. the Italian, who was shot at
Barre few days ago by an unknown per-
son, is dead
John McGrath of Burlington was run over
| by circus team recently and one foot was
badly crushed.
Northtleld has new industry in the
manufacture Ofiasts for shoemakers, run by
/ William Martell.
Thomas Lavoie of Burlington stole S22,
was caught. and has gone to the house OF
correction at Rutland.
| James F.. Sawyer. a leading business man
Of Bradford, died recently at the Mary Hitch
cock hospital, Hanover.
! George Boxsom Of Pekinsville was among
/ the badly injured at the terrible bridge dis
aster near OgGensburgh.
| A Weathersheld man J. H. Goldsmith, is
| running threshing machlng this fall in
true Western style with gasoline engine.
Eleazer Dodge Of Montpelier has tomato
tree six feet tall that has borne tomatoes this
year for the first time though several years
old.
Randolph has a Chinese baby. the daugh-
ter of Jim Lee. the laundrvmaR, and his
American wife. II is named Leona Eque
Lee.
The State Teachers association will hold
its annual convention iu Montpelier on the
29th and Both OF this month and the lst OF
October.
Lieutenant Commander William p. Day.
Bennington boy. has succeeded Captain
Folger in command of the cruiser New
Orleans.
Harry Wilcox of Westminster is only
seventeen. yet he is married and has one
child. and has been convicted of stealing
and will go TO states prison.
William Ross of Burlington, was drowned
at Whitehall "A few days ago. He worked
on canal boat and was drowned while
under the influence of liquor.
A Brattleboro painter named F. S. Grew
was sent to Chesterfield. \. H.. to do job
recently and before it was done was arrested
and convicted of lewdness and general Gus.
sedness and will go to prison for 800 days.
During a recent thunder storm lightning
struck tree on Orlando Smiths place in
Nottingham aud plowed through his corn
| field. In some places in the cOrntield it
looked as if heavy log had been dragged
through it.
Lickford Locke of West Topsham was
found recently hanging in the barn of Mrs.
| John Clark with whom he lived. He had
| appeared a little peculiar of late, aud the
real cause for the deed was supposed to be
| financial difficulties
| Hugh Grove of Randolph has been quite
| seriously i'll with malaral fever contracted
| during service with the Second Massachu
sets regiment at Santiago. Harry Chase of
| Co. F. now at Randolph on furlough, is
| quite i'll with typhoid fever
A paper has been circulated in Middle
| bury asking Governor Grout to pardon
| Smith q. Davis, now in state prison. Davis
| will be remembered as the respondent in
| the famous Dora Cushing case. The paper
was very freely signed by many prominent
| men.
Harris Chihrowd. who with his wife aud
| child were going from Canada to New York,
was almost instantly killed near Montpelier
| Junction recently by putting his head ont of
| Il ear window and being struck by some
| boards on loaded freight car on the side
| track
The lightning struck within 20 rods of A.
| c. Huntley's house at Bolton recently, and
gave them all fright. 1t hit the fence and
ran along on the wires, and knocked two of
| Mr.. Brush's cows senseless, but after few
minutes they were all right excepting one
! which WAS cut on the wire fence.
Countess de Jotemps came to Brattboro
recently, accompanied by her four-year-old
| daughter, Miss Smith of Brooklyn and her
servants. The countess will remain at The
Hemlocks about six weeks. She has been
in this country several weeks. Her husband
will come here to return with her.
The election of Edward Gibbs as Repub-
lican town representative of Ripton is to be
| contested by George J. Hodges who claims
! that the constable. instead of looking after
the ballot box at the freeman's meeting was
out buying votes and that the box was
guarded by a private citizen contrary to
law.
Little Clarence Birch nearly lost his life
ls,,r. -, tl, p,,N IT,
cidentally stepped into hole. In his fright
he began to inhale water into his lungs and
WAS soon overcome. He would have
drowned but for the timely assistance of
Louis German and Chester Taft who were
| bathing in the pond.
Rev. l. H. Elliott secretary of the Yer
mont Bible society, has just issued an appeal
to the children of Vermont especially the
children of the Sunday schools, to earn and
give as many cents as they are years old to
provide Bibles not only for the regular work,
but for the special work in the state prison,
house Of correction, soldiers home, state
industrial school, mission Sunday schools,
the blind soldiers, and the work in Bohe-
mia.
The corn factory at Northfield has closed
for the season after a three weeks run,
which is about the usual time consumed
each year in canning corn. Over 300,0 900
cans of corn have been put up. this season,
and on the whole the season hiss been a
prosperous one. The yield per acre this
year has been fully az good as usual. No
peas will be canned this year. and it is not
known definitely whether apples will be put
| up or not.
The new company formed by the business
men of Northheld to redevelop the slate
quarries of that town is starting In well.
The engine and boiler is in place, and or
| darS ra oominv I'm wall Northfield has the