Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-03-24
Ueman Scboolcraft of Bennington,

electflc railway last Wttk luccud1
had one leg crushed and broken by a
heavy iron girder falling on it so that
it had to be amputated below the
knee.
Rev. DIR. Donald Sage Mackay OF
Newark, N. j., formerly of St. AL
bans, has accepted call TO the pas
torate of the Fourth Presbyterian
church of Chicago at a salary OF
SO, 900 year. tie will begin work
in Chicago in April. Mr.. Mackay's
wife is a sister of Col. L. G. smith,
the gubernatorial candidate of St.
Adams.
Grace l.. Dix VS.. Albert Potter and
Frank n. Mason was an action i'll
Windham county court last week to
recover s., 900 damages for the loss of
the life of Clarence Dix the plaintiff
being his widow under the statute
which makes not only the seller of in
toxicating liquor but the owner Of
buildings in which it is sold liable
for damages resulting from such sale,
The jury brought in verdict for
plaintiff to recover the full 5000.
By the accidental discharge of a
rifle few days ago, Charlie, the -.
year-old son of W.D. Hart of Windsor,
came near meeting with a serious ac-
cident. He loaded the rifle and put
on a cap, but did not shut down the
hammer; then he placed the rifle on
the floor with enough force to dis
charge it. The ball went through his
neck between the cord and the iugu-
lar vein, and his face was blown full
of powder No serious results are ex-
pected.
Early Friday morning at Jonesville
A. Il. Crandall's saw mill was
discovered in flames. The fire was
under such Roadway that nothing
could be saved from the mill. The
whole was complete loss amounting
to $4,000 with no insurance. A tene-
ment within 20 feet of the mill was
saved. The wind was in westerly
direction or it probably would have
burned number of other buildings.
Mr.. Crandal says he will rebuild the
mill at once.
The Montpelier board OF trade is
considering the plan of building an
electric railway from Rochester
through Hancock, Granville, Warren,
Waitsfield, Moretown and Middlesex
to that city. A committee, consisting
of Fred Blanchard, II. G. Gleason, l..
Bart Cross, Collins Blakely and H.W.
Kemp, has been appointed 10 CORE
spond with parties interested with a
view to ascertaining the feasibility of
such a project. They will report at
the next meeting of the board.
AT Milton last week Thursday
morning flames were discovered in
the Ward block, North River street. |
They spread rapidly, though stub
bornly fought, and consumed the en-
tire building and also house near
But little of the contents in either
were saved The block vas erected /
in 1874 by Sylvester Ward and now
owned by Plant & Bean. Loss only |
partly covered by insurance. The
house was owned by Jennie Berkeley.
The block was occupied by several
families. The cause is thought to be |
a defective flue.
David Hobart Of Berlin has |
Thanksgiving proclamation of Isaac
Tichenor, governor of Vermont in
1898. On the blank side of the proc
lamation and running over on the
printed side, between the lines of type,
is written a sermon preached by Rev. |
James Hobart on the occasion OF the |
observance of the day. Apparently I
writing paper was a scarce article i'll
Vermont 100 years ago, and this
worthy parson eked out his supply by
utilizing the governors proclamation
for sermon writing. David Hobart
is son of the preacher and is now
living on the home farm in Berlin.
Mayor II. S. Peck of Burlington
has filled the vacancy occasioned by
the death of Chief of Police jerome
Dumas, who died February 4th, by
the appointment Of LOOMS j. Smith
to the position. Mr.. Smith is Re-
publican. Some question has arisen
as to the right Of the mayor to APP
point for more than the unexpired
term. When asked about the term of
the mayor said ii was
by the city charter. The
charter says the chief of police shall
be appointed for three years and does
not provide for an unexpired term.
+. w. Sutton is Demo-
crat and there are party candidates
for office.
A young man from Winooski met
with sad accident at the railroad
bridge between Burlington and VII
nooski last Friday afternoon. With
one or two other young men he was
engaged shooting at floating chips on
the river. After enjoying the sport
for some time, bullet stuck in the ,
gun barrel. a new cartridge was in
serted, after which the young man at
tempted to work the bullet out of the
harral He maniuulated some time