Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-05-04

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Ter, who has conducted a large pen
sion agent business for years and who
a short time ago wrote a scathing ar
tlcle on the manner of conducting the
pension business in Washington, has
been disbarred from practicing before
the department of the interior, ac-
cording to a Washington newspaper
report.
The st. Johnsbury Republican
prints a cartoon in its current issue
%cleverly depicting the overpass rail-
road crossing question agitatng
that town. The cartoon, by the way,
Is a local production, the work of
alvin 5. Chalmers, Of Il. Johnsbury,
and is the equal of some of the best
caricature work seen in metropolitan
papers.
Fire last Friday destroyed a barn in
the e a Of the Putnam House in Ben
nington owned by II. w. Putnam and
! occupied by Packet IL Back. The
barn and shed adjoining were totally
destroyed, together with two horses,
Two calves, harness, three wagons, hav
and feed. They had no insurance but
the barn was insured for three-fourlhs
of its value. Tue adjoining barn of
Harry Willoughby was damaged con-
siderably. The total loss was aJout
$50.
Nathan Howard, n of the work
men on the new Hathaway bridge at
Bennington, sustained quite a severe
injury Tuesday Of last week. lie
slipped from a stone on which he was
standing and striking OH a plank CON
tanning a large spike drove il into his
leg al least two inches, inflicting a
horrible wound. lie was unconscious
from the effects Of the INJURY for over
thirty-six hours, but was, at last re-
ports, doing as well as could be ex-
pected.
Mrs. Martin NJ. Brown Of POwnal
was driving home April 18th from
Pownal Center and when nea the
residence of II. w. Myers the horse
began to sink in the mud. Mrs
Brown, with her infant child in her
arms, jumped from the wagon and
was fortunate enough to reach firm
ground. The horse continued to sink
and finally all that remained OF it
above ground was the tips Of its ears.
Help was secured from nei- hboring
farm houses and the horse was dug
out A food Of blood poured from
its nOtrils and in a few moments it
was dead.
The loss connected with the recent
burning of Towns Hotel at Bellows
Falls and the adjacent buildings will
not exceed 500, 900, il is now estimat-
ed. There is always quite a differ
ence between the estimate of the own
ers OF destroyed property at the time
of the fire AMI after the insurance adj
~justers have got their figuring. This
is noted at the Fair Haven fire where
the first estimate of $4,000 vas con-.
sidered too low and now every body is
congratulating Mr.. Allen, owner of
the Park View structure, on his good
fortune in getting $4,000 cash from
the insurance.
As Albert Messer of Graniteville
was coming down TO Barre Saturday
afternoon on the Barre railroad track
he was overtaken by a quarry train on
the treslle in Jockey Hollow. There
was no way of escape for the man,
and as he saw the approach Of the
train he laid down between the rails.
He was seen by the engineer and the
train stopped a few feet from his
PROSTATE form. But for the alertness
Of the engineer he would doubtless
have been killed. The down grade at
this point is considerable and the
are generally going at a pretty
good speed, which makes the effort TO
stop quickly all the more difficult.
Henry Lizot, one of the moulders
in the foundry at the st. J%ohnshury
Fairbanks scale works, was dread
burned recently. While carry
ing a ladle Of melted iron, he slipped,
on his back and splitting the
hot iron over his chest and limbs
His mates tore his clothes from hiE
as quickly as possible, but on account
Of their inability to remove the
belt about his waist his body
was more severely burned than his
limbs. He was carefully wrapped in
blankets and taken to his home where
a doctor dressed the burns, which, it
is thought will not prove serious. IL
was the worst accident Of the kind
that has ever happened in the foun'
dry.
The annual session of the Grand
Of Vermont, y. +. O.. p, WAS
held at Bennington last week Mon
iay. 1t will meet next year at Bur
These are the officers
,lected:-E. +. Sargent, st. Johns
bury, p. q. W J. II. Haynes, Bur
.ington. G. W; Frank f. Smith,
V. &. W; II. +. Bryon,
st. Johnsbury. G. Sec; H.. II. Davis,
Burlington, C.. Treas; Mrs. Anna
Nudgett, Barre, G.. c.; Merrill Rus
eV. Montpelier. G.. e.; Mrs. Emily ,
Narsden, Bennington, Grand Guar
lion. II X Rush. Barre, III. q. Kent,