Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-02-01
WErIs RIVER hank in this

sidered worth three hundred dollars.
1t is capable of one hundred million
changes. The safe itself is small, SO
that it can be carried through the
doors, into the vault. 1t is about as
large as good size soap-stone stove;
but it weighs one ton and half. Its
walls and door are four inches thick,
of solid plates-four Of steel and six
of iron in alternate lay ers. 1t is for
titled by whole hoops inside the sur
face, and the plates of iron and steel
are fastened together by conical
bolts, so that each plate is bound to
the next inner one by all the power oil
the wedge. In the edge of the door
there are five different fanges, each /
one-half an inch in thickness and
width, so that it must be an absolute
impossibility to get any prying instru-
ment into the joint of the door. All
the mechanism Of the lock is inside |
this massive door of ten alternate iron
and tempered steel plates, and it
would seem absolutely beyond all
reach of violence. The entire appa-
ratus has every appearance Of being
most thoroughly burglar-proof. 1t is
manufactured and put into position by
E. R. Morse, Esq, of Boston. The
necessity of such safe is mournful
witness of the determination with
which some men are villainous.
a week ago last Friday morning. a
man named Thomas Carr was diScov-
cred lying dead in the highway, near
Hoosick Falls. Rum did the business,
he having been in the village the day
before drinking heavily.
At spelling school held lately at
East Richford, Franklin j. Hamilton,
a boy ten years of age, spelt down
two teachers and three schools.
Pretty smart boy that, or else the
teachers and members of the schools
were not.
A HORRIBLE SUICIDE.-W llllam
MCsher was born in Sharon, where
his father Alanson Mosher-Still re-
sides. In 1867, and for some time
thereafter, he was employed as host
Ter at the Pavilion Hotel, Montpelier,
but recently has made his head
quarters at Mortified. He was a
man of fine physique, and capable Of
much better things than he ever &C
complished, a habit of occasional
sprees having fastened on him. The
+ beginning of last week he was in
Montpelier on one of these, having
been going about the country for some
weeks in company with a daughter
of Farnham Barnes, of Chelsea. For
some reason firing of life, Wednesday
evening of last week be went to the
drug store of DR.. J. B. Woodward
and purchased an ounce ofaqua forts,
= on pretence Of preparing horse me.
decline, and forthwith proceeded to
, shuttle off this mortal coil by taking
: that. But little oft, however, went
: into bis stomach, it burning his moutL
j and throat so as to compel him tC
throw it out. Going into a room
over the livery stable of E. Ordway
p he lay down on a he'd, when his situa
i ton soon became known, it creating
g quite all excitement. Physicians were
a summoned, an eager throng of people
5 at once focked thitherward, among
:. them being Miss Barnes, who is sale
TO have declared herself his wife, bu'
It which she did not persist in. Fl,
:. fingered in terrible agony, spittin.
It large quantities Of blood mingled
g with flesh eaten off by the acid, unit
o about s a m. on Thursday, when b,
If died from suffocation, his throat be
e coming so swelled and infamed as I,
, prevent his breathing. A post NOR
TEN examination showed that enoug
y of the acid had gone into his Stomac
% to have caused his death, but that th
J immediate cause was as above stated
= the upper part of the CLOTHS bein
= almost entirely closed. About l
10 years since Mosher married a daugl
: ter OF Daniel Nichols, Of Middlesel
- who afterwards procured a divorc
. from him for good cause, and no'
* resides at Worcester, the offspring {
A the union being daughter, now a
Il cstimable young lady. To those wit
him during his last hours he state
the cause of his suicide, admittin
" that he had concluded, however, th5
y lie would like to live if he could. Il
=: said he had got into trouble with
- woman, in connection with a charg
- =, Of bastardy, which it had taken abol
. $500 to settle, being about all he ha'
- except $l12 owed to him by brothC
l' residing in Sharon. The bastard
= case settled up, he drew 500 ,
~ this sum, and started off with Mi
~ Barnes, who belongs to a respectful
family in Chelsea, and who went wi
&C. HIM against the earnest protests an
al entreaties of her father, who warne
te her he would cast her off if she di
a This 500 Mosher drew from
OF brother was used up to within So, al
Id in despair he undertook suicide
as eating opium. That failing to do tt
IS work, he resorted to aqua fort
which proved deadly enough for
Is purpose. Thus another life has gol
be out in darkness that might have be,
ee far different had the unfortunate N;
tn been more regardful of the laws
Gu God.-Argus.
Of, Last week we gave history of
W. kidnapping case which occurred
- Lyndonville, when Mrs. H. Wrig
a. took her little girl, who was liyi
a with its grandparents. We also 81
a ted that Samuel and Horace Wrig
w. pursued and recovered the child t
=; same night. The sequel to the ca
" came off at the Avenue House Ii
week, commencing Wednesday a
: ending Saturday. The Wrights we
On arrested on complaint of the Ora
on Juror, Samuel being charged with
lnS assault and battery: and Horace vi
nu assault with intent to kill. The e
eS. dence showed that the Wrights, in co
q pany with B. F. Rollins, an authoriz
ne person, proceeded to Horace Whe
'u, er's, some three miles from the Pla
.nu where Mrs.Horace Wright was tenn
IN ms rarily stopping. They arrived the
Ills about I o'clock in the evening. rapp,
oT' and Mrs. Wheeler came to the do