Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-07-04

The late Abel Stearns Of IIighgate.
left $4,000 TO the local Methodists as a
fund to support preaching.
The managers Of the st. Adams iron
and steel works find that they are not
able to fill the orders for rails, and will
begin erecting a new steel furnace early
in July.
Collomer +. ellison, young South
Reading farmer was thrown from his
wagon at Plymouth recently and a
bundle of shingles fell on his head and
cracked it.
Fayette Rice, of Wardsboro' was
probably fatally hurt recently by fall
which crushed his skull.
A son of Mrs. Lyman Hadlock of Jay,
was sent to prison a few months ago for
stealing, causing his mother snch sor-
row that she went into decline, from
which she never rallied, dying few
days since,
Aman named Bennett fell IS feet
| from the roof of barn owned by a
man named Adams, of Derby, on Sat
urday, breaking his hip and arm, and
receiving other injuries, which may
prove fatal.
Hazen Homer has been held for trial
on the charge of robbing the store of
Miss Orezina b. Foss, of Hyde Park, on
the night of Wednesday of last week.
He SAYS he will starve himself TO death
if he is kept in JAIL Charles Manning
and Harrison Bidweli, who were ar
rested for the same offence have been
discharged.
| A noted desperate named Frank
Emory, q Frenchman, about 2j years
old, who for a long time has been
wanted by the authorities, was cap
tured at Middlebury, VT, after des-
perate struggle, in which he was severe
ly wounded by shot from an officers
revolver.
resident of Brattleboro', fell from his
office door in his paper mill, striking
on stone and fracturing his skull.
Hopes are entertained, however, Of his
recovery. He is one of the Oldest Odd
Fellows in the country, being one Of
the original founders of the order.
A somewhat peculiar suit against the
town of Royalton has just been tried
for the third time, resulting in a disa-
gPeement of the jury each time. A man
bought q farm, and claims that the
town clerk told him that it was free of
incumbrance, and afterwards found
there was a mortgage upon it which he
had to pay. He brought suit on the
ground that the town, by its clerk, did
not keep properly indexed records Of
mortgages.
The Howe Scale Company of Rut-
land, has put its works into the hands
of trustees for the bondholders, to pre-
vent the possibility of even a Temporal
nv suspension OF their large business,
which would be a great loss. They
were led to the step by the fear that the
holders Of some Of their paper, most of
it old indebtedness accruing under q
previous management, would probably
make attachments and temporarily
embarrass them. The Company, it is
claimed by its officers, was never doing
better business than now. The truS-
tees appointed are s. w. Rowell and
Newton Kellogg of Rutland. The Com
: pany is to arrange with their creditors
and resume charge of their business in
short time. They claim the Company
to be perfectly solvent.
Daniel Moore, respectable farmer
of Fayston, thirteen years ago married
u woman who represented herself to be
the widow of a soldier. She had been
previously married to William A.
Foss, who had deserted her and re-
moved to Illinois to reside, and had
there obtained a divorce as she sup
, posed, Nothing unusual occurred to
, mar the happiness or mr, muvIu end
his wife until after the death OF Luther
Foss of Elmore, when the first husband
came to Vermont to attend the settle
ment of his fathers estate. He then
, declared that he had never been di-
vorced from Mrs. Moore. Not being
satisfied with Mr.. Foss' statement, Mr.
Moore procured the records of the
court where the divorce was supposed
+ to have been obtained to be examined
: when no record of the divorce could be
1 found. The excitement has become SO
t great at Favston over this report thai
| Mrs. Moore has left town and refuses tc
3 live any longer with M. Moore. 1t is
l also reported that Mr.. Foss again mar
e ried while residing in the West.
q At o'clock last Saturday morning
= while three boys wereswimming in the
q mill pond, at Windsor, Leslie, son o
+ the late Isaac Morgan, and ward o
a Hon. Gilbert A. Davis, aged IS years
= was drowned. He attempted to swim
: across the neck of the pond near thu
: dam, and when about halfway across
= threw up his arms and in q momen
n disappeared. Although plank wa
q placed within reach of the boy he re
= fused to take it. The water is abou
+ thirty feet deep, and up to 1915 A. M
q the efforts of the divers have been un
n successful.
q Later The body was found TIN
: next morning, CAST Sunday, in abou
8 twenty-five feet of water. The Gauss
of the accident is yet mystery.