Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-01-10

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She failed by taking an overdose.
While cutting wood Monday morn
ing, tree fell on Moses p. Flanders,
an old and well-known citizen of Sha-
ron, crushing his left leg in such
manner as to render it probable that
amputatiOn will be necessary.
Warren Miller Of Ryegate, aged 2l,
was instantly killed at Wells River
last Saturday afternoon. lie was
drawing logs, when his horses became
unmanageable and tipped the load
over upon him,
Fortunate st. Johnsbury had no
fires during 1873.
The last case at the December term
Of the Lamoille County Court was
that of Fred Meeker, who was held
for trial for breaking into the Hyde
Park depot and robblng the cash
drawer of from SIP to SIT. The case
awakened much interest and was
largely attended. The defence set up
an alibi and explained the possession
of money found on the respondents
person by his having won considerable
money at the game of poker. lie was
acquitted.
A Danville gill, aged nine years
and 8 months, weighs 1870 pounds,
and is still gaining.
Two labo:ers employed on the line
of the narrow-guage railroad were
blown up Oh Friday, near Jamaica, by
the premature explosion of blast, and
both are reported dangerously injured,
A little son of Mr.. Abel of North
Fairfax had an eye put'out about two
years ago by stick which was thrown
by his brother, and this autumn the
other eye has been very bad from
sympathy with the injured one. A
few days ago his parents took him to
Burlington to have his eyes operated
upon. The operation made the child
very ill, and it is very doubtful if he
ever RECEIVERS.
L. NJ. Knight, at South Hartland,
while at work in his saw mill on Sat
urday last very narrowly escaped
death, His overcoat was caught by
some shafting, into which he was Yio-
lantly drawn, and before the machin-
cry could be stopped he had sustained
a compound fracture of the left shout
der, together with other serious injur-
les. be will probably recover.
Sherburn boasts a snow drift mile
long and five feet high.
On December 26, the consorL of
James Hubbell of Bennington pre-
sentsd to him three charming infants,
son and two daughters, weighing
together sixteen pounds. Mrs. Hub
bell and her children are in comfort
able state of health.
1t is reported that Joel Eastman of
Wolcott has stepped over the line in
to Canada, taking with him consider
able property belonging to other par
ties, and young lady with whom he
had been very intimate with. He
leaves a wife and family in destitute
circumstances.
The Free Press says curious story
comes from Cornwall to the effect that
family there hearing that their neigh
boris children had the measles, sent
their own juveniles thither for the
purpose of catching the disease. The
first visit proving Intellectual, the chill
dren were sent the second time, with
instructions to take the sick ones
breath and use every effort to catch
the disease. But after their return
their parents learned to their horror,
that the neighbor's children were af.
fiicted not with the measles but with
the smallpox. At last accounts, how
ever, the children of these intelligent
people were still well and it is quite
possible they may escape the conse-
qucnces of their parents folly.
Governor Proctor, and the new
Board of Trustees Of the State Reform
School, Messrs. Dillingham;, Spauld-
ing and Camp, have been at the Re-
form School on tour of inspection.
The new Board were appointed by
Gov. Proctor, neither one Of whom re-
side at Vergennes. 1t has been Gus
tonary to have one member of the
Board of Trustees a resident of the
town where the Reform School is sit
uated. This new Board Of Trustees
has laborious duties to perform pro-
videa the recently enacted law is adj
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