The Press., 1893-04-13
COVENTRY.

SOuCn OOV0nGrys
 A. s. PARKER, Local Editor and Business Man. ager of Coventry Local Register.
 Schools in Dist. 1 re-opened Monday.
 Mrs. Clarence Hoxie is expected home from the south this week.
 The Y. P. s. c. E. gave an orange tea last evening.
 M. P. Colman is confined to the house by severe cold
 Never have we known so many peo- pie severely i'll of throat and lung troubles as at present.
 Mrs. D. C. Wilson is improving slowly.
 Mrs. R. B. Wilson is having her horse barn transformed into three tene- ments.s When, done she will have six tenements to rent.
 The grange is preparing for an open meeting to be given when the roads get settled.
 MANSFIELD. A case of litigation which has excited much interest culminated in the serving of an execution last week by Sheriff Pom- eroy of Willimantic on the body of Will liam R. Andrews, who was taken to Tol- land jail in default of settlement of a claim of $6O0 awarded Mrs. Howe in a suit brought some time since before the superior court of Holland county. Mrs. Howe is widow who owns mill priv ilege at Perkins, Corner, Mansfield. The pond connected with this privilege lies di- rectly across the highway from William R. Andrews property, or rather the prop erty of his wife. Upon this land he had erected ice-houses and for many years filled them from Mrs. Howe's pond. Af- ter time a disagreement arose and MT. Andrews was refused permission to obtain ice there, except under certain conditions, with which he refused to comply. Con- sequently suit was brought and after 8 protracted trial the court found for Mrs. Howe, and Andrews was compelled to settle, but still persisted in getting ice from the pond. Another suit was brought and after a protracted trial a jury assessed damages of $600 in favor of Mrs. Howe. It was conceded that this sum was far above any actual damage sustaineds but this was because MT. Andrews had, in a sense, refused to abide by the decision of previous court When MT. Andrews found that he must pay, he at once made an assignment, and Mrs. Howe could find no property with which to sat- isfy the execution. Andrews had declared that he would go 10 jail before he would settle. He has been taken at his word. Whether he will remain in jail and take the poor debtors oath, or whether his wife, who owns considerable property will satisfy the execution, is uncertain. The case was an expensive one, and could have been avoided by the payment of a reason able sum, less than $50 year, for the privilege of getting ice from the pond.
 Professor c. s. Phelps of the Storrs Agricultural school, who has had super intendence of the collection of the crop exhibit of Connecticut at the worlds fair, started for Chicago last week to attend to the installation of the exhibit. The pavil- ion in which the exhibit will be displayed is "A by 56 feet. ...
 A house belonging to the Roberts, es- tate in Gurleyville was destroyed by fire Friday night. It was occupied by Mrs. Roberts. and daughter, and Mrs. Roberts loses $500 in money besides all of the contents. No insurance, as it expired a few days ago and had not been renewed, as the estate had not been settled.
 Charles Jacobsen, Swede, who lives at Wormword Hill in the town of Mans field, was instantly killed Monday after noon about 5 o'clock, by falling on cir cular saw. He, with three other men, were at work on the farm of Robert D. w. c. Knowlton in West Ashford, cutting up his wood pile, and were just about to finish their days work by putting on the. last stick of wood, which was large log that took all four men to lift. MT. Jac- obson had hold of the log nearest to the saw, and as he was about to drop it on the carriage he stumbled and fell across the log upon the saw, striking on the right side of his head, and the swiftly revolving saw cutting from back of his ear clean through his head and descending to his chest, almost saving him in twain. The other men did not see him when he fell, but heard him cry out, and when they looked up from their work he was on the saw, horribly gashed. The horses were stopped as soon as possible, which prob ably did not take many seconds, and he was removed from his terrible position, but death, of course, was nearly instan- taneous. The saw which they were using was operated with horse power and be- longed to MT. Jacobson, who had taken contract to cut all of MT. Knowlton's fire wood. MT. Jacobson was Swede, and came to Mansfield about 20 years ago. He was an industrious and hard working citizen, well known, and was instrumental in bringing other Swede emigrants to set tie in this region. He has been the object of many misfortunes while here, having had his house burned and most of his household furniture, his barn containing many head of stock and most of his farm implements, and quite recently his sta tionary cider and saw mill were consumed by fire. On all of these buildings and stock he only had small insurance. He drove one of the finest farm teams in the vicinity, and his stock and farm was al- ways kept in fine condition. He employed six workmen. He leaves wife and five children and an aged father and mother, of which he was the sole support. He was 50 years of age.
 HOLLAND.
 tCorrespondence.)
 Ralph Hayward was home last week from the agricultural college at Amherst,