Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-10-18

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Eastman & Fortins sawmill, four
miles west of Bristol, was burned on
the afternoon of Oct. 10th. Loss,
81. 200; insurance, unknown.
II. C. Tower, liquor agent of Rut-
land. sold S47l.50 worth of liquor
during the past month. Mr.. Tower
saws that the sales will net the city
about 500 month.
The barns and outbuildings on the
farm owned by G. ii. Place OF 81.
Adams, with l25 tons of hay, were
burned to the ground Sunday after
noon, Oct. 18th. The fire started at
about l:3O in some bales of straw in
one of the barns. All efforts TO save
the building proved useless and soon
nothing but ashes remained. The
buildings were insured for $1,000
and Mr. Places total loss is between
81 900 and 81, 800.
A singular occurrence took place
recently in the Stafford cemetery north
Of Fairfax village. On removing some
bodies from there for transportation
10 the cemetery at SandersOnfs corner,
one body was found to be petrified.
Ii took three men to lift il from the
grave, and while they were doing so.
il fell back and stood upright, altho'
somewhat broken. 1t was rs heavy as
so much stone and seemed quite like it.
As Oscar Morrill, was going over
the bridge near Farrington's mill at
Lower Cabot last week with two
horse load OF brick, the bridge broke |
down and all went into the water. 1
Mr.. Morrill, was under the wagon and 4
brick, but help soon came to get him
ont He received serious injuries, one
leg being broken. The horses did not
seem to be much injured. Had the
water been az deep a. il Is sometimes,
the accident would have been worse.
Willie, son of w. :. Newman Of
Windsor, was drowned in the Con-
necticut about a mile below the vii
lage, on Tuesday, Oct. 9th. At the
time of writing, the body Of the un-
fortunate lad had not been discovered. .
The circumstances attending the acci- {
lent are not known. but il j. supposed :
hat he was playing on the bank OF !
he river near Cummings rocks and
II some way slipped into the river
lie was about seven years Of age and
vas bright little fellow.
There is Il very curious stone ia
" Washington near the Orange line. Ii
: dark-colored. with base two By
hree feet. and between two aud thnee
Get in height It, upper portion j. :
nvil-shaped and il Of about twenty =
inches in each of its three dimensions.
IN its Tribes is traced. evidently with :
he point of a steel ramrod, a picture :
IA outline. representing a man in the ,
81 OF shooting bearwith amusket-
fusil. The bear is sitting erect, re-
arling the man and the muzzse Of
be gun, through which two balls.
lined Al hi heart, have been dis
harged. Underneath j. this inscrip- /
on: Bear killed by John Knox. d
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The report Of Burlingion'- health
thcer shows that there were II msir- a
ages. 81 births and % deaths in that |,
~ during September. al the trans {
,tiOns being among the white popu- =
tion. or the births. - were males S
nd ten females. OF the deaths. 9 c
ere males and Ia females Four !.
ere under one year of age. one BE- u
vcen I and 3. one between 3 and 20.
ght between 20 and 20. three over "a 0.
"a three over SO. There were five r
,aths from heart disease, four each
ON pilhi~i,. and old ame. two from n
lolery intautam. and one each from \
bumenuria. capillary bronchitis. 4
'nvulsions ctilHu-is. atroply of liver.
leumonia. ~uirtle tuberculosis. In
diseases. there we're four Y
~es OF 'lrlaIina.
Homer Chsnlain. who was serving
term %! eighteen months for larceny. n
nj L. L. llall. who was serving "A II
ltencc of eighty DAYS for vagrancy.
'th Of ~. Adams. escaped from the 10
ouse of Correction on the evening
Oct. 9Th Just after the prisoners had =
opped work. They dropped ont OF a.
e ranks rs the ninety prisoners were ~
TO theircells. hid fora mo- Joi
ent, pried bar from window and as'
capped. Within three minutes. the est
arm was given and searching parties SSs ess
ere Immediately started. The refu- -,
es stole team about two miles -
'oye Pittsford and drove to Brandon. bes
here they took wrong road and DEF
me back nearly to the place where dei
e horse was stolen. They STAYED in M
e woods two nights. and Chaplain a 40.
4 captured the next sunday morn -
2 out Hall Is still at large. IA
The case of the United States against s sal
muel \. II. Stutllebean and Others
sheldon was tried in United States hns
urt az Rutland last week. This is ais
action in which the government sal
inns that the defendant. when post Ssas
lster in January. lss9. received a al
ckage of stamps from the postoffice se,
New York, by order Of the postof- a.