Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-11-21
State Of Vermont.
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prizes at the New York horse show
last week.
There are now 4 prisoners in the
Addison county jail waiting to sec
what the grand jury will do with
their cases in December.
Gov. Woodbury. has appointed
Frank G. Williams Of Coventry q
member OF the state board Of agricul-
ture to succeed H. M. Arms, deceased.
1t is expecced that new Rebekah
Lodge will be instituted at Post Mills
some time next month. Great inter
est is being manifested there in the
Rebekah branch.
Bishop Charles II. Fowler of Min
neapolis will preside at the next an
nual session Of the Vermont confer
ence at Barre, to be held next April.
AT this session clerical and lay dele
gates will be elected to the general
conference that meets at Cleveland, O.,
next May.
T. j. Deavitt Of Montpelier has
completed a digest Of Vermont laws
for Martindale's Law Directory, for
publication in Chicago in January.
Mr.. Deavitt highly commends the
new Vermont statutes, which he thor
oughly examined in making the di.
| gest of state laws.
The Owl Debating society Of Barre
is agitating the proposition to form a
Vermont debating league, and Rev.
B. w. Jones, w. w. Lapoint and G
N. Field have been appointed com.
mittec to look into the feasibility OF
such movement.
George Childs, the young son Of
4 w. II. Childs Of Brattleboro, is the
inventor Of an indoor football game
to be played upon board between
characters representing two, teams,
Lorin +. Deland, the head coach OF
Harvard, says that it is the first prac-
teal game Of the kind that he has ever
seen.
| Tabor Coombs, Putney farmer
living on what is known as West
Hill, was lodged in Newfane Jail last
week, charged with assault OH young
domestic in his family. There are
other charges against Coombs by two
young women who are his neighbors.
The wife of the accused is said to be
somewhat implicated in the case.
| A Wallingford man is among the
missing. He had been working in
Peru and on Saturday night, Nov,
9th, started home through the woods
and has not been seen since. y. His
route lay through one Of the widest
parts Of the country but the man was
well acquainted with it, and an acct
dent is feared. Large search parties
are hunting for him.
/ Mr.. Maggie, an old gentleman
from Swanton, was walking to Swan
ton on Monday of last week on the
Central Vermont track when he was
run down by wild engine and in
stantly killed. His remains were
brought to Swanton station and after
being placed in casket by Under
takers Smith and Tilley,w taken to
his home. lie leaves a family.
! William Gorham Of Addison at
tempted to commit suicide one night
recently by taking nearly three ounces
of laudanum. His wife was awak-
ened about four O'Clock by his un.
natural breathing and, seeing that he
was unconscious, sent for DR.. P;l0n.
Gorham remained in comatose state
until afternoon when he revived anu
told that he had taken the laudanum.
In the Holloway murder case at
Newport, the Jury, after being out 2S
hours, rendered verdict that Mrs.
Holloway was not guilty, but Chase,
her alleged accomplish, was guilty of
murder in the first degree. Counsel
will move for a new trial. The mo-
| ton is to be heard there Nov. Goth.
The verdict is a general surprise, the
wonder being that, from the same tes-
timony, one should be acquitted and
the other convicted.
Ship s. Wright OF Middlebury will
ship the stallion, New England, re-
Gently purchased by them Of =. G.
Ryder OF Weybridge, to South Africa
this month. New England was sired
by Deucalion, dam Roxy, by Daniel
Lambert; second dam, Leupa, by Yer
mont Black Hawk. He has been very
successful in the show ring, having
taken no less than II first premiums
in his class--that OF stallion standard
bred. 1t is said that this is the second
horse ever shipped to Africa from the
United States.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
Association of Road and Trotting
Horse Breeders was held at the Bard
well House, Wednesday Of last week.
The following were elected members
Of the executive committee for three
years: DR.. w. Seward Webb of Shell
burne, w. s. Bailey Of East kard-
wick, wv. w. Grout Of st. bloomsbury,
E. r.. Hayes Of Brandon, G.. I. Chat
fee of Rutland and E. S. Adsit OF Bur-
lington. The executive committee
will meet at Brandon, December ~,