Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-09-03

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Mrs. Abel Steari,s, widely known
rs sAunt Rhoda" Steans, died Aug.
"a. ut Highgatp, aged lO3 years and
months. Mrs. olearns retained llcr
mental faculties and until few months
ago was able to do light work.
A Rutland woman is numbered
among the lucky. She gave the cor
rect solution of the mystery story in
the New York Journal, entitled The
Mill of Silence" and won the first
prize of 81, 200 offered by that paper.
Mrs. Franklin l.. Waters, wife OF
County Commissioner Waters OF Or
ange. Mass, jumped from runaway
team at Queen City Park, Burlington,
Saturday, Aug. 22,and injured a knee
severely and will be confined to her
room many months. She was taken
to the hospital at Burlington.
Fred Densmore of Windsor, a.
young man in the employ Of Willard
Weeden, met with distressing acci-
dent Saturday, Aug. %, whereby he
lost his right arm. He was feeding
threshing machine and in some way
had his hand caught in the cylinder.
Before the machine could be stopped,
his arm was partially drawn into the
thresher and so badly cut and man
gled that amputation was necessary.
Fred Cate of Bradford, % years old,
returned from White River Junction
last week Monday night on the 40
O'Clock train. He stepped off the cars,
but changing his mind, attempted to
get on again when the cars were IN
motion. He slipped and one leg went
under the wheels and was cut of Just
below the ankle. The leg was so bad
| " mangled that it will be amputated
above the knee, should he live. 1t Is
thought he cannot recover.
James Sloan of Cuttingsville was
crushed between two cars at Palmer,
Mass. Monday, Aug. "a. He was SO
badly injured that internal hemor-
rhages resulted, but he may recover.
He went to Palmer as assisting billing
clerk in the freight office. He was
climbing upon the cars to get then
numbers when two sections came TO-
eether, and as the draw bar had been
pulled out of one of the cars the two
came together and he was pinned be-
tween them.
The63d annual Universalist conven'
ton of Vermont and the Province OF
Quebec was held last week at Barre
and last Friday the Barre parish cele
, brated the Tooth anniversary OF TIT
organization of the society. The fol
) lowing officers were elected by the as
sociation. President, Prof. Charlie
Dole of Norwich University, North
field: vice-president, Prin. A. W.Pierc
of Goddard seminary, Barre; secreta
nv. Rev. S. a. Parker, Bethel; treasur
, er. Ira C. Calef of Washington; mem
her of executive committee, Rev. LIZ
Booth of Morrisville.
). Medrick st. Cyr, waiter in Bren
: mans restaurant at Bridgeport, Conn
died under peculiar circumstance
s Sunday night, Aug. %, and the phy
: stefan refused to give a certlilca't
:. Paris green was found in his stomac
Y and in his clothes, but an autopsy WI
: be necessary to ascertain how much d
n swallowed St. Cyr was ont with NJ
h sweetheart Friday night and the mex
/. day was taFen violently i'll. dis pa
e enfs live in st. Adams and the bod
n will be shipped there when the lnVe'
tigation is completed.
!. VIM. Culver of Barre lost his onl
N GOOD e, last Saturday as the resll
!. Of a peculiar accident. He was dr.
Dr. ING a yoke of oxen along the roa
h. when a small boy, who was practiciil
le with a split stick and small stones
If an attempt to become a second Dawn
n threw a pebble which struck Culv'
5. in the eye and injured it so that =
m contents of the eveball ran out. !
ID was attended by DR.. Kemp. Mr.. Y,
is yer had the sight of his other eye a
ye stroyed Is years ago BY getting hit
the iron point Of canthook.
in The late DR.. Z. X. Baxter left u
IS following public requests: The Ma
ry Hitchcock hospital, $4,000; the We
Id mont Domestic Missionary sociel
err 81 900; the American Board, s2,ou
ng the Vermont Bible society, 81 ,0oo; .
ny Vermont Humane society,", sou; .
tn Massachusetts society for the preve
in ton of cruelty to animals, $500, al
,r- the Vermont Domestic Missionary
ce ciety in trust for the Sharon churc
he 81. 500. A large interest in the esta
N is given to the widow and there is
resulting trust to the above named
Ter cieties which may bring more IN
IT, the direct legacies. The Will may
of contested.
TX Two summer visitors in Woodfol
vas a clergyman from Connecticut ant
~ doctor from New York, were lost
of two days in the woods along
nd southern portion Of the Green MOI
S a tain range and came near perlshlng
las a \ ermont wilderness. They stay
,m at the Summit House in Wooate
90. over night, and leaving their WI
Ter there started on fishing trip the N
90, ,rlo,- took q lunch and IL