Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-12-24


The depot at East Highgate was
burned to the ground last Friday af-
ternoon. fhe cause of the fire and
amount of loss are unknown.
Henry, the ~l4-year-old son of G. ID.
Percheron of West Ferrisburg, was
drowned last Thursday evening by
breaking through the ice while
skating on the river two miles below
Vergennes. The body has not been
recovered.
A three. year-old child of Mr.. and
Mrs.. Ephraim VALERIE of Brandon was
found dead in bed the other morning.
The child was sick with the whoop-
ing cough and it is supposed that she
choked to death without awakening
the parents.
Some weeks ago Alvin II. Robin
son of Montpelier brought suit against
George A. Drew of Barre in The sum
of $1,000, charging him with
alternating his wife's affections. He
has since made a public retraction OF
this charge.
Silas Quincy, 6S, formerly proprie-
tor of the Revere House and fremont
House, Boston, and later of the Mt.
Mansfield House at Stowe, died in
Saco, Me-, Friday night, Dec. IL. lie
was for many years a s~torekeeper at
Saco and began the hotel business as
proprietor of the York hotel.
DR.. George II. Taylor, who died al
New York recently in his 10th year,
was a native Of Williston. He was a
graduate of the New York medical
college in 1852, his specially being
massage and the Swedish movement
cure. His son is Prof. w. G.. l.. Tay-
Tor of the University of Nebraska.
The late Nehemiah T. Hulett OF
Duluth, Mimi, left 100000. His
~housekeeper claimed to be his wife
and contested the will. The lower
court awarded her the property. The
supreme court has recently reversed
this decision, awarding her one-third
of the property, the rest to go to the
heirs and legatees. Several of the
heirs live in Addison county, and the
will bequeaths one-sixteenth OF the
fortune to Miss Phebe f. Wood OF
Fair Haven.
b. II. Moore and L. Buck Of East
Arlington and Edward Buck Of sun
derland started one day last week TO
mark out some land in Sunderland
south OF the Summit House. They
haI M ,npnpo.a an1 Lost chair haar.
ings. After wandering about be-
wildered for two days and one night
without food, they found their way
out of the woods and discovered that
they were in the town Of Somerset, a
long distance from their starting
point. Edward Buck is an old engi-
neer.
Edwin G.. lIaskins of Proctorsville
committed suicide by hanging last
Thursday morning. He was found
in the barn early in the afternoon by
his son, but it is thought that the rash
act was done as early as o'clock in
the morning. He was subject TO fits
of extreme mental depression and
within the last fifteen years had ire
quently threatened 10 take his own
life. A year or two ago he made an
unsuccessful attempt at suicide by cut
ting his throat. No immediate cause
for the present act is known.
Felix Rock OF Walden was attacked
by a bull recently, which he was try
ing TO drive into the barn, and would
probably have been killed il his
daughter had not seen his trouble and
called for help. Mrs. Rock rushed
out with a sled stake and pounded the
bull so that it turned away long enough
to let her husband escape. She was
knocked down and had a severe cash
cut in her head, but escaped further
MFR. Rock had three ribs
and would have been killed il
the animal had not been dehorned.
Daniel Fish Of Castleton died in a
peculiar ann on Sunday morning,
Dec. -. Thieves have been taking
various articles from the place, and
Mrs. Fish a y that she and her hus
band were awakened that morning by
the barking Of their dog. Her hus-
band got up and went out and soon
she heard him say, 81 have caught
you," which she supposed was said TO
the thief whom he had captured. When
she went on: in the morning her hus-
lay dead on the ground and
here was not a trace Of the thief. The
who examined the body said
hat death was due to apoplexy.
A gambling den in Barre was bro
ken up Monday night OF last week,
Two officers entered the place with a
to search for intoxicating
liquor. The officers did not find any
1f the ardent but they did run into a
lively game Of poker. The room was
occupied by about a dozen II fifteen
men, six OF whom sat about the table.
Officer Camp made a jump for the
able and secured 20 cents OF the pot,
some of the chips and the cards. He
made no arrests as his warrant did
not cover gambling, but later papers
we're made out for several Of the par.
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