Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-05-13
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had his neck broken. He lived abou
30 minutes.
Isaiah Benson of Woodstock has
yoke of young oxen that weigh abou
two and one-half tons, one weighin!
2,535 pounds. Trey are considered
the heaviest pair in the state and ar
of the Holstein breed.
Frank Vernier, Barre grant,
cutter, had his right leg crushed by ;
large block of granite on Saturday
A derrick chain broke and let the
stone down, crushing his ankle com
pletely. 1t was amputated. Verniel
also received several scalp wounds.
A fire in Proctorsville Tuesday OF
last week consumed the dwelling of j.
f. Moody. A portion of the contents
were saved and by the aid of the fire
engine nearby property escaped the
devouring element. 1t is supposed
that the fire originated through de-
fective chimney.
Fred Harvey, Barre teamster, met
death by peculiar accident last week
Tuesday. He was thrown from a
wagon while driving over muddy
place in the road that morning and
the wheel passing over his head forced
his face down into the mud in such a
way that he was smothered before aid
reached him. He was 30 years of
age.
Mrs. Augustus Griffin was Instant
ly killed in Arlington last week Mon
day by the accidental discharge of a
gun. The accident happened in the
house of Lyman Hullett, where she
was carrying two guns up stairs. The
hammer of one caught on the BAN
nisters and the gun was discharged.
The shot entered the woman's face,
tearing off the chin and setting fire to
her dress. She is survived by her
husband and five children,
The docket for the May term of the
supreme court, which convened in
Montpelier Tuesday, contains one
hundred and fifteen cases. OF these
sixteen are from Washington county,
one of which is the Nokes murder
case. The cases distributed among
other counties are as follows: Addi-
son, eleven: Bennington, fifteen;
Caledonia, ten; Chittenden, seven;
Essex, two; Franklin, seven; Grand
Isle, one: Lamoille, five; Orleans,
eleven; Orange, three; Rutland,
six; Windham, ten, and Windsor,
eleven.
Ezra f. Elliot, a business manager
of the Burlington Free Press in years
gone by, was killed in a mining acci-
dent at Colorado Springs, Col, last
Friday. Mr.. Elliot was native Of
Jericho. lie went to Burlington 80
years ago and entered the employ of
the Free Press as office boy and grad
ually worked his way up to business
manager. lie has lived in Denver,
Col, for Is years past and owned a
mining paper. Mr.. Elliot never mar
ried. He leaves a brother, Rev. l.. II.
Elliot of Waterbury, and sister,
Mrs. Austin Hazen.
Great excitement prevailed last
week Monday at Cabot when the
report came that the little daughter
of George Heath had not been seen
since Sunday ut O'Clock. She went
out into the pasture with her brother,
who returned without her. He said
she would not come home with him,
but he could not seem to tell where he
left her, so search was commenced
The child was found all right in Mr..
McAllister's pasture some time Mon.
day forenoon, a mile or more from
home. She had stayed out alone all
night. She is about four years old.
The trial of DIR. w. III. Giddings,
on one OF the indictments of the five
found against him by the Washing |
ton county grand jury, took place last
week. The first case was that of
abuse of patient named Grace
Wright, Giddings beating her with a
strap at the Waterbury insane asylum.
The trial lasted three days. The wit
nesses testified for the state to about
the same facts as brought out at the
last fall. The witnesses
for the defence denied any knowl-
edge Of such an affair ever taking
place any more than trying to strap
her hands, which she had freed. The
jury had the case "a hours and disa-
greed, standing six to six.
A case was decided in the Washing
ton county court recently that may,on
going TO the supreme court, result in
IN authoritative Interpretation of
what is necessary in administering the
path to a tax inventory. l. II. Prov
III was prosecuted for perjury in
w caring to about $1,000 of debts to
parties, by which he OBJ
aimed exemption of personal proper
" to that amount. The jury found
lim guilty and he Is now under -, 600
pail pending appeal. One ground OF
ais defense, besides claiming that in
ract he owed these debts, was that the
listers asked him only whether he
would swear that the list given was
rue instead of formally requesting
him TO hold up his hand and make