Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-08-19
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ton horse thief, aged II, pleaded
guilty. He was sentenced to Rutland
by Judge Russell for period of six
months.
Rev. HI. A. Durfee has rented the
property of the Troy Conference asso-
citation at Poultney Of the board OF
trustees and will open the school as
president in September.
Sewal Drown of East Burke found
a good COW dead in his pasture re-
Gently. The animal had caught one
hind foot between two small trees in
such a way that it could not get free
and had starved to death.
Guilbord Burleson of st. Adams.
who lives with his uncle, A. b.
Wheeler, was fooling with a 80 cali
bre revolver on Saturday and it went
of. The ball went into his hand,
breaking two bones. The injury is
very painful and quite serious.
Some one reported at East Concord
that he had seen bear in w. V.
Hardy's back lot and a number of
boys went there to shoot the animal.
They shot and killed it, but the ami
NAL proved to be Mr.. Hardy's black
sheep, for which they paid 50.
Norris O. Leamerd of Fairfax met
with a serious accident in mis- bayfield,
last week Monday afternoon. He was
on his moving machine and stepped
down between the horse and the cut
ter bar. As he did 50 the horses
started and the sickle of the machine
severed the cord of his heel.
Grant c. jackson, who is under
arrest at Middlebury, charged with
being one of the persons who broke
into the Ferrisburg depot on the
night of August 3, was given a pre-
liminary hearing at Vergennes. He
waived examination AMI being unable
to furnish 81 ,000 bonds required was
taken back to MiddIebury for trial at
the December term of the county
court.
Hiram Brown of Canton, n. y,
who was assisting his son, w. g..
Brown, in the erection of new house
at st. Adams, sustained horrible in
juries Thursday which will probably
prove fatal. He attempted to stop
runaway team and as he seized the
horses he was thrown several feet into
the air. He struck on an iron bolt,
which tore open his abdomen and
groin.
While drawing hay into the barn
last Saturday afternoon, Frank Orne,
aged about 30, living on the west side
of Willoughby lake, fell from his
load and struck upon a pitchfork,
which went clear through his body.
He is in very precarious condition
and his chances of recovery are slight.
He is married, but has no children.
Blood poison is feared should he re-
cover from the wound itself.
An act not on the programme was
performed by some of the monkeys in
Sparks circus, which recently visited
West Derby. They got out of the
tent and proceeded to feast on green
peas in John Bailey's garden. Mrs.
Bailey went to drive them out when
one flew at her, tearing her clothing,
pulling her hair, biting and scratch
ing, inflicting such injuries and Civ
ing such a nerve shock as 10 confine
her to the house for some time.
Cassius Elkins, sawyer in Stevens Il
Adams mills at Stevens Mills, near
Richford, attempted TO stop the large
board saw last Thursday afternoon by
means of n short board, one end OF
which he placed against the saw and
bracing on the saw carriage put the
other end to his breast. The motion
of the saw worked the board to the
teeth, and before Elkins knew what
hit him he was thrown about 20 feet
against a pile of lumber. The doc
tors found his breast crushed in, two
ribs broken and his back badly bruised.
His condition is critical and the doc
tors fear he cannot live.
John Covey. a Manchester team
ster. had narrow escape from seri-
Gus injury while drawing pulp wood
down Equinox mountain one day re-
Gently. He was half way down the
steep grade when the horses became
unable to hold the load back and when
they came to a turn in the road they
were going so fast that the load pushed
them over a steep embankment and
down 80 feet. Covey jumped as the
load went over, and he landed safely.
One of the horses sustained a broken
neck, and the other was so seriously
injured that il became necessary to
kill il.
A special despatch Aug. 10th from
MONTPELIER to the Free Press says
.sW. p. Manley, president of the Sc
curitv National bank of Sioux City,
Iowa. was in this city to be present at
a conference of the local stockholders
in his bank held in the office Of Hon.
Homer Wheaton. The object OF the
conference was to see if the stock
holders would agree to an assessment
81 so cents on the dollar on the cap
ital stock of the bank, which is $751;
600 This request caused some sur
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