Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-05-06

titled City Clerk Wells.
According to the record kept By
l.. :. Hayes of Bellows Falls there
have been IS fires with a property
loss of Sl52,1 1872 and an insurance
loss of sllj,9l9, which is more than
in '9G but not nearly 20 large a. III 30.
Insurance companies are offering a
reward of 5000 for the conviction OF
the incendiary of the Raponda hotel
at Wilmington last December. The
town authorities have offered a similar
amount, making "A reward of 81, 900.
Statistics from the graded school of
Bennington for the year ending March
3lst show the total enrolment of
scholars to be 75s. The aggregate
DAYS attendance for the last year was
l02, 952, and for the last year previous
l00,2l6.
Buildings owned by Mrs. l.. f.
Prouty at Grafton were burned last
week Wednesday night. The live
stock and some of the furniture were
saved. Insured for $1,000. This
town has poor fire protection and
there have been several fires III that
vicinity in a short time.
The town of Mount Tabor, which
has the highest tax rate of any town
in this state, has petitioned the Rut-
land county court for relief under an
act providing for relief to towns eX-
cessiyely burdened by the maintenance
of highways. A hearing was held
at Mount Tabor last Friday before
commissioners.
John Miles Of Barton Landing at
tempted suicide last week Tuesday
morning by cutting his throat with
jackknife. The knife was dull so that
he did not cut cash much over two
inches. He lost quite a lot of blood
before he was found by his wife. Mr..
Miles had been in poor health for sew
eral months and this had deranged
his mind. He probably will not re-
cover.
Stephen Cook of Sansonville was
chopping in a sugar place during the
high wind Monday of last week, when
a large limb fell at some distance
from the ground and he received the
full force of the blow, which knocked
him TO the ground. 1t was some
time before he was able to make his
way to the house, crawling most of
the way on his hands and knees.
Mrs. Fred /. Seward of West Rut.
land attempted suicide at erhome ON
Clarendon avenue Saturday evening"
April oath. She was found by her
husband when he returned from
work at : o'clock, sitting ina rocking
chair with her throat cut. He sum
moned help and DR.. Perry was called. T
When the doctor arrived Mrs. Seward I
was so weak that no pulse could be
felt lie stopped the flow of blood /
and dressed tine wound. The cut was
about five inches in length. The (
large arteries were not injured but the I
anterior jugulars and the windpipe f.
were severed. The deed was attrib-
uted to Mrs. Stewards dependency. T
They have been married but three
years.
The intense interest that prevailed
during the trial Of the murder case of
the state against Isabella Marsh and
G. Buzzel having subsidized,
il is of interest to note what was the
approximate cost to the state of the
trial. In round numbers the bills the
state had to foot are as follows: Wit
ness fees, 81, 800; counsel fees, -, 600;
other expenses of the court, jurors,
etc., not including the salary of the
Judge, $1,000, making a
total of -, 500. This covers only the
expenses of Washington county court.
The preliminary hearing at North
field and the investigation of the case
before the grand jury will swell the
total expense of the case to the state
to nearly $4,000. The trial of the
case in Washington county court oc-
cupied one day less than four weeks.
The following fourth-class post
masters were appointed last week: As
NJ. +. Kenyon, vice f. i.
removed; Cuttingsville, f.
o. Foster,vic j. G. Stewart, resigned;
Dandy, ID. j. Reed, vice w. II. Bond,
removed; East Wallingford, f. b.
Spaulding. vice j. II. Priest, removed;
+. V. Wiley, vice w. Ii.
Miles, removed; Griffith, f. ii. Mil
lard, vice c. L. Sowle, resigned; Lyn-
don, Z. +. Bailey, vice J. NJ. Weeks,
removed: Manchester Depot, II. II.
Powers, vice Leonard Pettibone, re-
Mount Holly, l.. a. Horton,
vice S. NJ. Holden, removed; North
Hyde Park, L. p. Butts, vice L. w.
Smith, removed; North Thetford, A.
w. Jaquith, vice +. G. Cobleigh, re-
signed; Chittenden, E. f. Horton, vice
w. b. Wing, removed; Essex juno
ton, w. B. Nichols, vice j. a. Dona-
hue. removed; Huntington Centre, c.
C. Norton, vice II. a. Gillette, re-
moved: Hydeville, II. w. Rowland,
vice c. E. Cook, removed; Mechanics
Vile, NJ. E. Partridge, vice p. b. Par
menter. removed; North Wolcott, n.
L. Baldwin, vice V. l.. Fisher, re-
Pawlet, J. f. Bromley, vice Il.
II. Weed, removed; Pittsfield, c. l..