Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-12-28

Mr.. and Mrs. Cox and family d
Lyndonville were nearly killed las
week by escaping sewer gas. They
had been having bath room put il
and partly completed, and the sewer
connections were left open. Mrs
Cox woke in the night, thinking she
was dying and Mr.. Cox was too weak
TO stand, but managed to throw d
boot through the window and let in
some fresh air, which revived them.
Two little children were nearly dead,
Help was soon procured and they all
recovered, but had very narrow es-
cape.
The Rocco Lott liquor case at
Montpelier goes TO the supreme court
for decision. He admitted that be
had liquor in his house which he gave
to his boarders and guests, but did
not take pay for the same. Judge
Thompson held that he was guilty of
violating the state liquor laws. Ii
was then decided to allow the case to
90 to the supreme court on the ques-
ton of whether or not a man has a
right to give liquor to boarders in MS
own house when the board was not
any more than if no liquor was fur
nished.
A serious accident occurred at the
Howe Scale Works, Rutland, last
week in which Harry Jasmine and
Lorenzo Hinckley were seriously in
jured. While Hinekley was at work
his right foot got caught in the
machinery. Harry Jasmine rushed
to him and in trying to extricate the
foot his left arm was drawn into the
machinery and horribly lacerated.
Hinckley's injury was found to be
not serious although his foot was
considerably bruised. Jasmine's arm
was so badly crushed that it will have
to be amputated below the elbow.
As an outcome of the special meet
inc of tho Montpelier city council
held December 18th for the purpose
of investigating the charges made
against DR.. w. r. Hardness, city
health officer, by James Finn, DIR. j.
II. Hamilton, secretary of the state
board Of health, took a team and
driver and started out to do a little
investigating on his own account. lie
visited every place in the city limits
complained of by Mr.. Finn, and at
none of the houses not placarded did
he find any contagious disease. lie
reported the result of his inyestiga-
ton TO Mayor Senter.
The murder trial of State VS.. East
wood at Middlebury has gone over TO
the June term of the Addison county
court. Lawyer Donway for the de-
Tense interposed motion for con-
tinuance on the grounds of evidence
tending to show the insanity of the
prisoner, discovered on his recent
hasty trip to Massachusetts and New
York. States Attorney Fish said
that under the law passed at the last
session of the legislature when the re-
spondent stakes his life on plea of
insanity ample time should be given
TO test that plea. In continuing the
case for that reason the court ordered
Eastwood to be in the care of the
superintendent of the Waterbury
asylum until the june term of court
in order that there might be a good
opportunity to watch Eastwood.
The railroads and transportation
companies of Vermont received S2l4,-
1873. 43 from the government last year
for carrying United States mails. 1t
was expended in various kinds OF
transportation service on routes that
aggregate distance of 2,52s 4s-lO0
miles. Over these routes there were
3,44l, 707 5I-lO0 miles of travel. The
government paid the Vermont rail
roads SLAP, 339.sl for this service. In
addition there was paid to the rail-
road companies in Vermont Sl7,6l7
for railway postal cars. This makes
the total paid to the railways sl59,-
1861. The Central Vermont Rail-
way company received Sc, 725 for the
service of postal cars between Wind
sor. Vt, and Rouses Point, n. Y, a
distance of l34 50-l00 miles. The
compensation was $50 per mile per
annum. The Boston and Maine rail-
way, for the service of postal cars oe-
tween Brattleboro and Windsor, a
distance of As S4-l00 miles, received
g, 442.