Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-03-15

company of which he has just been
made secretary.
Geo. Cavhue was seriously injured
at Montpelier last week while assist
ing in tearing down the old county
Jail. A detached block OF granite fell
TO the staging on which he was at
work and precipitated him to the
floor His forehead struck against a
ladder leaning against the wall below.
This broke the force OF his fall or
otherwise he would have been Instant
" killed. As it was, his skull was
crushed in upon the brain by contact
with the ladder, the wound being
some three inches in diameter Three
surgeons performed an operation to
remove the crushed bone from the
brain and retain the latter in place,
and his recovery is confidently eX-
pected.
This week a curious freak in the
shape of calf was born to 4-year-
old heifer, the property of A. +.
Vance OF Newport. The head grew
out of the top of the back, the yerte-
bra Of which was less than ten inches
in length. At the base of the neck
branched out the fore and hind legs,
each pointing forward and fully de-
veloped, as was the head. The tail
was underneath the neck. growing
out between the fore legs. The
belly, showing TIE teats. was upon
one side, while all the intestines, to-
gether with the heart, liver, kidneys
and bladder, reached out behind and
were as openly exposed as though
lust taken from the animal itself. In
fact they contained no covering what
ever. Strange as it may appear, this
thing was alive until, TO save the COW,
il had to be separated into two parts.
The body Of Thomas NJ. Atkins, a
marine belonging to the United States
cruiser Prairie, who was missed on
December 20. was found floating in
the canal at Havre, France. Ii was
fully identified by the United States
consul there. When the Prairie made
her first trip to Havre, bringing the
first load of American official exhib-
its, Atkins got shore leave with the
Others, but failed TO return. Officials
concluded he had deserted and the
Prairie left without him. The TACT
that the body shows several wounds
leads to the belief that he was robbed
and murdered by seaport thugs. At
kins' father was a liyerylnan IN Brat
tleboro Is or 20 years ago, and Tom
my" was member OF the class IN the
public schools which graduated from
the High school in 1887. lie has
lived in Brattleboro within the last
ten years, being employed as an eX-
press messenger.
The following petitions IN volun-
tary bankruptcy were filed last week;
Willis f. Manchester of White River
Junction: liabilities, S302.2s, assets
S6s.37. exempt SO; Chester W. But
terworth Of st. Adams, liabilities,
sl3. O6O, assets S;35, all liabilities UNI
secured: Daniel Il. Braken of Burling-
Ton. liabilities, S2l9 %, assets $500, all
exempt: William Bement OF Reading,
liabilities, Sl5l7.65, exempt, S9y5.Oo;
ST Adams Foundry company OF 81
Adams. W.B. Fonda and j. {. Leslie,
who represent that the company owes
debts 10 the amount OF Sl,OOO, OF
which w. 3. Fonda holds a promis-
sorry note for $500 and j. c. Leslie
has a 5000 claim for royalties on pa
tents: Ward 4 Bradley, former
laundrymcn, OF Burlington, unsecured
liabilities seas. 80, assets $50, exempt;
Eugene NJ. Dominique of Westford,
barber and grocer liabilities, ss'O.'4,
assets s2ss.70, exempt SPA, net
Sl64.70.
Its said that there are more than
twenty persons who own more than
600 acres each of land in Benning-
ton county, but nearly all these large
holdings are in timbered lands. Prob
ably the largest owner of land in the
county is General Mccullough OF
North Bennington, who has about
IA. 900 acres in Glastonbury and other
towns. 5. L. Griffith, the well known
lumber dealer of Dandy, owns several
.
thousand acres of land in the county
and has lust increased his holdings by
| 900 acres, having purchased that
amount from farms Of Moses Sheldon
and Mrs. II. g. Harwood, in Dorset.
lie is the owner Of several large saw
mills in different parts Of Vermont. A
short time ago John j. Flynn OF Bur-
llington purchased several large tracts
of land in the town of Winhall and
Peru. the aggregate amounting 10
I. 900 acres. At the same time Mr..
FLYNN also acquired an interest in the
Peru turnpike. Among other large
holders is the company recently FORM
cd at Stamford for the manufacture
81 wood alcohol and acetate of lime.
The postofiice department has just
issued report showing the result OF
the special weighing Of mail through
out the United States from October .,
to November 6, 1899. This is done
from time to time as basis for the
contracts awarded to railways Tor
Transporting United States mails.
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