Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-05-24

Norm BrldgeWatef and son, Charles,
in Wilmington, Mass.
| A party OF Montreal capitalists have
] secured an option on about 400 acres
of land on the John Iran property at
Brandon, from now until July |, for
which they have paid ). w. Jones
$500. A gang Of men will begin
work at once digging for kaolin.
Shafts are TO be sunk, and if il is
found in as large quantities as several
different tests have shown, after July
these men will pay Mr.. Jones $500
more, take lease for one year, form
a company and begin work on a large
scale.
Henry Miller Of Yergennes, aged
about "a years. attempted suicide
Sunday night by shooting himself
with a revolver. The bullet entered
the left side near the fourth rib and
lodged in the muscles Of the back. He
admits that he shot himself and if
this does not prove fatal he will try it
again at the first opportunity, when
the job will be more thorough one.
II is thought by some TO have been
caused by love affair although Miller
stoutly denies this. He is a hard
drinker.
A suit Of an unusual character was
instituted at Burlington last week by
the attorneys of John S. wilkins, adj
minis;rator of the estate of his wife,
Lucia A. wilkins, against DIR. VIM.
W. Brock and Mrs. l.. X. Roselle of
Montpelier, for alleged malpractice.
The amount Of damages claimed is
$4,000. The suit is returnable at the
September term Of court. Ii is claim
ed that osteopathic treatment greatly
injured her back. The result of the
autopsy following her death was
never made public.
The j0th annual meeting Of the
Vermont Homeopathic Medical So
ciety was held at Montpelier Wednes-
day and Thursday Of last week. A
Jubilee year" program mad been ar
ranged. The following officers were
elected: President, G. |. Forbes Of
Burlington; vice president, E. f.
Whitaker Of Newport; secretary, w.
II. Weeks of East Hardwick; treasur-
err, j. +. Shattuck of Wells River;
censors, +. b. Whitaker, f. f. Steele
and Edward Kirkland; legislative
committee, IL. 5. Boardman, F. f.
Steele, w. b. Mayo, Z. b. Whitaker
and w. II. Weeks; auditor, f. j.
Gale, Il. A. Stanley and G. G. Hall.
The evening after the great freshet,
October >, 1898, Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
Moves, who were on their way home |
10 Bennington Falls from White
Greek, where they were married that
afternoon, drove off the road into a
washout near Walloomsac, which |
they claimed had not been protected /
as ii should have been. They sus-
tanned serious injuries and brought
suit against the town OF lloosick, |
S25, 900 damages. One /
action was brought in court in which I
the Jury disagreed. At a meeting of
the Hoosick board Of selectmen an
was made last week that
the Noyes were prepared to settle the
claim for 1882 IL the cash was paid be-
fore Feb. l, next. The town officers
voted to pay the amount at once.
Mrs. Elvira Curtiss, wife of Major
Friedrich A. Seymour Of West Hart
ford, Conn, died last week. She was
a native Of Vermont, being the daugh-
ter Of Philo Curtiss Of Rutland. and
the granddaughter Of Salmon Carter.
The father of Mrs. Seymour COM
a company of militia under
General William Henry Harrison al
he battle Of Tippecanoe. Captain
yurtiss was also on the lines when
Hull surrendered. The family re-
moved from Vermont to Ohio early
N the history of the state. Mrs.
Seymour was sixteen years old at the
line and made the trip in a two-horse
wagon. Her husband, who survives
ler, was the major of the Seventh
ohio during the civil war, and at ,
me time commanded a brigade in
division.
A telegram received from Frank ID.
Hale at Havana announces that Wal
er II. Bayley Of Peacham was at :
Havana and under arrest. When :
8aylev fled TO New York two weeks
90 be made no secret Of his plans to
70 to Cuba. Since his departure :
rom Vermont more forged endorse :
nents on his notes have turned up :
nd the total amount must be over 5
&. 900. Ills brother-in-law, Col. :
reorge b. NJ. Harvey Of the North {
american Review and Harper publ :
ations, has his name forged on notes s
mounting to 81 600, and Bayley also (
orged the name Of Charles j. Bell of
Walden, besides about half a dozen :
'ell-to-do Peacham people. These <
otes are held in Peacham and it now :
arms out that Bayley had made a
ractice in the past dozen years OF :
aising money in this way and when Z
,und out had made some sort of a :
sttlement.
The selectmen OF Manchester and I
le county commissioner are at :
,,orls' uoints. The term of the {