Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-07-26

year Of age respectively. She is al
present living with her mother Dis.
honesty in administering his father.
in-law's estate is also charged against
Flynn.
Napoleon Beaudette of Pomfret,
who enlisted in the 46th regiment and
went 70 the Philippines early last
winter, died of fever in hospital in
Manila May IL. He was about q
years old.
The mysterious woman, who came
to Montpelier July G, registered at
the Montpelier House, and on the
following Sunday gave birth to a
daughter at the Heaton hospital,
left there for Burlington last week
without paying her bills. She gave
her name as J. Roberts, but Sheriff
Reeves Of Burlington thinks she lately
spent a week in Burlington Jail under
the name Of McIver. She wants to
give away the child.
The Union Mutual Fire Insurance
company has brought suit against A.
l.. Dugar Of Worcester to recover
5000 paid him some three years ago
on a fire loss sustained by him in the
burning Of his buildings with amount
Of costs. Two bows have made
written confession to the company in
which they allege that Mr.. Dugar hir-
ed them TO set fire to the buildings
and ii is on these grounds that the
company seeks to recover.
The identity of the woman whose
body was found floating in the Con-
necticut river at East Westmoreland,
y. H., has been solved The body
when found was badly decomposed
and was buried at once but several
articles Of clothing were retained to
assist in a possible Identification.
The clothing was identified by her sis
ter as belonging 10 Miss Kate Tehan,
domestic who was employed in Bel
lows Falls last fall and mysteriously
disappeared some months ago.
Miss Julia Cross Of Montpelier was
rendered insensible last week by.
lightning, which struck a tree near
her fathers home. Alice Lieban, the
German domestic, when the storm
came up, was almost overcome by
fright, having had a terrible expert.
ence in an electric storm on her way
across the ocean, from which she had
never entirely recovered. She was
knocked down when the lightning hit
the elm. Z. II. Cross and Mr.. and
Mrs. .. n. Cross were also affected
considerably.
DR.. Clitus s. Hoag, a native of
Gaysville and a leading pulmonary
specialist, whose remarkable separa-
ton from his brilliant wife recently !
caused much comment in Bridgeport, |
Conn, died last week in that city from |
complication Of diseases. When
notified Of his death, Mrs. Hoag stat
ed that she should claim a widows |
share of his estate, alleging undue in
huence Oh the part Of his brother, DR.,
Alva A., to whom he left all his prop
ertv. She was formerly Dora Abbott,
a country school teacher in Waterbury.
Mitchell Carter Of West Salisbury
found the bedding about his horses
feet was on fire. He first tried 10
smother the flames to get the horse
out OF the burning stall. In this he
was himself badly burned, the flames
spreading around him and he was
very nearly cremated in the stall. He
to get out and medical as
,istance was summoned at once, who
pronounced his condition dangerous
The barn and contents were entirely
consumed. Beside the horse there
were five head Of young cattle in the
barn.
The electrical storms last week play
I'd havoc at Cuttingsville. The wind
blew a gale and the lightning was ter
rifle. A barn belonging to Almon '
Aldrich was struck by lightning and
burned to the ground. BY hard work
.he live stock in the barn was saved,
although some farming tools, wagons /
md about 10 tons of hay were destroy )
"a. A vacant house, known as the old
Moore house, was also struck by light 5
hing and wholly destroyed. The S
orte of the wind can be Judged by
he fact that the roof was blown off a
,arn belonging TO Amos Pratt.
Eugene Mascotte, one of the oldest
esidents Of Castleton, died at his ,
rome July Is. During the thunder :
torn Of the preceding night Mr.. Mas <
otte received an electrical shock (
which affected his heart. He felt il <
/ the time but thought little Of it un- :
II the next morning when he noticed Z
hat his sight was failing and shortly :
fter expired. Mr.. Mascotte was (
orn in Canada, Jan. 6, 1886. When :
4 years of age he went to Vergennes 3
there he learned the shoemaker's =
.ade and then to Castleton in 1868, !
here he had since lived. He is snr- 3
ived bv wife and seven children. !
Bennington people are much inter- i
.ted in the reported massacre Of for =
.gners in Pekin, from the fact that i
nong the residents of that city was =
Iiss Nina n. Russell, formerly Of !
-orth Bennington and well known in =
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