Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-03-20

| MI. ana MIS-. DOmlnlck COrcOran OF
Rutland, was found dead at Kelton's
crossing on the Rutland railroad Fri
day morning. Physicians examined
the body and decided that the man
was killed by the sleeper at midnight.
! The left shoulder and arm were broken
and the top Of the head cut off Just
above the eyes. How the affair hap
pened is as yet unknown.
The divorce case OF Mary Howe La
win against William LAWN was heard
by Judge John W. Rowell at the
Nindham county court house in New
fame Wednesday evening of last week.
The petitioners testimony tended to
show intolerable severity and refusal
to support. The witnesses for the
petitioner were John G. Howe and
Lucien Howe, brothers, and a cousin,
Mrs. oryis, of New York. The divorce
was granted.
A contract has been signed with the
Granite Construction Co. OF Montpel-
Ter for the completion of the new
Catholic church on Barre street, on
which work has been stopped five or
six years. The structure was begun
in 1894 and the stone work is complet-
ed with the exception of the front ga
/ BILE and the transcept gables. The
contract calls for the completion of the
edifce December %. 1902. and il is ex-
pected that it will be finished before
that time.
Charles A. Claghorn, who died sud
denly at his home in Wallingford
March 5, was born in Rutland county
August 8, 1886. He was a merchant
aud liyeryman and located in Walling-
( ford in 1858. He was educated at
Middletown common schools. Mr..
| Claghorn was fourth corporal Of the
\ First Vermont and Twelfth Vermont
regiments represented his town in the
I legislature of 1890; and held various
offices in his town. In politics he
always aligned himself with the DEM
oeratic party.
Mrs. NJ. J Powers OF st. Adams got
on the warpath again Saturday night,
procured a horsewhip and started out
10 do battle, making threats against
several people whom she was unable
20 locate She finally went 70 the jail
where Sheriff Kelley and Deputies
i Ladd and Alfred were. She at once
I began a TRADE OF abuse against all
three and wound up by attacking Al
fred. when she was arrested, carried
bodily upstairs 10 a cell and locked up,
the charge against her being breach OF
the peace and insanity.
Judge Russell S. Taft Of Burlington,
who, after nearly half a century Of
work in his profession, is taking q
vacation of a few months owing to I'll
health, is now serving his twenty-sec'
ond year on the supreme court bench
No court ever adjourned its session by
reason of his absence and he has never
missed a case in his supreme court
work: and he has become a vel
known figure in every county courl
house In the state. He has tried 5ol
cases by jury, of which 90 judgments
have been reversed. OF state cases
he has tried l66 by jury, in which eigel
judgments have been reversed-th'
smallness of the proportion being due
to the fact that he has always solved
doubts in favor of the respondent
1 A skilled operation in spinal surger,
was performed March 18th at Bright
look hospital, St Johnsbury, DR.. JohI
NJ. Allen being the operating surgeon
The patient was Harrison Richards
who was injured in a highway cross
inc accident at Sutton. Mr.. Richard
sustained fracture ofthe third, fourti
and fifth dorsal vertebrae, fragments o
which were pressing on the splna
cord. In consequence of the iractur
and attendant results, the patient wa
: paralyzed below the seat OF the IN
= Jury. These fragments were removed
. i'm some instances entirely, and unles
? changes have already been caused .,
r the pressure on the spinal cord Tn
! patient has fair chance 10 recover IN
t use of some, if not all, of the paralyze'
! muscles
An exciting cooking main came o.
FRIDAY night in the basement OF a par
{ i'm Remington. Eight North Bennihg
: ton birds were matched against elgh
Z that were imported from Claremon'
I'm. H., and vicinity for the expires
: purpose of doing up the former whlc
D they did. The main was for one nun
4 dred dollars. The pit was surrounde
f with elevated seats, lighted by ele'
t tricity. so that all could see. %
nrice of admission was two dollars
I Something over a hundred persons