Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-07-07

7 Vermont Shade Roller company in Add
: son county court the jury came in July
: with a verdict for the plaintiff to reeovel
$4,000 damages and costs. Although
! numerous exceptions we're taken it !:
probable that the case will not be taken
, TO supreme court. The plaintiff was in
, jured while in the employ of the defend
ant company, which is a mixed Yer.
gennes aud Burlington corporation, and
he is now practically paralyzed in both
arms and both legs.
In thunder shower June q lightning
struck S. W. Owens house 10 East Hard
wick, entering through the pantry win
dow and breaking out all four panes OF
glass but not iniuring the sash. Nearly
everything in the pantry Was knocked
down and a hole torn in the ceiling OF
the kitchen near the pantry. Mr.. Owen
was sitting in that part OF the kitchen,
and the ball Of lightning seemed TO ex-
plode within o foot Of his chair, but be
was not rendered unconscious. Nothing
caught fire but window curtain.
The Jury ia the case OF Il. c. Potter vs..
I. n. Chase, in Addison county court, in
which the plaintiff claimed 10000 dam
ages for the fatal injury to his stallion
'sKrempest" while in the care of the de-
PENDANT, were out all one night wrestling
with the case and came in at the opening
OF the court asking for further instruc-
tion. Later the jury again returned and
announced a hopeless disagreement,
whereupon they we're discharged. II is
understood that the jury stood six for the
plaintiff and six for the defendant.
The 17-year-oId son OF Wesley Regain OF
Newport Center met death by drow ming
at that place last week Tuesday evening
in sight OF friends who were so overcome
by fear that they failed to act to save the
boy. Young Regan and two companions
we're playing on raft which they had
constructed and were about to come in
shore when in some way the raft tipped,
throwing the boys into the water. The
two companions OF Regan succeeded in
getting to shore, but in some way Regan
failed to get hold of a support and was
drowned. He was an only son.
In the South Congregational church,
where has long been an active worker
( in DR.. Hale's philanthropies, Miss Au-
gusta Mervine Wood was married TO
Porter Human Dale Of Island Pond,
June 25. Mr.. Dale Is the son OF George
n. Dale, a former lieutenant governor OF
Vermont. He is lawyer aud promi-
nent business man of Island Pond Fol-
low ing this ceremony, the chest man,
Mr.. Cobb. who is cashier Of the Island
Pond National bank. and ex-bank com
missioner OF Vermont, was married to
Miss Alice Gertrude Smith Of Boston.
Eugene Blair OF Rutland, whose back
was broken a few days ago by his horse
starting suddenly while he was unload
ing goods from a truck team, and who
has since been in a very critical condition
at the Rutland City hospital, is willing to
submit to very delicate and unusual OPP
Grafton on b . back. The operation is
most serious one aud will be an attempt
to mend the broken spine. Little diher-
ence In his condition has been manifest
Ia the last few days but the operation, II
successful, would give him a chance for
life. No attempt will be made to per-
form it until bis relatives have consented.
A peculiar mixup between an auto and |
a team occurred in VerRennes recently. |
Henry Bodette was driving team, when 1
he met NJ. II. Daniels in his automobile. |
Mr.. Bodette's horse was frightened and |
Mr.. Daniels steered his car into the ditch |
to give Mr.. Bodette all the road, when I
the horse became unmaDageable, reared I
and struck the wind shield OF the auto /
With his forefeet, breaking it and badly |
cutting and bruising Mrs. Daniels, who
was on the front seat with her husband.
Mr.. Daniels was also cut on the hand and
arm and the machine was badly damaged.
Mt Bodette's horse was cut about the
legs.
At snecial town meeting in Richford,
June 26, Il was voted unanimously to ex-
empt for ten years the plant OF the Quak-
er Oats company, which is to be erected
at once. The matter OF securing the
Union church property for toA hall
was held open as the special committee
on the subject reported the time was not
yet ripe for taking the title. Al special
village meeting free water was granted
the Quaker Oats company for domestic
and commercial purposes and ample pro-
lection from fire was guaranteed. The
contract for building the new plant has
heen let to the Leonard Construction
of Chicago, and the work viii
be started at once.
Congressman ]. C. sibley OF PennsyI-
vania, commodore OF the Lake Champlain
Yacht club, has contributed 1900, to be
given in prizes at the regatta August 2,
and to this sum the club will add $500, ,
thus providing prize that is calculated /
to be a drawing card which the fast fellows
cannot resist Commodore Sibley's idea {
is to attract speed boats to the lake this
summer. The indications are that fleet I:
equal, and perhaps superior, to that
" hich appeared in the Burlington harbor /
week, will come for the re-
gatta this summer. The feature Of this /
years meet will be the free-for-all for |
speed boats and the first prize will proba- Z
bly be a cup valued at $3.50.
The famous wine case, which bad its
inception in the seizure OF three carloads
Of wine and brandy at Barre by United !
states Marshal Horace w. Bailey, has
been terminated by a decision from the
United states district court, which Is in ,
effect that the goods go back to the ship ,
pers. The three carloads we're shipped !
bv wine companies in California and con-
signed to themselves at Barre. The meat
OF Judge Hough's decision is as follows;
8 As it appears BY stipulation that every
package contained in each one OF the cars
referred to was labeled with the name OF
the consignee as well as with other in