Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-09-13
NO. Sc.
items Of Interest.

A monument is to be erected over the
remains of Col. Ellsworth, at Mechanics
vile, Wis.
Phoebe, CAL, had twenty-three shoot
ing and stabbing affairs during the
month of July.
Three more of the petroleum in
cendiaries" il Madrid have been con-
demned to death.
Texas received 10000 immigrants
last year-at least 10000 from Europe
and the Northern States.
1t is now said that the recent fatal
accident to the White Mountain stage
was largely due to overlooking.
The American school system has
been eulogized in London by Mr.. Hart
ley, lately returned from the States.
There has been some loss of life and
an entire destruction of $500 "native
houses" by flood in the province of Agra,
India.
A man shooting in the woods in Della
ware county was recently attacked by
minks, and only escaped after a severe
fight.
The physicians of Beloit, Wis, have
resolved to withhold their professional
services from delinquent patients till
they pay up.
The crop of chestnuts, butter-nuts,
hickory nuts, and walnuts promises to
be immense in many localities this fall.
The trees are fairly bending beneath
their loads.
Preparations for the International
Industrial Exhibition are progressing
rapidly in Buffalo. Four large ad-
ditional buildings are so far completed
as to admit engines and shafting for
machinery in motion to be erected next
week.
The heaters who are on a strike at
one of the Chicago rolling mills earn
from eight to ten dollars per day. They
must be men of great skill, and upon
their knowledge of the tint of the bloom
depends the value of every pound Of
rail produced.
In 1882, the Sandwich Islands had
population of 130,316 souls; in 1886
there were but 108, $40 in 1910, only
81, 155, of whom !, 1862 were foreigners
in 1850, 60,S00, of whom 4, 1914 were
foreigners. The native population has
decreased over sixty per cent. in forty
years.
At a Sunday school concert the other
evening the following occurred Little
fellow (reciting his verse;" am the
Bread of Life" Superintendent (ques-
tioning him as to his knowledge of the
Bible) =" Who said Il am the Bread of
Life p" Little fellow lin surprise)-
" I said it.
A Washington man, wanted to
whip Il refractory horse. He had hard
ly commenced operations when the
horse broke his halter and event for"
his master, who retreatcd to safe place
under the stairs, where he was kept I'M
til his wife, with some assistance, drove
his assailant back to his stall.
One day the grass in swamp
situated in Hopevilledale, Conn,
was cut, and the question arose among
the laborers whether it was dry enough
to be CARRIED into the barn. To test
this, lighted match was thrown into
it, and in about five-eighths of a second
they were looking around for the hay.
A letter from Ishpeming, Mich, says:
"We have had riot here. A man was
killed in the street and the murderers
were arrested. While they were being
removed from the Jail to the depot they
were taken from the officers and beaten,
one of them so badly that he died in a
few hours and the other so that he can
not live. Some of the ring-leaders have
been arrested, and the others are still
at large"
The "hoodlums" of San Francisco
are infinite in resources. They have
devised a new way of money-making,
which is. rather brilliant. Two of them
enter into partnership. One of the
firm insults rich young lady in a pub
lie place the other, with great spirit,
knocks him down and gallantly pro-
tects the young lady and sees her home,
where, of course, the grateful father
gives him fifty dollars or so.