Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-06-11
Connecticut.

New London's oldest citizen, Mrs. Pol
ly Jerome, died Monday night, aged l02
years and D1onths. She was born where
she died, and has always lived at New
London, save for brief interval i'll 1912.
Glastonbury claims to have become,
through its fertilizer factories, the largest
shipping point below Hartford on the
river, except Middletown.
Real-estate values have nearly doubled
at Beacon Falls within month, because
of the new wooden company building a
mill and 80 tenement houses.
Cheney Bros, of South Manchester
will at once enlarge their silk mills by a
building containing 2O0-horse-power
engine, to be used to make into fabric the
waste material which cannot be made
into sewing-silk, and Of which 300 tons
have accumulated.
Rumor says that the governor has ap-
pointed Pinkerton detective to try to
solve the mystery of the murder of Mary
Stannard.
Rev. w. H. H. Murray is expected to
return to the Guilford. homestead, as an
administrator of the estate has gone to
Europe to see him.
Ex-Gov. Sprague of Rhode Island will
ask the courts whether, as president of
of the Quidneck company, he has not the
right to manage the Baltic mills. 1t is
said that the mob would have killed his
opponents when he took forcible possess
sion, had he not restrained them.
The Connecticut. safe and trust COM
pany at Hartford have chosen as
directors, Chas. H. Brainard, Geo. S.
Gilman, Edward B. Watkinson, Henry
G. Robinson, Henry Keney, George l..
Chase, Gustavus p. Davis, Charles H.
Smith, Charles II. Northam, Charles
Boswell, j. B. Corning, Asa A. Porter,
Henry Corning, Jas. F. Goodwin and
Jacob L. Greene.
The Boston, Concord and Montreal,
the Passumpsic, the St. Johnsbury and
Lake Champlain, and the Southeastern
railroads have agreed to pay the Wells
river railroad $4,000 year to break all
connections with the Central Vermont
at Montpelier, hoping to get the summer
travel to the White mountains, which
now goes over the Wells river and Cen
trail Vermont.
The Fall River line of steamers now
charges SO from Boston to New York,
while the Newport line continues it's 81
fare.
The Consolidated road-bed over tho
peat boys near Meriden, where there
have been two accidents recently, still
sieks at tie rate of an inch day, but is
kept up by constant filling, which is eX-
pected soon to make the track perma-
nently secure.
The First Episcopal society at New
Milford accepts the gift of church site
from the late Miss G. E. Boardman, and
will comply with her condition that the
building shall be of stone.
The Etna insurance company at Hart
ford recently reelected its directors,
except that James A. Smith, Jr. and
Morgan G. Buckley fill vacancies caused
by the death of S. S. Ward and Erastus
Collins. The directors chose as presi-
dent, Lucius j. Hendee secretary, j,
Goodnow. Its surplus fund has increas-
ed $4,000 during the year, and its
assets $3ll,00O.
A Hartford woman had her purse
stolen on street-car a month ago; and
the repentant thief has just returned il
with the money, wrapped in tracts and
gospel songs.
The Connecticut historical society o.
Hartford has added to its library during
the year 296 volumes and SOL pamphlets
has received requests of $4,000, anC
chosen as president j. Hammond Trum.
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