Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-12-03

Statistics of the British wheat crop show
that, while IL will exceed the yield Of the dis
astrous season last year, il will still fall short
of the average for the last Is years, and re-
quire the importation of at least l20, 600 900
bushels.
An explosion of fire damp in a coal pit near
Mons, Belgium, surprised q men in the pit, OF
whom Is have been rescued more OF less in
jured.
The whole town Of Jamison, Plumas county,
was burned recently by an incendiary, as is
supposed. About 40 houses, including five
hotels, three stores, several saloons and other
business places were destroyed.
The British steamer Mildred, which sailed
from New York Sci TENDER rs for MHrseilles,
iondered in the Atlantic, and her Grew of 20
men were drowned.
The boot and shoe men wound up their
Philadelphia convention recently aud fixed
upon New York for their next meeting. They
empowered their executive committee, after
spirited discussion, to negotiate with all royalty
sewing machines, and accept satisfactory terms
from their owners, II they could be got.
The bursting of a smelling furnace contain
ing 70 tons of molten lead DESTROYED the St.
Louis refinery and smelling works at Chitten-
ham, five miles from the center of st. Louis,
recently, and burned John Williams, night
erjmeer, to crisp, while trying to save his
clothes.
The cost of the Boycott relief expedition in
Ireland, it il said, will be levied on county
Mayo.
The hussnrs will not be- withdrawn from
Tough Mask, IN the authorities do not wish to
incur the risk OF nm attack on the Ulster men.
There are now Is persons under special po-
lice protection in Ireland.
The suit brought by the Commercial manu-
featuring company Of New York against the
| Waverly butter company of Boston for $780,
| 900 damages for the infringement of the Mege
patent for making oleomargarine butter, has
been settled by the forfeiture of the factory,
machinery and property of the Waverly CON-
pany to the New York company.
About 400 of Archbishop Purcels creditors
held a meeting in Cincinnati recently, for the
! purpose of instituting an examination OF the
affairs of the assignee. 1t Is now two years
since the assignment of the archbishop was
made, and not one cent OF the 81, 900, 600 lia.
bilities has yet been paid.
AT a reception rendered 10 joel Hembree
and wife at the residence of the brides father
Col, Dali, near Kingston, Roane county
Tenn, arsenic was used by mistake for soda
Five persons have died from the effects anc
about so Others are dangerously i'll.
Ben Hasselman, an inmate of the insane
asylum at St. Peters, Mimi, arrested on sus
picion of having fired the building, has made
confession, He says he was badly treated anC
tried to burn the building He says he wishes
MI had been burned. He placed oun of mp.
tina In the female wing, but it did not ignite
when he tried to kndle it. He was considered
a mild case aud allowed the run of the build
ing
The American schooner Mary Z. Hall, Capt
Nash, bound for David, with general cargo
was stopped by the CHILEAN steamer Amazon0s
Two shells were fired at the schooner, which
hove to, was searched, found all right and al
lowed to depart, the commander of the ChiliAr
n-of-war offering an apology for his dsten
| ton.
Investigation has been made of the crook
edness among the cooperative life insurance
companies of Pennsylvania, thus far develop
ing the fact that Is risks have been issueC
during the last six months upon people owe
80 years old, many oil whom were i'll dyin,
condition aHd have died since the insurance
was effected, while others are now Mt DEATH
door.
The German government il about to com
pete q number of branch railway lines owe
the country, hoping thus TO extend network
OF railways which will be great advantage
both strategetically and economically.
There was a quiet cremation at DR.. L,
Moyne's crematory at Washington, Pa, re
Gently, the subject being Lucia, wife of C., II
Noyes of Warren, Pa, lawyer.