News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-01-21


The Bankers Watch, ETC., Etc.
LORD ToLLEMACHE, who has Just
completed his eightieth year, is said tc
be the model English Ian dlord. He
possesses about As, 900 acres of land in
Cheshire, and during the whole of the
agricultural depression from 1877 tc
1885, he had neither a vacant farm MOI
atenant in arrears. His estate in Cheshire
has, during his lifetime, been cut ur
into farms averaging about 200 acres in
extent, his lordship considering that 8
thrifty farmer with sons and daughters
could do excellently on 2O0-acre farm,
while he would suffer severely on a
smaller holding. In order to break up
his estate into farms of that size, he
built, or rebuilt, between fifty and sixty
farm houses at the cost OF e14S, 900,
each of these homesteads costing ABOUT
So, 500. In addition to this, Lord Toll
lemache has built 2G0 cottages for the
accommodation of the laborers In re-
gard to the education of children on his
estate an anecdote is told of his lord
ships practical con mon sense. Lord
Tollemache was an. ,ious to provide
the
fairness and labore1s' children: but
after the buildings mad been erected at
considerable expense he found that the
tenant farmers objected to send their
sons to tbs same schools with the labor
ers' children. Having listened quietly
to E4e masters complaint, the noble
lefd said: ''There is only one way out
of the difficulty viii send my own sons
to the school" For nearly two years
Lord Tollemache's children attended
the school, and their father adds, ''to
their undoubted advantage"
WHEN Emory A. Storrs died few
months ago, surprise was caused by the
statement that the noted lawyer, whose
impecunious condition was well known,
had carried no life insurance for the
benefit of his wife. The announcement
is made that among Mr.. Storrs' papers
there was recently found policy in the
Equitable Insurance Company, of New
York, for $50, 900. When Mr.. Storrs'
friends made inquiries they found that
no premium had been paid Oh the policy
The agent who had issued it had ac-
cepted Mr.. Storrs' promise to pay, and
had made repeated but unsuccessful
efforts to collect the amount. The policy
was issued on January l, 1885. There
was difference of opinion as to the
value of the policy under the circum-
stances, some maintaining that it was
worthless and others that the policy it
self was an acknowledgment of the re-
ceipt of the premium. After consulta-
ton, the general officers of the Equitable
Company in New York offered to pay
SO, 900 of the amount Immediately, in
settlement. 1t is announced that. upon
the advice of friends, Mrs. Storrs has
decided to accept the sum rather than
enter into litigation, which would at
least delay the settlement of her claim |
for long time.
HERR HAGEK, the wealthy German |
banker, is the most punctual man in the |
world, and always carries a couple of |
chronometers about with him. Thanks |
to this habit he is frequent victim of |
pickpockets, as not a week passes with |
out his losing one of his watches. At |
first he had recourse to all kinds of safety |
chains; then one fine morning he took :
no precaution whatever, and quietly al /
lowed himself to be robbed At night, |
on returning from business, he took up |
the evening paper, when he uttered an
exclamation of delight, and at once
started off to the police station. This |
is what he had read: To-day, about 2 |
p. NJ, violent explosion took place in |
house in B street, occupied by Mr.. s.,
a worthy townsman. The hands of the |
victim are shattered and the left eve
gone" The crafty banker had filed |
the watchcase with dynamite, which ex-
ploded during the operation of winding.
Since that time no more watches have
been -stolea-from the person of Herr
Hager.
SHEEHAN, who murdered his mother.
brother and sister in Dublin, Ireland,
says he was led to commit the crime by |
the persistency of his mother in de- |
handing $500 dowry from Farmer |
Browne before she would consent to her
son the prisoner marrying Miss
Browne. Farmer Browne was willing
to give his daughter dowry of e170, |
but Mrs. Sheehan refused the offer.
William then murdered his mother. |
brother and sister and threw their |
bodies into an old well. He told the |
people that he had given his mother |
$500 out of his marriage portion, and |
that tho three missing ones had gone |
away to seek another place of residence. |
In short time William married Miss
Browne. He took possession of the |
farm and remained there about two
years, when he was evicted for non
payment of rent. He then left for
Australia. After his departure the three |
bodies were discovered and he was ar
rested and brought back to Ireland for
trial
ALASKA forests contain timber enough |
to supply the world. Pine, spruce, fir, |
and hemlock cover every island on the |
archipelago and goodly portion of the
mainland. The trees are straight and |
tall, and grow close together. The only
sawmill at present is at Douglass Island,
ana so far there has not been cord of |
timber cut for shipment. The trees, as
rule, do not always cut up into good |
sized boards. For fuel, however, the |
wood is excellent, and much of it is |
available for building purposes. There
Is little decorative wood, although the |
yellow pine is richly colored and might |
be used to advantage. Alaska spruce is |
an excellent variety, and often measures
five feet in diameter 1t is considered |
the best spruce in the world, and the
supply is abundant. In the interior
timber is of much heavier growth than
on the coast and islands. Regarding
the hemlosk, there is a large supply,
and the bark compares favorably with
that of all the Eastern trees used in tan
ming establishments.
THoMAsS. STRUTHERs, of Buffalo, NY,
has just returned from Cincinnati, where
ne was called by the death of his son.
He was accompanied by his remaining
ION, T. w. SUruthers- They drove 70
It. Mary's Hospital, where the boy had
lied of typhoid fever, and there learned
hat after three days the body had been
,iveA in charge Of the city undertaken,
Who said he had inferred it in the Pot
er's Fieff, hat no grave could be found
rom his directions The father then
determined to search the medical eof-
eyes They went Csarough thevats and !
11ssectlng rooms in tire safe Medical
College, also the Miami, but did not {
ind that for which they were on search. I
Next morning they visited the Eclectic
College where, after battle with the
they found the body in ter
IDLY mutllated condition on one of the
1issecting tables. AS they were I'M
willing that the boys mother should
know all the terrible details, the body
vas quietly buried in that city.
A CERTAIN Duchess, happening to I
pass through the Burlington Arcade. in