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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-08-17
Aztec Gold Traditions.

The lost races, who possessed some of
the arts of civilization at least, have left
their traces in this country, which show
that they knew of the wealth that lay in
the earth there. Down beneath the soil
and debris of ages which cover the hard
rocks with four to six feet of vegetable
deposit their prehistoric tracks are found.
Implements made of tempered copper,
hard as the best of steel have been found
which indicate that they had worked for
gold and silver and worked in shafts
which probably extended far out beneath
the great depths of the lake, and there
have been bits of gold and silver found
that have been refined by peculiar pro.
cess and in the traditions of the Aztecs
are vague hints of land where it is cold
far away toward the polar star, whe.e
the earth glittered with gold. Perhaps
it was the Lake Superior country that
furnished the tradition.
If there be gold fever, and it brings
thousands of its victims into that coun-
try, they had best cross the great lake
and swing their pickaxes and build
sluices in that country which stretches
away from the shores of Superior to the
Arctic Circle. Gold and silver are there
like the great mines of the Indies the ex-
perts firmly believe, and there are no
title deeds to prevent prospectors from
pre-empting as many claims as they see
fit. --New York Sun.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-08-17
WELL KNOWN MAN GONE.
Death of Hon. Richard a. SPOfTOrd
at Amesbury, Mass.

Hon. Richard S. Spofford died at his home
on Deer island, Amesbury, Aug. II, aged SO
years.
Mr.. Spofford had been lifelong sufferer,
but he bore up under his infirmities with
characteristic patience and courage. His
clear and strong intellect was superior to
pain, and when others would have yielded to
despair, his cheerful mind and buoyant spirit
broke through all the clouds of his sick room.
Mr.. Spofford was born in 1888. He was
the son of the late Dr. Richard S. Spofford
of Newburyport, widely known and sue
cessful practitioner in Essex county and who
is remembered by the older residents today.
His mother was an adopted daughter of Su-
sanna Rawson, one of the first prominent
American writer's and the authoress of
"Charlotte Temple" Mrs. Fanny Trollope
was a cousin, and among those in the early
family line was Christopher Kilby, for whom
Kilby street in Boston was named, and who,
it is interesting to note in the light of after
events, was the messenger delegated to bring
from England the patent of baronetcy to
Sir William Pepperell, the direct ancestor of
Harriet Prescott, later Mrs. Richard s. Spot
ford.
Mr.. Spofford early became interested in
politics, and it is through his political career
that he became prominent in the state. He
was always democrat. In 1858 he was
elected to the state house Of representatives
from Newburyport and served during the
following term. He again became member
of the house in 1865. TWENTY-FIVE years ago
Mr.. Spofford married Harriet Prescott, the
we'll known authoress, who survives him. A
man Of genial disposition and sterling quail
tiles, he was esteemed and respected by hosts
of friends in public and private life
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-08-17
Thrilling Oriental Dental Operation.

According to the latest intelligence
from Teheran, there has been the great
est CONSERVATION prevailing at the Per
sian court because the Shah had been
suffering from the toothache. An east
ern potentate whose feelings are rutfled
by things going wrong, whether in the
harem or the treasury, or with the dinner
or his majesty's instruments of mastica-
tion, is only too apt to relieve his feel
ings by making an example of some great
functionary, and ordering the instant
decapitation of the grand eunuch or the
Minister of Finance, or by having the
cook and scullions soundly bastnadoed.
In the present case, when the Shah had
made up his mind to have the tooth out,
and His Majesty's dentist was sent for,
the members of the court assembled
round the throne in state of fear and
trembling bordering on frenzy. What
the consequence might be in the event
of the operator drawing the
tooth proving nervous or unskil-
full, did not bear contemplation.
All present, however, had had the fore
sight to provide themselves with what
experience had shown to be the most
effective means ofappeasing his majesty's
wrath; and when the Shah mounted the
throne in order to undergo the opera
ton, the dignitaries one and all ap.
preached his feet, and, with deep
obeisance, each of them deposited there
bag of gold. The court dentist was
now commanded to approach the royal
presence and perform his task With
astonishing rapidity and dexterity he
armed himself with aformidable-l e-looking
instrument, and placing it between his
Majestys jaws, instantly produced the
unsound grinder from the royal mouth,
not without extracting from the same
source an involuntary shrek which
struck terror into every heart. An in
stant afterward, however, to the i'm
mense relief of the court, it was clear
that all was well. The operator was
rewarded with one of the bags of gold,
while his Majesty, who deigned to
accept the rest of the pile, conferred on
his principal favorite the unprecedented
distinction of making him or her the
envied possessor of the royal molar. -
London Standard.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-08-17
An Island in the Pacific Ocean Ruled
by a Jerseyman.

Captain George Davies, of the British
bark Queens Island, has written to
resident of Wilmington, Del, an inter-
esting story Of visit to distant and
lonely isle in the South Pacific Ocean.
This isolated spot in the great waste of
waters is known as Palmerston Island,
and is situated in latitude 1874 south
and longitude 1863. 10 east, being repre-
sented on the charts of the world as an
uuinhabited coral reef, quite distant
from navigation.
Upon this exclusive territory Captain
Davies says that one William Marston,
who claims to have formerly lived near
Salem, n. j., reigns like a veritable
Monte Cristo, lord and master of all he
surveys.
When the bark was off Palmerston
Island Captain Davies was greatly sur
prised to see boats crew put off from
the shore and signal that they wished to
be taken on board. 1t was at first
thought that the unexpected guests
were wrecked sailors, but when the
small boat pulled under the shadow of
the bark the discovery was made that
the little craft was loaded to the gun
vale with cocoanuts and tropical fruits.
The islanders were out on a trading
expedition and apprised Captain Dawes
of their desire to exchange their cargo
for wearing apparel and other products
of civilization not to be obtained on
their lonely island.
The crew of the bark welcomed the
strangers on board and sat around them
in wonderment, while William Marston,
the King of Palmerston Island, spur his
yarn. He spoke with feeling of his old
New Jersey home and claimed that his
parents are still living in that State some
where.
twenty-five years ago he shipped as
seaman on the bark Rifeman, at San
Francisco, bound to the Tahita, one of
the group of the Society Islands. He
deserted the vessel directly after she had
reached her destination and remained on
the island for three years. At the end of
that time he migrated to Palmerstcn
Island, where for twenty-one years he
has been planting and growing cocoannt
trees and selling copra, or dried cocoa
nut, to traders who visit the island about
once year in the interest of San Fran
cisco merchants.
The population of Palmerston Island
numbers about thirty-tve souls, all of
whom save himself are natives of ad ia
cent islands who have made their homes
on Palmerston and toll year after year in
the cocoanut groves that abound there.
Captain Davies took the boat-load of
island treasures. Chief Marston and his
crew rowed away in the direction of
their lonely home, and when last seen
they were standing on the bank waving
their farewells to the fast-receding bark.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-08-17
MAXWELL HANGED.
He Is'uPs q Protest 10 the EBRIish
People Against American JustIce.

He Is,ues q Protest TO the EDgIish
People Against American JustIce.
Hugh NJ. Brooks, alias Maxwell, was
hanged at st. Louis on the 10th for the muir
der of G. Arthur Preller. Maxwell slept
part of the night but rose hnggard and pale.
be still had some hope of respite. as the
British government had made brief final
appeal This hope was nourished by a post
ponement of two hours, in accordance with
an agreement between the sheriff and the
DIT rsoners counsel Maxwell ate sparingly
at breakfast and was manifestly in state of
great alarm. Early in the morning he issued
the following:
To the people of England MY English
countrymen will doubtless remember the
great boasts that have now and at all times
been made by the American people in regard
to the fair and just way in which they treat all
people. / am satisfied that you are not ac-
~quSiIIted with the unlawful, unjust and un-
fair way in which have been treated, since
you are accustomed in England to see justice
administered impartially in courts An ex-
animation of the records In my case will
show that the prosecution resorted to every
unfair means in their power, even to crime
itself, for they procured a check to be
forged, had the man arresss who presented
1t and placed him In Jail. Afterward the
prosecution placed him on the witness stand
TO IeSJlIy. his evidence WAS tissue Oh lies
from one end to the other, I'm fact upon the
witness stand he said he would lie as far as
he considered necessary, and the prosecu-
tion said in open court that they had
paid $50 for such services. This
Is one specimen of the boasted
American justice. This is only one of the
means used by the prosecution, and had l
time | could give you numbers Of them. The
trial has been denounced as a travesty on
and miscarriage Of justice by leading
lawyers here Proof that one of the jurors
said that be was going on the jury to con-
vct was presented to the governor. The
British government interfered and requested
an inquiry, but was refused by Gov More
house on the ground that he had no right to
do it, and that it did not really intend to in
terfere On the fact as to the prejudiced juror
being made known to the governor he said the
fact did not amount to anything. So l am
made to suffer the penalty of the law with
out having a fair trial as guaranteed TO
everyone by the state constitution. The
prosecution stated in the papers that the
governor ought to disregard the request of
the British government on the ground that I
am an Englishman and that the British gov
ernment had not taken any notice of the
United States interference in the O'Donnell
case. (signed) HUGH M. BROOKS.
Maxwell murdered Preller, fellow Eng
lishman, at the Southern hotel In March,
1856; cut up his body placed it in trunk
and fed to Australia. He was easily traced
and brought back. He was convicted with
reasonable promptness, but by various
devices the execution of his sentence was
delayed. He protested his innocence and
said that he killed Preller by accident in
treating him with chloroform for an illness.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-08-17
ERUPTION OF BANDAI SAN.
Bodies Numb rring 4s8 Recovered
from the Japanese Hsuim.

The steamer City of Sydney which arrived
at San Francisco from Hong Kong and
Yokohama. brings Japanese journals with
particulars Of q volcanic eruption of Bandai
San on the 18th of july The details of the
catastrophe come in somewhat disiointed
form. On the morning of the 18th, at about
s o'clock the smaller Bandai San tremblet
and roared violently Almost Immediately
aftarward ashes began to fall the sky sud-
denly grew dark and the rumbling sounds
continued, accompanied by violent earth
quake and fare Of dazzling flame, The crest
of the smaller Bandit San appeared to be
lifted bodily upward and then to fall again
with a tremendous noise, then followed
showers of red mud, mingled with large
stones. spreading havoc around. Such indeed
was the nature of nearly all the matter
erupted--red mud without small stones but
accompanied occasionally by heavy rocks.
Above the mud fell few inches of ashes.
In the five villages of Iwase, Yosen, Waka-
miya, Misato and Hibara, most of the
houses were buried to depth of from seven
to 20 feet. The state Of the bodies recovere
is terrible. Some are literally cut to pieces,
others are parboiled so that it is scarcely
possible to distinguish between men and
women. A few corpses were found sus
pended in the branches of trees which had
caught them as they fell. Up TO the 18th
the number of bodies recovered is 476. 1t is
believed that 81 are still entombed.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-08-17
More Trouble Over the Running of
Burlington Cars,

A Lincoln, Neb, special says: The old
Burlington trouble broke out anew here in
the shape of small riot An excursion
train of30 cars left Omaha via the Union
Pacific road for this place, carrying
several hundred people who attended
picnic. 1t was decided by the railroad
officials to return the train over the Bur-
lington tracks, and to this end it was
switched on the latter line. At once the
brotherhood men and adherents repaired to
the scene and insisted that the train should
not pass over the line selected. A fight en-,
sued, revolvers were drawn and several
dozen shots fired. One man was shot through
the thigh, and another had his ankle shat
tracks at 9 p. m. No arrests have been made
and it is not known who were the wounded
man-
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-08-17
EPIDEMIC AT JACKSONVILLE.
The Yellow Fever Fast spre aiding
Throughout the City.

A telegram has been received from DR..
Guiteras at Jacksonville, Fla, as follows:
"Two cases have been found at the city hos
pital in the outskirts of the town. They
have been isolated there. One of them can
be connected with the original focus Three
other cases were discovered making total
of five new cases. We are beginning
to lose connection with the original focus.
The last three cases will probably be
sent to Sand Hills, but the Importance of
isolation is evidently diminishing. Infected
localities have been closed up and measures
for disinfection have been taken" The pres
ident of the state board of health Of Jack
sonville telegraphs that the disease is assum-
ing an epidemic form The superintendent
of the railway mail service, Mr.. Bancroft,
was in consultation with DR. Hamilton, and
promised that an employe of the service
shall be present at each fumigation station
TO co-opeia ate with the physicians.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-08-17
BOULANGER SHOT AT.
Five Bullet from u Revolver Dis-
charged by Lycee Professor.

While General Boulanger was driving in
an open carriage at ST. Jean d'Angely on
Sunday Professor Perrin of the Lycee fired
five shots at him from a revolver. NJ. Rat
apau, friend of the general, rushed for
ward and managed to turn the weapon aside.
The result was that Ratapau himself received
a bullet in the back Of the head, but the
wound is not serious. Two peasants were
also wounded General Boulauger was not
touched. Professor Perrin is friend Of
Mayor Lair, the candidate nominated by the
opportunists in opposition to Boulanger. The
affair occurred at the height of pitched bat
tie between the rival political parties, when,
the gen d'armes charging, Count Dillon re-
ceived blow on the head from stick, and
other Boulangerists were roughly handled.
1t is not certain that Perrin intended to aim
at Boulanger.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-08-17
HO! FOR OKLAHAMA.
A Hundred Thousand People Await
ing Hts Opening to Settle ment.


Congressman Springer says that within
two weeks after the passage of the Oklahama
bill the territory will contain population of
at least 10000 souls. He says fully that
number of people are now metaphorcally
sitting along the border of Missouri
and Kansas awaiting their opportunity
to enter the new land of promise. Mr..
Springer predicts that before 1892 the terri
tory will have been admitted as a state, and
that it will then include population of half
million of people. The bill will be antago-
nzed in some quarters, but it's friends out
number its opponents fully three to one. If
an attempt is made to filibuster
against it itssupporters will also filibuster to
prevent consideration Of any other measure
And they say that they will keep it up until
next December but what they will carry their
point. Mr.. Springer says the opposition to
the measure is inspired wholly by the railway
and cattle syndicate, who prefer that the
land should not, for the present, at least, be
thrown open to settlement. Should the bill
pass the house as expected it is hoped to get
through the senate IN time to become a law
before the close of the present session.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-08-17
Effect. ofRum at IN. v,n.xard

the warpath on Sunday. Entering B. f.
Norton's hack and livery stable, he made
himself obnoxious and knocked Mr.. Norton
down, badly cutting his face Mr.. Norton
seized heavy monkey wrench and returned
the compliment. Word was sent to police
headquarters, and Sheriff Dexter and Con-
stable Luce were soon on the scene, and ar
rested Mckee Then James Lynch and his
son John expostulated and were taken into
custody after bard fight.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-08-17
MOBBED ON HIS OWN TRAIN.
A Railway Conductors Fight With
100 Noisy Italians.

About 100 Italians ON the enst-bound ex-
press on the Duluth, South Shore and At.
lantic road, at Marquette, Mich, Aug. 10, at
tempted to get into the ladies' coach. Conduc.
tor Jones refused them admittance and they
attacked him. He fought them back to the
smoker, when they overpowered him and
tried to throw him through the window.
His face and head were badly cut with glass
He then got hold of an iron stove shaker
and, aided by several passengers, succeeded
In forcing the mob back into the smoker.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-08-17

Owing to the destruction of the
cemetery of Waring, Germany, removal
of Beethoven's remains was necessary,
and the great composers skeleton was
exposed to view. 1t was found that the
Uranium was unusually large, and that
the teeth were fine and strong. The
hands had quite crumbled into dust.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-08-17

The lunatio asylum at Auckland is 50
crowded that "the single rooms resemble
lighthouses in all respects but the roosts,'
and this overcrowding is due to the excessive
use of alcohol 1t is shown that more thar
fifty persons are driven mad by drink II
New Zealand every year.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-08-17

The increase of population in Australia
last year was only three and one.half per
cent, which is by no means as large as
England would like to see it. The
total population j. S.64es7Sp, -
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-08-17

A 500-acre farm in Essex, England, is
held by the present owner at the nomi-
nal rent of S.. A few years ago the
same tenant paid $25OO.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-05-17
MALINTA.

THE wheat looks very good in this
locality at present.
80. The prospects are good at present for an
abundance of fruit this fall.
wv. NJ. Spangler was the guest of his
brother j. W. Spangler, in Malinta Sunday
last.
III. Bensing has enclosed two lots with
his patent posts and it makes very fine
fence.
I'VE think some of our leading mer-
chants ought to talk up site for grist mill
and warehouse.
Services were held in the Lutheran
Church Sunday both morning and evening
with large attendance.
... The United Brethren are preparing to
rebuild and finish their church at Malinta for
dedication in short time.
THE Dewey stave factory is again in
rnning order; it will start on Monday and
the boys say they are glad of it as they are
about out of money.
We understand Mrs. E. Sargent and sons
received telegram from Chicago stating
the death of her sister-in-law. They have
gone to attend the funeral.
May IA, '8S. Quick STEP.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-05-17
HAMLER.

IA hardware, drug store and two new
meat markets will soon locate here.
I'D. Shear has just finished large
building and moved in his stock of furniture.
Everything is booming; property is 60
ing up in price, and now is the time to
invest.
cream saloon and will serve up the cream in
fine style.
Our genial and whole-souled young p.
M. will erect new building to be occupied
by the post office and his stock of groceries.
.Hamler is in the midst of great build
ing boom. New buildings are going up by
the score, and the carpenters are correspond
ingly happy.
-. james Arnold and Frank Garrison are
putting up large frame structure, and in
two weeks will open up large stock OF dry
goods and notions.
-. Died, the grim reaper has again enter
ed our midst with his silver slippers and
wife passed away on Friday and was buried
near Mcclure Sunday.
Work upon our gas well is progressing
rapidly and the day is near at hand when
Hamler will be warmed and lighted by gas
instead of being warmed with poor whisky
and lighted by moonlight as at present. The
we'll has reached depth of four hundred
feet.
-. We notice the ladies are being gradual
ly crowded out of the schools of Marion tp.
by the gentlemen. Come girls, prepare
yourselves for the work and then show the
school officers that yon can double discount
any male rod singer that ever entered a
primary school.
-. The summer schools of the township
have all commenced, and the whack Of the
birch and the resulting yell of the bad boy
is heard throughout the land. W. W. Dibbe
is teaching the Hashbarger school, A. v.
Logan, the Bishop school, Tersia Stewart, the
Collins school, Mary Darynger, No. 8, Nina
Gibson, the Hit school, NJ. A. Jackman, the
Brady school.
Two weeks ago the talented young lady
evangelist Miss Maggie Gillispie, of Dupont,
closed a series of meetings at the Murry
Bethel. Dispute the shortness of the even-
ings and the busy season, night after night
for two weeks she held large audience,
spell bound with her matchless eloquence
and beautiful singing. The church was
revived, several were added thereto and
much good was accomplished.
May IA, 'Se. PrDAGoauS.