Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-11-02
NEWS IN GENERAL.

it for $4,000 and assumed its floating debt of
$50, 600. Mr.. Goff thinks that thorough re-
organization Of the paper will enable him to
make fair profit on his investment.
The report from Fort Buford, Oak, that
the Cheyenne Indians are in a starving con
dition, is discredited by the Indian bureau
officials. Each Indian on the reservation is
now receiving daily three-fourths of pound
| of beef, net, half pound of -four, and oc-
casionally coffee and sugar
Hugh Grant, Tammany's candidate for the
mayoralty has refused to let his photographs
be used for campaign purposes. He thinks it
would be bad taste. Mr.. Coogan, Mr.. Hew-
| lit and Mr.. Erhardt are not so fastidious
The schooner Ella A Warner, which ar
J rived in New York few days ago, reports
! that she passed the canoe Liberdale near
Mayaguez, Porto Rico Capt. Slocum and
! his wife were on board. The schooner which
Sapt. Slocum commanded was wrecked some
time ago on the South American coast. He
built the Liberdale to carry himself and
! Mrs. Slocum back to New York. He ex-
poets to arrive early in December.
| The -four m 7rket has been dull at Mime
apolls so far as new business was concerned.
There are -four dealers with considerable re-
celved and contracted for ahead of the chief
advance, who are selling out below the price
millers ask now, which tends to make slow
tion.--~y a bull year.
The steamer Cearenz arrived in New York
on Friday last from Para and was permitted
to land at Roberts stores, Brooklyn, her
officers and crew being apparently in good
health. Next morning the captain died of
yellow fever and the ship and those on board
were sent back to quarantine
Patrick Scally, an Irshman from Louisi-
ana, started out to do New York one day last
week with about $4,000 in his pocket He
got drunk At midnight policeman found
him sleeping on doorstep. Only 800 of
the SIG, 600 was missing. In court Mr.. Scally
told how three years ago he stopped in New
York on his way to Ireland, and was found
in a gutter with $4,000 in his pocket A
reference to the records proved the truth of
his story. He said he wished to be watched
until he became quite sober.
Divers are at work on the steamship Atlas
which was sunk in the Hudson river by
ferryboat. The owners of the steamship are
anxious to save $500 bags of coffee and 100
packages of United States naval stores from
the vessels hold. Many of the 12 600 punches
of bananas which the Atlas carried have al
ready come to the surface, and have been
confiscated by wharf rats The agents of the
Atlas line will bring suit for 100000 dam
ages against the ferryboat company.
Before sailing for Europe, Mr.. Baker,
nepueW VI duueTDllU u
handsome pug from dog vender for $25.
As he was entering his hotel with his pet.the
vender gave shrIll whistle from a neighbor-
ing corner. The dog sprung from Mr..
Bakers arms, and ran down the street after
its master. little later another dog ped
dler sold Mr.. Baker a Skye terrier for $15
Mr., Baker had just tied a string to the dog
the dog dropped to the pave
ment apparently dead. Mr.. Baker
let go the string. The dog peddler whistled.
The dog revived and ran away. Mr.. Baker
reported the matter to The police and learned
that he was the victim of two old swindlers,
whose pictures hang in the rogues' gallery.
A tie-up was ordered on Friday by dis
trict assembly rs on all the lines operated by
the Cross Town Railroad company of Brook
lyn. Committees have for year been try
ing to bring about settlement of the dis
putes on this line. The trouble is a revival
of the wrangle which brought about tie-up
! last August, and grows out of the discharge
of certain employees by Supt Sullivan.
There are more than 400 drivers and con-
ductors on the cross town line and its
branches. At the time Of the tie-up in Au-
gust, it was said that the settlement by
| young Slocum was only a truce to await the
arrival of his father, Gen. Slocum, from
Europe. Since his arrival the executive
board has repeatedly tried to settle the
| grievances of the men. but has failed to
| do so.
Reports by courier from the Cheyenne res
ervation, Is miles south, say that unless aid
| is soon given the Cheyenne Indians by the
| government great numbers of them will die
| of starvation.
The mail pouch that left Boston for Chica-
ca Tuesday of last week over the Michigan
Southern railroad was robbed Of all the first
| class mail matter it contained. The stolen
packages consisted Of registered letters, and
the supposition is that large amount of
money was obtained by the thief
Louis H. Livingston, owner of the steam
| yacht Adelaide, has filed libel in the Uni
ted States district court against the Old
Colony steamer Providence The Providence
sank the Adelaide in the East River on
September %. Mr.. Livinsgton sues for
$7500.
W. III. English trusted employe of the
| st. Louis Steel Range company, is under ar
rest for embezz'ement. The amount known
to have been taken is 5000. 1t is asserted
that English, who had access to the mill,
opened letters containing money and checks
from customers, appropriating the funds and
forwarding receipts. English has a wife and
child in New Jersey.
Wolves and coyotes are doing much dam.
age in northern Montana. g. w. jackson,
a merchant of Helena, barely escaped with
! his life few weeks ago, and Charles Adams
was compelled to fly from the beasts when
they destroyed eighty of his thoroughbred
bucks. In one night $50 sheep were killed
in one flock, and also thirty colts belonging
| to another ranchman.
United States Circuit Judge Sawyer of
San Francisco rendered a decision in the
case of ten Chinese, sailors on the Panama
steamer Collins, who had shipped from there
for round trip voyage and who were re-
fused landing by the collector on their re-
turn, on the ground that they had been out
side the United States Judge Sawyer per-
mitted them to land, holding that the ten
sailors had not left the Uuited States in the
common acceptance of the term, and that
they were under American jurisdiction as
well as in an American vessel and in Ameri-
can territory.
Surg-Gen. Hamilton has written to the
governor of Florida suggesting the propriety
of establishing a state board of health. The
recent experience Of that state, ought to
make the suggestion popular, as well as to
inspire regret that they never thought of it
qefore.
At Central City, Col, j. V. Kimber of
Blackhawk presented to the cashier of the
First National bank for safe keeping q re-
tort of gold that had been mined in one day.
Its valuation is over $4,000 the retort
weighing over 100 pounds This is the larg-
est amount produced by single mine in one
day since the metal was first discovered in
Colorado.
Mrs. p. J. Lynch, aged 36, wife of 6
wealthy merchant, jumped from third
story window OF the Hotel Bristol, Fifth
avenue, New York, and was killed. She
was suffering from brain trouble, and was
clceolv watched, but took advantage of a
me men airy absence of her attendants
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