Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-12-14
NEWS IN GENERAL.

York, who has been Ill for some time is in a
critical condition, and hope of his recovery
has been abandoned.
Sam Phifer and Adolphus Wheeler, col
ored murderers, were executed at Yorkviller
s. G. Both confessed their crimes on the
gallows.
George w. Seward died at Florida, N. Y,
aged so years. He was a brother OF Secre-
tary of State William H. Seward, and was
the last survivor of his family.
DR.. McBrien, druggist and practitioner
of Oshawa, Ont, has absconded. There is
great excitement among his creditors. His
liabilities amount TO fully $4,000; assets
practically nominal.
William Vantassell of the New York auc-
tion firm of vantassel 81 Kearney, fell
through an elevator shaft at his place of
business, and fractured his skull, dying soon
after.
The nailers of the Pottstown (Pa) Iron
company having been informed of the condi-
tion of trade and the scarcity of orders, gave
the company to understand that they would
prefer reduction of working hours instead
of reduction in wages.
George T. Rockwell, said to be the Oldest
hotel proprietor in the country, died few
days ago at the Rockwell house, Luzern, N.
Y, aged 81 years. He had wide circle of
friends
The boating committee of Yale college has
sent cablegram declining to row a race
with the Cambridge University crew in
1889
The official vote of the state of Nevada is
as follows: Harrison so, ,766; Cleveland 81
542; prohibition, 2l0O; labor, 1853 This
shows an increase over the vote of 1884 of
over 25 900.
At the close Of an entertainment at Man
chester, n. H., the box receipts and property
Of Gorman's spectacular MINISTRIES were at
tached by Ross A. Collins Of New York, who
claims an $500 interest in the show. The
Germans will contest the matter in the
courts.
At special meeting of the New York
New England society in New York a dozen
new members were admitted. G. N Bliss
was nominated for election as president at
the annual meeting Dec. H. and arrange
ments Were made for the society's annual
dinner at Delmonico's Dec. %.
William Lightfoot, an employe OF the
Peerless Refining company at Finlay, o.,
while cleaning a still, was overcome by gas.
Ephraim Weirrick who went to his assist
ance, also fell victim to the noxious vapor,
and Phil O'Connell experienced the same re-
suit. Lightfoot is dead, Weirrick dying,
but OConnell will recover.
Gen. William H. Blair died suddenly OF
heart failure at Belfont, Pa, few days ago,
aged rs years. When the war broke out he
enlisted as 1st lieutenant. In July, 1869, he
was made colonel of a regiment, and in 1865
was commissioned brevet brigadier-general
for bravery at Antietam.
Bernard Greenwad arrived at Castle
Garden, N. Y, on the steamship Wieland,
from Hamburg, In search of his wife. She
eloped to Americl last month with Julius
Rosenburg, a neighbor of the Greenwald
family in Hamburg. Greenwad is we'll
to-do barber. The husband learned that the
couple were bound for Bulkely, O., where
Rosenberg has relatives. Greenwald is anx,
ious to regain possession of his 6-year- old
daughter, who accompanied her mother. He
says he don't care much about getting Mrs.
Greenwald
Mr.. Phelps, the American minister, attend
ed banquet of the Turner's Company in
London. In replying to the toast Of "Our
visitors" Mr.. Phelps said that the great and
everlasting ties that bound England and
America depended on the great heart of the
two peoples Treaties were of small conse-
quence and diplomacy has seen its best days
1t was upon the sentiment of the people that
the harmony of the two countries most de-
pended. Upon the conclusion of his speech,
Mr.. Phelps was much applauded. Sir Charles
Upper also responded to the toast
Frances Folsom Cleveland is the name
which Col and Mrs. Lamont's baby daugh-
ter will bear through life The matter was
definitely settled by Mrs Cleveland herself,
who goes every day to call upon the young
stranger. When the baby was first born it
sequence of which Mrs. Cleveland, after
weighing her, declared that she must be
called Marguerite, though at the time Mrs
Lamont had a preference for the more stately
names of Katharine and Helen.
While Charles HansemdorR and Joseph
Karney were engaged in melting mass of
rosin in a copper vessel, the rosn took fire,
and the vessel exploded, covering the men
with the burning liquid. The fire was not
extinguished for several minutes and the
men were frightfully burned. 1t is believed
Hansemdorf will die, but should he recover
he will be blind.
A royal decree announces that blockade
of the Portuguese coast in East Africa has
been established.
Senator-elect Barbour of Virginia, a
white-haired widower OF 60, is announced as
about to marry Miss Dangerfield Of Alex
andrta.
Charles W. Green, on trial in Brooklyn,
N. Y, for killing Nicholas Goldenkrsch,
who had compromised the honor of Green's
sister, was found ''not guilty" by the jury.
The mansion augmentation hill, ues coo-
n,etad bv the snbpcoinnitfaa fbp t nf +ha bo,so n,
aannronr;ations a committee II annronrieteS aeS
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living In Williamsburg, N: Y, with her hus-
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