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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-03-23
PROMINENT PEOPLE,

HENRY GEORGE, the land tax theorist, Is
said to be worth $4,000.
THE late Gar is to have monument in
the Kremlin, costing $3.50, 900.
KING HUMBERT, Of Italy, is retreuching
his private expenses to pay OFF his fathers
debts.
HARVARD boasts of two men in the Cab.
inent. En1icott and Fairchild Yale has
one-Whitney
EACH of the nine Trustees of the Standard
Oil Trust receives a salary of $25, COZ a year,
and the President receives $50, 900.
MRS. GARRETT ANDERSON, the leading
woman physician of England, makes an in
come Of ten thousand pounds years.
J. G, BLAINE, it is reporte intends taking
notes of his trip through Italy, Greece. Turkey
and Asia, with view Of making a book of
them.
FORTY. FIVE years ago David Down, Vice
President OF the Chicago and Rock Island
Railroad, worked as a porter for $4j a
month.
j. w. WATSON to whom the authorship Of
Beautiful Snow" is most generally ascri6ed,
is t. Ill, straight man of seventy, who is Of
ten seen about the streets of New York.
THE aristocratic and conservative Court
and Society ReUieU, of England, includes
John L. Sullivan among the notables worthy
Of paragraph in its exclusive columns
HAVING given his Newport residence to his
son, John Jacob Astor will, it is said, give up
his New York residence also soon and retire
to his country scat ct Undertook on the
Hudson.
TENNYsoN, the Poet Laureate of England,
continues to draw inspiration from pipa.
He keeps box of new pipes ways before
him and takes a fresh one iusts as another
man would take cigar
SENATOR HAwLTY is the most rapid
speaker in Congress In his warm spec b
against the Bllir Educational bill he de-
lvered his words at an average rate of from
els to 225 words minuts.
ALGERoN CHARLES SwINBURNE, the Eng
lish poet, is dies ri5ed as man of very poor
physique. with narrow roun,. shou deis and
n chest that is not worth M nt.oning. His
hair is flaring red and usually unkezlpt.
THOMAS F. BAYARD is the only living man
who was baloted for in the st. Louis Con-
vention in 1876. Tilden, Hendricks, Alien,
Hancock and Parker, all of whom had
enthusiastic supporters for the nomination,
are dead.
| DOCTOR +. G.. BRAMANN, who performed
tracheotomy on the Crown Prince, is one of
Professor Won Bergmann's assistants in the
Chrul gische Univers tats Klinik, at Berlin.
He graduated in 1880, and is about thirty
years OF age.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-03-23
new ENGLAND NEWS.

The democratic state committee met md
decided TO hold the state conve-.,tio for tha
election of delegates To- st. Louis and the
nomination of state officers at Montpelier
May 10.
At Roc, ester, N. H., town meeting, s5O,-
900 was voted fo,' new town hall
Martin Lynch of New,U.-., Ct, perished in
the storm on the 18th, while walking homo
from Sandy Hook. His body was IUInd
frozen in q snow drift near his home.
David Damon, SO years old, Chesterfield
(Mass) farmer, lost his way in the storm and
froze to death. His body was found within
a few rods of his home.
The effects of the storm are showing them
selves IN a peculiar manner. Hundreds of
HOLSTERS were washed ashore at River Head
beach, and were collected and sold at a big
price.
What is said to have been the largest mail
matter ever carried out of Boston on one
train was that which left Boston at II o'clock
on the night of the 10th for New York on
the Shore Line. Between IL ard 10 tons
comprised the lot most of which was for
New York City. A force of 20 mail clerks
was necessary for its proper classification.
The rear car of a train en- the Springfield
railroad jumped the track on an embank-
ment at Dyerville, r. l., and narrowly
escaped going over into the river, 90 feet be-
low. No one was seriously injured.
Joe jefferson, the comedian, has purchased
the Allen Bourne farm, located on the main
road between the village of Bourne and
Bournedale, Mass, Tha..Ta is fine trout
brook, well stocked, which runs through this
estate, and the sport afforded is the most en-
| joyable to Mr.. Jefferson.
| The Gloucester Mass.) fishermen are nov
organizing master mariners association, tc
! include all the leading shippers, and already
mutual protection from the alleged wrongs
under which they claim to suffer.
Mr.. Edward Burgess has orders for cen
treboard sloop,39 l-2 feet, or Horstlo Hlckol
of Lake Champlain, and one tor hooer
long.
Capt H. Newcomb Of the schooner Yacht
Fortuna sailed from New York for Southam.
ton, Eng. The Fortuna will be fitted out at
once and will return to this country during
the summer.
The town of Sandwich, Mass, which last
year voted against license has this year de.
cided in favor by vote of 174 to 1863.
| Ex- Gov Horace Fairbanks of Vermont
died at the Fifth Avenue hotel, New York
on the 17th.
Passenger train 81, Boston & Albany road,
leaving Boston on the 18th, when about
mile west of Newton, col ided with freight
that was crossing the track. The engine oI
the freight was p'rtially wrecke |, and q
brakeman, whose name could not be ascer
tained, had his ankle and leg injured.
The schooner yacht Wanderer, George w
Weld owner, reached Barb tdoeI on the 18th
inst. Tho next stopping place is Trinidad.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-03-23
FOREIGN.

It has already been deci led to erect two
monuments to Emperor William. One will
he an equestrian statue at the Pariser Platz,
at the end of Unter den Linden, as com
pani0n to that of Frederick the Great, and
another will be erected in front of the pal
ace. Besides these column will be placed
on the Siegessaule, on the Konnigsplatz
Bradlaugh's oaths bill passed the second
reading in the House of Commons by 100 ina.
jority.
Sir John Pender, the cable king, will be
rendered banquet at Hotel Metropole March
81 Lord Derby will preside, and many
prominent men are expected to be present.
Half o. the present forcc of boilermakers,
have been discharged at Sheerness dockyard,
owing to the slackness OF work.
England has been visited by severe thun.
der storm. Many disasters to shipping are
reported along the coast.
Among the handsome presents given the
Prince aud Princess of Wales, on the occa.
sion of their silver welding, w-s silver
mirror from Mrs Mackay.
The advice which the dying monarch gave
his grandson, Prince William, was: "Do
not provoke war, but do not shun one il it
is just Hold fast to the alliance with Aus
tria and confide in her, for in this alliance is
O stronghold of peace. Treat the emperor OF
Russia with consideration, for you know his
character"
Steamship City of New York, which was
launched on the Clyde few days ago, is
aground at the mouth Of the river. All
attempts to get her off have failed.
Tho French budget committee has rejected
the budget proposals of the government and
adopted u resolution accepting estimates Of
revenue on the basis of 1856,
Nihllists are again making trouble in Rue
sia. Police raids and arrests are numerous
A printing press has Leen seized.
Empress Augusta Is the title the emperor
has conferred on his mother, inSte ii oil
Dowagpr Empress. She drove to Chariot
tenbe to see him, contrary to all court
etiquette, as the weather was SO cold the
emperor cannot risk tue exposure of going t.
Berlin.
st. Patrick's Day was observed in London
toa greater extent than usual. SprigS ol
shamrock were visible everywhere. The
police took great precautions in ireland.
Baron Bauer has been appointed to sue
ceed Count Byl 'ndt- Rheydt as imperial
minister of war, Austria.
President Carnot of France has cordially
accep I'D the Invita- on from King Leopold
of Belgium to visit Brussels
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-03-23
Peculiarities of Some Strange Fish.

"What an odd fish m
An old member of the New York
Maritime Exchange was exhibiting in q
bottle one of the queerest submarine
monsters that the fancy could paint. II
apparently had no beginning and no end
ing. One could hardly tell where its
outlines left off, and the alcohol in which
it was preserved began. 1t was like
jelly.
at must be remembered, explained
the owner, "ihat at the depth of loo
fat oms the pressure upon fish or any
other body is equal to ton to a square
inch. These tlabby looking fishes, that
can be tied in knot at the surface at
such depths are firm bodied and vigor-
ous When fish, adapted by organiza
tion to these depths, are brought to the
surface frequently their bodies are rup-
tured, their viscera protrude, their eye;
start out and they present the appearance
of having suffered a frightful death.
When the fish ascends the pressure upon
its body becomes less and less, the gases
in its body begin to expand, and the eX.
pansion causes the demora!ihed appear.
ance Of the fish. If the fish could be
popped out of the sea in an instant, il
would probably explode with bang
when it reached the surface.
"Just look at its ia H." continued the
exh bitor. 'When the fish are brought
to the surface most OF them appear to
be soft, pulpy masses. The bones and
muscles appear to be feebly developed.
The tisses seem thin, weak and easily
ruptured. These conditions, implying
muscular weakness, are apparently in.
cons stent with the powerful shape oi
the jaws and the rapacious looking teeth
of some of the predacious fishes"
GLOW do they live?"
"That is hard to say. To the absence
of light is due many of the most Won
derful peculiarities of the deep sea fish.
Some of them are totally blind, having
no eyes at all or mere rudimentary eyes.
Others have huge eyes, so organized as
to collect as many light rays as possible.
Sunlight it is said does not penetrate
to depth of 200 fathoms. If there is
any light there at all it is the merest
glimmer, and below this depth there is
absolute darkness.
"Now these deep sea fishes being Gu,
off altogether from the sunlight, many
of them furnish their own light. They
have no organized gas companies, bul
each furnishes his own light-carries q
lantern or torch around with him. They
have organs that emit phosphorescent
CLEAN and shed 'ght on their path. Some
of them carry little torches in the form
of tentacles that rise from the tops Of
their heads. Many of them have regu
lar symmetrical rows of luminous spots
on their sides. "--NSoo York Maikand E!r
llreSS.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-03-23
Some of Mr.. Corcoran's Autographs

The late w. w. Corcoran had many
rare treasures in his library, but none
more interesting than his autograph al
bum. One of the interesting things said
to be contained in this collection of auto
graphs is a note of Rufus Choates en-
dorsed by Daniel Webster, of which the
following anecdote is current: Mr..
Choate wanted $500 and applied to Mr..
Webster for it. Mr.. Webster said: "No,
l haven't that amount, but will get il
for you, Choate." Mr.. Choate having
expressed his pleasure at such PROPOSE
tion, Mr.. Webster said: "Draw your
note; I'll sign it and bring you the
money" Then, while Mr.. Choate was
making out the note, a new idea seemed
to occur to Mr.. Webster, and he said,
"While you are about it, Choate, make
it thousand. A thousand is as easy tC
get as $500. I'll take the other $500
myself" So the note was drawn fol
$1,000. Mr.. Webster took his cane, and
walking down Pennsylvania avenue to
Corcoran & Riggs banking house, en-
tered and saluted Mr.. Corcoran with a
dignifed "Good morning"
Good morning, MIR. Secretary" Mr..
Corcoran responded. "What can dc
for you this morning2"
ga little favor for my friend Choate,
said Mr.. Webster. He then produced
the note, and Mr.. Corcoran readily
ag ecd to cash it. Mr.. Webster had the
gold laid out in two equal PARTS, and
putting the parts into separate pockets,
returned to Mr.. Choate to divide the
proceeds of this successful financial
operation. The note is said still to be
in Mr.. Corcoran's possession.
Among the letters highly pri7ed by
Mr.. Corcoran are a collection written tc
him by George Peabody. One of these
omplimented Mr.. Corcoran upon his
noble gift of money to the Hungarian
exiles. = Washington S'or.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-03-23
Dispensing Beggar Children.

Children are very annoying as beggars
in the south of Italy; for half dozen of
them will sonnet tines cluster around a
stranger, imploring him to give them
someth NO. One of the st. Nicholas
artists travelling in Italy had curious
way of riddlng himself of these young
sters. He carried toy watch which
was little out of order, and the hands
of which, when it was wound up, would
go round with buzz, until it ran down.
He would fix this in one eye like an eye
glass, and turn tiercely upon the import
unate youngsters. The sight of this
revolving and buzzing eye scared the
little rascals, and they fed in every di.
rection. They thought it was the evil
Eye" of which they are very much
afrn, ,d
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-03-23
COAL Feet WRECKED.
Eighteen Laden Bargcs Piled UP In
the Ohio RIVER.

Navigation on the Ohio river is practical
ly suspended by an almost unprecedented
collision and wreck of loaded coal barges, 1a
in number, containing about 100000 bushels
Of coal valued at about SAL, 900, at the head
of Browns land, five miles al owe Steuben-
vile, Ohio. The towboat Ed.
Roberts, bound for Louisville, struck
the sandbar at the held of the
island, wrecking the forward boats in ber
tow. The tow. oats S I'M G ark and Eagle
following close behind were unable TO hold
their fees in check, and crashed into the
stranded fleet, piling barge upon barge in q
tangled heap, until the channel was COM
pletely blockadel with debris Part of the
coal may be recovered in time of low water.
The loss oil coal on th' rivers during the past
few days has been en- rmous, and in the ag-
gregate amounts to $75, 600 or S95.OOO.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-03-23
His Grave a Gold Mine.

A very remark ,ble inc dent occurred a,
the burial o, James Robin, on, who died
at Matthew's Station, N. &. He had
been engaged in gold mining ali his lie,
and had for long time managed the
Baltimore and North Caroli-a nine, in
Mecklinburg County, N. &. lie was
buried in Pleasant Grove Church. The
grave diggers had ju,t com lcted the
grave when their picks unco cred vein
Of rich gold orc. The old miner was
literally laid at rest in gold mine
AttdntG Cns tuition.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-03-23
THE DEAD IN NEW NUuR.
Hnterments Prevented by the Im2edi.
ment 10 Travel.

A gentleman who has just managed to
reach home from New York by way of Fall
River, says tnat one of the great troubles in
New York is how to lury the dead. 1t is
estimated that between 200 and 800
persons lie dead in that city, and it is
impossible to bury them, as horses
cannot be hired TO convey the re-
mans TO their last resting plIces. The
gentleman went on to attend the funeral of a
relative. He stopped at no el, and early
Monday morning went block away to sce a
friend. He was Obliged to remain there un-
til noon, the 18th, being actually unablet,
get back to the hotel. He managed to reach
the house where his dead relative lay and
found o corpse and the coffin had been
taken to the roof and placed cut in the snow
to pre- erve it until the time should come
when it could be buried.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-03-23
Great Loss of life and Property sn
Chesapeake bay.

Over hundred boats were either driven
ashore, c1psized or sunk in Chesapeake bay
during the late storm. The loss of life runs
high. The most tragic instance occurred on
an unknown vessel wrecked in the Anna
massex river. She was sighted 10y the
United States cutter, and, after three sue
cessive days effort was boarded. The crew
of six were found frozen stiff. Hunger and
cold had killed them.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-03-23
THE STORMS BOUNDARIES.

Report Showing that the Blizzard
Was of Local Character.
Reports at the central office of the Western
Union Telegraph company, New York, show
that the late blizzard was of comparatively
local character. 1t did not extend farther
south than Alexandria, Va, farther west
than Pittsburg and Buffalo and farther north
than Saratoga, nor farther east than Boston.
Boston can only be reached by one wire
by way of Albany, and points in the west by
way of Chicago, Pittsburg, Cincinnati and
Buffalo. 1t is expected that things will be
in good shape by tomorrow. Great difficult
ties are met with in transporting the line
men by rail to the points where the lines are
10 be repaired
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-03-23
Three Desperate Train Robbers Fur.
sued and Ki.I ed by M Mexican Troops.

A special from Chihuahua, Mexico. says:
A di,patrh from Cusihuiriachi, a mining
town about 80 miles west of this place, states
that party of Mexican federal troops left
Chihuahua in pursuit of the Stein pass IN.
NJ train robbers and cpine upon Larry She
han, Dick John on and Dick Hart about 20
miles northwest of Cusihuiriachi. The rob-
bers barricaded themselves in house, COM
pelling the family to remain within, when
the besiegers succeeded in getting the family
out of the house, and then set fire to it. Ad-
vices state that regular battle occurred be-
tween the authorities and train robbers, in
which all the robbers-Shehan, johnson and
Hart-were killed by the attacking party.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-03-23
Jealous Ex-Bartender Shoots
Three Men i'm u Saloon.

Frederick Summer, discharged bar
tender, visited the saloon on Water street,
Bridgeport, Ct, where he was formerly EN-
ployed, drew revolver and emptied the
five chambers among the occupants of the
place. William Garfield received bullet in
the leg. Frederick Waithouse was shot in
the arm, and Patrick Clancy received two
bullets in his body, one in his chest and the
other in the stomach. Clancy lies in criti,
cal condition and doubts are entertained OF
his recovery. Summer was arrested later
and is held to await the result of Clancy'>
injuries. The affair was the result of jeal-
ousy over a woman to whom Clancy was
paying attention.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-03-23
miraculous II r pm or Railroad Men
from u y Iiier ExpiOSiOn.

The boiler of a locomotive exploded with
fearful report at Fairville, NJ B. At the
time of the explc 10 there were three men
in the cab, and lie escape from death is
miraculous. All lnree were badly scalded
and mutiated by flying pieces of the boiler,
but none of their injuries are serious Other
narrow escapes are reported. The engine
was coInpetelv wrecked
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-03-23
ERIE EXPRESS SWALLOWED.


AS the result Of recent negotiations, the
Wells, Fargo Express company purchased
the Erie Express company, and entered into
a l5-years contract for the control of the ex.
press business over the New York, Lake Erie
& Western ra lroad and it's subsidiary and
leased lines. The Erie company made COM
plete and absolute trans er Of all the property
of its express department to the
Wells, Fargo company, at valua-
tiOn to be determined by two apprais-
ers one appointed by 'ch compan y, who ar
to select an arbitrator whenever they can
not agree. Tho va ne of the property is esti-
mated at from $3.50, 90 to $30O,0O0. The
Wells, Fargo company assumes all the obli-
cations of the other concern. Possession
was given as soon as the contract was signed,
and all hv employees of the Erie Express
were or Tered TO report for duty to the
officers of the Wells, Fargo.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-03-23
BOULANGETl DEPOsED.
Deprived of His Command for Visit
ing Paris without Leave.

The Official Journal publishes the decree
of the government, which d prives General
Boulanger of his command for breach of
discipline in visiting Paris without leave
General Boulanger AYERS that if he went to
Paris it was in order that he might see his
wife, who was seriously ILL., He disc.aims
by which he received a large vote from
three districts as deputy, End says that he
W IL never ally himself to the enemies Of
the republic.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-03-23

insignificant, $50 being the average gain
of good man in fair season. In these
transitory colonies, where thousands of
men congregste, crime and disorder are
exceedingly rare, a fact which is credited
to the scarcity of brandy and intoxicat-
ing drinks, it being almost impossible
for the fishermen to secure strong drinks,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-03-23

Puns are usually boiled in vitriol at
this office, but when Mr.. Ropes Of De-
troit marries a Miss String, we must
a low ourselves an ser alton about the
'tie that binds" if only to get ahead of
our Western contemporaries : IT, Bits.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-03-23
SEVERAL CITIES DEsTnOYED.
Further Details of Losses by the
Catas:rOphes ina China.

SafassrOphes INA emma.
The steamer Oceanic has arrived from
Hong Kong and Yokohama. The China
papers confirm the reports of disastrous
earthquake in the provinces of Yunnan and
Se-Chuen, but give some additional details.
Several cities were destroyed, and about 90
900 lives were lost. Latest reports from the
Yellow river floods place the number of lives
lost at 100,0 900, and the total number of suf-
ferers from the inundation will reach be-
tween |, 500 900 and 2 600 600
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-06-21
PUTTING ON A BRAKE.

NIGHT SESSION.

CmrcAso, June 20.-The uppermost
thought In the mind Of the convention
AZ Il begins TO reassemble this evening
Is the supreme importance OF the &C
ton taken this afternoon In adopting
the report Of the convention on rules
which includes the rule that no change
can lie made after q vote Of state has
been cast until after the ballot Is
announced.
This virtually stops any stampede
and i OF decidedly Deliberate char
aeter for convention proceedings. II
II regarded a. very decided victory
for the influences which are opposed to
the programme of the managers who
are seeking 20 nominate Blaine. Col.
Thos. Bayne. Of Pennsylvania. who
was chairman of committee on rules
and who has always been a sincere
Blaine man said after the convention
adjourned to-day that the action OF
the convention In allowing this pro-
vision 10 be incorporated in the rules
was one OF the wisest and most i'm
portant actions taken so far. II rend-
ers hasty Blaine movement out OF
the question and adds strength to the
friends of Blaine who do not desire
his nomination unless the convention
cannot. after an honest and sincere
and long continued effort. 20 decide
between other candidates.