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, 1888-04-18

Saturday was the Silver wedding day of
His Excellcncy the Governor and Mrs.
Arendrup. The occasion was marked in
town by the h%oisting Of fla ~, aud the yes
sells in the harbour were also gaily deco
rIled. During the day deputationS waited
ON Ills Excellency and Mrs. Arendrup
with congratulations and presents from the
inhabitantS and from the Agricultural
Society. The former included an album,
(or, more correctly. a portfolio, in Russian
leather, lined with white silk, having
u suitable inscription ON the upper side,
and enclosing 20 excellent views taken in
Santa Cruz by Mr.. 4. FraaS; and from
q few of the inhabitants IA beautiful
flower stand in glass and silver, the silver
work representing a vine stem with elabO-
rately worked leaves and lunches of grapes
and bearing a monogram formed of the
letters and figures q. II. & A. II. l863.1SSS;
while the Agricultural Society presented an
elegant fruit stand in glass and silver of
corresponding design with the above and
bearing a suitable inscription. A beautiful
silver drinking horn vas also presented by
the Inhabitants Of st. Thomas, of which
a description published in the 7idende will
he found in another column. In the eve
ming q considerable number of ladies and
gentlemen were entertained ata bal at Coy
rrhmpnt House, where, at the supper table,
Chief Justice Andersen proposed the health
of His Excellency and Mrs. Arendrup,
and the Governor, thanking for the toast,
expressed the qualification which it gave
himself and Mrs. Arendrup to receive so
many marks of kindness from the people
of Santa Cruz.
, 1888-04-18

(From the st. ThOmB 1idende IA April.)
To-day His EXceliency the Governor
aud Mrs. Arpudrup have reached a period
of Twenty five Years Of conjugal union,
known in matrimonial p~arlance as the
"Silvpr Wedding Day. The celebration
OF IA Silver Wedding, though not of such
vast Importance in point Of years, many
living even long enough to reach the
Golden one, is, nevertheless, an event
which, from time immemOrial, it has been
the custom to regard with due signif-
canoe. In the present case it has been
considered necessary to follow up the rule
of cOmmCm0ration which is observed on
such occasions and while the Couple
nave issued invitations to their friends to
join them in celebrating the Anniversary
some of their friends nave prepared al
appropriate and artistic Gift, for piesrn-
taliOn.
The gift in question, which is elegant
both in design and manufacture, has been
subscribed for by a number Of gentlemen
OF this town. 1t is a Drinking-HOrn such
as was used in Olden times, with its cor
responding stand, and is Of pure silver,
enclosed in q mOrOcc0-cOvered case richly
inlaid with blue satin. The Horn is sup.
ported in the centre by a mermaid, the,
lower portion OF whose body is immersed
i'll the crested waters below, which are dot
ted here and there by tiny %sea-nymphs,
blowing horns. At the END Of the Horn
the beautiful figure of a large dolphin,
surrounded by smaller ones, floats on the
surface of the water. The middle piece
which may be detached, forms the Cup,
on which drawings Of the oId-fashioned
Vikings, or war ShipS,-which were very
formidable vessels i'll the old, but great,
Danish Navy-are engraved, as well as
many other symbols of Scandinavian
greatness. The TWO figures s~urmounting
the Cup, are strikingly beautiful and not
q little romantic here is represented
Agnete, a charming young maiden, oppo-
site whom, in a pleading posture. a mer-
man, holding a harp, appears to lure the
unsuspecting maiden to his home at the
bottom of the sea, which we suppose he
finally succeeded in doing, as 1T is related
THAT they were married and lived together
happily in their watery palace for over
twenty five years, (and doubtlessly kept
, 1888-04-18

We take the following from the New
York correspondence of the est. ThonR
Tidende.'-
Miss Alice Gibbons, a native of St.
Croix, died of pneumonia in Brooklyn on
the 25th March. The deceased lady had
been weather bound at the home of Mrs.
q. Wright during the memorable storm of
March 18th, and took cold on the way
home a couple of days after. This is one
Of hundreds Of cases of pneumonia caused
by the extraordinary fall (4O') of the tenn
perature in a single night-March 18th.
18th
, 1888-04-18
Otto C. KnudSen,
FIN.
Translation.


gpT is hereby made known that
9 Government has acknowledged
the authorization for Mr.. A.
PALUDAN MULLER, Apothecary
at Christiansted, to act as Royal
Swedish Norwegian Vice Consul for
St. Croix during the absence OF
Councillor FABER.
The Government of the Danish West
Indian Islands, st. Croix, the 18th April
1888.
@. b. ARENDRUP.
Otto c. KnWdSen,
, 1888-04-18

8-Daniel Francis, of Est. WaIdbegaard,
aged So years.
Moses Philips, of Est. Castle BOurke,
9-Peggy Margaret Michael, aged81 years
1O-Ellen Matthias, of Est. Paradise, aged
80 years.
12-Sarah jackson, aged % years.
13-Anna Maria Lewis, aged 7S years.
14-Terrence COulsOn aged l month.
15-Herbert Albaldo Pedro, aged 8 days.
18-James Wathley, from Barbados, aged
80 years.
2G-RoSa Rodgers, OF Est. Two Friends,
age 20 years.
"a Mr.. Robert Evelin Thompson, aged
81 years.
25-Peter Christensen, aged 20 years.
29-Elizabeth Williams, aged As years.
30-JOhn WhitmOre Brewster, aged 40
years.
John Augustus Henry, aged 2 months.
, 1888-04-18

Mr.. Hewitt also called attention to the
action of the Bounty Conference, from
which it appeared that countries entering
into the convention would have to give up
export duties on sugar.
TheGOvernOr, in reply, said that he was
not altogether unaware of what the honOra-
BILE membpr had advanced, and admitted
that 1t was a matter of great Importance.
III regard TO the proposed bill for reducing
sugar duties III the United States, he was
under the impression that it was not GER
tain that 1t would contain such a clause as
the one referred to. There was also a diff
ference of opinion in the States as to whe-
ther it should be interpreted as applying
to countries already having export duties
in existence, or only to such as should af.
forwards impose such duties. He saw.
however, the Importance of the subject and
would take care to keep himself informed
on it With regard to the Bounty Confer
ence he would say that Denmark was re-
presented in the Conference, and plenty
Of time would he given to take any steps
which might be found necessary.
We regret to say that the Corpse
Inspection Draft was virtually rejected by
n majority of the Council. The Govern
ment had introduced two amendments
modifying the Draft in directions apparent
ly indicated by objections advanced during
previous discussions. These amendments,
on being put, were rejected, a vote which
sufficiently indicated The fate of the Draft,
which was t%hereupon withdrawn by the
Government. We are not quite clear as
to the grounds of the strong opposition to
the Draft. The expressed belief that it is
not wanted, rests on a very poor fOunda.
ton, the mere presumption, namely, that
under the present system nothing can go
wrong. We annot presume, in the oppO-
site dirrC, ion, tn say that things do go
wrong; but Il system which makes conceal
ment possible is a wrong one, and it is
quite certain that c0nceaIment is possible
under the present system. Is it not nOtO-
riouS that people are frequently buried
without any doctor having attended them,
and without any inquiry whatever as to
what has been the cause Of death2 This
is what the Draft was intended to prevent,
and those who have opposed ought now to
say how they would propose to remedy what
Is AN obvious defect.
, 1888-04-18
DIE

registered of persons buried
in the public cemeteries.
, 1888-04-18
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.


mET bekendtgj6res herved, at
- Gouvernementet har anerkjendt
Bemyndigelse for Herr Apotheker
A. ~PALUDAN-MULLER at Chris
tiansted til at fungere som Kongellg
Svensk-N orsk Vice Consul for St.
Croix under Cancelliraad FABERS
FravRrelse.
Gouyernenentet for de dansk vestindiske
Ger, st. Croix den Tide April 1888.
G. H. ARENDRUP.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-03-09
VIOLENT BLIZZARD RAGING.
FEARFUL STORM MINMINNESOTA
AND MICHIGAN.
People Afraid TO 60 Out of Their
HOuseS-Tany Railroads Blocked
by Heavy SnOwdrIfts

A severe blizzard is raging throughout
northern Minnesota. The storm Is fearful,
and the temperature s. below zero. 1t is
feared that many lives will be lost. Trains
on all the roads are hopelessly blockaded, and
the storm is growing flercer every minute.
In Duluth business is suspended, and people
are afraid to venture out of their houses.
Street car lines are blockaded AMI it is inn
possible to see 30 feet ahead. There have
been many colder billiards, but none can
be remembered that has been 50 violent
A special from Marquette, Mich, states
that all the upper peninsular railroads are
blockaded by one of the seYeTest gales and
snow storms ever known there 1t has
showed continuously for nearly n hours, and
a heavy wind has driftel it badly. The
storm reaches the entire length of Lake
Superior, and extends well down in the
southern peninsula, where IS inches has
fallen About Is inches of snow fell, the
greatest amount that has fallen in Mar
quette in one day for years. The snow has
drifted six or seven feet deep for miles
around in the country. 1t is still blowing
and showing hard.
A dispatch from Mackinaw City, Mich,
reports that the worst snow storm of the
season prevailed there. Eighteen inches of
snow fell and drifted all along the railroads,
trains being delayed.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-03-09
ISLAND POND, VERMONT, MARCH 9, IS
NEW ENGLAND NEWS.

Capt. John A. Dixon, T. S. n, tretiredl,
was buried yesterday in West Medford,
Mass.
Capt. Gu,tavus Crowell of Chatham is to
be commander of the steamer Advance,
from New York to Brazil.
A son of Charles Gardiner Of Su7apee, Is
years old, was caught i'll a mill shalt and
killed.
James W. Stevens, injured by being
thrown from a team in Dover, N. H., has
got verdict against that city.
A second charge of passing a forged check
has been made against Clarence Young of
Boston, arrested few days ago
George L. Bracket, carpenter, residing
on Summer street. Lynn, was caught in the
shaftiug at Peaver's morocco factory and
killed.
Louis f. Larose, druggist on Pearl street,
Nashua, n. H.. ace dentally swallowed a
dose Of belladonna and is in "A critical condi-
ton.
Warren Chapman, a tinsn.ith, while tim
ming a roof i'll East New London CT, slipped
and fell to the ground and died from his in
juries in half an hour. He leaves widow
and two children.
John p Fuller, The call man ATTACHED to
hose company No. 8 of the Providence r. L)
fire department, who was arrested on charge
VI SellluS NE 10 tue property Vi Iousul TlShc,
High street. has been discharged.
BY an explosion of illuminate in small
building of the cartridge Dmpany ut Bridge
port, Ct, Henry Becker, aged 81, was in
stantly killed, and the building was blown to
atoms. Tue cause of the explosion is un-
known.
Capt. George w. Goliath. cousin of the
late Vice President Henry NVil-on, and post
master of Dover, n. H., for eight years. and
now deputy sheriff, has announced himself
as a candidate for the wardenship Of the
| state prison at Concord TO succeed Col
/ j. Horace Kent, deceased.
| The Winslow Packing Co., at Portland,
! Me-, has suspended, compelling Charles P.
| Mattocks who is president and indorser on a
| large amount of its paper, to assign. He has
| conveyed all his real and personal estate TO
( Hiram Knowltm and Charles Dunn, Jr.
Nothing can be learned yet as to the liabili-
/ ties and assets but the failure is a heavy one,
The senate has confirmed tie nominations
! of Charles II. Harrington to be postmaster
/ at Essex, CT, George Cushing to be post
master at bingham, Mass, and L. L, Ped
rick, to be collector of customs for the dis
triCt of Marblehead, Mass.
In the supreme court at Bangor, Me-, At
| torneys Barker and Gilln filed motion for
a new trial in the Stain and cromwell case,
alleging that the verdict was against the law
and the evidence.
James B. Elliot, proprietor of the Clipper
moving machine works at South Keene,
n. H.. is dead, aged r.
Colonel J. Horace Kent, warden of the
state prison, died of Brights disease He
was born in BarnStead, Oct. 10, 1925.
Information was received at n ,wport that
the brig John Welsh, Jr., Maloney, of Bos.
ton, with 300 tons Of gas coal, went ashore
three miles west of Point Judith life saving
station. The vessel is full of water and will
be total loss Crew all saved
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-03-09
A PiOus Pirates Fate,

A more unmitigated young ruffian,
probably, never breathed even in pratt,
cal Algeria, that land of renegades, than
the pirate saint, Geronimo, and only the
accident of his having been nominally a
Christian, and having been put to
cruel death by Mahommedan captors,
entities him in any way to the cheap
posthumous glory of a martyrs reputa.
ton. Geronimo, as our orthodox PENN
sular informants call him, was an Arab
by birth, taken in his childhood lin 1540)
by the Spanish tilibusters who had then
established themselves in a fort at 0ran.
These pious buccaneers converted" and
baptized Their small captive. When he
was eight years old, however he fell
once more into the hands of his own
people, and turned Mahommedan, OF
course, till he reached the age of man
hood. At twenty-five he made new
departure ran away to join the enemies
of his faith and kindred, the Spaniards,
became a Christian again 10 suit his
fresh protectors, and some years later
accompanied his new friends in a small
boat to make 1aszia on the homes of
his Arabic fellow countrymen. A Moor
ish corsair took this interesting young
pirate saint prisoner, and carried him oil
to Algiers, with his comrades. There
the outraged Moslems sentenced the de-
serter to be thrown alive into block of
concrete for the building of the fort after
ward known as that of the Twenty-four
Hours. The cruel sentence was carried
out to the letter. His hands and feet
were tied with ropes, he was surrounded
with the mass of plastic material, and
the block which contained him was
duly built into the wall of the fort, with
hundreds of others exactly like it. In
1858 the fort was destroyed, and a
Spanish historian having accurately
handed down The precise whereabouts
of the holy martyr, search was made sue
cessfully for the particular block, and
Geronimo's bones were solemnly ex-
tracted from their calcareous resting.
place, to be inferred with incongruous
religious ceremonial in the converted
cathedral, lately mosque of his old re-
Iigion; liquid plaster of paris being run
into mold, cast was obtained of the
so-called martyr, showing his face and
features, the very cords that bound him
and the impression left by the body of
this miserable Moor, who died for his
faith on a buccaneering expedition
against the homes and hearths of his
friends and his countrymen. .--FaU Nal
Gazette
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-03-09
Pension. for New E,rl.,a.,..

The following pensions have been granted
to New Englanders:
Maine Original, invalid, Marshall Nc
Clucass, Brownfled; Leander X. Marston,
Richmond; Elander R. Grant Freedom;
Joshua Russell, Danforth Increase, Asa
Smith, Ellsworth. Original Widows, etc. =,
Martha, mother of William f Dunn, West
Gorham; Margaret, mother of Wesley
Bridges, Charlotte; Almeda c.. widow Of
Isaiah Grant, Watervlle; Julia A., widow
of William 7. Hall, Gray; Mexican sur
vivors, George H. Welch, Bangor.
New Hampshire. Original invalid, Moses
Long, Bath; Frederick Keniston, Manches-
ter; james Elkins, Exeter; Original widow,
etc, Maria A., widow of James l.. Nichols,
Tamworth.
Vermont. - Original invalid, Joseph
Demars Soldiers Homel Bennington; James
j. Brooks, Bellows Falls, Increase, Patrick
Downs, Burlington: Goodall Hicks, Berk-
shire
Connecticut. Original, invalid, James
Marten, Danbury; Increase, James Tate
Fairhaven; John w. Shaw, Bethel Matthew
Sullivan. Bradford; Mexican survivor, Lee
II. Ruckland, Hartford,
Massachusetts, Original, invalid navy,
John w. Godfrey, Somerville Beza Hay
ward, Bridgewater Albert Hersey, South
bingham; original widows, etc, Mehitable
T., widow of Alexis Flagg, Westboro.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-03-09
DHsAPPOINTME ENT AT OTTAWA.
Withdrawal of IA RESOLUTION ON Conn
merciaI Union,

There was considerable disappointment
shown i'll the house of commons at Ottawa
when Mr.. Armstrong announced his inten-
tion of withdrawing his resolution favoring
commercial union between Canada and the
Unitei States, as a large number Of men,
bers had fortified themselves to take part
in the debate. Sir Richard Cartwright
says, however, that his resolution advocat.
ing unrestricted reciprocity will bring out
pretty definitely the feeling which exists
in parliament in favor of more extended
relations with the United States.
At meeting of the opposition members of
the house Of commons, it was unanimously
decided to make unrestricted reciprocity Of
trade between Canada and the United States
the leading plank in their party platform.
The liberals do not propose to surrender any
right now possessed by Canada in regard to
tariff legislation They propose to secure
for the people OF Canada the right to trade
with their neighbors without restraint. The
Canadian free list is to be enlarged so as to
embrace all the products of the United
States, and the American free list will be EN-
larged to admit free Of duty all goods and
prodnce of Canada.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-03-09
MEXICAN OUTRAGE IN TEXAS.
FOUR SOLDIERS CROSS OVER
AND BEAT A DEsRRTER.
The AssaiIamfs lsursued by American
sheriffs.-Three of the Bold of.
Tenders bite tae Dust.

An Eagle Pass, Texas, special, gives the fol-
lowing particulars of IN outrage by Mexican
soldiers on the 81 inst About II o'clock in
the morning Capt. Munos, commander of the
soldiers stationed in Piedras Neigr1s, came
to this side and asked permission Of the Gus.
tom inspector to let four of his men come
over on horseback and look at some horses
they wanted to buy. They received permis-
sion to cross provided they returned within
short time.
A lieutenant and three soldiers then came
over in the ferry boat, and, after talking
some time with Capt. Munos, they started
toward Frank Foxs brick yard, where
Mexican who haG. de e-ted few days ago,
was at work. The Mexican saw them COM
ing, and concealed himself under one of the
kilns. He was discovered by the Mexican
soldiers, who, at the command of the lieuten.
ant, dragged him out, beating him over the
head with the butts of their revolvers. The
lieutenant uncoiled lasso from his saddle,
roped the fugitive and dragged him some
distance, the soldiers belaboring him Inmer-
cifully with their six-shooters and en-
deavoring to get him to cross back to Mexico
with them
About this time Deputy Sheriff Shad
White came up and commanded them to
quit or he would arrest them. They, in re-
ply, drew their pistols on him, telling him
to get out of their way or they would kill
him too. White, being unarmed, ran down
to Sheriff Cook for assistance, and the MeXi
cans, having the deserter covered with
wounds from knives and p stols, started as
fast as they could for the river. They were
followed by Sheriffs White and Cooke, and
by Ed and Will Van Ripper.
A hot fight followed in which White was
shot through the hand and the three Mexican
soldiers were killed, the lieutenant alone
reaching the Mexican shore. Capt. Munos
and his lieutenant are condemned OH 10th
sides or the line for the outrage, and United
States Consul Allen has sent a report of the
affair TO Washington.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-03-09
Sagacity of Animals.

A st. Bernard dog at Muscatine, Ia,
rescued a two-year- old from two angry
fighting boars toward which the
youngster was unsuspectingly toddling.
A half-grown deer at Oroville, Cal,
attacked two young ladies, butting
savagely with its horns. They sue
ceeded in tying it to tree with a halter,
but their bustles were in a badly de-
moralized condition.
The female of a pair of affectionate
marmosets died. 1t was some time be-
fore her mate could convince himself that
she was dead, bat when he did he re-
fused all food, and in three days died of
sorrow.
A sick cat in Missouri town walked
into a drug store, and after snufIing
around among the jars and packages
picked out paper of catnip and gnawed
it open. Every day she returned for
some of it until cured
A frog in a New Haven aquarium has
been trained to lie on his back in the
water, feigning death until his master
approaches with piece of meat in his
hand. The frog makes a Jump, secures
the meat and swims off withit.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-03-09
One Mans Bravery.

When man performs noble deed,
the whole world is sure to learn of it.
We all know the story of Sir Philip Sgd
ney, who, when mortalIy wounded, gave
his glass of water to dying soldier,
saying: THY necessity is greater than
mine" In the ordinary walks of every
day life one not infrequently hears OF
equally noble deeds. For example, a
New York gentleman of the name of
Simeon A. Bernheimer, died last Sun.
day, of whom it is related that on one
occasion when everybody fed in terror
from man stricken with smallpox and
crying out for drink OF water, Mr..
Bernheimer went to him and assuagad
his thirst, justifying his act by saying:
"What is my life worth when compared
with helping this poor fellow" Brave
actions like this one make us all feel that
the world is not quite so bad as some
pessimists would have us believe
ED0cb,