Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-04-20
new ENGLAND NEWS.

Capt w. p, Hurley of Rockland, Me-, has
Invented signal for indicating the direction
in which vessels are moving in fog and thick
weather by night. There will be an inter
national congress in October to consider the
question of some such system of signalling
and Capt. Hurley's method will be then pre-
sented.
The president pleased Representative
Charles II. Allen today by signing his bill
authorizing a $l50000 building at Lowell,
Mass.
Divers visited the schooner Henry H. Olds,
sunk off Whale rock, to learn the extent of
the injury to her bottom, but were unsuccess-
full. Pontoons will have to be used to raise
her.
Mrs. Mary TAYLOR Porter, wife of ex-presi-
dent Porter of Yale, is dead. She had been
an invalid for several years,
The last ice has left the Penobzcot river,
opening navigation, which had been closed
for 116 days.
The village of Tilton, N. H., has been
lighted by Is 2O00-candle power electric
lights
A sale of $500 barrels of Arctic whale oil
has been made in New Bedford. The stock
was imported by the ship Josephus from San
francisco at 30 cents per gallon.
Alta meeting of the state fair trustees at
AFO"loJOllI nlc., ll6 IueluDeIS Ol UDo DUdUe
Agricultural Society were invited to furnish
an elm or maple tree TO be set on the grounds
of the society on Arbor day.
The schooner ]. H. G.. Perkins of North
Haven, Me-, has been bought by parties in
Rockland, and is fitting out for dory fishing
on the Grand banks. Capt. Thomas Trott,
formerly of Gloucester, will command her.
Ault Turner, aged II, son of James Tur-
ner, employed at H. f. Eaton's saw mill
Milltown, Me-, slipped while running down
boards to the planning machine, was carried
into the machinery and his head was severed
from the body
An express east on the Boston & Albany
railroad was running ut high rate of speed
mile out of Pittsheld, a few days since,
when large stone crashed through the cab
window, passing close to the engineers head
There is no clew to the thrower.
Segwick NJ. Allen, aged 81 well-to-do
harness maker of New Haven, CT, is sup
posed to have eloped with Lizzie Blackman
woman Do years of age, who has had five
husbands. Allen leaves wife and three
children, and is reported to have taken $1,000
in cash and left unpaid bills.
The farm of ]. w. Ogier which was bond
cd month ago by Bar Harbor and Camden
parties was sold and the deeds passed. 1t
contains about 100 acres Of high land, form
ing Ogier's point, and at the southern en-
trance of Camden harbor It has been in
the Ogier family III years. The property is
to be developed into avenues, parks and
lawns for summer resort purposes.
Ayear ago Joseph McDermott of Bris tol,
Ct, cut his hand severely with an axe, and
the hand was amputated. Soon second
amputation was neces.a .ary. This was fol-
lowed by intense pain, and tho lower third
of the arm above the elbow was taken off
Dissection revealed dubious nerve The
result of the last operation is awaited with
curiosity.
Only one large contractor at Newport R.
l., acceded to the demand of the union
mssons for nine hours per day. McNeill
Bros of Boston, who have the Vanderbilt
job, have refused to yield. About rs mas
ons are involved in the strike. Beside these
masons, there are also many hod carriers
and others who will be thrown out Of en-
ployment. The carpenters have withdrawn
from the strike