Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-02-03
NEW ENGLAND NEWS.


David Romel, cutter employed at Hen
hier's e6rset factory, Bridgeport, Ct, re.
reived fatal wound whi,e eng ged at his
ii.ual work at the table While III the dct of
pulling the knife toward him through seve-
raj thicl1nesses of material, the instrument
slipped, and the bla,le entered his body at
the pit of the stomach 70 the depth Of several
inches, puncturng the stomach. His physi-
clan says he can't recover.
Rev. Albert WheeloCk of Leominster,
member of the graduating class of Bangor
Theological Seminary, has accepted call to
the Congregationalist church at Topshan1,
Ne,
The Thermometer registered Is lelow zero
at Glouce ter, Mass, on the night of dan.
2S and the weather is the coldeSt in many
years. Few people can lie seen on the streets;
owing to the severe cold.
The pcstmaster-general has appointed the
following-named fourth class postmasters
Mrs. Annie II. Crane, Milo, Me-; Mrs. Helen
J. Gale, Hanover Centre, N. H., and George
L. Richardson, Peru, Vt.
Mrs. Ellen SpeIlman, probably the Oldest
person IN New Hampshire, died few days
ago at Concord at the age Of l0i.
Charles H. Neil of Natick, Mass. was found
frozen TO death on the highway recently.
Foul play is suspected
The spinners of Fall River and New Bed
ford are endeayoring to adopt sliding scale
to settle their differences.
The steamer D. H. Miller from Baltimore
to Boston was nearly six hours going from
Vineyard Haven to Chatham, the vessel was
completely covered with ice.
The heavy snow storm in Maine has cost
the ice harveSterS on the Kcnnebec in the
vicinity of $4,000
The students of the New England Conser.
vatory of Mu ic have had rare opportunities
of seeing and hearing the great artists who
have appeared in Boston the pres Mt season.
Among those who have visited the Conserva-
tory, and given impromptu programmes in
Sleeper Hall before the students, are Madame
Teresa Carreno, Madame Frasch Madi,
Madame Hastreiter, Miss Maud Powell,
Madame Aus der Ohe, Mr.. McGuckin and
Joseph Hoffman, the boy pianist. Never
are these great artists heard to better adj
vantage than OH these Informal occasions,
when with delightful abandon they give
themselves up to the spirit of the place, for
the encouragement of the multitudes of eager
students, and never are they more gratefully
appreciated. The next term of this wonder
! full institution, we understand, begins on the
! 2d of February.
Letters received at New Bedford from
Honolulu state that whaling barque Jose
phine of New Bedford has landed five men
with smallpox at Honolulu, one of whom has
| since died.
| Cornelius Moriarty, teamster, fell from a
load of hay at Newburyport, Mass. braking
his reck and causing instant death.
T. NJ. Richardson, wellknown citizen Of
| Lawrence, died of pneumonia. He had been
| Ill but few days. He leaves widow and
several small children.
The factory of NJ. E. Shattuck & Co, al
Worcester closed Jan. %. This is the largest
cigar factory in Worcester county, and
throws about 40 hands cut of employment
Constable S. p. Farnham of Jay Bridge
Maine, arrested Frenchman named Johr
Powers on the charge of assault upon Mis-.
Loon. The trouble arose over a dispute in
regard to Powers right to take water from q
spring on Looms premises.
Warden j. Horace Kent of the n. H. state
prison is seriously ill from nervous prostra-
ton. Physicians have held a consultation
and are of opinion that with absolute quiet
he will recover.
Mrs. Gilmore Houston of Plymouth N. H.
who was highly esteemed and widely known
died of pneumonia Jan. so, aged 20.
Malignant scarlet fever is raging at Thet
ford, VT. One death is reported and several
others are in critical condition The inhab.
| itants are intensely excited and there are nc
school or church services
The Bristol (R Il Rubber Works, which
have been shut down for week past have
started up again, needed supply of Goa
having arrived About 400 hands will now
be employed.
Alderman Nathan Barker, a prominent
| r. l. builder, has failed. His liabilities are
said to be heavy, and he will not be able tc
pay more than % cents on the dollar. He
built the Newport Casino ami many of the
homes of Newport's prominent summer resi-
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