Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-07-13
NEWS IN GENERAL.
DOMESTIC.

DOMESTIC.
1t is stated that Germany is about TO adopt
more stringent measures in regard to French
citizens in Alsace-Lo raine.
Mr.. Parnell denies that any of the letters
published by the Times in its articles on
"Parnellism and Crime" are authentic.
The London st ndard's correspondent at
st. Peter sburg says: 1t is reported that a
marriage is being arranged between the
czarevitch and one of Emperor Williams
sisters. Prince Bismarck is in favor Of such
a match
A special from El Paso, Tex, says the
third train from the City of Mexico since the
dood at Leon arrived on Tuesday. The
washout occurred at intervals for 100 miles,
but no bridges were destroyed. The latest
accounts place the number of drowned at
700.
The illumination Of Mt Hood, Or,
Wednesday evening, proved perfect success.
The illumination was seen very distinctly ON
the summit, and continued to burn brightly
for space of over l-2 minutes. The sight
was very brill ant one, and was seen tor a
reius of 100 miles.
A Adispatch from Watervalley, Miss, says;
The Tallabusha Fire ass Jcation b ID made
the usual preparations for their annual
Fourth of July meeting, At o'clock when
about 400 had taken seats on the grand
itand the building gave away and fell with a
crash, burying in its ruins men, women and
children. Something near so people were
taken out with broken arms and limbs,
bruised bodies and almost every conceivable
wound; but it so happened that nobody was
killed outright.
George W. Hovey of New Brunswick has
sued Emerson Wight and the Springfield
Union company for $4,000 for the death
If his son last March. This is the 10th suit
resu ting from the fatalities at the fire Of
March last. and the damage for which the
Iuits are brought aggregate $4,000
A resolution has been adopted by the
American party pledging its support to
Abram S, Hewitt of New York, if he will ac-
,9pt the nomination for the Office Of Presi-
lent.
In fight in New York restaurant, Hen
y Hall, Yale student of New Haven, Ct,
aad his nose broken with vinegar bottle by
waiter named Leslie Ogilby.
Two In rs nj Tt''i"~s in New York are alb
iolutely destitute aid dependent wholly
1pon charity for the continuance of exis-
;ence, says Sig R. Malzo, general manager
If the italian Society of Emigration.
A high tidal wave struck tile steamship
City Of Rome on July l. after being out three
lays, and while in lon. AZ deg, so min, and
W. 90 UeS,, illIl IL VIII Odho GNOu " loT
pair the damage done the steamship by the
wave
The Maplewood Park association of the
Minnesota Chautauqua is preparing to bring
suit for $4,000 damages against Rev. L.
Dewitt Talmage of Brooklyn, who agreed to
assist in opening the assembly on July 3,
1 and 5.
DR.. Leigh McClurg of Xenia, O., died at
his home a few days ago, aged SO years
At the beginning Of the war he was the
first man to volunteer to fight for the north,
and his name occupies that position Of
honor on the rolls.
AS coal train, en- route for Monmouth
| Junction, n. j., was passing through the
village of Dayton, it was struck by a cy-
clone, and Conductor John Dyer of Trenton,
with two of the trainmen, were blown from
the train and fatally hurt
A package containing $1,000 was sent a
few days ago from Bolton to Little Hooking,
w. Va, by Wells, Fargo & Co.'S express.
! When the package arrived ltwas found that
The end had been cut off and the money ex-
bracted, and the envelope filled witk pieces
Of paper about the size of the bills.
John S. Mahoney, retired bookmaker of
New York, bet $50 900 to $4,000 with Frank
T. Huntoon of the Hoffman club on Cleve-
lands reelection. Tue agreement was drawn
up and placed in the hands of Luoien O.
Appleby of the hookmaking fl m Of Appleby
& Johnson. 1t provides for the putting up
Of the cash on Oct 81, Mahoney's forfeit in
case of failure being fixed at $4,000, and
HuntooD's at S2500.
A riot broke out during the recent en-
campment Of the Canadian military, and
5000 soldiers took hand in it. They almost
destroyed a hotel near the camp, had several
men severely wounded, and were driven back
TO camp only after strong force of cavalry
went at them with sabres and horses heels.
R. B. Parish, once a wholesale shoe dealer
In Louisville, Ky, reputed worth Sl0O, ,O0p
committed suicide because he could not pay
bis board. Parish was a native Kentuckian.
and was IS years old
The frenos of Walt Whitman, the poet
are beginning to despair of his recovery, He
is now too weak to leave his bed, and his
physical powers are being slowly paraly zed
His physicians say that if a rally does not
come very soon death is inevitable.
Batteries A, B. and NJ, 5th United States
artillery, and company B, 18th infantry, are
In camp on Fishers island Long Island
sound, where practice in skirmish drill and
target practice will be INDUCED in. The
batteries now on the island will remain until
August, when batteries Of the 4th artillery
will take their turn.
Advices from southern Texas say that ter
rible rains during the past few days have
caused the washing out of the track on the
Southern Pacific road near Orange and
Beaumont, SO that travel is completely
blocked on that line Many miles are nov
under water, and in some places tho water IL
nine feet deep.