Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-11-16
new ENGLAND NEWS

The Appleton company, Lowell, Mass,
| are putting on the "Connelly method at
tachments to the cards in one of their
mills. This method is claimed to prevent
what Is known among mill men as split
laps.n Much curiosity is felt among the
Lowell manufacturers about the result.
Michael j. Mccarthy Of Hartford, Ct, 2s
years old, single, brakeman on the New
York, New Haven & Hartford railroad fell
| between moving cars and was Instantly
killed, his body being badly msngled.
At the annual meeting of the American
Linen company, Fall River, recently, D. E.
Chace was reelected clerk, p. D. Borden,
| treasurer The treasurer was instructed to
pay $3.50 for the support Of a free bed at the
| Fall River hospital for the employees Of the
linen mill The net earnings OF the mill for
the year were s95, ,3637 IS; the sum Of $50, 900
was paid in dividends and S50,els.0e was
charged off for depreciation, improvements
and new sprinkling apparatus
s. G. Smith of Lowell Mass, has been
| granted patent on nail-setting machine,
and J. c. Potter OF tue same city, sssignor
| to the Atherton Machine company, one on a
spinning machine.
John K. A. Hanson of Portsmouth, N. H.,
an insane patient at the county farm at
! Brentwood, committed suicide by hanging
I
chusetts regiment during the war, and had
made unsuccessful attempts on his life be-
| fore.
The Mansam Co. at Hackett's Mills, Me-
chanic Falls, have completed the additions
to their mill. They are now engaged in put
! ting up several new houses for their help.
They are making four tons of leatherboard
per day and shipping it as fast as they make
| 1t.
The residence of Edwin F. Atkins on Con-
| cord street, Belmont, Mass, was entered by
burglars who gained an entrance through
the laundry window. They bored holes in
the family safe, and secured booty valued at
$4,000.
The conservation of a Catholic cemetery at
Framingham, Mass, occurred a few days
since, Archbishop John j. Williams solemnly
| blessing the same in accor dance with the
ritual Of the church.
Frank Brown, who accidentally shot Her
| mann Reimann, was arraigned in the police
court at Manchester, N. H, last week, on a
charge of manslaughter. A plea of not
guilty was entered, and Brown was held in
$1,000.
Joseph Premier and L. Leblanc, we'll known
Rutland, Vt, machlnlstS have Just bought
several large lots near the Falls, on which to
build machine shop for the manufacture of
the sand feed which Mr.. Premier invented
awhile ago. He is now equipping the Flint
mill at Rutland Valley with the sand feed,
and the mill Of the Vermont Marble Co. at
Proctor. Several other parties contemplate
putting the sand feed in their mills.
At meeting of the Yale corporation, at
| New Haven, William w. Farnham of that
| city was elected treasurer of the university.
Thomas D. Goodell, Ph. d. teacher of classics
in the Hartford Hopkins grammar school,
was elected assistant professor of Greek.
Benjamin Cook, a sailmaker at Leighton's
| wharf, Gloucester, Mass. had occasion to
return to his place of business for his um-
! brella. When near the wharf he heard loud
outcries for help. Hurrying to the end of
| the pier he saw man in the water and
going under. He rescued the man with some
difficulty. He was one of the crew of the
schooner Charles S. Tappan, and without MIR.
Cooks timely assistance would have been
unable to have got out of the water.
The Herreshoff Manufacturing Co., Bris-
| tol r. l., broke ground for another building
| in front of their office. This building will
be 22x30 feet and two stories The lower
| part will be used as an office and the upper
room for draughting room.
Mr.. John F. Morrill, of the Bostons few
days ago entered upon his duties as assistant
superintendent of the gentlemens depart
ment Of A. Shuman g. Co. Boston, clothiers
Mrs. Betsy P. Stark of Penacook, N H.
kept open house one day last week, the occa-
sion being her S9th birthday. A goodly
number of relatives and friends called and
| left tokens of their friendship Mrs. Stark
is the widow Of Samuel Stark, grandson of
| General Stark of revolutionary fame, and
lives with her daughter She is a we'll
preserved woman, weighing over 200 pounds,
and her hair, only silvery is over three feet
long. She was nurse to General Stark dur
ing his last illness She is the mother of
seven children, six of whom are now living.
George NJ Woodruff of Litchfield, Conn,
who carved his initials 35 years ago on the
limb of an apple tree, found the souvenir the
other day just as piece of the tree was going
into the fire. Mr.. Woodruff has often looked
for the initials &C M. W." but they had
disappeared from the surface. A short time
ago the tree was cut down, and the letters as
found must have been about four inches from
the surface in the interior. This freak of
nature has been known to happen before.
A young man at Vinalhaven, Me-, who at
tended tireman's ball, put on the sheriffs
coat by mistake. While eScorting home his
"best girl" he found pair of handouts in
his pocket, and the young woman tried them
on. Unfortunately they snapped and locked
and the hands could not be Withdrawn. The
tricate herself from her embarrassing posi-
tion, and did not succeed till the sheriff ar
rived with the key.
An interesting reminder of the March
blizzard is seen in Danbury, Conn, in the
! shape of a limb of q tree th8t has only Just
recovered enough to blossom into foliage.
This limb was nearly severed from the trunk,
but has hung all summer. Now, just as the tree
has shed its leaves and the sap is descending
to its alternating quarters in the ground,
this limb has grown the soft and tender
leaves Of June. 1t presents a strange con-
trast against the bare and leafless tree.
Burglars entered the store of A. H Barnes
at West Buxton, Me-, recently, blew open
the safe and stole $1,000 worth of jeweiry.
York county is being badly infested with
thieves this autumn, and this is the 10th
burglary of the season.
marriage soon to take place at Bridge
port, Conn, has been brought about by cir
cumstances of an unusually romantic ma
ture. The bride has waited IS years for her
husband but not with the expectation of his
return for during the period she was twice
engaged and was to have married another
this autumn, but for her former lovers time
ly arrival on the scene. A lovers quarrel
separated the two and since then the young
man has been west and made a fortune.
Meanwhile his sweetheart who is an un-
usually attractive person has narrowly es-
capped being married to another, but says
she is glad she waited.
The Carmichael Manufacturing Co. s mill
Westerly, has been sold to Reuben Lindley OF
Palmer for $4,000. Mr.. Lindley is now en-
gagged in manufacturing at Monson, in
Palmer, and will start his mill in Westerly
in the same line of goods. The machinery
will be put in motion as soon as possible.
1t is said that there are four good water
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