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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-05-18
METHODIST LEGISLATION.
COlOred Delegate Knox Sat Upon bY
Bishop Bowman.

A. the Methodist conference on Friday,
Bishop Bowman presiding, Delegate Knox
(colored) said he wanted it perfectly under
stood that all the colored delegates went
solid against the admission of women. Bish-
op Bowman told him to sit down. Rev.
DR.. Thoburn of the Bengalese conference
rendered a report, asking that the penin-
sula of Malacca and the Malay islands be
constituted new mission, and to be called
the Malaysian mission. The report was
adopted, with an amendment referring it to
the committee on missions. The
committee on ecumenical councils has
determined that the ecumenical conference
be held in the United States in 1891. w.
Mcintyre of the Austin conference presented
report regarding the union of the church
north and south. The report advocates the
union of the churches, and proposes that
committee of the church north should meet
with similar committee of the church
south, for the purpose of comforting on the
subject, and to make report to the next en'
suing general conference of the church.
The matter was referred to the committee
on the state of the church.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-05-18
AN OLO FARMER KILLED.
MURDER OF WILLIAM KENNISTON
IN BOOTHBAY, MAINE.
The Victim BE aten, Stabbed and Shot
The Murderer il Captured ana
Pleads Guilty.

William Remission, an aged farmer as
Boothbay Centre, Me-, was horribly MUIR
dered on Thursday night, in his own house,
being beaten about the head, stabbed and
shot When the wife could escape she ran
out in her night clothes to arouse the neigh
bors, and assistance was promptly at hand.
Suspicion was at once directed to young
man named Llewellyn Quimby, who had
worked for Mr. Remission, and who bore @
had reputation, and had threatened to kih
Mr.. Remission. Parties were sent in all di-
rections promptly every officer being en-
ployed, and the town officers offered reward
of $500 for the arrest OF the murderer. 20
well did the officers do their duty that az
about z in the morning the fugitive was cap
tured at Nobleboro, by George Perkins ana
A. H. Remission the latter son OF the muir
dered man. When discovered he attempted
to escape and Remission fired three shots a6
him from revolver one taking effect IN
his head, but inficting only scalp wonnd
and bringing the criminal to bay, Inc nhe
coroner's jury reported that the kllllhg
was done by Quimby, a complaint was
made, and the accused pleaded guilty and
was committed to Wiscasset Jail. The court
room was crowded, and the streets "
the vicinity were filled with an e.
cited mass of people Many threats OF Vlo"
lence were made and there was fear thau NO
would be handled roughly, but better coun-
sci prevailed. The murder was cowardly
and brutal in the extreme, committed by r.
strong young man armed with knife, revo4l.
yer and iron bar, against man "a years Ola
unar1ned and awakened from sleep by the
brutal blow upon his head. Quimby is about
20 years old and is a son of Ambrose Syuinoy
who formerly lived in Boothbay. Quimby
has served term in the Maine state reform
school for breaking into dwelling house.
and was released in 1888
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-05-18
An Ancient Sculpture Unearthed.

The excavations of Athens have re-
suited in bringing to light the head of a
man of heroic size, carved in porous
stone. 1t was found on the Acr0polis,
at the southeast angle of the Parthenon.
The hair and beard are (as usuaD painted
blue and the face red What is remark
able, however, is that the pupils of the
eyes are not only painted in, but also
delineated with the chisel. This head,
which forms one of the most ancient
sculptures ever found upon the Acropolis,
will attract considerable attention both
from the style of workmanship and the
material of which it is made. 1t appears
to be the head of triton, the rest of
the body, in the form of serpent, end
ing in the tail of fish, having been
found few days before near the same
place. Brooklyn Eagle.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-05-18
FIFTY-YEAR 2 1.2 PER CENTS.
bill Authorizing New Issue of Gov .
ernmtnG Bonds.

Senator Spooner, by request, introduced
a bill authorizing the issue of 2 1-2 per cent
50-year bonds. 1t directs the secretary of
the treasury to issue a series of bonds to be
known as 2 1-2 per cent. interchangeable
bonds, payable, principal and interest, in
coin, and bearing an annual interest of 2 1-2
per cent, payable fifty years from date of
issue, such bonds to be exchanged at their
face value, with interest for what is known
as government currency, national bank cur
rency, treasury notes of the United States
and any other class of bonds now outstand-
ing against the government, and for
nothing else. All national banks
are to be allowed to ex-
change their bonds now deposited for the Sc
curity Of their issue for these 215 per cents
All currency received by national banks in
exchange for the 219 per cent. bonds shall be
exempt from taxation, except half of per
cent. tax, which is to be set aside as an insur-
ance fund of national banks exchanging their
215 per cent bonds for government currency.
The national debt is not to be reduced below
81, 600, 100000, and this amount is to be
funded in 50-year bonds, which may be paid
at maturity by negotiation, thus keeping
81, 600, ,000,0 900 Of the present national debt as
and for a basis for the circulating medium
of the country.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-05-18
THE RED RIVER
OVERLOOKING THE PLANTATIONS
NEAR IT'S BANKS.

A Stream Ii Miles in Width-The
His,issippi ln Alexandria's Streets
$4,000 Acres of Missouri Lands
Submerged.
Advices from the Red river country re.
port that the damage done to the inhabi-
tants of the Red river valley during the
past ten days is almost beyond computation,
and the overflow the largest since 1843'
Most Of the plantations near the river have
been covered with water four to six feet
deep, and cribs, barns and many miles of
fences have been washed down and carried
away. Many of the people have lost their
household furniture, provisions and corn.
In several places the river water extended
from the hills of Arkansas to the hills of
Texas, distance of 10 to IA
niles. At West Norwood a
negro was drowned trying to
swim from the overflow. Two white men
were drowned in Miller creek, and quite
number of other deaths ar reported. Plant
ing in the bottoms will all have to be done
over again. The levee situated south of
Alexandria, Mo-, broke in several places
Sunday morning, and completely inundated
the town, covering it with water from two
to SIX feet. The occupants of half of the
houses have sought refuge in the upper
stories of buildings, where they will be i'm
prisoned until the flood in the main streets
subsidies Transportation from one point to
another is po sble only by means of
skiffS or rudely constructed RATS. Sidewalks
are overfowed and skiffs are landed in the
doorways of private residences. Business is
en- irely suspended. There has been no loss
of life nor great damage to property within
the WY. At Alexandria the Mississippi is
fully seven miles wide The area of farming
lands in the Missouri bottoms that is sub
merged is estimated at $4,000 acres, aud a
continuance of the food will result in an APP
proximated loss to the farming community
of that region of at least S300.000,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-05-18
RUNNING FOR THE BLUFFS.
Valley Inhabitants Flee
ing from the Flood,

ing from the Flood.
The river is steadily rising at st. Louis
Mo-, and the inhabitants of the American
bottom are moving their stock and portable
property back to the bluffs. From the ex-
perience of former years, they know the ter
ritory covered now with hundreds of thou
sands of acres Of waving crops may soon be
under 10 feet of water. r ports from the
north are alarming, and if the Sny levee or
Madison dyke breaks the loss will be millions.
A regular exodus has taken place from the
Sny bottom.
The entire town Of Alexandria. Mo-, is
inundated, and five feet of water covers the
principle streets. There has been no loss Of
life, but the property loss is heavy. The
people are being taken as fast as possible to
the high lands a couple of miles back of the
town.
A Louisiana (Mo) dispatch says: The con-
tinual rise in the Mississippi river is causing
great apprehension among the dwellers in
the fertile Sny bottoms in Illinois, extend
ing from st. Louis to Hannibal. Farmers
are beginning to drive their stock to the
bluffs and preparing for the worst. 1t has
been seven years since the levee broke and
that whole section was inundated, but the
seven years following the levee has been
strengthened along the entire length and
confidence was restored, and the valley be-
gan to blossom like a rose. Last year wit
messed quite boom in real estate in ad-
vanced rates and last fall thousands of acres
were sown in wheat A great acreage of
corn has been planted this spring, and con-
sequently the anxiety over the safety of the
levee is truly painful.
Specials from several points along the up
per Mississippi river give accounts of great
losses to the property owners, and inunda-
tions. The break at Alexandria has caused
great sea, covering 100000 acres of land,
in the midst of which is modern Venice,
with impromptu craft of all kind and Sizes
The bottom was planted in wheat and corn,
and the farming community reckon their
loss at figures aggregating $500 600.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-05-18
Cured by the New Snake Bite Remedy,

1t is said that the investigation into
the remedy for snake bites which has
been in progress at the National Museum
has been successful. The antidote was
first tried with great success on chickens,
dogs, and pigs which had been bitten by
garter and rattesnakes. Last week
MIR. Edward s. Rheem, in handling a
large rattlesnake was bitten severely the
fangs OF the reptile drawing blood from
his arm. After the poison had begun
to spread the remedy was applied. Its
effect was most satisfactory. Mr. Rheem
soon recovered and is now as well az
aver.- Waahinaton Post.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-05-18
BOULANGER'S SWORD.
He Would Use ii Only to Guard the
Honor of His Country.

AhOhOr Ok Ahh country
A large crowd had assembled at the rail-
way station at Dunkirk 10 see Gen. Boulan-
ger. Upon alightiug from the train he was
received by his friends and supporters with
shouts of "Vive Boulanger," while othes in
the crowd hooted vigorously. A banquet
was given in the evening in honor Of the
general. In replying to toast TO his health,
he protested against the brutality" shown
by the government in depriving him of his
except to guard tho honor of his country.
"Without Dragging" he said, 1--WE know
how to present to Europe the spectacle Of a
nation reconstructing its forces SO that il
may be enabled to withstand all storms"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-05-18
BLOCK ISLAND SHOAL.
Proposed Appropriation of $4,000
with which 20 Remove h.

The secretary of war sent to the senate,
in response to q resolution, report as to
the probable cost of removing the sand shoal
recently formed in the harbor of Block
island, Mass. The secretary Of war encloses
a report from Maj, Livermore at Newport,
stating that it will cost $4,000 to remove the
old shoal and $1,000 to remove so much of it
as oil structs the approach to the Fall River ~
Providence steamboat wharf. An item will
be inserted in the river and harbor bill in
the senate appropriating $4,000 for the re-
moval Of the shoal.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-05-18
SERENADE.

Love songs are coming across the seas,
Lady Of mine;
Whispered in echoes Of dying breeze,
Lady of mine.
Let the songs kiss thee sleeping,
Over thine eyelids creeping,
Where thy closed eyes are keeping
Secrets Of thine.
Would that my lips were whispered song
Only for thee;
One of the chosen from out the throng,
Only for thee.
The song so sweetly swelling
Would ope those eyes to telling
The love that forth was yelling
Only for me.
W. j. Henderson.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-05-18
COST ONLY $25O,OOO, 900.
Congress man MatsOn Would Disburse
the Surplus in Pensions.

Representative Matson, who has been nom-
mated for governor of Indiana by the demo-
crafts reported to the house from the invalid
committee, bill extending the
time of the arrearage of pensions so as to
give the benefit of the act to all claimants
who filed their claims after the expiration of
the time limit, or may yet file claims before
the passage of this bill. The report states
that this will cost the government probably
not more than $3.50, 100000, and suggests to
the house that "this is the very best means
of disbursing the surplus in the treasury I"
The report ventures the opinion that the sur,
plus accumulated under the present tarln
law will be suffic ent to meet this expense.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-05-18
COLLISION AT SEA.
The Gate City Strikes an Unknown
Vessel OFF AHatteras.

The steamship Gate City, from Boston to
Savannah, collided with an unknown vessel
200 miles northeast of Cape Hatteras in
dense fog. The steamer was struck on the
portside forward. The vessels bowsprit
penetrated the steamers side, tearing away
the forward rails and part of the deck. The
vessels rebounded and came together again,
after the first shock of the collision and
nothing was afterward seen of the sailing
vessel. The steamer remained as near as
possible to the scene of the collision six
hours, cruising and blowing fog whistles,
and then resumed her voyage
Morning journal and courier., 1888-08-03

It is the opiAion of an Englishman who has recently visited this country that all Americans are discontented. The poor, he says, are discontented because they cannot enjoy the good things which wealth alone can buy; the wealthy are discontented because they have enjoyed all these good things and find them flat, stale and unproftable; while the moderately well-to-do are discons tented because they have neither the social freedom enjoyed by the poor nor the social consideration paid to the rich.
 The demand upon the Standing Rock Sioux Indians, which they have just refused to sign, is that they reIinquish Il, ,000, ,000 acres, or about half of their reservation, in return for Sl ,0o0, GOO to be applied directly for their benefit, and five per cent. interest on the $5, 1000, 900 their lands are expected to bring l in the market, the remainder of their reser. vation being apportioned to them in "sever- lalty.p It requires about 2, 900 votes for ths
Morning journal and courier., 1888-08-03
The Function of Cats.

A merciful providence is metaphorieally said to have made the back of the domestic cat exceedingly broad, in exquisite adapta- tion to the moral load which that anatomical structure has to carry. We all know that most fires are due to cats. Cats are cuIpa- ply careless in the use of matches Even Msssrs Bryant & May have scarcely been able, by their ingenious invention, to correct the influences of feline rashness. It is far too common thing for cat, after lighting cigar, to throw wax vesta or deadly fusee upon the carpet or the bare boards. These animals will leave candles in immediate prox- imity to curtains, and forget all about them in an exciting chase after mice that have as much right to live as themselves.
 A cat has been known to turn on the gas and then, hearing scratching behind the wainscot, to become absorbed for half an hour before applying the flame, with conse- quences which can be imagined, and there fore, if Mir Henry James will pardon us for saying so, need not be described. Cats Too are addicted to the pernicious practice of smoking in bed, especially Persian cats, who cannot otherwise perform their allotted task of reading theough the Arabian Nights'
Morning journal and courier., 1888-08-03
Ben Gnnds. Howe X StGtsOl Our Hot Weather Closing 0lt Prices APPRECIATED. The Latest.
The Latest.

Ladies Ecru Jersey Ribbed Vests, silk-bound necks, pearl buttons, at 25c, worth 5ec.
 Fine Lisle Thread Alligator Weave Ladies Jersey Vests, all sizes, at soc each; former price 75c.
 Gents Fancy Lisle Thread Half Hose at 25c per pair; marked down from soc.
 Lot Fancy Parasols o8c each; former prices $1.8o and $2.25.
 Lot Parasols at $a. 50; former prices $4 to $6.
 Ladies Fancy Striped Hose, full regular made, at 12Hc per pair. Also new styles Fancy Drop-Stitch Hose at 25c.
 1000 yards 38 inch Wool Dress Goods at Ioc per yard; marked down from 35c. An excellent chance to buy school dresses at HALF PRICE.
 Best quality Printed India and Pongee Silks at 75c per yard. Only a few pieces left !; styles are the best.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-08-03
NO. I82


 twice year. Now as it is notorious that no
 cat will endure cover to his pipe, we need not point out the great dangers we are in by I this unhappy 1evity. But there is really no
 end to the responsibility of cats, who are
 without any senseeof shame, and appear to
 De most lmperfectly acquainted with the laws bodies.
 How many fires they cause in London from January to December Captain Shaw alone knows. It is only necessary to mention their I too familiar habit of saving themselves trou-
 ble by carrying hot coals in a shovel from
 one room to another, for on this occasion we | may avoid the painful topic of the frauds 1 which they too often perpetrate at the ex- pense of insurance companies. When all \ these things are taken into consideration we | need not wonder, however deeply we may be | grieved, at the number of fires whose origin | Is assigned in official reports to the agency of I these noxious and ubiquitous quadrupeds Cats are powerful interest, and in the pre- l vailing fabbiness of public opinion few have ! the moral courage to speak the truth about them.
 Excellent is the spirit of Dr. Low, an of- ' fcer of the local government board, who merits the respect and gratitude of the whole community for having brought out the facts about cats without Ainching. No cat, after the publication of Dr. Lows memorandum, can shelter himself behind the miserable plea of ignorance from the duty of at once answering the charges that, whatever may be his recreation and amusements, his serious business in life is the spread diphtheris. It is the more courageous in Dr. Low to state this because certain Irish-American cats are more than suspected of having attempted to blow up the premises of the local govern ment board with dynamite about five years ago. Undeterred by these lucid memories, Dr. Low charges into the ranks of our feline tyrants with desperate determination. He accuses them, not by insinuation or innuen- do, bus in plain and unmistaksble terms, of having caused an epidemic of diphtheria at Ealing. The method in which this detesta- ble plot was carried out is truly diabolical. A number of associated cats, whom Dr. Low for obvious reasons abstains from nam- ing, conspired to eat the remnants of the food, and drink the remainder of the milk, which had been served to diphtheritic pa- tients. Thus primed for their horrible work they selected number of healthy children, with whom they began to play. The chil- dren were particularly attentive to the cats, because the cats appeared to be unwell. Such is the lot of children, who never tease animals, though animals are constantly teas ing them. We draw veil over the sequel, merely remarking that Dr. Low, as becomes
 his high position, has no doubt that the chill dren were infected in his precise way. The germs of infection are, it is to be feared, everywhere, and life would become impossi-
 ble if we were always speculatin9 on the
 chances of coming within the grasp of dis
 ease. Meanwhile it is desirable that crimi-
 nal cats should be brought to justice, and
 that contaminated articles-edible, potable
 or otherwise be destroyed.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-08-03
NOT YET A MUGWUmP

When it was announced the other day that the Rev. Dr. R. s. Storrs, of Brooklyn, had decided to "take to the woods" in this years campaign, there was great rejoicing among the Democrats and assistant Democrats. But they rejoieed too soon, for Dr. Storrs has letter in the Independent which clearly de- fines his position and shows that he is not yet ready to desert the party with which he has acted for more than thirty years.
 Dr. Storrs doesn't like some things in the Republican platform, but so far as the whisky question is concerned he doesn't see anything to be gained by joining the Demo- crats. On this point he says: cannot con- ceal from myself the fact that even on this subject reliance is to be placed on the Re- publican party, rather than on that which principally opposes it, in any endeavor to as- sist by law the interest of temperance. This is certainly not suggestion of prejudice. Many friends whom highly honor are reck- oned among Democrats, and their personal sympathies must be unreservedly on the side of good order and the best public welfare. But the history of recent years in our own State seems enough to show that, as rule, the Republican party favors temperance, and would support it by law wherever practica- ble, while the chief opposition to it comes from the other side. I can only find indica- tion of the future in what has hitherto ap- peared; and so, in spite of what seems to me the very serious and threatening error in the platform at Chicago, think it best, as thus far advised, to continue to act with the Re- publican party, hoping, not without con6- dence, that it will prove wiser, sounder, more courageous in this matter than were those who undertook to speak in it's name.
 Of the policy of protection Dr. Storrs says: The policy of protection, which our fathers initiated almost hundred years ago, comments itself to me as essentially wise; and cannot vote for any party, or any can didste, by whom tariff laws are regarded as an negotiable scheme, permitting tax to be laid upon every community in the land for the benefit of manufacturers, and adding the amount of the duty to the cost of living in every home. Such statements, with others of similar tenor presented in the Presi- dents message of seven months ago, seem logically to intend free trade as their con- cIusion, whether or not that confusion is dis tinctly announced. The English press ap- pears to me unquestionably right in putting this interpretation upon them. With my contrary convictions I could not honestly cast a vote in that direction.
 Dr. Storrs thinks that precisely such man as Mir. Harrison should be at the head of this nation, full as it is of Christian homes, schools and churches. "His influence can- not but be an element for good, not only in the administration of affairs, but in the moral culture of the country. shall cer- tainly vote for him far more easily than if he did not so distinctly represent whatever is best in the American life and spirit"
 this year. They were very glad when they thought they had him.