Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-07-06
NEWS IN GENERAL.
DOMESTIC.

The secretary of state has officially called
the attention of the Britt minister at
Washington to the case of the American
ship Bridgewater, unlawfully seized in
Canada. The owners OF the Bridgewater
want compens ltion, as the gross ilegality
OF the seizure and detention were admitted
by the government of the Dominion.
Lawyer Guerin, who is the counsel of
Pitcher, the Providence absconder, stated
that the Sl30 900 found on him was his own
property, and that If any of the bank Off
cias swear that it belongs to the institutions
they will be arrested for perjury.
In view of the determination of the United
States authorities to carry out the pro-
gramme of 1886 81 in Bshring sea, the d.
minion government has sent an order to its
agent in Scotland to purchase steel steam
cutter which will be at once armed and dis
patched to the Pacific coast, to cooperate
with the flt ct in protecting British vessels
from seizure Admiral Heneage says he is
determined to protect British vessels at all
hazards, and will shol =. commence q cruise.
There is no truth in the current report
that Atty-Gen. Garland is about to retire
from til cabinet on account OF his i'll health.
The attorney general proposes to remain at
the head of the department of justice until
the 4th of next March. Then he will prob
ably retire from public life Just now he is
at Hiney Point on the lower Potomac where
he went to escare the heat last week. The
latter part of July or the first of August he
will make his annual visit TO Hominy Hill,
from which he will return to his duties here
as soon as the weather gets cool, to remain
until the end of his term.
Brig.-Gen James G.. Duane, chief of the
army engineer corps, was on Saturday
placed on the retired list for age, being his
Gath birthday.
The summer shutdown of the flint glass
factories commenced on Saturday All the
factories in the country have banked their
fires, and the $500 employees will take a rest
for six weeks
Gen. John B. Mcintosh of the United
States army, retired, died on Saturday at
his residence in New Brunswick N j., of
heart disease, aged GO years.
The postmaster general has appointed the
following named fourth class postmasterS
r. E. Swaine, West Leeds Mass. H. L.
Converse, Brimfield, Mass. William H. Glib
son, Fremont, N. H.; R. A. Munsell, West
Hartford, VT
Joseph L. Weeks of St. Albans, Vt, who
has been at Omaha, Neb., with his wife on a
visit to his two sons, died on Saturday at
the age of "a. Mr.. Weeks was formerly a
leading merchant of st. Albans, and had
been for nearly Is years town clerk and viii
lage treasurer.
1t is stated that IA, ,525, ,239 words of press
specials and other messages were handled at
the Chicago office of the Western Union
Telegraph company during the week, from
June 10 to 90 inclusive while the republican
national convention was in session. This is
an average of 2,075,034 words for each day,
Sunday included.
Steve Brodie finished his long swim down
the Hudson, arriving at the Battery Satur-
6oNy l. -
Albany in 6 days and l hour, which is 8
hours and 30 minutes better than the record
Of Capt Paul Boyton Five thousand peo-
pie were assembled on the Battery to greet
the swimmer, and his arrival was hailed
with cheers, firing of guns and blowing Of
whistles.
1t has been ascertained that Pitcher, the
Providence bank defaulter, was In Buffalo a
few days ago. While there he bought draft
fol-, 9lOO0 on London at the Bank Of Buffalo,
and another for $4,000 on Providence. He
Travelled under the alias of James A. Roberts.
A slight shock of earthquake was felt at
Montr cal on Sunday.
The Times Union of Jacksonville, Fla. an
nounces two light sporadic cases Of suspic-
ious fever at Plant City, which have been
isolated. Precautions have been taken to
prevent its spread. Diligent inquiry dis
covers no other suspicious disease at any
other port in the state.
The customs receipts at the port of Mon
treal for June were $685., ,507, decrease of
50 i,164 as compared with last year. The re-
ceipts for the fisc Il year ending June 80, 1888
were ST. 720, 907, as compared with $S,874, 147
the previous year. Inland revenue receipts
were Z ,649,4 against 81, $780, 497 the pre-
vious year.
Maj. Livermore Of the U. s. Engineer
corps states that, owing to the limited time
available this summer, it has been decided
that the proposed scheme for the combined
maneuvres of the army and navy, including
a large camp at Newport, cannot now be
carried out.
The Norwegian ship Loyal, Capt Friez,
seems to have its own share of misfortune.
Leaving Quebec last fall just before the cloye
of navigation, she Collide with the lower
traverse lghtship, sinking the llghtship and
badly damaging herself. She went down to
Quebec for repairs, loaded lumber for Car
diff, sailed on June 6, and is now total
wreck at Rcd Bay straits off Belle Isle.
Miss Sarah Cowel, the well known actress
and reciter, and William J. LeMoyne, the
favorite comedian and character actor of the
Lyceum theatre, were married last week.