Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-04-06
NEWSY GLEANINGS.

THE Hon. Mr. Plumb, Speaker Of the
Canadian Senate, is dead -.,...
DAKOTA sent flour and sympathy to biz-
Zard sufferers in the East.
PRINCE BISMARCK, at . dinner recently,
proposed the health Of the Gar Of Russia, in
French.
Tie Swiss Government is about to establish
Federal bank, with a monopoly Of the issue
of notes.
TEN thousand pounds Of turtle were
shipped from Key West to New York dur
ing February.
KEY WEST spongers market yearly over
800, 900 pounds of sponge, the bulk Of which
goes to Paris.
Two hundred thousand acres Of Union
Pacific land have been declared forfeited to
the Government.
THE latest competition threatening British
farmers, is the importing Of balel hay from
the United States.
HoNG-KoNG, China, is suffering from an
epidemic of smallpox. The deaths are at the
rate of 100 week.
THE English Government proposes to make
an Observation-Disclosures in its an
uual interest Charge
In the adulteration of lard in the United
States there were used last year 50,0CO,OO
pounds of cotton seed oil.
FIFTEEN thousand seals are reported taken
on Partridge Island, Newfoundland. Men
and women are taking them.
A BILL. has been introduced in the New
York Assembly Offering bounty for the de-
struction of English sparrows.
ADELINA LEWIS, twelve-year-old Vir-
ginia girl has been convicted of murder.
She killed her victim by poisoning.
GEORGE W. BUTTERFIELp, a California
mining operator has sued q London news
paper publisher for S5,000,O00 damages for
| libel
| A HURRICANE recently swept over Tama'
| tave, Madagascar, devastating the place and
wrecking eleven vessels Twenty person were
killed.
AN attempt is being made in Australia to
form company to lay submarine cable
from that country directly to the United
| States.
ROCHESTER,, N. Y, has gone sixteen
months without the telephone because un-
willing to submit to the charges of the Bel
Company.
THERE is to be great gathering of Bap-
fists in Washington next May. Some 2OOO
delegates representing $4,000 churches, have
| been enrolled.
MIGUEL DE ALBANIA, the Cuban patriot
who spent nearly million for the revolu-
tionary cause in that island, died in Havana
on the 18th of March.
GIDEON l.. PEACE, of Maine, is believed to
be the only New England survivor of the
Black Hawk war. He entered the army in
1920 and was discharged in 1929
GENERAL CAFFAREL is fined 5000 and
Nine Limousin sent to a French prison for
six months for completely with Grevy's SON.
in-law, Wilson, in the sale of decorations.
A MEMBER of the Royal Geographical
Society of England says there are devil-fish
in the Indian Ocean large enough and strong
enough to hold and kill a whale fifty feet
long.
IMMENSE quantities of wheat, probably
500 900 tons, are held in San Francisco, Cal.
This mass has been attacked by weevils SO
that it is likely to be total loss to the
owners.
DJRfHG 1887, 90 torpedo boats were added
to the British navy, making total of so first
class and 63 second-cass. During this year
first class and 10 second-class will be
ordered
A MAN aged so, who died recently in Flu.
wanna County, Virginia, had commenced to
cut his third set of teeth, and his hair, which
had grown white, was turning to its natural
color, it is said.
THE wealthiest woman in the Northwest
is probably Mrs. Sarah A. Davidson, Of st.
Paul, Mimi, the widow of Commodore w.
+. Davidson, She is estimated to be worth
about 81 100000
THE Ewing triplets, of Lawrenceville,
Ind, are said to be the Oldest, largest and
handsomest triplets in the county. They are
81 years old. Abel weighs 225 pounds
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