Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1888-12-27
NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
DOMESTIC HAPPENINGS TOLD
INA FEW BRIEF WORDS.
Interesting Paragraphs Condensed
from Many Redundant Columns.


from Many Redundant Columns
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The British ship Astracaus, from Pliln-
deiphia for iIilvIr, cullidc'i with the Geriilan
steamer Horussin, from Hamburg, Oh li"r-
hourr The I;0rissa, which WIS slightly
damaged. landed the Astraranus crew and
l,rnceedr,l on her journey. 1t is supposed
that the Astracana has bern Kept aiioat by
her cargo. A Government steamer has gone
To her assistance
Bishop Kcane presented 10 the Pope a
collective letter nom the American Bishops
announcing that satisfactory progress has
been made in Tie scbcIne for establishing "a
Catholic University mt Washington. The
letter also thanks the Pope for his support OF
the plin. aud draws attention to Tie import
ance of the work ms u hulSari against tie
rise Of rntinnasm uad free thought IA
America.
The construction of three now cruisers Tor
The ltusinn t.nvernmrni--is about tn I've com
Imcnerd Three submarine boats Will shortly
lac finished. The work un them is done Win
the utmost secrecy
News has been received from Samoa that
the Samoans under Mataala have Succeeded
in capturing the most of Atna after long
battle with TamasPsc's forces. The losses IN
eluded 100 killed aud several hundred
wounded.
-flli OtintPSS tSifl wis Slfitbtti h' hfhth
in n rirriatse ut Fhrenee. Italy, liy Is Captain
III the army who tllrn committed Suicide 10y
shouting himself With u revolver
The corner stone of the Good Samaritan
Hospital for colored people was laid in Char
lesion, S. c.
Three men. named johnson, Cakes and
Dickey, of Iroquos, Ont, were drowned
while crossing to the American side of the
river.
White Caps in Aurora, H., have threat
ened to whip Alderman Junghs, Editor Bur-
ton, of the Express, and all the coal dealers
in the city.
The Augusta, Ga. National Exposition
was closed after a successful run of forty-fve
days. Over 100000 people visited the Ex-
position.
-Thoproposedc consolidation of the brewery
interests in Syracuse, n T.. is about TO be
consummated Anew incorporated company
is being formed with a capital stock OF more
than 100000.
Fire destroyed block in the heart of
Iron Mountain, Mich. Total loss, $4,000.
The Philadelphia and Reading Railrond
Company has given two months extra pay
to the women whose husbands made up the
crew of the companys steam collier Allen
town. which was lost, with all on board, OF
Iue MASSACHUSETTS COuSb luSl inOhNhs
"A delegation of Philadelphia and Camden
capitalists appeared before Gov. Green, of
New Jersey, to urge the cooperation OF New
Jersey with Pennsylvania in the purchase of
the small islands in the Delaware River he
tween Philadelphia and Camden, in order to
have them removed to facilitate navigation.
Another large quantity of struggled
opium was seized by the revenue officers at
Bloomfield, Mich.
BIDS were opened in Wilmington, Del, for
cutting q canal between Assawoman and In
dian River bays, the four mile link of inland
navigation from Delaware Bay southwark to
the mouth of the Chesapeake.
"A through train on the Erie road broke
in two while passing Friendship N. Y. About
three miles below the town the second section
overlook the first, causing a serious wreck.
No one was hurt, however.
Willie Allen, age 0, was drowned at Hale's
Pond, South Groyeland, Mass, by skating
into hole in the ice. He was drawing two
children on a sled ut the time, and when he
saw he must enter the hole, he turned the sled
away, thus saving the children.
Samuel Guenther, foreman of the frame
room in Lockhart & Powers frame factory,
Rochester, n T., fell three stories down an
elevator well and died soon after The ele-
vator was not guarded by gates, aud il is
supposed he became dizzy and lost his
balance.
james De Lamater Of New York was
sandbagged and robbed near his home in
that city. There is no clue to the highway
men.
An attempt was made to poison the fam
ily of Frank L. Sweetser. of Newburyport,
Mass, by putting arsenic in some potatoes.
The family detected bitter taste, and soon
after eating all were taken violently sick. A
doctor was called, and antidotes were admin
istered in time to save their lives. II is sus-
pected that someone who is bitter against the
family, sprinkled arsenic over the potatoes.
A collision occurred between a passenger
train and freight on the Delaware and Hud-
son Railroad, near Waterford, N. Y. Them
gines and some of the freight ears were de-
molshed. The express messenger was jam
med between the safe and the sides of the car,
and was injured about the legs.
The dead body of Frank Fenton. 81 years
old who disappeared from his home near
Sandy Hill, N. Y, was found frozen in the ice
on the bank of a small stream which empties
into the Hudson River, at the foot of preci-
pice over which he had evidently fallen. The
last seen of Fenton he was in a saloon
drunk.
Walter Abbott near-sighted South
Woods guide, aged 30 years, while skating
on the Racket River at Pottsdam, N. Y =, mis-
took open water for solid ice. plunged into
the current of the river and was drowned.
Miss Mckee or Charleston, was inst family
killed in ilamberg. s. &. Anxious tocatcl a
train she attempted to crawl under a freight
which stood betwecd her and the passenger
train, and which moved )if as she was IN the
centre of the trnck running over h"r h"lV