Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-10-12
new ENGLAND NEWS

The Harvard freshman class numbers 800
making it the largest class that ever entered
Harvard.
Phillip Palledeno the Italian who MUIR
dered his brother in cold blood on the even
ing Of June %, 1886 suffered the death pen
atty at Bridgeport, Ct.
A consolidation of the Athol Electric
Lighting and Power company and of the
! Athol Gas company has been effected. +, A.
Sawyer Of Portland, Me-, was elected preSi-
dent and general manager
The Fitchburg road has contracted for 5000
| tons OF heavy steel rails for use next year.
The Boston & Maine will make a number
of changes in time on its Lowell system on
the Sth inst, and on the 2lst will adopt the
winter schedule on tina eastern and western
divisions.
In a drunken row on Davidson street,
Lowell, James Goulding and his wife were
assaulted by Msry Carrigsn, the 'od gray
mare with heavy stone pitcher. Mr..
Goulding may lose the sight of his left eye,
and will then be totsi'y blind
Judge Rollin Harmon. recently appointed
| judge OF probate and insolvency in Essex
county, Mass, vacated the judges chair at
the police court, Lynn, last week, where
since 1879 he has rendered service. Asso
ciate Justice Ira B. Keith will fill the office
until Governor Ames makes appointment of
judge Of the Lynn court.
John Burke of West Brdgewater, Mass.
while walking on the Old Colony railroad
track near PawtuXet station, was struck and
thrown some distance by the Cape ex ress
train. Burke Yves badly cut on his fore
bead, but sustained no serious injury, al
though he was unconscious when picked up.
Ills companion, man named Gilmore,
jumped aside and was not struck by the
train.
The Dover & Winnipiseogee Railroad COM
pany elected the following directors: VII
liam Hale of Dover; John McDuffee of
Rochester; George c.. Lord of Boston; VIII
liam S. Stevens of Dover; Amos P.ul of
South Newm rket; Frank Jones of Ports
mouth; and Elisha r. Brown Of Dover
At the annual meeting of the Concord &
Portsmouth railroad, a resolution was
passed authorizing an increase of the capital
stock from $3.50, 900 to $500, 900 and providing
that it be allowed at par to holder o. =. g.,
in proportion to the amount held at time ol
issue. The following directors were eleCted
Samuel n. Bell Manchester; joseph B.
Walker, Concord; Walter NJ. Parker, Man
chester; John j. Bell, Exeter; William A.
Pierce, Portsmouth; Moody Currier, Man
chester.
Long distance telephone connection hes
been successfully accomplished bet ween
Portland and Boston, Providence, New
York and Philadelphia, and an order for
Portland, and acknowledged at the
eastern end of the wire Providence
works as clear and distinct as any short dis
tance line; New York, quite clear; Philadel-
phia, more muffied. Still, a conversation was
kept up between Portland and the Quaker
City for some moments. These connections
VIII be permanent and procurable at all
times by the public.
The naval torpedo board met at the tor
pedo station few days since to witness some
tflals OF the Hall automatic fish torpedo
but, owing to the loss of one of the screws
IN launching, the trials were postponed
The report that ful ther trias were
to be abandoned is entirely unfounded.
The torpedo is one of the automatic TYNE,
and 1t possesses novel means of regulating
the immersion and governing the speed and
peculiarly ingenious devics for overcom-
ing the net defences of war vessels The ordi-
nary diving rudd T is suppanted by an i'm
mersion valve that causes the torpedo to dive
or rise as requ red, by directing currents of
air above or below from the stern.
Mrs. Elizabeth Tabor, a wealthy lady who
has given a great deal Of money for public
improvements in Marion, is dead at the age
of 81 years. She gave the money to build
the Tabor academy and arding house, the
puDIlS llOl al anu ldLul IA HlS' 'OiJ buIttitlR,
and the Congregational chapel.
The fine residence of Ezra w. Chaplin at
Chapinvile, Northboro, Mass, known a the
Davis house, was completely wrecked
by the explosion Of the boiler in the
hasement VIII ch Mr. Chapin had just started
up having teen out Of use for several sea
sons. The damage is estimated at $4,000.
All of the main house, two-story wooden
structure, is mass Of ruins, the roof only
remaining.
A smashup occurred on the Boston & AL
bany railroad, midway between Westboro
and Grafton, a few days ago A freight
train going west on the north track was
switched on to the south track to let the
Boston express pass. They backed around a
curve. A freight train going east on the
south track broke in two. They put on all
steam to pick up the cars gradually, and not
knowing the other train was there dashed
into it at full speed. Fourteen cars and both
locomotives were either split open or de-
rallied. Both tracks are completely blocked
No person was injured. The damage will
reach $4,000.
William johnson, aged about 90, from
Pittsfield, Mass, was killed on Greylock
mountain in coming down with load Of
wood.
Women are going to vote for school COM
mitteemen in large numbers in other places
in Massa achusetts besides Boston. Records are
coming in of the number assessed. In Som
erville there are HOO. In Natick the num-
ber reached 500. Monday evening In Lynn
there were 527, in Watertown 29O, In Wal
than 1896.
Capt. Charles G. Goodspeed died suddenly
at Plymouth. Mass, recently. He was "a
years old, and half century ago was cap
tain of packets plying between Boston, Prov
inCetOWn, Hartford and New York.
The attention of the Portland board of
trade has been called to the delay of impor-
tations made through New York and Boston
by Portland importing house, for the want
of bonded line between Boston and Port
land.
Winsted, Ct, is troubled by numerous eels
in its water supply, which choke the pipes.
Joseph Gonsalve, laborer on the Swarts
block, Providence, r. l., fell from the third
floor and was taken to the Rhode Island hos
pital in precarious condition.
Advices from the northern woods Of
Maine state that sportsmen who have gone
there after deer are suffering more hardships
ON account of cold weather than they were
prepared to meet
Three men were rescued from a capsized
boat off Narragansett Pier by two catboats,
and two men were rescued from an over
turned boat off Brenton's reef buoy by an
other catboat, All five men were much ex-
hausted,
Richard Meady of Arlington, Mass, COM
mitted suicide by drinking quantity of bed
bug poison He was out of health and de-
spondent.
There are at present in Boston two repre-
sentatives of the japanese government who
ara making tour of the world, with a view
of becoming thoroughly familiar with the
different systems of conducting public works