Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-09-28
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The Indurated Fibre Co. Of Portland, Me-,
has begun patent suit against the Amos
keag Fiure Ware Co. OF Pelerboro, n. H
The Portland company claims the trade
name, "Ftbre Ware Co, y under which it has
nanufac .urel and sold hollow arr icles made
Of wood and other pulp after being treated
or hardened by chemical process, so as k
render the articles hard, impervious and ol
great strength, capable OF resisting action OF
water, acids, alkalis, etc, has been infringed.
The Berkeley Manufacturing Co. of Provi.
dence, II. l., has dedicated 4 library for the
use of their employees.
The output of the Winterport, Me-, corn
canning factory this season will not be more
than 80 per cent. tf that OF favorable years.
1t is believed that the total in the state will
lot be within 1900, 20 per cent. of that OF
last year.
A Boston woman has been arrested for
sing two counterfeit half dollars on a
conductor of West end car.
Manuel Nunes, IA years old, OF Taunton,
Mass, popped up from behind target
which he was tending in lis uncle's shoot
ing gallery, just in time . get bullet in
his right cheek from an air gun, fireI by
an embryo marksman. He was taken to a
physician, who prohed for but could not
find the bullet The shooting was acci-
dental, and the wound will not be serious
unless it interferes with the boys eyesight.
Schooner Minnesota has arrived at Glouces
ter, Mass, from Greenland with 100, 900
pounds of fetched halibut. Only one other
vessel, the Alice M. Strople, is left, and she
has gone further north to explore the
new fishing ground.
Angus us Blanchard, Jr., and Levi Sans
vile of Marlboro, Mass, were taken to Cam
brI1Oa iaiI hainU halH in SI00l aanh for the
gran jury, to answer the charge of break
ing into the saloon of Israel Sansville at
Marlboro on Sept. 20.
A young man has swindled number OF
benevol-nt people at Quincy, Mass, by
claiming to have lost one hand, showing q
mangled stump as evidence OF the injury.
1t now appears that the stump was made Of
wax, and that the fellow simply had his own
hand cleverly concealed from view. He is
said to have taken in considerable coin,
The employees of the New York & New
England repair shops at Elst Hartford, Ct,
refuse to work longer than o'clock Satur-
day afternoons, in accordance with rule
which has been in force for the past 10 years.
The company refused to transport them to
Hartford, and 200 men were obliged to walk
four mics to their homes.
Advices from Dexter, Me-, report that
Col. Charles A. Wilson, a member Of the
common council of that city and judge advo-
cate-general Of the lrigale of Rhode Island
militia, had been seriously bitten by bull
dog. Colonel Wilson was with a friend the
owner of the dog, and playfully shook his
friends clothes, wnen the brute seized him
by the lett leg and terribly lacerated the
flesh, tendons and muscles. The wound may
lay Colonel Wilson up for the remainder Of
the winter.
The Fall River weavers have sent to the
board of trade request for an advance Of
five per cent, and scbe lule list of prices
for weaving odd goods. The weavers at the
StFfford mill are on a strike, and nearly
1000 looms are idle.
c. F. Case of Glastonbury, Ct, has sold
his paper mill to Frank Clark OF East GIas-
tonbury and P. R. Stafford of Broad Brook,
who will run the factory at about the same
capacity it has been operated by Mr.. Case.
Nelson Whittier for SO years connected
with the Dwight Co., of Chicopee, Mass, as
paymaSter, and previous to that in other ca
pacities. has resigned to take the agency of
the Whittier mills at Lowsil -
Another season Conanicut, r. l., will have
waterworks the supply for which will be
derived from springs.
The route for the new railroad which will
connect Rockville, Conn, with the Air Line
road at Portland has been surveyed, and its
construction will begin in October. At YER
non it is probable that this line will run un-
der the New York & New England ro ID,
and will prove a great help IN joining the
manufacturing interests at South Man
chester, Burnside and Glastonbury. Con-
nection with the Connecticut Valley road
will be made at Portl4nd.
Treasurer Pilbrick of the Salem, Mass =,
Young Mems Christian Association has sent
a second check for 500 to Jacksonville.
Many herring have "struck i'm at Swamp
scott. The crew of the Minnehaha recently
| stock d Sl100 from recent mackerel fare.
In the cases of ]. r. Palmer, f. i. Clark
and John Daniels, supervisors of Barring
ton, N. H.. who were convicted of wiltully
removing the name of DR.. Daniels from the
check list in that Town, have had fine i'm
posed of $50 each and costs. Exceptions
were taken.
A feature OF the Boston market last week
| was the arrival of about 700 barrels of Irish
mackerel on the steamer Bulgarian. The
fish are not as satisfactory to the trade as the
home cured fish, but 1t now looks as il these
importations from across the water will have
to be resorted to to supply the market here
during the winter and spring, If our catch
pms out no better than it has so far
These fish will probably grade about 3s,
| it is thought.
A. Miller of New Sweden, Me-, has rebuilt
his starch factory in Perham that was
burned last spring and his other factory in
New Sweden is nearly finished.
]. S. Richardson's extensive new steam
sawmill at Kingman, Me-, is now completed
and running. 1t is furnished with the most
| improved machinery and has capacity for
turning out 25 900 feet of lumber daily.
Reports say that the mackerel feet find
more mackerel in Massachusetts bay from
Boston light south along the coasts of Ply
mouth and B unstable than anywhere else.
Here vessels at times pick up from Is to 100
pounds.
The Kilkenny On. H. R.R proposes to ex-
| tend its line through to connect with the
Grand Trunk. The Whitefeld s. jefferson
road is anticipating the same move, and it
is mere question of which has has the most
enterprise.
| A telegram received in Boston announces
| the death in Buenos Ayres, of Samuel B.
Hale, the pioneer of the United States trade
with South America. He was the senior
member of the firm of Samuel B. Hale 81
| Co., which was engaged in the banking busI-
ness in Buenos Ayres.
The whaling trig D. A. Small, Captain
| Winslow, has sailed from Provincetown on q
12.month,' Atlantic ocean cruise
The stockholders of the Dexter & Newport
R. R., have held their annual meeting at
Dexter, Me. and declared a dividend of three
Jer cent The sum of $4,000 was subscribed
toward the Dover extension. They are still
| confident in Dexter that work will commence