Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-06-29
NEWS IN GENERAL

The body of John Carroll, who was
drowned at Sheffield, was recovered a few
hours later.
The Fall River police have begun a vigor-
GUS crusade against parties selling liquor
without license. Saturday night and Sun
day 10 places were raided.
The railroad station at North Hampton,N
H., was entered by burglars, the safe blown
open and small amount Of money stolen.
A meeting under the auspices of the State
No-license league was held in Worcester re-
Gently. Mayor Winslow presided. arl ma
1ority of the aldermen were pre- Mt. Ad-
dresses were made by Rev. Hugh Mo tgom-
cry, Major A. G. Hill Of Northanl, ,.On and
exMayor Robinson of Gloucester. The at
tendance was comparatively small
Epic Pezzulo, one of the Italian laborers on
the Dover water works, is missing, and is
supposed to have been shot during the recent
emeute He is thought to be the man seen
by boys to swim the river, with face covered
with blood. Large numbers of the Italians
and the police have searched the woods for
him.
The first trial canoe race for the Barney
prize cup took place June 49, on the Connec.
ticut river, over a course of three miles to
the windward and return. Emil Knappa OF
Springfield won in III ION. 15s., with Paul
Butler and D. s. Goddard of Lowell and f.
A. Nckerson of this city following in that
order
Baccalaureate sermons we're preached Sun
day by the presidents of Yale, Bowdoin,
Dartmouth, Amherst, Williams and other
New Engla colleges.
Six persons out of boating party of 1e
were drowned in Newark bay. They were
having a ride in the 3O-foot steam yacht
Olivette, when the vessel ran on the jetty al
the mouth of the bay and was capsized. In
the confusion that followed one man and
five women were lost: Louis Graf, aged 20:
| Gussie Lutz 20: Lizzie Celius, Il; Minnie
Burger, 10; Gussie Weber, 10, and Annie
Fricke.
The new Pullman sleeping car service be
tween Washington and Bar Harbor will be
inaugurated at once Pullman palace sleep
ing cars will leave Washington at 2 D. m. .
and run through to Mt. Desert ferry without
| change, via the Penns ylvania railroad New
| York & New England railroad Portland &
! Worcester line and Maine Central railroad
arriving there at 6,55 p. H., on the bar
Harbor express" Returning they will leave
| Mt. Desert ferry on the "limited vestibuler
train st a. M, and arrive at Washington
at 1915 a. m, The cars will be taken and
left by the Portland & Rochester railroad al
Westbrook Junction.
Frederick Maddox and George Conway,
inmates of the convalescent ward of the
Wards Island Insane asylum, N. Y, broke
| the bars from the windows Of their ward al
$50 clock Saturday, and escaped They
escaped from the island in boat. Another
patient tried to escape at the same time, but
was caught before he got out of the window.
William Dehl, l6 years DID, an inmate OF
the insane asylum, was found drowned or
Sunday, He had been in the hospital lt
years, suffering with primary dementia
During the past year he had been allowed
the liberty of the island, and had made nc
attempt to escape,
Cambridge is to have a daily evening
newspaper, the publication of which will be-
gin within few weeks. 1t is to be managed
by w. F. Spalding, who recently resigned
the secretaryship of the board of commits
sioners of prisons and the superintendency OF
prisons to start the paper. 1t will lie owned
by stock company, with capital of S10,,
900, and will be devoted purely to local mat
ters. The stockholders are among the lead.
ing business men of Cambridge.
The annual report of the government sup,
erintendent of insurance at Ottawa Ont,
shows that while only about 50 per cent.
of the net amount of fire insurance at risk is
carried by American companies, over 80 per
cent. Of lie risks of the whole Dominion
have been placed with them.