Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-08-23


the comedian of the London Gaiety com.
pany, has died Of blood poi oning in London
Leslie had been very i'll with blood poisoning
since his return from America, and was laid
up at his villa Just outside London, but it is
deemed incredible that his death could have
occurred without the news of it gaining
general circulation in London.
Several of the gambling houses at Saratoga
have been closed by the people running Them
owing to fear on the part Of the owners thai
raid was to be made.
At dance in Covington, KY, there was q
murder, the victim bsing Harry Teri IN,
aged II, son of a well-known jeweller in
Covington. He met his death by being
struck with beer g ass thrown by woman.
The woman has not been found, and is not
known here.
Under the new Indiana law requiring that
executions shall be conducted in secrecy in
side the state peniteptiary, Getween mid
night and the dawn of day. the first person
condemned to death, William Benson, was
sentenced to be hanged on the 10th inst.
Relatives and friends had been pleading with
the governor for two days to Interfere, and
he finally commuted the sentence to i'm
prisonment fer life.
There was considerable opposition at a
eeng m OF f9le stEgax Y ggJ Pe9a Of CGcago
of the return Of Henry George. Some mem
bers declared they would rather give a BAN
quet to the czar of Russia, but the motion
was finally carried.
The British bark J. G. Williams, from
Buenos Ayres, June 12, for Barbados,
foundered at sea. The crew escaped.
Frank Stevenson, colored, aged II years
a resident of Wllliamsport, Md, was over.
taken by a storm and took refuge in a hol
ow tree Lightning struck the tree and he
was instantly killed. His lifeless body was
found standing upright in the tree.
The vicinity of Mammoth, Pa, was visited
| hy snow storm shortly after daylight or
the morning of the 10th. The ground was
| completely cOverel
Rioting continues in Zanzibar. Only two
| German ships are there. 1t is reported that
the German consul has telegraphed to the
German admiral at Mozambique to return
with the leipzig
Louis Demarest (white) and Sumner Mil
| Ter (colored), both convicted of murder, were
| hanged at Lake Chnrle, La The execution
was witnessed by 1000 persons.
Two seamen left on Arenas Key by the
American schooner Anna have been rescued
by the Ossip e.
The ENJOYS of Brazil to the international
American congress, to be held in Washing
| ton in October, ave arrived in New York.
The National Zeitung commenting on En-
peror Williams recent trip to England, says
The entente obtained by his visit to Os
| borne assures an identity of policy on thu
part of England and the triple alliance and
makes provision for all results of that com
mon policy. 1t is confidently regarded al
| settled that the successors Of the Salisbury
C binet will adhere to the new arrangement.
| John Mahoney and Fred Adams fought {
| duel with revolvers near Colville, Wash
Both revolvers were emptied Mahoney fel
mortallY wounded and Adams carried away
two bullets in his body. A sheriff and pos
are riding in pursuit of Adams.
La Nation says France never intended
making demand for the extradition of Gen
Boulanger.
| The New England investors excursion
| passed through Cincinnati, O., on their re
turn trip from Shelf Id, Ala, to Boston
They report having made the phenomena
run from Boston TO Sheffield, distancs OF
1910 miles, in SO hours and few minutes
including all stops and few delays. In on
instance they made 81 miles in 25 minutes
and one mile in 40 and another in 40 seconds
There were so in the party, including sil
from New Hampshire, two from New York
three from Connecticut and thu remainde
from Massachu etts, chiefly from Boston.
Richard Mansfield is booking a lot o
English people for America to help him pro
duce "Richard Ill"
1t is reported that the recent interview
between Prince Bismarck and Empero
Francis Joseph and Count Kalnoky resulteO
in modification of the Austro- German
treaty, whereby casus foe leris is established
| whenever vital interests of either nation ar
thrAo tn 1ty tfao
has constituted a cau;e for joint action. x
The German Colonial company a. a meet
ing at Berlin resolved to APPEAL to Pr nc
Bismarck for protection against English en-
crcachmens in Africa, AMI urge him to fin
means to put an end to the present state u
affairs. The speakers all protested that n
feeling OF hostility toward England was er
tertained, and that the action of the German
Colonial company was taken solely in de
fence of German rights, which had beyn vic
lated by the English trading company.
Ex- King Milan has consented to allow ex
Queen Natalie to visit her son, King Alex
ander several times year, and to reside il
the palace during Caeh visit
The sultan's principal adviser, Mahome
Bakashmel, who has been exercising ne
farious influence with the sultan has bee
exiled, and leaves by the end of the month.
Shocks Of earthquake were felt through
out Herzegovina. A portion of the Mosta
railway was damaged, but nothing serious
reported.
race quarrel of long standing. intensi
fled by politics, eliminated at Richmond
Tex, in desperate general shooting,
which nearly dozen lives were lost an
many persons wounded
Mary Anderson is much better and i'm
proving daily.
Mrs. Langtry is at AK les Bans sufferin
from a severe attack of the gout.
A negro was hung for an assault upon
young German girl near Savannah, Ga
Richard Schniewind, the son of A. Schnie
wind, who is vice president of the Germa
Life Insurance company of New York an
at present the United States vice consul q
Dusseldorf. was drowned at Schildhorr
Germany. He was in sailboat alone. TIL
body was recovered by the river police an
the father took it for burial The boy we
bright fellow studying chemistry at tn
Berlin university, He was 81 years old.
A hurricane which swept over the south
ern part of Spain wrecked churches an
other buildings in Granada. A portion
the dome of the church Of St. Felife VIZ
blown down and the Alhambra was consiC
erably damaged
A $4,000 POODIE nOc