Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-09-27
new ENGLAND NEWS.

Nearly every business man in Lebanon, N.
r., has signed petition for Capt. Charles
H. Clough to be postmaster
The Grand Army memorial building to be
erected at Great Falls, N. H., will cost
$4,000.
new bridge is to be constructed between
Westerly and Stonington, CT, both towns
having agreed to the project.
The restaurant building so called at the
National Home for ldiers at ToCus Me-,
is completed and occupied. The first floor
is devoted to the lager beer counters and
pool tables while in the second story are
sleeping rooms for the veterans, accomm1-
dating l25 men on as many beds. The
space in the old building foim rly used for
the lager beer dispensary has been
added to the home store To still
further increase the capacity of the
home 35 beds have been placed in the
old treasurers Office and 10 in the governor s.
This incr ased capacity comes none to soon
At this time there are 300 more Inmates than
last year this month. Even as early as this
10 men are sleeping on thu floors and with
cold weather the veterans must largely in
crease in number.
John l.. has been drunk again. His prom
iSes in New York to turn over q new leaf
and tecomeA gentleman in anticipation of
political career, were all forgotten and he
made hims Elf so obnoxious to the patrons OF
two Boston hotels that he was bundled off
to bed by friend to avoid further harm.
The establishment of Roman Catholic
parochial school at Lebanon, N. H, took SO
many of the pupils from the public primary
school on the west side of the river that the
board of education discontinued it and
rented the building to the Catholics
1t is now believed that the eight seamen on
the J: K. Baker Of Machias, Me-, which sank
off Wells beach, were lost.
Herring are reported quite abundant in
Machias river, and large quantities are be-
ing taken The fish are large, very few of
them being suitable for sal dimes
The recent ST. Jean Baptiste fair at Man
CHESTER N. H., netted $500.
The city of Keene, N. H., is erecting an
ornamental arch and gateway at the en-
trance to Wheelock park in that city to cost
$1,000
The Nashua Iron and Steel works have re-
ceived orders for forging five large shafts
for ocean steamers. Their work is so driving
that large increase in worllmen has been
made including 30 in the scrap mill.
st. Johnsbury, Vt, will have the free de-
livery system commencing Oct l.
The new dry dock just completed at the
navy yard at Portsmouth, has beeh opened
1t took just one hour to pump the dock full,
which contains s, 100000 gallons of water,
and the same length of time to pump out the
casSon.
George H. Vining, who appears to be liv-
ing on his wits, is wanted in New Haven,
Conn, for passing a worthless draft in set
tlement of board bill at the Elliott house
He has shady record. He entered Yale
with the class of 81, and afterward entered
the signal service, and studied at Fort Meyer
Va. When stationed at Chattanooga he was
dishonorably discharged He was once shot
at by an angry husband. He is now floating
around the country making brief stops
wherever he can find victims
A serious accident occurred on the Boston
d Maine railroad between Lancaster and
South Lancaster. A freight train left Roch-
ester at 6.45 and was due in Lancaster at
T. 30 the next morning. A special from
Lancaster got about halfway to South
I lancaster when beth trains metan collision.
had his left arm broken, Fireman Warren
was killed and Peter Petro injured abou5
the head and body. The cars, 13 in
number were piled on top of each
other The engines were totally ruined
The other engine and fireman, as well as
party who was riding on the locomotive,
and other employees, are said to be more or
less injured, having received sprainS and
bruises, if not something worse. Some of
the train employees saved their lives by
jumping when they saw that a collision was
inevitable Nothing but an official investi-
cation will reveal the real cause of the ac-
cident. The two colliding locomotives were
the Boscawen and tho Hollis.
The Suburban Press association, at its
monthly session at Boston, appointed large
committee to labor for change in the law
of libel in all states of the Union, to the end
that newspapers have the same rights that
do other branches of the business