Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-02-22
NEWS IN GENERAL.

organize new cabinet and he has accepted
the task
TIL secretary of the treasury has awarded
contracts for erection of lighthouses at Deer
Island, Boston Harb0r, Mass, Lubec Mar
rows and Crabtree Ledge, Maine, Light Sta
tions to Chas Lundberg of Chicago, as fol
lows: Deer Island S21 500; Lubec Narrows,
$685. Crabtree Ledg', $4,000.
A locomotive on the Sixth Avenue Ele-
waited railroad in New York, broke down on
the curve at One Hundred and Ninth street,
the highest point on the road. The train
was moving so slowly that there was no diff
Guilty in stopping it before any serious
trouble could occur but the passengers were
badly frightened The road was blocked for
an hour before the disabled engine could be
removed.
Secretary Whitney has written Mayor
Hart of Boston, "A note of acceptance of the
set of colors offered by the city for the new
| United States steamer Boston.
NJ. Jacques who was beaten by Gen Bou-
langer in the recent election in Paris las
been suffering from nervous prostration.
He was very Cotfdent Of victory and his
d sappoiBt4eHnt was overwhelming when he
heard tn frtsult Of the balloting. The fact
that h was mobbsd after the returns were in
ad ed b. his depression, and fever resulted,
from which ! g is slowly recov, ring.
Charles B. Holmes Of Chicago Is believed
to control more street car lines and miles
than anybody els. He is president of a
| syndicate that owns all the lines in Indian
apolis and of Chicag company that owns
1000 cars besides havi"g great wealth in
vested in other cities in Iowa and California.
| Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt is to erect a
| monument over the grave of Gen. Francis
Marion, the Revolutionary hero. She is a
| descendant OF the MariOns, and rst learned
of the neglect accorded the patriots last rest
ing place through recent magazine article
dealing with Washingtons Inauguration.
Louis Sands, who left Sweden 85 years
ago, and worked in the Manistee Mich
| lumber camps for Sl6 per month, is now
honest, manly, plain and unassuming.
The secretary of war has decided to send a
number of army officers abroad. Lieut. j.
c. Sanford corps of engineers, has been as
signed as military attache at the legation in
London. Lieut. H. D. Borup, ordnance
corps, will be ordered as attache at the lega-
ton In Paris and Capt. d. A. Lille Of the
ordnance corps will represent the army at
the Paris exposition.
The Washington Star says that the COM
plainant Dr. Rogers in the Electric
cise Of Rogers against Garland intends to
summon President Cleveland, after the 4th
of March, to testify as to statements in re-
gard to the Pan-Electric company alleged to
have been made 10 the president by Mr..
Garland, Casey Young, Senator Harris and
others.
The district assessors of Washington, have
assessed the value of the Evening Star news
paper stock for taxation at 81, ,339 397, and
the full value at $2009,08 TIL s is based
upon return to the court of the widow Of
the late George w. Adams, VIII ch shows
| fbat tUUap fv- -t1up cbo Ntia11a1 n
dividend of $685. ,210. The capital stock is one
hundred shares This newspaper has hither,
to been assessed at $4,000.
Empress Frederic is about to compile the
memoirs of her late husband, which will
make four octave volumes.
Mr.. s. Spencer St. John, the English
minister to Mexico, has left for England 1t
is reported that he will be appointed minister
to the United States.
The house committee on appropriations eff
fected a compro ise in the matter of the
Cowles tobacco tax repeal bill. The tobacco
sections of this bill were rel jscted, and in lieu
of them the two first sections of the Randall
bill were adopted without change On this
motion Campbell, Foran and Randall voted
with the republicans. The strictly adminiS-
TT ative features of the Cowles b IL as to the
management of distilleries were adopted.
The bill so changed was ordered to be re-
ported to the use for passage.
Abiding to the commemorate n of Mr..
Sidney Bartletts Goth bir hday, the New
York Sun mentions veteran citizens of that
city who are still in active work. David Dud-
ley Field the iurist, S5 years of age; Capt.
John Ericsson the engineer, SO years old;
Wilson G. Hunt, the merchant, on the verge
of "a; Rev. DR.. Thomas E. Yer nilye, who
enters his S7th year this month; Prof. Rob-
ert W. Weir, the artist now in his S7th year,
and Phineas T. Barnum, the Snowman, who
will reach the age of 70 this summer
At meeting at Dundee, Scotland, which
was attended by 10000 persons, an efflgy of
Mr.. Chamberlain was burned, a resolution OF
confidence in Mr.. Gladstone was passed and
cheers given for Mr.. o Brien.
A dispatch from Rome says the preconiza-
tion of the following bishops has taken place:
John S. Foley to Detr it, John J. HenneSSy
to Wichita, Thomas Hesln TO Natchez T. j.
Bowling was translated from Peterboro',
Can. to Hamilton, Can, and Dean OCon-
nor was named for the latter See; Bishop
John j. Keane, rector of the American
Catholic university was named to the titular
See Of Ajasso, and in the Consistory Mgr.
OConnell, rector of the American college in
Rome, asked for and received the pallilm
for Archbishop Janssens of New Orleans.
The house and senate wide apart at one
tories as states, are now In accord, the house
having receded from its position aud practi-
cally votes to admit North and South Da-
kota, Washington and Montana. Republi-
cans believe they will secure the eight sena-
tors from these to be new states and also elect
nearly all the representatives. The demo-
Gratis claim that North Dakota, Washington
and Montana are at least debatable ground,
and they have hopes of adding to their
strength In congress from the new states.
A Madrid correspondent says that the
queen regel-t received the news of the
death of the sister of Senator CASTELAR, while
in the midst of the hustle of the birthday
festivities of the little king, as she entered
the reception room where the guests were
assembled fol, the great banquet. She i'm
mediately said to the president of the
get that he is the head of the republican
party that l only see in him national
glory, a great orator. an artist who has no
peer, and that ] have the deepest sympathy
with him in his loss both as Spaniard and
as sovereign"
A bill introduce d by Senator Spooner pro-
vides that a system of farmers institutes
shall be maintained as a part of the agri-
cultural department. A superintendent of
institutes is to be eppointe1, at an annual
salary of $4,000. Meetings of the institutes
shall be regularly held in the
agricultural sections of the country
at which experiments, lectures and
discussions pertaining to agriculture
shall be conducted. The proceedings of these
is given the superintendent of institutes to
nf fai 1satD