Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-02-15

the following: Letters 5[O23; postal cards
$3.50, and newspapers circulars and other
printed matter, SO, 292.
The Cheshire County N H. Medical So
ciety has been organized with these officers:
President DR.. G orge B. Twitchell; vice
president DR.. ]. A. Craig; secretary and
treasurer, DR.. Ira J. Prouty.
VIM. A. Preston at the late meeting of the
directors Of the New Ipswich IN. H. savings
bank was elected president to fill the vacancy
caused by the death Of the late presi lent,
Geo. Whiting of Bank Village
Mrs. Sarah Merrill Burton recently died in
Texa', aged s6 years months. She was a
native Of Warren, n. H., daughter of Joseph
and granddaughter of Stevens Merrill, one
Of the first settlers ( that town.
The wife Of President Bartlett of Dart
mouth college is rapidly improving in health
at PAS adena, Cal.
The Rockport (Me.) Ice company began op-
eratt ms at Lily pond on the Tth, fully
month later han usual. The ice Is only 10
inches, instead of 20, as Is usually the case at
this time Of the yer. The company put on
a large crew, and expect to get crop Of 40
200 tons In 20 days.
The total fire losses in the stnteof Maine in
1888 were S5lR, AT, on which $2S4, 102 of in
surance was paid. The most disastr us
month was January, and the least destruc-
tive March. Among buildings DESTROYED
were III farm houses Go residences and tene-
ments, ~ barns and other isolated structur
and 70 business blocks. The totel losses last
1857
The war department has detailed First
Lieut.. Peter Leary of the Fourth United
States artillery and First Lieut.. r. w. Hoyt
of the Eleventh United States infantry as
mil itoT-N ff,ctr o. h.
school Of the National Guard of Vermont, to
be held at Montpelier, Feb. 20 and 81.
Suits have been brought against the Con-
cord railroad for $40 O $1,000 each) by the
heirs Of Eugene Terreault and Peter Berube
of Nashua, VINO lost their lives in the Hook
sett bridge disaster. The injured Nashuans
will ask damages to the am unit of $4,000.
Capt. Israc N. Center Of Litchfield, N H.,
an ex-representative to the legislature, died
recently, aged 78. He occupied position in
the Boston custom house under the admins
tration of Presi ience Pierce and was mem
Der Of the constitutional convention in this
state in 1850
T.J Ruggles of Lisbon N. H, who re-
Gently went to Southern Pines N. c., has
engaged extensively in lumber business at
that place.
There are SO51 books in the Portsmouth
PupllS npl al y, Ioo having pSeL ttuueu uullhg
the past year. The number of books leaned
during the year was "a, ,896, and the proper
tlon OF 11ctlon to the total 63 per cent.
Since its organization, 10 years ago. the
State Odd Fellows Mutual Relief association
of Manchester, N. H., has paid out over
100000.
Prof Danial q Eaton of the soiantifc de-
partment of Yale college has presented
strong objections to the legislature AGAINST a
newly formed company in New Haven to
run street cars by elec ricity, asserting that
the wires are dangerous to life.
The Vermont Farm Machine company Of
bellows taiis are building MODEL ere merry
to oe e&nlOltea at tne coming Farls eXposl-
ton'
The Green Mountain fish hatchery at Fair
Haven, VT, has 300, 900 trout eggs in proce $
Oh lncupatlon, Soouoo OF Whlch are lor 1he
sUale hsh commissioners
Officials Of the Central Vermont railroad
have been at Hartford, Ct, to select a site
Tor big Ice. house winch Hd6o the company 'n-
1end 10 pul4d, 10 hold oOOo coraS.
State Treasurer Dubois has borrowed $50
900 in Boston for the state of Vermont until
sept !, 1889, at the low rate Oh interest Oh
~ per cenU' per anDum'
Cl. W. Seward Webb Of New York has
recently purchased five additionag farms in
Shelburn, Vt, for $109 900, making an estate
Of 1000 acres now owned by him in that
O0~n
40 AIpans, va leoter carriers uelVerea ,o roi
90 ofo leIoers oJoo PosIai carts ana ~ 81 ~
papers IN January, making a Gooal Oh Al l4f
plecss VI t6leu a llaVIel uellyeIeu Ny Unenl u''i
g. O-oi- - 9' ---D-iOli y, Sol w. ,,.1 NJ
r, Inc county coiIilnissloaers ~ Oh t1ldsooio N.
e., e., nave uecliieu III ayr VI tne FTGtCioaels
~ TondopdSrr % m' i Thare 9sao 1onn and to
Jiome bearino af the court room in Naehna
'',O
Joseph T. Gleason, who died recently IN
mexico, Me-, aged 40, was non-commlS-
honeo otncer In the second Regiment OF vol
unteers from New hampshire. be was
u Do'Uon
=, An effort Will be made to secure funds from
puDIro ~ ~ pu[Gse a take lree V1S Uo
rnau9 n.1ue SNGI 4 'ne oonnecUicuC river aO Ciare-
lnon" NI L.
BOW, ha " fniIo,, ep y Wv. "noo III
w n"' TLn iaiien III eauly WIVi!lp "eeh
or,o,,u+od ~ e5PpoH PHS iiionOS III '"lu''i
Ai.lo''AA'01 " n0'i - ""000'
The placing OF an attachment on the
property of the Washington mills at Law
renee, Mass, recently, for S1OO,O was due
not to lack OF financial strength OF The cor
porauoh, ouI 10 controversy Wllca ltS laIt
agehC seeks W seCOle ny leSal lneChooS'
Mr.. Fred F. Chase, large cattle raiser il
Kansas is visiting his old home in Nashua
N. n. after an absence of twelve yea, s. Mr.
Chase was graduated at the Nashua higi
school
oo,s,,s ,.ooor+,r +ol,on sho,,,s +ho+ thor,
"a aSed % tbn S SnTmS scboo dio
trT trct fjuf IN MnntneJier ,.' VI VI ''l0 ''''' o
Mr.. Darwin Rider OF Middlebury, W., ha
sold his famous trotter, Membrln0 no Archie, t'
South American parties for $4,000
Marshall H. Bailey, an artist of Concord
N H., will be member Of the scientific ex
pedition that Harvard college is to send t.
Peru.
H. H. Little, Antrim, n H., has gone t,
| Alabama as clerk for the Fort Payne Goa