Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-06-21
NEWS IN GENERAL.

honorary Titles. his llSt OF decorations is
almost as long as Prince Bismarcks
The state of Pennsylvania has taken
charge of matters in CoDemaugh valley and
Johnstown and other adjacent towns are un-
der martial law.
A trust of S25, 0OO OOO, which takes in all
the plug tobacco manufacturers of the
United States, has been formed in st. Louis,
Mo- Leggett 81 Meyers and Drummond a.
CO., of st. Louis and p. Lorillard of New
York are at the head of the affair.
The lord provost of Edinburgh has refused
to confer the freedom of the city upon Mr..
Parnell, on the occasion of the visit Of the
Irish leader in July.
The Dominion government has received
advices that several CanadieI sealing YES
sells have sailed for Behring sea. There is no
likelihood of any interference with the oper-
ations of the United States treasury protec-
tion service.
The report of the capture of Port au
Prince by Hippolyte is confirmed. Legitime
is under the protection of the American con-
sul
The ship State of Maine of New Castle,
Me, recently arrived in New York from
Hong Kong after voyage of 90 days, which
her captain claims to be the fastest time on
record.
Increase of the capital stock of the New
been made to $50, 100000.
1t is now thought that the loss of life at
Johnstown will not exceed 1000. They are
we'll supplied with clothing, and will need
money soon to purchase furniture.
1t is reported that the Chippewa Indians
at Mile Laos Lake, Mimi, are massacring
theswhites'
1t is announced that the Delaware & Hud-
son Canal Co. has secured control of the Adj
rondack railroad, which will henceforth be
operated as part Of its system.
The Typographical convention now in
session at Denver has given $3.50 to the
Johnstown sufferers
The new high license law in South Dakota
is considered likely to reduce the number of
saloons so per cent. =: =.
Joseph Rose, of San Francisco, shot his
stepdaughter, Mrs, .Schweitzer, and then put
a bullet through his BRAIN The woman will
rec0yer.
Rhbe Polk, Jr., and George Andry, of st.
Augustine, Texas, quarrelle1 over girl.
They fought with bowies and Polk was
killed
The loss of the Fidelity and Casualty COM
pany of New York at Johnstown, Pa, will
not exceed $40, 000 Their loss has been re-
ported at 81, 100000.
Dispatches from Superior, Wis, report
that forest fires are raging in the northern
part of the state, and that much valuable
timber has been destroyed.
While trying to prevent an ore wagon
from falling down the mine shaft at Two
Harbors, Mich Charley johnson was thrown
into the pitand instantly killed.
A freight train on the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad, loaded with provisions for the
Johnstown sufferers, was run into near
Havre de Grace and brakeman killed.
At Bowling Green, O., Frank James was
arrested on charge of attempting to blow
up Mrs. Mertie Williamson's house with dy-
Mantle He was put in the town jail, where
he committed suicide by hanging himself
with pair of suspenders. Mrs. Williamson
is applying for divorce from her husband,
and James had been trying to get her to
promise to marry him as soon as she got the
divorce. As she refused, it is surmised that
James undertook to further his suit by
threatening to blow her up.
Lieut. Frank Reeve Heath, U. s. N, died
at Mare Island naval hospital, San Francis
CO. Cal, after six days illness. He was
one of the survivors of the wrecked man-of-
war Vandalia and came there on the steamer
Rocktown few weeks ago. He has been
suffering for many weeks from disease con-
tracted at Apia and week ago was taken
down with an attack of compound pneumo.
mia.
The famous viaduct near South Fork Pa,
ON the reconstruction Of which 500 workmen
have been engaged over week, has been
completed. The trestle is S5 feet high and
AS long. The rails have been laid for single
track to Johnstown from the Fork.
A dispatch from Ottawa, Ont, says: 1t is
learned that the Canadian Pacific railroad
proposes to establish large car works in the
State of Maine, at a point on its line through
that State. The company hopes by this
means to evade the possibility of any inter-
ruption to passenger traffic by using Ameri-
can built railway cars ' ,. - 3
While a large party of Sunday school chill
dren were on an excursion train going from
Armagh to Warren Point Ireland, one sec
ton of the train was unable to make heavy
grade, part of which the stupid officials cut
off and allowed to run back. 1t coided
with train which was following the excur-
sonsts and a terrible disaster followed
| Seventy-two persons were killed and many
others fatally wounded.
The people of Cedartown, Ca, are forming
q manufacturers association for the purpose
Of building cotton factory and wooen mill.
About $50, 900 has been subscribed for cot
ton factory, and they desire to find man
who has experience in this business and who
can put in an amount Of money, equal to that
already subscribed.
lHo HIOuCh dlIdlud GdndI
relief bill has. been introduced in the cham
ber of deputies 1t empowers the liquidator
of the company to plac5 on the best condi-
tions possible and regardless of the legal
| limit as to price the 100000 francs of the
bonds which have not yet been subscribed
for 1t also authorizes a subscription of 3D.
| 000 600 francs to cover the expenses neces-
sary for the maintenance of the work pend
ing an inquiry ipto the question of the COM
! pletion of the canal.
While passing through the town of Wade
BRIDGE in, Cornwall, missile which is be-
lieved to have been cartridge was thrown
| at Mr.. Gladstone's carriage. Mr. Gladstone
was not hit, nor was he much disturbed by
| the incident but the police think it was an
attempt upon his life, and are looking for
| the man who threw the missile.
The steel torpedo depot ship Vulcan has
been launched at Portsmouth England. She
is the largest vessel the government has ever
| built. 1t is intended that she shall accom-
pany q fleet and carry a large equipment of
torpedo boats. Size will form a floating
workshop The Vulcan is of 6620 tons bur-
den, and 1900 horse power.
No further news has been received at Hall
fax about the wreckage that drifted ashore
on the Shelburne coast. A dense fog has
prevailed to the westward for week or 10
days, and there is an impression that
steamer or large ship has been wrecked on
Little Hope Island, Off Liverpool, where the
steamer Merrimack was lost two years ago.
Edward Swineford of st. Louis, Mo-, who
has been in Jchnstown, Pa, searching for
the bodies of his wife and mother, who were
lost ON the express train has been sent home
raving maniac The knowledge of the fate
Of his wife and aged mother robbed him of
his senses
L. G. Munroe, mill employe at Lucas
Mich. caught his coat sleeve in some cog
wheels, and, in spite Of the efforts of two
companions who seized him, was ground to
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