Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-12-27
NEWS II GENERAL.

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trade At Chicago is reported. g
The will OF jefferson Davis has been Fl ell
II is dated February ~, 1856, and leaves the
Brierteld plantation andits appurtenances t..
the widow; the Eihston plantation to Mary
Ellis Of Philadelphia, and the Limerick
plantation to Mary Dorsey Of Maryland
A new impetus has been given to the
movement for the erection Of monument
in New York to General Grant.
The celebrated "A" spring at Saratoga,
\. Y, has been sold by a sheriff 10 satisfy
a Judgment against it of $500. but the
Judgment was not satisfied as the spring
brought only $500.
Wong and Fog. two eminent Chinese
commercial men interested in the syndicate
which is to have the lighting by electricity
during 80 years of ell the principal Chinese
cities have arrived in New York to pur-
chase an enormous electrical plant.
The witnesses expenses in the Cronin
trial reach about 5000 legal expenses 500
600, stenographers and typewriters $1,000
the jury $1,000, and the total cost will be
100000.
Mississippians are starting a movement
for the erection of Il monument to the mem
oTy of jeff Davis,
A mighty stream of immigration is pour
ing into Washington territory. The people
come from South East and n Jrth. The cars
Of the Canadian Pacific have been crowded
with West bound pas engers for months.
Capt. II. Smith Of Hagerstown, Nd, who
died recently, leaving handsome property,
directed in his will that his funeral expenses
should not exceed $50 aud that his remains
he conveyed 10 the burial place in a spring
wagon. II directed that his body be
wrapped in cloth packed in unslacked lire,
and that 50 be set aside for some one to pot
water into his coffin until the lime cremated
the body. The provisions of the will were
carried out to the letter.
Samuel Tragdor, who was serving life
sentence in the Fort Madison, Ia, Peniten-
tiary for killing man for cheering for jeff
Davis, has been pardoned by Gov. Larrabee.
An Atchison trust is projected. Share
hold khave been asked to assign their
stock Or period Otter years.
Gen Louis Fitzgerald, the treasurer of the
Washington Centennial committee, has
issued his report, whi"h shows that the
amount received by the committee from
state and city appropriations and from
private subscriptions was Sic, 492, and that
the amounts paid out to the account of tn,
subcommittee aggregated Sl65, 1901, leay-
ing balance OH hand of S1,74l.09.
The static of the late Henry Ward
Beecher, now being made by j. q. A. Ward
JOr prospect Garh. BFOOklyU, Is Sdlu 10 DC
unsatisfactory to Mr. Beecher's family.
d. Morgan of Phelps, NY, professor of
Greek and Latin in the Syracuse Normal
school, was found in demented condition
in Trenton, N. j., recently by his mother,
after an absence of eight weeks. A dia-
mond pin, gold watch and chain. beaver
overcoat and $500 in money. which he had
when he went away, are IN ssing.
The delegates to the Pan American CON
gress were entertained at q breakfast at the
Equitable building in New York city, James
w. Alexander, president of the Equitable
society, at the head of the table. Hon.
James g. Blaine sat on his right. In addi-
ton to the Pan-Amerean delegates the fol-
lowing prominent persons were present;
Hon. Cornelius n. Bliss, Governor Hill,
Mayor Grant, ChauEcey NJ. Depew, Gen.
Louis Fitzgerald, VIM. Henry Trescott T.
jefferson Coolidge, Morris NJ. Estes, Andrew
Carnegie and John Fl. Inman. About 100
guests in all sat down to the breakfast. :
Three members of the Faith. Cure society
in Brooklyn, N. Y, who had refused to ad
minister medicines to patients under their
charge on the ground that they would be
violating Gods command, were sent to the
penitentiary.
1t is estimated that the wealth of the
United States now exceeds the wealth of the
whole world at any period prior to the mid
die of the 18th century.
Several explosions have occurred on board
the British tank steamer Fergusons, Capt
Young at Rouen from Philadelphia, by
which one man was killed and four others
were injured. Damage estimated at $4,000
was done.
Juror Culver has sued the Chicago Herald
for $4,000 damages, Oh account of an article
in that paper intimating that one of the
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The Staas-Ieitung declares its ability TO
prove that the verdict was bought, and also
makes bitter attack on Culver.
During PATHS stay at Chicago she has been
greatly impressed with the affluence of the
hotel bel-boy5. When they call in response
to her ring they wear diamonds. This is eX-
planned by the desire of rich young bloods
to see the cantatriee in her own apartments.
When she rings, the swells are ready to don
bell-boy's jacket and answer the call.
John Bradley, an inmate of the Soldiers
Home, fell from q third-"tory window at the
home at Grand Rapids Mich, while drunk
broke his neck and died instantly.
Two silver bars worth $4,000 were lost
off truck which was carrying 100000
in silver from the American Exchange Ma
tional bank, 1913 Broadway, to the Cunard
steamer Etruria at pier 40 North river: New
York. The bars each weighed more than
half a ton.
The town IF Franklinton, N. c., was al
most totally destroyed by fire. Not more
than onethird of the property was insured
A smash-up occurred on the New Orleans
and Mobile division of the Louisville &
Nashville railroad, at Orange station, 50
miles from Mobile, Ala. The second sec
ton of train 70, north-bound, which left
New Orleans behind time, dashed into an
open switch, throwing the engine and six
cars from the track and killing Charles
Pierce, the engineer. The colored fireman
jumped and was fatally injured. One of
the brakenIen, Charles johnson, was also
injured seriously.
Life underwriters state that the showing
Of new business taken during the year by
the several companies will show very sub
stantial gain, probably 100000 900, bring
ing the total amount of life insurance in
force in the country up to nearly 81 600 ,000,
OO0 Certain IF the larger companies, it is
estimated, will show gains of fully S25 .000,-
600, while many will gain from 81, 100000 to
$1,000 600.
The work of removing Clan-na-Gaels anG
their sympathizers from the Chicago police
force is teing thoroughly carried out.
Foreign News.
The pope has received bequest of $780,
900 from Baron Lilienthal. The latter was
Inv extraction lew and made money in