Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-09-06
NEWS IN GENERAL.

lish playwright and actor is reported.
General Freight Agent Paul Morton Of the
c. B. g. O. R. r. has just returned from
trip over the Burlington system, and is en-
thusia tic over the crop prospect. He de-
clares that every kind of grain is now in
better condition than 1t has been in years.
Taken with General Manager St. Johns
equally rosy report Of grain in the Rock Is
land territory, it is supposed that the west
could supply the worlds shortage.
There is no truth in the report sent from
Helena, Mont, a few days ago that Helena
was in danger from forest fires, and that the
city was short of water. The city is in no
danger from forest fires as there are no for
ests within three miles of Helena.
Rev. DR.. Yost, chancellor of the University
of Florida, has presented to Heidelberg col
lege at Tiftin, O., a museum of curiosities
valued at $50, 000
In match game of billiards between
Schaefer and Ives Schaefers new cham
pion cushion, the wizard made the phe-
nomenal run of SS1 points.
An embezzler and drunk" exchanged
sentences and names in the New York muni-
cip1l court dock, after being tried and found
guilty. The embezzler had received a sem
tence of six months, and the "irunk" had
been sent to the isl md for one month The
young man who had received the lorgsr
sentence offered the other $40 for an ex-
change of position and names The embez-
zer paid the drunllard's fine, and walked out
of the court house.
The annual statement of the shipments of
watermelons from the melon region of South
Carolina is out. The area planted was S, 600
acres and the shipments 1850 carloads or
| about B 0OJ melons, ag inst 7S5 carloads
last year, and 759 in 1887. OF these New
York took 522; Philadelphia, 29S Baltimore
261 and Boston, 6S.
A valuable vein of ochre, a rich yellow
metal extensively employed in the manufac-
| ture of paints, has leen discovered on the
south side of Neversnk mountain near the
Black Bear Inn, three miles east of Reading
Pa. The vein is estimated to run third OF
mile in extent, and has already been penc-
| trated to depth of seven feet. Shafts have
been sunk in many places for prospecting
| along the course of the vein, and the mineral
at each point has been found in large guam
| titles.
Father Farley Of st. Monica's church, ia
| maica, n. Y. was robbed of two sets of har-
nesses and several robe and blankets. They
were taken from his stable. He believes
| they were stolen by tramrs. After discov.
| ering his loss he advised his congregation not
to help tramps.
A family named Meth, including father,
| mother, and three sons were arrested in the
town of Aurora, N. Y, on a charge of
counterfeiting. Spurious silver coins and
implements for making the same We're found
in their house. They were committed to Jail
in default of $4,000 bail each.
The steamship City of New York has ar
rived in Queenstown ahead of the Teutonic
She has not broken any other record than
her own. The time of passage was days,
hours, 8 minutes
Helen Dauvray isn't going to star, after
| all. Miss Dauvray, who is Mrs John M.
| Ward off the stage, visited her manager and
stated very frankly that Mr.. Ward was op-
posed to her contemplated return to the
| stage and that she now desired to respect
his wishes. Manager Miner at once released
her without compensation. He had rented
| the Union Square for three weeks in Octo-
her at $500 week but will try to dispose
| of the time to some other manager.
A bad break has occurred on the Eri9
Canal two miles east of Middleport N. Y.
Forty feet of the embanlment on the heel
path went out, and navigation was closed
| The quarrieS in the vicinity are so badly
flooded as to stop work, and the flats north
ward toward the lake are flooded.
A private letter received from Washing
ton Territory announces the accidental
death Of James A. Paramore, of st. Louis
age Is. He was caught under a falling tree,
and his body horribly mangled. Paramore
was n member of the Book and Snake one
of Yale's prominent secret societies.
AT the competitive carbine practice be-
tween the cavalry of the departments of the
Missouri and the Platte held Friday at Win
| gate N. NJ Priv. w. l. Stewart of the 9th
cavalry beat all army records heretofore
made by either infantry or cavalry. His
score stood 605 out of q possible 500.
Detectives have been summoned to King
Georges County, Virginia, to clear up the
mystery attending the death of Anna Row
lett and her babe. Their bodies were found
horribly mutilated. One of the womans
legs was cut off and the other was hanging
by shreds of skin The clothing was torn
from their persons and scattered in every
direction. The ground w S torn up, showing
plainly that the poor creature had fought for
her life. She had been missing about six
weeks The affair is shrouded in mystery.
'tThe Exiles" had a most complete and
successful revival in Philadelphia this week.
Victoria Vokes, who is just starting out at
the head of a company In this country, is t.
include in her company a canary bird, which
plays the part of an eagle in her new comedy,
The Doctress.n The bird is to swoop down
| upon the comedians piping shrilly and chas-
| ing various characters about the stage
The amount of travel present is unprece-
dented in the history of railroads An Of
fioal of the Pennsylvania railroad says their
lines had never been so pushed to accommo-
date travellers the west and east bound
travel about balancing each other. The
through trains of the eastern division of the
Fort Wayne road alone are averaging over
1900 passengers daily.
The receipts of grain at Chicago during
| Auglst have been larger than any month in
Chicagos history. The total cars for the
month are SS,0l2, against 2l,S75 daring
August 1883.
Charles Young, n oolored cadet of West
Point, graduated recently and has gone on
O leave of absence. He is the second colored
cadet who has graduated since Cadet Flipper
was given diploma.
The steamer Rio Grande brought word to
New York from the Boston ship Anhuac,
that the latter was off Delaware bay, leaking
is inches an hour, and having hard time to
keep afoat He wanted no help.
Under the existing regulations of tho ma
tionai guard of pennsylvania only men wn0
are qualified harksnen are admitted to
membership in the state force When re-
cruit offers himself for membership he is
taken on probation. Aftr some instruction
he is sent to the target range to show his
ability as marksman. If he can win the
marksman's decoration, he is mustered into
the service. If he fails TO show shooting
ability he is rejected
A fire at the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Day
ton elevator at Cincinnati, O., causing a loss
Of $4,000; fully insured. About 10000
bushels of wheat oats, rye and barley stored
in the building were badly damaged by
water.
A strong sentiment is developing in Gin
cinnati against Sunday ball playing.
Memphis, Tenn, is now undaniably the
largest interior cotton market in the world.
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