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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-06-07

The Association offers the following stakes
and premiums
Stake No /, for foals of 1888. Entrance
SIS, in instnlmants of SO, S. and 81; sum
equal to fifty per cent of the entrance added
by the Association.
Hotel Stake No. 2, for foals OF 1857. En-
trance $50, in instalments of S., IS and $40;
$50 added.
No 3, Highland Stock Farm Stake for
and $12; 500 added.
No. 4, st. Johnstury Stake for foals Of
1885, Entrance $50, payable S., $40 and
SIS; $50 added.
No s. Mapowood Stock Farm Stake for
stations that have never beaten 240. En-
trance $40, payable $40, $40 and $50; 500
added.
No. 6, W. W. Circuit Stake for mares and
ceilings that have never beaten 24O En-
trance $40, payable SO, SIS and SIS; s100
added.
No T. John w. Currier Stake stake opon
to any horse owned by Il member of the
Association. Entrance $40, payable $40, $40
and $40; 800 added to entrance money.
No. | to be half mile heats, best two In
three. Nos. 2 and 8, mile heats, best two
in three; four to seven inclusive mile he ats,
three in five; entrance money in each stake
to be sent to treasurer in three payments of
June Is, July 10 and Aug. |. Horse or colt
entered to be named at time of second pay
ment.
In addition to the foregoing stakes the
Association offers the following premiums,
open to members only:
No. l, for matched pairs, S25, divided S12
to first, IS to second and S. to third.
No. 2, gentlemen's roadsters that have not
been in a race; $25. divided $12 to first, $S to
second and S. to third.
No. 3, roadsters that have been in race;
S25, divided S12 to first, IS to second and IS
to third.
No. 4, Best brood mare with stock; s25,
divided $l2, IS and S.
No. 5, Best sucking colt, $25; divided Sl2,
No. 6, year-od geldings and fllies; $25;
divided Sl2 to first, S. to second and IS to
third.
No. 7, two-year old geldings and fillies;
S25, divided Sl@ to first, IS to second and IS
to third.
No, S, three-year-old geldings and fllies;
$50, divided, $l2 to first IS to second and $5
to third.
No 9, year old stations; s25, divided $l3
to first, S9 to second and $5 to third.
No 10, two-year- old stations; S25, divided
Sl2 to first, IS to second and S. to third.
No II, three year-old stations; $50.
divided sis, $40 and s..
No II, r. W. Goodrich premium; S25,
divided $l2, SO, S. For best representative
Morgan two years old and over. Form and
action to d, eide; pedigree not to be consid-
cred
Entries for premiums free to menbers)
close August /, 1889.
Horses eligible to only one stnke or prem
ium class, except that no horse is barred
from stake No. by reason of having been
entered for other stakes or premiums.
Entries for stakes to be made to o. H.
MossMAN, treasurer, Barton, Vt.
Entries for premiums made to Z. II.
HOFFMAN, secretary, Lyndon, VT.
The stables and stalls will be in charge of
J. D. Gould, and all intending to exhibit
should apply seasonnbly for accommoda.
lions, Post Ofics address Passumpsic, Vt.
Blanks furnished on application.
| W. S. BAILEY, President,
East Hardwick, VT
o. Ii. MOSsMAN, Treasurer,
Barton. VT.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-06-07

Benjamin L. Hurst, of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad has just celebrated the close
of his fifty years activerservice as loco
motive engineer, and he'is not ready, by
a long way, to retire. He is called Uncle
Ben by all who know wihim, and he is still
at work running a irst-class passenger
train. His eye is aslclear as ever, and he
stands as erect as a cadet.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-06-07
HOW 1T HAPPENED.
Fashions Folly Responsible for the
Disaster.

Lake Conemaugh, which burst and wiped
Johnstown out Of existence, was ori-
ginally a reservoir for the old Pennsyl-
vania canal; it was two miles wide, five
miles long, and in some PLACES 70 feet deep.
Ten years ago it was purchased by Pitts
burg society gentlemen, millionaire iron and
steel manufacturers, who built hand-cluo
house on the banks of the lake and sur
rounded it with elegant cottages 1t was
probably the most exclusive gathering in
America, unrivalled by even Tuxedo Park.
Recognizing the menace which the lake
had to the region below, the club had the
dam inspected once month by the Pennsyi-
vania railroad engineer and their investiga-
ton showed that nothing less than convul-
sion of nature would tear the barrier away
and loosen the weapon of death. The steady
rains of 48 hours increased the volume of
water in all the mountain streams which
were already swelled by the lesser rains
earlier in the week. From the best informa-
tion obtained it is evident that something in
the nature of a cloud-burst must have been
the elimination of the struggle of the water
against the embankment
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-06-07

During the last twenty five years Queer
Victoria has captured 447 agricultural
prizes with stock from her Windsor
farms. She takes great interest in cattle
shows, land is a good judge of Shorthorn'
and Jerseys. At Windsor, on Aber
geldie farm and. at Osborne she has herds
of cattle worthy'a royal owner. Theparl
at Osborne is now stocked with a pict
uresque. herd of West Highland cattle.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-06-07

The Washington Memorial Arch, that
is now very sure of being erected there,
will not be one of the frst-class works of
art in the world, observes the New York
Sun, but it will be the finest thing of the
kind on this side of the Atlantic Ocean.
The popular subscriptions to the fund in
its behalf are still coming in finely.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-06-07

The musicians have every reason, thinks
the Brooklyn Citizen, to rise in their
might and slay the inventor of the phono-
graph. Large ones are been constructed
that will correctly register the playing of
frst-class orchestras, and the stage man
ager has but to turn one crank on the
stage instead of ten in the orchestra to
get superior music.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-06-07
DEVASTATED DISTRICT.
Johnstown and it's Environment
Millions in Manufacturing.

MILLIONS III MduulaCGufInS'
Johnstown is situated at the junction of
two rivers, the Stony creek on the western
side and the Little Conemaugh ON the east
ern side 1t is comprised of six boroughs-
Woodvale Conemaugh, Johnstown, Pros
pect, Millvale and Cambria. East Cone
maug, Grubbtowne Millville and Coopers-
dale are contiguous, and united by the
Johnstown street railway, and together ag-
gregate population Of about $4,000 people.
The dam or, reservoir, is a short distance
from South Fork, and for the escaping
flood the only waterway is the bed Of the
Little Conemaugh. At this time of year
with their banks, and whom struck by this
tremendous head of water from the dam
116x5 miles in area-from an elevation of
over 300 feet, the effect can be imagined
South Fork and Mineral Point lie directly in
the path of this flood and the houses are
nearly all light frame buildings utterly I'M
equal to such resistance There are large
lumber interests here and these, of course
were swept away. After passing Mineral
Point, the hills on either bank converge
there is absolutely no opening for the water
until it strikes East Conemaugh, except the
constantly narrowing banks of this noun
tain stream East Conemaugh is built upon
q slope, but close to the water are the round
houses of the Pennsylvania railroad these
and the lower part Of the borough received
the full force of the water
From here the line of the torrent is direct
ly through the centre of Johnston. Along
this line are the fine residences and larger
business honses of the city, but few of them
of great strength, excepting perhaps the
mammoth retail stores of Wood, Morrell &
Co., claimed to be the largest and most
complete in the state and were worth in
stock and structure about 81, 100000, and
the elegant general offices of the Camden
Iron and Steel company and these build
ings must have been submerged.
The rivers unite at the stone bridge of the
Pennsylvania railroad, leaping over which
it struck Millvile and the open hearth and
converting departments of the company,
and from there Immediately the entire plant
and the borough of Cambria 90 Ihls c6d oS estab-
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-06-07

A rather strange way of raising the
wind in'Spain is taNof twelve per cent.
onmoney left to be expended in masses
for, the repose of the soul of the deceased.
This maybe to discourage such bequests,
for shrewd observer of Spanish affairs
says; "Moremoney has been expended
in masses thantwould have covered Spain
with railroads, ,even on British scale o.
maQnifcence and extravagance." - =
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-06-07

According to Brad8treetS, the abandon
ment of silk culture in California is for
shadowed by the action of the Governor
of that State in vetoing an appropriation
of $1,000 made by the Legislature to
carry on experiments. The reasonygiven
is that California cannot compete with
China or Japan in that industry.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-06-07

The seals of Behring Sea are in great
need of protection. Their earlier haunts
among the Georgian Islands, off the coast
of New South Wales, the South Shetland
Islands, and the other places in the South
Seas, are almost deserted, and having
taken refuge in Behring Sea, they are
threatened there too with determination
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-06-07

Prospective emigrants are reading
with much interest a paragraph which
has been going the rounds of the press,
to the effect that every man who settles
in Colombia, Central America, gets six
dollars month, $50 acres of land, a COW,
two pigs and plow.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-06-07

The greatest surprise of the day is the
statement that the Eiffel tower at the
Paris Exposition is not in fact, the Eiffel
tower, but the Monguier tower. 1t is al
legged that it was young engineer of that
name in Eiffel's employment who first con-
ceived the idea and worked it out.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-06-07

The action of the Connecticut House in
inviting New York woman to partici-
pate in the House debate on woman suf-
frage is, declares the New York Graphic,
without precedent in the eccentricities
of Legislators. The Connecticut men were
exceptionally gallant.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-06-07

The Argentine Republic is growing
alarmed over the great influx of Italians
of the poorest class and the Government
has issued orders limiting the arrivals to
200 per month.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-06-07

An American sea captain thinks he has
found gauge of the nearness Of an ice
berg by the use of a foghorn, and the,con-
sequent echo. If so, remarks the New
York Voice, it will prove a very valuable
discovery
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-06-07

James Gordon Bennett, of the New
York, London and Paris Herald, wants
the United States to send a strong corps
of American mechanics to the Paris Ex-
position to see and learn things.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-06-07

Some 200 miles of road are to be built
this year in Pennsylvania to develope
coal, iron and timber lands.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-06-07

The famous botanical gardens at Edin-
burgh, Scotland, have just been opened
to the public on Sundays.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-06-07

It is predicted that Manitoba will be-
come one of the great mutton and wool
raising centers of the earth.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-06-07

Postmaster General Wanamaker thinks
it wiser to improve the postal service than
to establish one-cent postage.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-06-07
ISLAND POND, VERMONT, JUNE 7, 1889.

The consumption of beer and whisky
is rapidly increasing in India.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-06-07

"Will the supply last9" is the question
the natural gas people are asking.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-06-07
First-class Livery connected with the House.

This Hotel Is pleasantly located in one of
the most fourlshing villages In Northern
New Hampshire, and having been thor
oughly refurnished and reftted, offers great
House is fitted throughout with steam heat
and all modern conveniences.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-06
NOW FOB THE PARADE.
The Armstrong Monument Committee
Making Preparations.

The Armstrong Monument Committee
Making Preparations.
The Executive Committee of the Thomas
A. Armstrong Monumental Association met
in the rooms Of the Amalgamated Associa-
tion yesterday afternoon. DR.. d. B. Sturgeon
presided. The subcommittee for the selec-
tion of site for the monument reported the
selection of beautiful piece of ground in
the Allegheny Park near Marion avenue
and Ohio street. Their selection was ap-
proved. The subcommittee on the dedica-
tion, which will occur on Thanksgiving
Day. reported in favor of demonstration, a
large number of labor organizations in this
county and adjoining States having signi-
fed their intention OF turning out They also
recommended the selection of W lillian Weihe,
President of the Amalgamated Association,
and President Of the Monumental Associa-
tion, as chief marshal for the day, he to
have full power to appoint his aids. ar
range divisions, etc. The committee also
chose the Hon. Miles s. Humphries as
orator, and DR.. D. B. Sturgeon as Chair
man Of the exercises of the day. The report
of the committee was unanimously approved.
The secretary of the association was author
lied to communicate with the Pittsburg
Railroad Association in regard to securing
special rates from outlying towns.
A prominent feature of the ceremonies
will be the massine together OF a number Of
brass bands for the purpose of discoursing a
few choice selections. The committee has
delegated this part of the programme to Mr..
G. II. W. Ruhe, with full power to act, and
he will be officially notified OF the same.
A number of the Amalgamated Assocja-
ton lodges have yet to report, but undoubt-
edly all will turn out, as unofficial notice to
that effect has been received.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-06
SMART ENOUNGH TO BE A YANKEE.
An Italian stowaway Succeeds in Beating
Uncle Sans Agents.

An Italian Stowaway Succeeds in Beating
Uncle Sans Agents.
NEW YORK, October 5.-The forces Of the
United States Treasury Department have
been beaten by modest but bright italian
youth who arrived several days ago on the
tramp steamer Scaw Fell from Palermo.
When the ship was couple of days out
the boy crawled from his hiding place in
the hold, and tremblingly presented him.
self to Captain Stanhope. The bluff old
commander took liking to the lad after a
few days, and his trick was forgiven.
Upon arriving in New York Collector
Erhardt decided that the stowaway must
be sent back on the same vessel The situa-
tion looked trihe odd when it was learned
that the Scaw Fell was picking up business
here and there around the globe and might
not reach Italy again in year or two.
Giuseppe Lese, which is the name of the
young man, was held on board ship until
she sailed for Savannah few days later.
Colonel Erhardt telegraphed the Treasury
authorities in Washington, who instructed
the customs inspectors at Savannah to look
out for the tramp steamer and the tramp
boy. In due course she reached that port,
and the officers Immediately sought the
youth to prevent his landing, when, lol the
captain came forward with the ships arti-
cles, in which the name of the little chap
appeared as seaman"
Giuseppe coolly walked ashore without
interference and disappeared.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-06
A PRIEST TO HANG.
Rsfher Boyle Sentenced to ExpIate His
Crime on the Scafold-How Gen.
eva Whitnker's Wrongs Are,
to Be Avenged.

Fsfher Boyle Sentenced TO ExpIate His
WCrime on the scafoId-How Gem
eva whItnker's Wrongs Are
to Be Avenged.
RALEIGH, N. c., October 5.-The Catho-
lie priest, Father Boyle, was convicted to-
night of the charge of criminal assault on
Miss Geneva Whitaker. The crime OF
which Boyle is convicted was committed
last May. He was sentenced to be hanged
November 20.
Solicitor Argo made powerful speech in
closing for the State. He explained the re-
lation of priest toward members OF his
congregation, and insisted that Geneva's
conception OF this relation clearly explained
her trustfulness in going to Boyles
room. He described what consti-
tuted criminal, assault, one OF the
four capital crimes known to North
Carolina law, and said to Boyle that death
now stared him in the face, but that it did
SO by his own invitation. He asserted that
finger marks and bruises on the girl were
overwhelming and absolute evidences OF
brutal force used by Boyle. The girls good
character had been proved beyond doubt,
and the medical examination pointed con-
clusively to violence. Geneva had cried
out when assaulted, and one of the leading
witnesses for the defense heard that cry.
Boyle's story and that Of Charles Young,
his servant, that there were NO cries, he
said, were manufactured.
His denunciation of Boyle at times was
terrible. Argument closed at $50 P. M,
and Judge Armfeld at once began his
charge to the jury.
The jury was out three hours, when they
returned verdict of guilty.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-06
BLACK BART OUT OF BUSINESS.
The Notorious stage Robber Believed to
Have Fled the Country.

The Notorious Stage Robber Believed to
Have Fled the Country.
SAN Francisco, October 5.-It is the
belief of the Wells-Fargo detectives that
Black Bart, the most notorious and skillful
'1one highwayman" who ever operated in
California, has gone to China or the Austria
lian colonies. When Bart was released from
San Quentin, after serving five years, in
January OF last year, he declared that he
was going to lead an honest life; but in
six months he was on the road again,
and had perpetrated three robberies.
The officers are satisfied that he
robbed the Ukiah, Shasta and Camp
tonville stages within the last year.
The Camptonville robbery was his latest
exploit, and in it he obtained gold bar
worth 81, 200. the property of the express
company. This has never been offered for
sale, so far as known; and the pre-
sumption is that Bart has too
much discretion to negotiate for
it in this country. The special officers of
the express company have lately sent out
photographs Of the "lone highwsyman,"
with descriptions, and it is thought this sgi-
tation made him decide to take foreign
trip for his health.
Over 30 robberies of stages and express
boxes are attributed to Bart, but so shrewd
was he that evidence sufficient to convict
him was never obtained except in two or
three cases. When he was finally caught,
in 1888, he pleaded guilty, and secured the
light sentence Of seven years. He was q
model prisoner, with strong taste for
reading devotional works, and never made
a confdant of single convict or attendant
during the years he spent at San Quentin.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-06
By AN IRISH MESSAGE.
How William Armstrong Was Discovered in
Montreal.

How William Armstrong Was Discovered in
Montreal.
Intelligence was received in the city last
evening that William Armstrong, brother
of Frank Armstrong, the coal man of Pitts
burg. had been found in Montreal. 1t will
be remembered that some three weeks since
Mr.. Armstrong disappeared from an asylum,
near Camden. where he had been placed for
treatment, while suffering from fit of tenn
porary mental alteration. Search was made
everywhere for him, but without avail, un-
til on Wednesday, message arrived from
Dungannon, ireland. stating that the miss
ing gentleman was in Montreal. How the
news came from such an unlikely and
distant quarter is explained thus:
Mr.. Armstrong made his way to Montreal
with only 81 in his pocket. He obtained a
position there and went to the Young Men s
Christian Association. Some popularity in
his manner and appearance led the Secre-
tary to suspect his head was not all right,
and as he had declared his native place to
be Dungannon, a letter of inquiry was sent
thither. Dungannon was really the place
of nativity of the Armstrong;, and Mr..
Armstrong; description being recognized
there, a cablegram was sent to Mr.. Frank
Armstrong, of Pittsburg. relating the where
abouts of his brother.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-06
ALL CUT AND DRIED.
A Congressman Resigns, but Stands Out
for His salary-The Amount TO
be Made Good by His Lo-
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE pIsPAroH.i

cal Party Leaders.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPArcHd
OswEGo, n. Y, October 5.-The resigns
tion of Congressman Nutting is said to be
already in the hands of the Governor. The
gossip about it is interesting. 1t is to the
effect that Congressman Nutting, knowing
that his health would not permit him to re-
sumo his seat in the House of Representa-
tives, ,signifed his willingness to resign under
certain conditions. 1t was then, SO the
story goes, that General John n. Knapp, OF
Auburn; John 81. Vancamp, the boss OF
wayne county, and ex-Congressman Serono
Payne, of Auburn, got their heads together,
and liked up a scheme to send Mr.. Payne to
Congress, to serve out Mr.. Nutting's unex-
plred term, if Nutting could be induced to
resign.
A conference was said to have been ar
ranged, at which Congressman Nutting
agreed to resign If the salary he would re-
ceive in the event of his remaining in office
was made good. This amounted to $500,
and was no small amount for the bosses to
raise. Mr.. Payne, it is said, was willing to
pay 81, 500 of the amount, with the under
standing that the nomination should be
given him without a contest OF any sort, as
he did not propose to hand over that amount
and have wearisome and expensive can
vass in addition.
Help was asked from the Republican
State Committee, it is said. and in various
ways the 81 500 was raised and paid to Mr..
Nutting, who thereupon wrote his resigna-
tion.
The Twenty-sixth Congressional district
is composed of the counties of Oswego,
Cayuga and Wayne. and it is said that the
bosses in these counties have things SO
tightly corked that there is no question of
the nomination of Mr.. Payne. 1t is ex-
pected that the special election to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr..
Nutting will be ordered by the Governor to
take place on the day of the general election,
next MONTH
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-06
DIED OF ASPHYXIATION,

Though Heart Disease May Have Hastened
the Event Somewhat.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPArcH.l
NEW YORK, October 5-Daniel M. Sea-
man, a well-known real estate auctioneer
and broker, and member of the Real
Estate Exchange, died at his home early
this morning, of asyhyxlation by illuminat-
ing gas. Heart disease may have helped
on his death.
The father died of heart disease, and DR..
Seaman's own health has been such that for
years he has carried with him paper con-
tanning his name and address, in case he
should die suddenly away from home. He
was 50 wears old,