Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-05-17
NEWS IN GENERAL.


ed first comptroller of the treasury, vice NJ
J. Durham, resigned. Mr.. Mathews Is the
pres mt speaker of the Illinois house Of rep
resentatives, which office he has held for
several terms. He was colonel of an Illinois
regiment during the war, and subsequently,
held the office of collector of internal rev.
enue for the Peoria district He lives at
! Pittsfeld, Ill. He was indorsed for the ef
flee by Senator Cullom and many others.
The president has appointed the following
collectors of internal revenue: Levi S. VIII
cox for the Eighth district of Illinois; Sam'l
ID. Warncastle for the Twenty third district
of Pennsylvania.
The celebrated span Of seal-brown horses,
| Victoria carriage and silver-plated harm S.
recently owned and used by President Cleve-
land have been bought by Stone & Shaw of
Boston, and have been shipped to that city.
Hon. Hugh S. Thompson, recently ap-
| pointed civil service commissioner, has taken
the oath of office and has entered upon the
discharge of his official duties.
A verdict for $lS,0 900 against the Brooklyn
City railroad company has been obtained by
Thomas Murray in Brooklyn, N. Y, for the
loss of a leg.
Henry Hardie who was the book1eepar for
j. G, Fitzpatrick g. Co., of New York, was
before Judge MARITIME for sentence. Hardie
forged a check for 50, 900 and went to Cana
da. He was extradited, and pleaded guilty
Judge MARITIME told him he was an old
offender A year ago he was in trouble in
this city, and also served term of imprison-
ment in Scotland. He sentenced him to
seven years and six months in state prison.
A westward bound freight train on the
Erie road at Port Jervis, broke a coupling,
and another freight train dashed into it. de
molishing the caboose and several cars The
engine of the rear train was wrecked, and
thirteen cars, mostly empty, were piled On
the tracks, obstructing travel for four hours.
Engineer George Cowan and Conductor Leir
Thorne were seriously hurt.
A most terrific hail, wind and rain storm
recently visited Belvidere, ILL., Haistones
as large as walnuts fell for 30 minutes The
fruit trees are in full bloom, and much dam
age will be done to cherries and late apples.
Corn planting was about completed but
much will probably have to be repanted,
the seed being literally washed out of the
| ground. The florists will be the worst suffer
ers hundreds Of lights of glass being broken
and the plants cut to pieces. Stock which
was out in the open fields and unable to get
under shelter suffered badly.
A recent storm at Williamsport Pa, swept
down at time when q fair share of the pop
ulation were at Barnum's circus. The main
tent was so violently shaken that the crowd
became panic-stricken, and q rush was made
badly frightened. The other tents did not
fare so well. The dressing-room and the me-
nagerie tents were blown fiat and three cages
of animals were overturned. Tae elephants
and other animals Joined in the uproar with
their cries and greatly added to the general
alarm. Several of tho performers received
injuries, but none were fatally hurt. The
proprieors of the show estimate the damage
to their outfit at $10000
At Ozark, Mo-, the three Bald Knobbers,
Dave Walker, his son William Walker and
John Matthews, paid the death peualty for
the murder of Charles Green and William
Edens, on March II, 1887. Tney were
firmly Of the opinion, up to within As hours
of the execution, that they would never be
called upon to pay the extreme penalty of
a life for life. Neither of the trio had yet
reached his 50th year. and William Walker
was barely 10 years Of age.
A find of gold of great value has been
made at Ishpeming Mich. One small speci-
contained 30 small nuggets Of god, weighing
nearly an ounce avoirdupoise. The exact To-
cation of the find is being kept q secret till
the disc pverers can secure the land, but
when the news becomes public it will create
great excitement.
On the 9th instant the bridge across the
Rio Grande connecting Neuvo Laredo,
Mexico, and Laredo Texas was completed
. and opened with appropriate ceremonies,
which were participated in by United States
and Mexican troops and business men of both
towns.
The steamer Lampasas, Captain Crowell,
from Galveston, which recently arrived in
New York City, had one case of small pox
during the voyage The patient died on the
9th inst, and was buried at sea. The passen-
gers and crew were vaccinated on arriving
at quarantine and the ship was fumigated
and cleansed.
The large rolling mill and nail works OF
the Oxford Iron company at Belvidcre, N.
, j., have been shut down. 1t is rumored that
there will be q general suspension of the
works in short time.
, The committee appointed at the recent
anti-Jesuit mass meeting at Montreal Que,
have determined to solicit subscriptions from
| citizens for the purpose Of carrying on the
| agitation; to consult legal counsel as to the
best means of testing the constitutionality OF
the Je5uits' estates act, and to disseminate
anti-Jesuit literature throughout the coun-
try. A delegation of Is has been appointed
to attend the convention in Toronto next
month.
F. D. Grant has filed an answer in the suit
begun by the United States to recover from
the estate of Gen. Grant, who was a bonds
man for Adam Badeau, certain moneys in
dispute between the government and Gen.
Badeau ms consul at Havana. As an admin.
, istrator of Gen. Grants estate Col. Grant
answers that he is not responsible, and, al
the same time, he says that the estate OF
Gen. Grant is not sufficient TO meet the
claim, which is for nearly $4,000.
, Special City Tax Collector Michael j.
Bourke of Brooklyn N. Y, has confessed to
, a shortage of $50, 900 in his accounts with the
, city, and it is thought that he has left town.
His bondsmen are responsible for the deficit
At Berlin, many iron works have beer
obliged to extinguish the fires in the furnaces
in consequence of the coal mine strike. The
} number of strikers have reached 70,000. Al
a meeting of 5000 strikers in Bochum it wa.
l resolved to insist upon their demands The
Krupp works has arranged to obtain Goa
from upper Silesia and England, and viii
resume the making of rails.
! Count Antoneli, the leader of the italian
mission to the king of Shoa telegraphs tC
/, Rome that in the recent fight between the
Abyssinians and the dervishes, Rasalula es
capped wounded. Legendary stories concern
ing the battle are afOat. The Abyssinian
were victorious on the first day. The negus
, was wounded, and while suffering from fever
he ordered 1000 dervishes to be beheaded il
his presence On the following day, aftel
proclaiming himself the elect of God, he
headed his army, and was again wounded il
the neck. He fell, and the army fed, leaving
10000 dead.
. At Chicago, ILL.,, serious falling out be
tween the Moy and Chin clans of Chimes,
gamblers has resulted, it is said, in the i'm
portation of highlander assassins who viii
proceed to do up" the Moys at their leisure
There is terrible suspense in Celestial cir
cles
News comes from Zanzibar that Capt
Wissman, with force of 200 sailors and 70t
blacks, had severe engagement with Chic