Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-05-03
NEWS IN GENERAL.

disabled while being towed in Apia harbor.
The treasure which was aboard the United
st tes war ship Trenton when she was
wrecked at Apia during the recent hurricane
there has been recovered.
During a terrific gale which ragged on Lake
Superior, last week the teamer Australasia
and her consOrt George were driven on the
beach of Michigan Island, near Bayfield, one
of the Apostle group The -hulls and sterns
OF both boats were battered in. The Aus
tralasia's shoa rudder and wheel are gone
and she is seriously damaged, while her con-
sort also Jared badly. The boats filled with
water and are at the mercy of the storm.
The crews escaped safely.
The British steamer, Danube and the
American steamer Alliance came in collision
i'll the Wilmette river a few miles below
Portland Ore, damaging the Alliance SO
that she had to be besched. Her passengers
were taken Off lately, but her cargo will
prove a total loss The vessel is valued at
$40 900 and is insured for $4,000. The dam
age to the Danube is light.
The recent storm throughout Maryland
was the worst for years. The special dis
patches to the American state that the heavy
rainfall has injured the bloom ON the peach
trees in many parts of the state. The re
ports from Kent county and the peninsular
are that the peach growers are edown-hearted.
AT CheStertOwn there was q hurricane and
one estimate is that if the damage to other
orchards ou side of Kent county is as great
as i'll that county, no less than 1000 trees
will be damaged.
1t is expected that the Spanish govern
ment will soon sell at auction $40, 900 900
worth of state woodland in order to cover
the financial deficit, to build railroads canals
and highways, and to establish rural loan
banks.
Tb town Of a lhaiOo naats Granada SnaiO
has been strongly shaken by an earthquake.
Several houses were thrown down, but there
was no loss of life.
All the beer brewers of ST. Louis and East
st. Louis, excepting the Anheuser-B Busch
company and W. j. Lemp, have prac tically
formed consultation of their properties,
TO be run under one management. There
are Is breweries concerned in the movement,
representing an investment of about S., 000,-
600.
Indianapolis is flooded with counterfeit SIC
greenbacks Several of the banks have been
taken in, The secret service officers report
the bills to he part of the lot printed in
1873 by a nest of counterfeiters on an island
near st. Louis. Although $50, 600 in counter
felt tens was captured, the makers of the
bills escaped with the plate and have never
been caught.
The earth over the Boston Mine at PlSm-
outh, Pa, operated by the Delaware & Hud-
son company, caved in, causing the coliiery
to become flooded and throwing 800 employees
out of work until the water can be pumped
out. Loss probably 100000.
Dispatches from St. Petersburg say that
arrests of Nihilists are constantly being
made. The police of st. Petersburg believe
that the bombs secretly manufactured at
Zurich, Switzerland, have been conveyed to
Russia, and that the plott RS are awaiting a
favorable opportunity to use them.
A farmer named Mcleod, living at High
Bluff Manitoba, killed his eight-year-old
daughter with an axe fatally injured his
sou, 10 years old, and then cut his own
throat. Financial difficulties caused the
crimes. Mcleod was we'll known and a
widower.
The Belle Prairie convent has been de-
stroyed by fire at Little Falls, Mimi. Loss,
$20,0 o.; insurance, $1,000. The sisters and the
children in the building had narrow escapes,
none OF the little ones saving their clothing,
A special from Winnipeg says: w. f. Dull
mage, crown timber inspector at Rat Por-
tage, left town suddenly few days ago An
Investigation shows him to be 1000 short
! in his accounts.
Serious charges have been made against
| United States officials in Oklahoma, who are
said to have used their positions to grab lots
which by right belonged to law-abiding peo-
! pie.
A gusher oil well was struck near Legron
vile, Pa. 1t spurted lis fec t in the air. and
| is now flowing about /. barrels day. 1t is
estimated that 1000 barrels will be wasted
before arrangements are completed to tank it.
The party If Bostol and other capitalists
who went in a special train to DenisOn, Tex,
where they invested over 81 000 600 in two
days, have reached Fort Payne, Ala. They
will spend several days in examining th
al and iron deposits and viewing the mar
vellOus results which have been attained ir
| building houses and stores and laying streets
since New Englan inves ors became inter
est in the place a few weeks ago There
was very spirited buying Of land, and sever
al thousand dollars were subscribed to start
rolling mill.
John Downing, desperate burglar, re
Gently escaped from the Morris Plains, N. j.
insane asylum. He has twice before escaped
from the same institution. He was serving
term in the state prison, but feigned insan
ity and succ 2eded in being transferred to the
asylum. He has made several attempts tt
murder attendants and Jail officers.
A company was formed in Philadelphia
for the publication of a high-class journa
for young folks. It's name will be 'Santa
Claus and it will be published in Boston
IeW IOlh, ILOLNlOIl' liz
company has 100000 capital, a part o
which is held in Boston A member of thu
Harvard S9 class is said to be associate ed
itor, and another New England college max
is heavy stockholder.
The yacht Coronet, which has saileC
around the world, has returned to New
York in good condition and with el well OF
board. Mr.. r. 7. Bush, the owner, and hi
family, are on the yacht. She left Gibraltar
q IL, oEI l,o1
dozen storms
A freight train on the Pennsylvania rail
road ran into a burning bridge at Catawiss;
and broke through into the ravine, making
terrible wr elk, and fatally injuring En-
gineer Joel Bonsines, Fireman Jonas Russell
and Brakeman James Indine. The loss il
about $40, 900.
1t is announced that Presidents Adams o
the Union Pacific and Perkins Of the Bur
lington have signed O contract for the con
struction of a union depot at Omaha, to cos
81, 500, 900. As part of the agreement all tn
Iowa lines now terminating in Council Bluff
will cross the Union Pacific bridge and hav
terminal facilities in Omaha.
Ex-employes of the Minneapolis Stree
Railway company are endeavoring to organ
ize a company and run herdics there.
The boomers who are fiockng into tn
Cherokee region are likely to be driven ou
promptly by United States troops, and it i
also possible that they may be attacked b,
the Indians.
Mr.. Monroe, an ex-convict from the Mani
toba penitentiary, recently died in England
, In his will he makes some curious bequests
including 800, 900 to Bedson, Warden Of tn,
Manitoba penitentiary, and $4,000 to
Winnipeg lawyer named Vivian, and liIr
amount to Rev Canon Matheson.
} The Vienna street railways have resumes
! operation. The municipal authorities decid
ed that the tramway officials should forfei
? their $25, 900 security and pay $4,000 penalt,
dniIr mn II travel Was rns11fl1nd Tha lnndnr