Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-04-12
NEWS IN GENERAL.

Mrs. Thompson, wife of a settler near
| Crescent bay, Port Townsend, W. T., was
| instantly killed near that place by a tree
| falling on her, crushing her. She and her
hust and left the house for safety during a
terrible wind storm, when large tree fell
on them. Thompson was knocked senseless
| with child in his arms, but recovered and
| crawled into the house. where he swooned.
The nei2hbors came along the next day and
found them.
Frederick Friederichsen, n prosperous
horse dealer from Hamburg, Germany, was
robbed of $500 while asleep in Busch's
Hotel Hoboken, N. Y. A man who regis
tered as William B. Lewis and occupied the
next room to Friederichsen, is missing, and Is
suspected of being The thief
The Hilton Bridge Construction Co. of
Albany, n Y, was the lowest in the lump
bids for the construction Of the government
gun foundry at West Troy. The separate
| bids on the different parts of the work are
being computed, and the award will not be
made until it is ascertained which are the
| lowest.
A freight train ON the Savannah, Florida
q Western railway collided with a handcar
in heavy fog at the junction four miles
south of Savannah, wrecking the train.
Isaac Coleman fireman, was instantly
killed, aud James Perry, conductor, was
fatally scalded and died in few hours.
At Charleston, w. Va, Edward Spriggle,
engineer on the Pioneer Coal Co.'s locomo-
tive, put boy named Washington off the
train. Washington slipped up behind Sprig
gle, a short time later and with pump
handle fractured his skull in three places
The wounded man is dying. His murderer,
who is only IA years old, was arrested.
The destruction of property by the prairie
fires in South Dakota and Minnesota is very
great. At least five prosperous towns have
been almost obliteratel, while several small
villages and hundreds of farmhouses have
been swept away. The losses in South
Dakota alone are estimated at 81, 900, coo.
A number of new cases of smallpox are re-
ported at Nanticoke Pa, and there Is con-
siderable alarm anon G the Is, OOOinhabitants.
The council has been requested to close the
schools and places Of amusement People
who can afford to do so are leaving town.
Two young girls sisters, are under arrest
at Summit, n. j., for arson. They confess
their fiendish acts
Some of the residents of Atlantic High
lands, N. j., new summer resort, are en-
deavoring to keep out the Jews.
A nephew Of Guzman Blanco, ex-president
OF Venezuela, who committed forgery to the
amount of S23, 900, has been arrested while
trying to escape to the United States
A gang of flrebugs who have been feec-
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Jersey City and Brooklyn.
Allard & Sons of Paris and of 304 Fifth
avenue, New York, are accused of carrying
on smuggling operations on a tremendous
scale, Their method, 1t is charged was to
substitute rich silks and tapestries for the
hair in stuffing the upholstered parts of an
tique furniture and so escape paying duty.
A portrait Of one of the Vanderbilts was
brought In back of an antique mirror and
| RpJ1hrannt hatVVnnn Don N rod
door. AS far as is now known the loss to the
| government amounts to about $50 00) and it
is expected to foot up about $780, 900.
Two well-known Chicago horsemen, Barry
Mckinney and Andy Larkins have been ar
rested at Denver, Col. 1t is allie ed that
Mckinney and Llrkins are wanted in Hi
nois for stealing string of valuable race
horses which recently were shipped to Chi
cago from Kentucky. Horsemen in this city
value the string of racers at from $4,000 to
$25 900.
Silver has been discovered on the farm of
Peter Kearon, at Fort Dodge, Ia. The find
was made by a well digger at the depth Of
110 feet. The vein is 81 inches thick jew
elers pronounce the quartz richer than any
ever examined by them.
A divorce has been granted Maggie Nit
chell, the actress, from her husband, Henry
| I. Paddock, by Chancellor McGil, the de-
cree having just been filed in the chancery
office in New York. The evidence In the
case was taken in New Jersey and New
York, and the complainant's main charge
was adultery on the part of her husband.
Downs & Finch of New York, the heaviest
manufacturers of fancy shirts In the United
States, have failed
The squatt rs on the Des Moines River
lands are vigorously resisting all attempts to
evict them.
A Paris house, with branch in New York
City, has been detected in smuggling on an
extensive scale.
A gang of New York incendiaries has
been broken up by the arrest of six of its
members.
The New York Yacht club has accepted
the challenge of Lord Dunraven for the
America cup.
In the italian chambers of deputies Signor
Crispi, the prime minister, stated that the
death of King John Of Abyssinie would en-
able Italy to extend her possessions in that
country. The government however, did not
intend to be drawn on by the enticing pros
pact of an easy occupation, and would not
take action unless it was seen to be to its
clear advantage to enlarge the area occupied
by Italy in Abyssinia.
The Illinois house has passed the senate
joint resolution directing the penitent ary
commissioner to inquire into the advisability
of erecting a binding twine plant in one OF
both the state penitentiaries with view tc
use the labor of convicts in an effort to break
up the binding twine trust. A bill was alsc
passed establishing parole system for pris
oners in the state penitentiaries.
At Frankfort, Ind, VIM. Pray shot and
killed his wife, and then placed the muzzlt
of revolver back Of his right ear and fired
He is still alive, but can live only shor
time. The couple lived unhappily and haC
separated.
A pipe burst in the electric light works
at Utica, N. Y, blowing off
portion Of the boiler house roof, and 81
disarranging things that there will be NJ
electric lights in the city for some time
Three persons were slightly hurt.
The Congo state government has just re
ceived report on the exploration of thu
Zomani an affluent of the Congo A steamer
assembled the river from the falls SOB mile
to within three days journey from Ny
angwe. 1t is a fine stream, 270 yards wide
from - to 18 feet deep, with current O
, three miles an hour, and easy Of navigation
The Zomani proves to be a direct route t.
Lake Tanganyika.
All uncertainty in the Pennsylvania cox
region in reference to the threatened reduc
tion in wages has subsided and everything i
quiet
The cruiser Atlanta, now at Aspinwall
has been ordered by telegraph to New York
Although subject to future emergencies, 1t 1
the present intention to send the yorktown
to New York on the Goth, so that the lates
efforts at naval construction may be seen a
the centennial celebration. She has beer
formally accepted from the contractors
; subject to the special reservations Of none,
on account of work yet to be done.
John Gill, who has been making bad silve
dollars off and on for he last Is years, ha
been arrested for counterfeiting. Last fall Ne
Nyl,rlr ,,tnn flooded with cInlli.inIs onn of th