Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-04-19
new ENGLAND NEWS.

~ cattle, four hogs, 10 tons OF hay and farm
ing tools Of James Good were recently
burned. Loss $1,000; no insurance.
L. D. Hazen of st. Johnsbury, Vt, has
Sold large tract Of timber land in Victory
to the Oloott Pulp Manufacturing company.
The sale amounted to over 100000.
Edgar Swan of Lynn, ex-teller Of the Lynn
City bgnk, ha been sentenced to the Law
renee Jail for five years for embezzlement.
Charles W. Varney of Hill, N. H., was re-
Gently sentenced by Judge Allen to the state
prison for 25 years for an outrage upon Mrs.
Mary A. Brown of Sanbornton.
Work has commenced on the new electric
street railway to be operated from Attleboro
to Plainville, Mass, through North Attic
boro at the northern terminus toward North
Attleboro. 1t is expected that the line from
Atleboro north will be inpperation by June
or July.
The 18-year-old daughter of Samuel Shat
tuck OF North Danville, VT, has caused a
sensation by marryirs = boy OF IA. She was
kept under the close sus<eillance of q vener-
able grandmother, beil refused the liberties
of schools and church. md the society of the
neighbors. When she gained the reins she
started away with hei lover, and the two
foun some one willing to marry them. The
groom's mother has teken the children home,
and will take good care Of them.
JOSepn II. w TlSHts cleGR dafrlS
Lime Rock works, Lincoln r. L., was killed
by the accidental explosion of a dynamite
cartridge which he was preparing for q
blast. His head was blown off ami several
Of his limbs broken, and the building in
which he was at work was wrecked.
Boring for oil at Southbury, Ct, has failed
to prove profitable enough to warrant the
further continuance of the project The cost
Of boring 2000 feet has been $4,000, and the
result has been the finding of ''rock oil"
useless product, and a substance resembling
coal, which will not burn.
A peculiar bicycle accident recently hap
pened in New B dford, Mass. A man was
riding bicycle down Fifth street. when
dog ran out and came into collision with the
wheel. The man was thrown off, and in
his fall knocked down Bryant NJ. Brownell,
the ten-year-old son Of Albion T. Brownell.
The man escaped with slight injuries, but
the boys skull was crushed by contact with
cobble stones. 1t is thought he cannot re-
cover.
The directors of the Concord, N. H., horse
railroad have voted to ask the city council
for permission TO use electricity as motive
power and to extend the track.
A number of prominent business men have
been engaged in soliciting subscriptions to
the stock for another cotton mill at New
Bedford, Mass. 1t is understood that about
100000 has already been subscribed.
The famous ancient grasshopper vane
which for nearly one hundred and fifty
years has surmounted Faneuil hall in Boston
and faithfully registered the tickle changes
of the wind, and which was accidentally de-
tached and thrown down from its old-time
resting place In lowering the American flag
on the evening of Evacuation Day, has been
replaced, though with no attendant cere-
monies.
The plant Of the Standard Oil Co. in East
Providence r. l., is being rapidly enlarged.
A stable 133 feet long and 40 feet wide, two
stories high, is nearly completed. Attached
to the stable ~ an 1ffice 1920 feet Two
tanks holding about 5000 barrels one holding
5000 barrels and another holding Is, coo bar
rels have been completed, and two other
10x50 feet has been completed and is used for
painting barrels only. A wharf, 200x20
feet, has been constructed along the river
front and dredges have been at work widen
ing and deepening the channel.
At Barnstable, Mass, Philip CotelIe plead
ed guilty Of assault with intent to kill Min
ME L. Chapman, March s, 1888. He was
sentenced to the State prison for four years.
His crime was that Of shooting the fifteen
year-old girl in the back, because she refused
to continue their friendly relations. She re-
covered, though the bullet has never been
got out. Cotelle, according to expert teSti-
mony, was not Of strictly sound mind, but in
q state Of frenzy was able to recognize the
nature of his act.
The proposed new city building at Concord,
n. H. will be of brick, two stories high, with
basement, and will cost $40, 900. On the first
floor will be the offices of the mayor city
marshal and guard room 2415 by 26 feet
and also lavatorieS. On the second floor, the
TVatn1, mice iOnet.C fay pDl1nptpr
health officer and police justice will have Of
fees. The first floor Of the rear part of the
building will contain eight cells and other
apartments and the second story will be
used for police court room.
The Fairmont Manufacturing company,
Woonsocket R. L., has asked for charter to
manufacture cotton goods, with capital of
| 1926, 900. 1t is proposed to build a mill of
| 500 to 900 looms. One hundred thousand
dollars has already been subscribed.
Ten farm buildings on the we'll known
| Open Ridge place, Springfield, Vt, were
lately burned. Loss $4,000.
The suit for damages against the Maine
| Central railroad, brought by Dwinel Allen
of Topsham, Me- for personal injury while
driving across the railroad track iii Bath, re-
suited in a verdict for plaintiff in the sum Of
$500.
The Sunderland Lumber Co., on the Green
Mountain in Sunderland, N. H., has just
finished very successful winter.
W. W. Greenough, who retires from the
treasurership aud general management Of the
| Boston Gas Co, after being connected with
it for the past 80 years, has been presented
an address, beautifully inscribed and bound
In portfolio, by the employees of the COM
pany.
The child prematurely born in Worcester,
| fO O,,iCa in,o P1catta md t,rl,ic
DR.. G. H. Darling had kept alive in an incu-
bator for eight days, is dead. 1t weighed
| 2M pounds at birth, and everything con-
sidered, DR.. Darling regards the experiment
as encouraging.
The Maine Central railroad has just issued
the most ironclad orders to its station agents
in regard to the game laws. The order for
! bids the agents to receive for transportation
any moose or caribou or deer between
the first day Of October and the first
day of January of each year. AS all the rest
Of the year is close time this will wholly pro-
hibit the shipment Of game The great
Maine railroad is certainly doing its share to
add to the efficiency of the Maine game laws,
and is entitled to credit for its stringent
regulations.
Stacey Huntington of Richmond, Me-, a
lad Of 13, in trying to dig out a dynamite
cartridge with a knife, exploded the cap,
blowing off the ends of his thumb and fore,
finger and inhicting other wounds.
The subscription for stock of the Lewiston
(Me) mills has been closed This 'nsures
the purchase and early starting up of the
mills
The directors of the Biddeford & Saco
Horse Railroad company have decided not to
Adopt electricity as motive power this season.
Charles H. Andrews of Biddeford Me-, has
| bapn elected s1IOarintendent
The. barque Georges. HQmer Capt. War.
laad has arrived at New Bedford, Mass, 100
days from San Francisco, with one of the
largest cafgoes of oil ever brought here, con-