Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-11-01
NEWS IN GENERAL.

fourteen millions greater than for Septem-
ber, 1883, and our imports more than half a
million less than for the same period last
year.
The new steamer which is to take the
place of the Maryland on the New York and
New England route, has been launched at
Wilmington, Del.
The life saving crew of the Northwestern
University at Evanston, Ill rescued 30 peo-
pie from drowning Tuesday night during a
severe gale, which had driven three vessels
ashore.
Several school children near Franklin,
Pa. found dynamite bomb in a field and
attempted to open it. The explosion fatally
injured two and eight others were badly
hurt.
Justice Andrews of New York has ap-
pointed two commissioners in lunacy to in
vestigate the case of Robert Foulds a toy
importer who is now in the Buffalo state
asylum. The asylum physicians pronounce
Mr. Mr., Fo1lds hopelessly insane. He believes
that he has no money TO pay for food, and
ought, therefore, to abstain from eating.
He is worth about $50, 900, and has a paying
business
The Erie Railroad company has taken
the lead in introducing electric motors for
traction purposes in coal mines in place of
mules, at its Hillside mines, near Forest
City, Pa, 1t is said that the electric motors
effect a saving upon the former cost of haul
ing coal to the foot of the shafts of over $2b
a day.
Hattie Grutzner, 20 years old, of New York,
| committed suicide by swallowing arsenic.
She told the doctor that she was tired of life.
Her father and mother died year ago and
she had no one to live for.
The Ministerial Union of Charlestown,
s. c., has adopted resolutions denouncing
the posters exposed by the Lille Clay Gaiety
company, and calling upon the chief of po-
lice to enforce the ordinance prohibiting the
posting or publication of lewd and
indecent pictures. The ministers are very
indignant about the posters.
Two men gained entrance to the Fargo
postoffice, bound and gagged the night
clerk, Harry Milton, placed red-hot poker
on the soleS of his feet and compelled him
to give up the combination of the vault
door. While the burglars were opening
these, Mill ton released himself, secured re-
volver and shot at the men, not however,
until they had had time to blow out the
light. They knocked him down with a
blow on the head and escaped, securing
about S125. In their hurry they left over
$3.50 IN money on the desk.
Annie Walter, a German immigrant girl
OLA who arrived at New York about a
dSO' upldlnbu dG CdSGl6 udTuSIl
last week that she had been assaulted by
the ships butcher, baker, and deck steward
The girls alleged assailants will be taken
back to Germany for trial
During September past 3S, ,544 immigrants
came to this country. against 99, 856 in Sep
tember 1888. Germany furnished 1890
England and Wales 1881, Ireland 1898,
Sweden and Norway $3.50, Russia 1859, Scot
land 1875, Italy 1776, France 76S.
As Mrs. Leeds of Laporte, Ind, was walk
ing on the lawn in front of her residence
she was confronted by Mrs. Wasserman, a
woman of i'll repute. Without saying a
word the Wasserman woman struck Mrs
Leeds on the head with club inhicting a
slight wound. Mrs Leeds then ran into the
house. and as she oassed a window
the Wasserman woman fired at her with
revolver, but missed her. She then
ran down the street hut was over
taken and lodged in jail 1lio deepest mys-
terry surrounds the case. Several months
ago an infant was left on the Wasserman
| woman's doorstep Mrs. Leeds has fire.
quently contributed to the child's support,
but of late refused to provide for it. Her
friends assert that she is shielding promi-
nent woman of the city, who is the mother
of the abandoned child. The Wasserman
woman has employed legal counsel. Mrs.
Leeds is completely Frustrated
A young girl was found lying unconscious
in the roadway in Central park, New York.
marked 'Laudanum.n Nothing in her
pockets showed who she was. She was car
ried to hospital, where she died. She was
apparently about l8years of age.
| Merchandise exports from the United
States during September past aggregated in
value $50, ,074, 81, against SOL ,934 ,54 in Sep
tember, 1888. Imports for the past month
were valued at $53612, ,7i0, against $54, 193,-
2l6 in September, 1888
Secretary Carter of the Baltimore board
of health has received a sanitary report from
Asiatic Turkey, showing the extent of the
| epidemic of cholera in Mesopotamia, be-
tween the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, The
| total number of deaths from cholera from
| July q to Sept. 26 was 6173. Among the af-
! flicted cities were Bagdad where there were
924 deaths in about five weeks; Nasrie, 1856
deaths; Bossora, 450 Kerkank, 3S5; Kerbela,
343; Chatra, 345
Agent Grant of Mr.. Gerry's society of New
York, was called to visit Daniel and Kate
| Hynes and found them lying on the floor
| intoxicated, Astride of Daniels neck, play
ing horse, was little Dan, boy of s. and on
atable in one corner of the room lay the
body of little Annie, 10 months old The
child had been dead two days. The father
and mother were taken to the station house
The infant had probably died of suffocation
in bed,
The electric wires are causing trouble at
Atlanta, Ga. The burning of the plant
which furnished light for the city, because
of imperfect insulation, was followed by the
burning of an electric street car, which
blazed up with flash. The car was crowded
with ladies and children. Mr.. James A.
Rush, of the firm of Rush e. Mills, tried to
| help some ladies off the car and was caught
between the bumpers, which crushed the
muscles of his left leg.
Last Sunday was prison Sunday for New
York, and sermons were preached on the
duties of Christians towards the criminal
classes, and collections taken for the work
of the Prison association.
The explosion on board the Cunard line
steamer Cephalonia shortly after her de-
parture from Liverpool for Boston, has re-
suited more seriously than was at first ex-
pected. Three of the men who were injured
have died, and it is believed that one of the
other men who was hurt will not recover,
The Cephalonia has returned to Liverpool
and gone into dock. Upon examination it
was found that the damage to her machinery
was confined to the collapse of the crown of
one Of her boilers
Acting Chairman Knapp of the passenger
department of the Central Traffic association
in speaking of the idea of issuing 5000
mile tickets, says The plan has been and
is being considered. 1t is now in operation
to a small extent There could be no objec-
ton to the issuance of such tickets, if all
roads would strictly uphold the non-trans-
ferable policy Otherwise they are as sus-
ceptible ofmanipuation as the present 1000
mile and 2O00-mile tickets. Merchants
everywhere are clamoring for the issuance
of such tickets, as now some of them have
| to buy 20 or 30 2000-mile tickets over az
many lines for each of their drummers"
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