Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-05-31
new ENGLAND NEWS.

n NdSo VI bbdTNdUlOn is
at North Pittston, Me-, in the person of
man named Watson 'Goodspeed Mr.. Good
speed Is man about forty-five years of age,
living with Mr. VIM. Tobey He has been
without nourishment, except water, since
the 10th Of this month"; and for the last six
days he has been without even water. He
says he doesn't want to live any longer and
will never take any more food.
w. H. Whitcomb of Norway Me-, has the
contract to put the water works into the viii
lage of Fort Fairfield. The water pipe has
already been purchased and crew of
laborers engaged. Work will begin at once.
1t will probably cost from $30 900 to $50, 900 to
complete the job.
The Merchants National bank of New
Haven, CT, has become involved by the ir-
regular conduct Of two officers of the bank
They have been carrying on a system of dis
counting notes without submitting the paper
for the approval of the directors and the
crash has come. The exact amount of the
banks loses is not yet made public, but it
will probably reach 800, 900.
Mrs. Martha Ferguson, in her suit in the
supreme court against Mrs. Mary Gebhard
Wilson for $25 900 for damages alleged to
have been sustained in 1885 at Newport, r.
l., by q carriage accident has received
verdict of S3750 from a New York jury
The Maine Celluloid company has BEEN or
ganized in Lewiston, Me-; George G.. Wing
president; F. B. Wheelock, treasurer This
company will succeed the Home Manufac-
turing company, and will build pulp mill
of large capacity.
Work has been begun on the foundations
of the new Fletcher mill at Providence, RI,
and it is expected that the work of construc-
tion will be finished in November 1t is to
be woolen mill for the manufacture of
overcoatings principally.
DIR. J. H. Flagg of Plaistow, N. H., vet
erln of TIE New Hampshire heavy artillery,
has been strik II with paralysis.
The differences between the freight con-
tractors of the Fitchburg railroad and the
freight handlers has been settled, thereby
av rting strike. The demands of the men
were that their wages should be increased
from S1.65 per day to S11 and Sl140 per
week, with 25 ceats per hour for overtime.
The bridge over the Housatonic river at
New Lenox, Mass, fell while span of horses
was crossing with a load of wood The
horses and the teamster Thomas Sullivan,
were drowned, and the owner of the team,
Oscar Hutchinson narrowly escaped the
same fate. The bridge was out of repair.
One hundred men are now employed on
the new mill of Crocller, Bur bank & Co.,
Fitchburg, Mass, which is now in process of
construction. AS soon as more of the foun-
dation is laid the masons will increase their
number 1t will take over 2, 900, 900 brick to
build the mill, which is designed to be q
thorough modern paper mill, with two sets of
paper machines in each room. The machines
will have all the improvements that have
been made in paper mill machinery.
1t is reported that G. S. Mellen, general
traffic manager of the Union Pacific railroad,
is on his way to enter upon the duties of
Nf @lo Il 4
system.
The gas works at Amherst, Mss, will
soon be completed, and the work of laying
the pipe is now being done. The company
will not be able to light the village by June
! l, as was intended hut if nothing happens
everything will be in working order by the
first of July.
Joseph Ganyer waS arrested at Nashua, N.
H., as he was about to take a train north, on
the charge of burglarizing residence at
| Rochester, N. H.
The Addison Paving company of Addison,
Ne, has contracted to furnish New York
parties with 150, 600 paving blocks. They
are at present working their quarry with 81
hands, and are turning out 1000 blocks a
day.
The total cost of the Portland, Me-, public
| schools last year was $101 4S2. 49, of which
! $19, S46 48 was received from the state the
amount exp nded was 2.7 mills per 81 of
valuation, There are in the city 18 school
| houses, "a schools, l61 teachers, GIL pupils
and an average attendance of 1871.
A gaspipe bomb, filed with powder and
large buckshot, was thrown through the
kitchen window of Mrs. c. NJ Weld at
Jamaica Plain, Mass tearing hole in the
| floor and doing other damage to the room.
A domestic was sitting by the window at the
| hut 10
room before the bomb exploded The motive
for the crime and its author are unknown.
The New Haven, Ct, assessors list for
1888 which has just been completed for the
city, shows that the taxable property owned
| by manufacturers is valued at S3 537, 613.
The amount invested in manufacturing was
placed at 50, 19S, 796; invested in commerce
and vessels, S592, III; insurance stocks 1899,
100; railroad bonds, $4,000 The grand
list for the year shows an increase over that
of the year previous of something over 500,
900.
The new Border City mill, No. 8, at Fall
River, Mass, is regarded by experts as q
model factory While there has been little
attempt at external or internal ornamental,
tion, no expense has been spared to secure
the latest improvements in the way of ma
chinery and power and there is an abund-
ance of light and perfect ventilation.
The street cars in Pittsield, Mass, are tc
run by electricity. and it is hoped that the
change will be effected so that cars will be
running under the new system by the 1st OF
July or at the latest Aug l. Three cars
will be equipped to begin with, each OF
which will have power enough to tow an.
other.
The directors of the Worcester, Mass,
Electric Light company have decided to
build new station there, and will ask
shareholders to consider the advisability OF
increasing the capital stock from $125, 900 tC
5000, 900. 1t is proposed to entirely change
the steam and electric systems. The alter
mating incandescent system will be added.
The Ryegate granite works at South Rye
gate, Vt, have gone into insolvency. Liza
bilities, $56, 900; assets plant whose origi
nal cost was 100000. The directors arc
held individually for $4,000, and the bank
of Newbury is heir largest creditor, to the
amount of $4,000. Thomas B. Hall oi
South Ryegate, the receiver, will sell the
property at auction June 1.
Upon the basis of last years dividend;
paid to the stockholders of the Bourne mil
at Fall River, Mass, 1t is estimated that the
the proposed division of profits less than 81
year each.
The immense ocean tugboat that is being
built at the Bath, Me-, iron works for th'
Morse Transportation Co. is fast approach
being put on and the joiners are finishing
the outside of the hull. Metalling will begiI
next week, but this tug, like the previous
boat, will not be completely sheathed, simply
a wide strip of sheet iron running along thu
water line as q protection against ice anC