Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-11-15
news IN GENERAL.


60, on his way to London to negotiate with
asyndicate to put in eyeral spinning mills
IN Central India. His town is the largest
cotton shipping port in the Madras Presi-
denoy, and is the southern terminus Of the
entire railway system of India. Mr.. Harvey
says CANAAN Is the onlyplac suffering from
drought. While several other sections of
India raised no crops, there is no suffering,
for they can be supplied with provisions. 1t
IS only in the places situated at remote dis
tances from the railways that famine can
be experienced in these days.
The snow storm, which ragged for ten DAYS
has caused fearful damage in New Mexico,
and next summer will show a country
covered with the dead bodies of animals as
thickly as was the old Santa Fe trail in the
COS. The depth of snow is now not less
than 26 inches on a level, and in many
places it has drifted seven feet high. When
the storm struck his section, seven large
herds of cattle Numbering from 400 to 1000,
were being held near this place awaiting
shipment to eastern markets. Five cowmen
are known to have frozen to death In one
drift IL cattle were counted, in another 10,
some of them being alive but unable to
move from their frigid prison. Herds of
sheep are completely wiped out Of existence,
and the range for 80 miles from town is
covered with deal carcasses. 1t is estimated
that 20, 600 sheep have perished in this part
of the territory. The hay supply is nearly
exhausted, and 500 per ton is offered by
stockmen. AT Texlne Two passenger trains
were snoWbOund for q week. Provisions
are running out, and the passengers are COM
PEELED to venture out in the storm and kill
cattle. The quarters of these were taken
into the cars and roasted for food. 1t took
the snowploJgh ten days to reach the inn
prisoned trains and release them. The
storm was by far the worst ever known in
New Mexico, and the exact loss of life and
property cannot at present be estimated.
A boy giving the name and answering the
description Of Willie W. Dickinson, who
mysteriousy disappeared about eight years
ago, and for whose recovery standing re-
ward of $1,000 is offered, has been found in
the boys and girls home in Los Angeles,
Cal. The chief Of police has telegraphed the
boys father, who now resides in Bessemer,
Mich, to come to Los Angeles and identify
the boy.
1t is reported that six men were injured
by the falling of a scaffolding at the Insane
asylum on Blackwell's island. Some of the
injured, it is reported, will die.
George Hancock, a Mormon high priest,
has been arrested at PaysOn, Utah, charged
with numbering Mrs Hatch and her son,
George Jones, 32 years ago.
Wallace the young son of Amasa Smith,
living on the Little Delaware, in Delhi, N.
Y, while attempting to shoot cat, shot q
six-year-old boy il the neck, killing him al
most instantly,
All the speeches made at the annual meet
ing of the American Copyright league indi-
Gated a conviction on the part of the leaders
OF the movement that Congress will pass an
international copyright law this season.
Chief of Police Hubbard of Chicago has
learned through detectives that the Anar,
chists have been holding secret meetings
and preparing for big demonstration of the
reds on November II, the day when the
Anarchist murderers were hanged Thou
sands of revolutionary circulars have been
sent out. Chief Hubbard says no parade
with red flags and NO disosdOr Will he per-
mitted.
Twelve barges worth $4,000, and coal
worth $4,000 more, were lost in the Ohio
river during a fog, on the 7th. Other tows
had narrow escapes.
The bread combine at Buffalo, N. Y, has
been broken by Smith, Fake & Co., the
largest baking firm in town. When "Old
HUGH made his corner on wheat the
Buffalo bakers association raised the price
of bread, and refused to lower it. Some
small bakers who cut the rates were driven
Out of business, and the bosses threatened
to boycott anybody patronizing any baker
who cut the high prices Domestic bread is
now sold by the Vienna people for six cents
loaf, and Vienna for eight cents. The
other bakers are highly incenscd, because
they cannot fight this firm.
The trustees of the Johns Hopkins Uni
versity at Baltimore, have been Informed by
the mayor that he had been instructed by
Mrs. Caroline Donovan of Baltimore, widow
of New York merchant, to present to the
university q check for Sl00 600. Mrs. Don
q nrafararpo thnt ~ bo cd
to found a chair of Engli.h literature,
though ifthe trustees see fit to make other
use of the money they may act according
to their best judgment.
The brakes on cable train at Kansas
City, Mo-, refused to work as the train was
descending a hill. AT the foot the runaway
train collided with another train on the
loop. Both trains were wrecked and one
gripman was seriously, perhaps fatally, in
jurcd. -Four p ssengers were slightly in
jured.
Mrs Celia Brown and her grandson, aged
8, have been murdered near Selma, N. G.
There is no clew to the murderer.
James D. Leary of New York, builder of
the famous JOgginS raft, intends to con-
struct another AS soon as the snow will
permit he will send 7j men and some so
teams in the woods and get out 10000 sticks.
One-half OF these will go into the proposed
raft The raft will be 100 feet longer than the
last one, having total length Of 750 feet
and width of 65 leet-10 feet greater than
the other one. twill be 45 feet deep, and
will draw about % or 26 feet of water. 1t
will consist OF from 1000 to 2S,0O0 sticks,
and will weigh IL 900 tons. 1t is intended to
have six masts, rigged with fore and aft sails.
The greatest Improvements over the former
raft will be in the steam steering gear and
steam capstan for the handling of anchors
and chains with which il is intended to equip
this leYiathan Mr.. Leary says it will be
built entirely Of piling and spars, and will
have about 10000 feet of hard wood for a
core. The intention is to have the raft ready
for launching in May,
The Standard Oil company has purchased
the Globe refinery of Pittsburg, Pa, the
Freedom (Pa.) refinery and the Craig pipe
line to the Washington (Pa.) oil fields The
Globe refinery is one of the largest in the
country, and, being independent has al
ways been big thorn in the side of the
Standard. The deal is said to involve sew
eral million dollars.
AS the employees of Janeway & Co.'s wall
paper factory were leaving the building, at
New Brunswick IN. j., they found hanging
to the beams in the storeroom by q rope
old boy, who was employed in the factory.
Brtton had some time in the afternoon gone
behind pile Of paper, and, after tying sthe
rope around his neck had got on chair,
and then kicked it from under him. His
neck was broken, AMI he was already dead
when found. No explanation is given for
the boys act. He had been acting strangely
Of late, but no cause for suicide was known.
The boy was an inveterato reader of dime
novels.
The much mutilated body of a man has
Iaa,, ,,nor pnu1 Nipn