News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-12-12
GENERAL NEWS.

A place in Worcestershire, Eng, is adver-
| tised to let on lease which has III years
| vet to run. 1t was made for 20O0 years Ill
| 1000.
Never before since st. Louis was founded
! have there been such receipts of corn as WITH
| in the hast three weeks. Since November 10
| the receipts have amounted to TWO mlnon
bushels, and shipments are now coming on at
! the rate of 800. 900 bushels daily.
Long Branch Pier is in imminent danger.
| The late high tides have undermined 1t. Inc
| time is coming when the pretty seaside re-
| sort will have to retreat before the Gncroach-
| ing waves. which undermine sea walls, shore
| pilings and all other barriers.
The Dolphin did not sail with the kear-
| sarge and (Talena the other day, but remained
| behind at the Brooklyn Navy Yard to under
| 90 some repairs and also TO pick up the
| struggling marines and tars from The other
| vessels. She will go direct to Cape llayten.
| An essay of average rock from the seven
| foot vein at the bottom of the deep shaft OF
the Michigan gold mine, just completed, at
| Ishpeming, gives over $4,000 per ton
| in gold and silver. The rock is not
nearly as rich as has been taken from
| the rich chimneys, but from the present
| indications there is seven-foOt vein of the
stuff.
bill was introduced in the Senate pro-
wiling for n reserve force for the navy from
| steam vessels in the merchant marine
The Coroner's inquest on the bodies of the
men killed in the Minneapolis fire holds the
| owners of the building morally responsible.
| Emin Bey escaped the perils of disease and
| the poisoned arrows of the sayaScs, but he
| fell from window at Zanzibar and frac-
tured his skull. His recovery is doubtful
Rumble. Smith & Co. of New York have
been awarded BY the authorities of Havana,
| Cuba, contract to erect a system of water
| works for that city, at cost of $1,000 900.
| The firm bid against a number Of Euro
pean houses.
| A whole family in Big Rapids, Mich,
| named Ackley, ten in number, are in Jail for
shopifting and similar offences.
Some small boys at York. Pa, chased and
captured, without horse or hound, a fox that
had escaped from its cage.
Tlferiury In breach of promise case at
| Champaign, ILL.,, awarded one cent damages
and advised the plaintiff to "beware of book
agents."
A gold nugget worth $3.50 was found in
| the crop of grouse that a woman was dress
| ing for dinner at SIMPSONS Mills, Ore, few
| days ago.
Mrs. Ella C. White, charged, In Elmira, n.
| Y, with forgery to the amount of $25 900,
was arrested at Chicago Tuesday night. She
has been living in Chicago for several
months, and speculated good deal in bucket
shops and on the Board of Trade.
The settlement of the dock laborers' strike
at Bristol, England, was effected by COM
promise. The questions of employing
| foreign labor and aboishing middlemen were
waived. The strikers lost in wages the sum
| of 10000 and merchants suffered severely in
| consequence of the strike.
The Kaiser has telegraphed to Emin Pasha
and Stanley the expression of his sympathy
| for all the hardships and perils they have ex-
| perenced. He cOngratulates them upon the
TO IF hair IL
and welcomes them to civilization and home.
From every indication the brass manufac-
turers of the United States, are perfecting a
gigantic confederation. A meeting was held
| in the Grand Pacific Hotel, Chicago. George
| II. Coppius, a prominent manufacturer of
Boston, d. T. Ellis Of Bridgeport, Ct, and
many other eastern manufacturers, are
present.
A bill has been introduced in the Senate
providing for Notifications and other seacoast
| defences, and apprOpriating therefor $780,
81, 800.
Great preparations are being made in Eng
land and Belgium to give Stanley royal
welcome on his return.
Southern Democratic Congressman are
not pleased with those passages in the mes
sage referring to the need of Federal cleo
ton law.
George w. Lininger, Republican candidate
for mayor of Omaha, was defeated by Rich
ard c. Gushing, Democrat, by majority of
between HOO and 1900.
Postmaster General Wanamaker takes the
ground that Postmaster ought not to be re-
moved, unless for cause, until the expiration
of four years from the date of his appoint
ment.
The total number of bills presented in the
Senate on Wednesday was sos. Most of the
measures proposed were bills that failed to
become laws during the last Congress.
The weather throughout northern New
York on Wednesday was intensely cold. At
several places in the Adirondacks the Their
mometer registered 10 degrees to 16 degrees
below zero. Saranac lake is frozen over.
1t is officially denied that France has any
intention to withdraw from the Latin Union.
The Middlesborough CEngland) iron mar
ket is very much excited, and warrants have
advanced five shillings.
The Ssw 9q a g91Fantss fund f S 9nld Se
presented to Congress providing for the crea-
ton of corporation which shall direct the
exhibition, subject to the supervision of the
United States Government.
Asundo Baquito, a large, pock-marked
| italian woman, who earns her living as q
two others seriously, in the tenement SO
James street, New York.
The Riforma of Rome, commenting on
President Harrison's message, expresses a
| hope that the question of a well-nigh prohib-
| tive duty upon art works imported into the
United States may be solved in conformity
with Italy's just wishes.
The Cologne Gazette's st. Petersburg cor
respondent reports that the Gar, under
standing that France is concerned about the
possible consequences of his recent visit to
Berlin, has instructed the Grand Duke Vlad-
imir to dispel all apprehensions during his
stay in Paris.