Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-05-24
NEWS IN GENERAL.

and increased pay.
At Wichita, Kan, Col. Richardson, late
land commissioner, who has just returned
from Guthrie says Oklahoma is being de-
serted very rapidly. Guthrie had on the
opening day at least 10000 people; today
there is not half that number. Marshal
Needles says that by August he does not
think there will be 200 people in the place.
Oklahoma City's population today is about
the same as on the opening day, and has
made more substantial improvements than
Guthrie.
While Mrs. Louis Palmer was cooking
supper at her home five miles from Rock
dale, Tex, she dropped a kerosene lamp,
which exploded, and her clothing took fire.
She ran into the yard where her husband
extinguished the flames, but not before she
was fatally burned Then the husband dis
covered the house to be in flames, and his
attempts to save the two small children
asleep in the building were futile.
In the house of commons Mr.. Bradlaugh's
motion opposing the government proposal to
commute perpetual pensions was rejected
264 to POS The effect of the division is to
enable all perpetual pensioners to commute
at q years purchase
In the Office of Justice of the Peace Brown
at Nashville, Tenn, James Turner shot and
mortaly wounded 7. A. Holton, a merchant.
In dispute over a suit to recover goods
sold Turner called Holton a liar. Turner
was at once arrested and is now in jail.
Holton cannot recover.
1t is rumored on the continent that an
English doctor has found Gen. Boulanger
to be suffering from diabetes in an advanced
stage and had advised him to go to Vichy
and Carlsbad to take the waters.
w. c. Mansell, ex-assistant city clerk of
Hoboken, N. j., who forged and sold IA city
improvement certificates, has been sentenced
to a term of six years and six months hard
labor in the states prison.
Mr. Dillon telegraphs to London from
Australia that immense meetings have been
held at Ballarat un Ter the auspices of the
Irish deputation and that grand donations
to the Irish fund have been received The
members of the party are in good health.
A dispatch received at Yaukt n, Oak,
from the Yalkton Indian agency states
that tie Sioux Indians at that place are
preparing to negotiate with the government
for the sale of about seven townships of the
northern part of their reservation.
Anarchists are fomenting a land agitation
in Lombardy. There has been serious riot
ing and number of houses have been ran
sacked. Troops are suppressing the disorder
At Marion, Ind, Charles Hupe, aged r.
shot and fatally wounded his daughter-in-
law. Not less than 100 buckshot took effect.
The tragedy originated in a quarrel between
the young woman and her mother-in-law.
The prevailing high rate for raw sugar in
England has compelled one of the largest re-
fineries in Greenock to close down.
In New York City Coroner Levy has or
dered the funeral of the mind-reader, Bishop,
postponed until an official inquiry is made %
to whether death had occurred before the
autopsy was begun. This act on is taken at
the request of Bishops mother
1t is stated that Richard Piggott, the
forger of the Parnell letters, had his life in
sured for $1,000 in the English & Scottish
Law Life office The fact that he committed
suicide does not affect the policy, which is
said to have been in existence over five
years.
One day last week from three to five
inches of snow fell all over northern Wis
consin an1 Michigan. Four inches fell at
Pratt, Wis, and from three to five inches
are reported all along the Gogebic range.
Aheavy hail storm passed over Clinton,
Ia, recently stones six inches in circumfer-
ence being measured. Skylights were
badly damaged. At the close of the storm
the ground was covered with stones averaging
a half inch in diameter.
Rains throughout the northwest have been
of great benefit to the crops.
A Ascheme is being perfected for long dis
tance telephoning, which contemplates the
connection by telephone of st. Paul, Mime
apolis Omaha, st. Louis and Kansas City
with each other and with the East through
Chicago. 1t was for this purpose the Bell
Telephone company recently increased its
capital stock.
The municipal council of Berlin has voted
10000 marks for the purpose of decorating
the streets during the visit of King Humbert
of Italy.
Queen Mary of Bavaria is dying of dropsy
and cancer of the liver. She is now uncon-
scicus.
During terrific rain storm a temporary
dam at the end of Island avenue
tunnel, Milwaukee, Wis, was swept away
and three Polish workmen engaged inside
were caught by the receding waters and
drowned
George W. Childs of Philadelphia, Pa, has
offered a prize of $50 to be awarded to the
man who passes the best examination for
entrance to the academic freshmen class of
Princeton college. The examination is to be
held at the Hotel Lafayette on June 20, ut
IL a. m.
The schooner Magii of Crisfeld, Nd, while
cruising off New Haven, CT, picked up the
body of man aged about As years. From
marks etc, on clothing it was probably a
man named Bentley, and evidently builder,
of Providence, R. I. The body was brought
ashore at Milford.
There are II, 900 men on strike in Silesia.
The situation is threatening.
A big oil well has been discovered at Tiff
fin, o.
A feeling of uncertainty still pervades the
copper market.
A big strike is considered probable at Car
negies works in Pittsburg on account of the
fnf.. 81 eli III Ia 90
based on the selling price of the steel blooms.
1t affects 2500 men.
The Berlin correspondent Of the London
Times says that the American delegates to
the Samoan conference must refer to Wash
ington the points of detail but that on the
general principles all ths delegates agree,
and that the next meeting ought to conclude
the conference.
Over 1000 store mon working along tho
water front in Brooklyn arc out on strike
They dem nd 25 cents an hour in lieu of 90
cents. The strike is expected to extend and
include all the store men working along the
river front. A number Of vessels are lying
at some of the stores awaiting to be unloaded
and others arc partially unloadcd.
1t is rumorel that James Gordon Bennett
has gone to Khartoum to ransom General
Gordon from the new Mahdi for a million
francs. The story is that G ,rdon was not
killed by tll5 MahhlS people as has been sup
posed, but made prisoner, and that an offer
to releas him for the sum named has been
made. Mr. Bennett has certainly been in
Egypt of late, but nothing further can bo
learned
1t is reported that tho troops have fired
upon the strikers near Breslau, Germany.
The French senate by vote of 1874 to 50,
exempted students for the priesthood from
military service after ono years drill
Premier Tirard protested against such ex-
emption promising that in the event
of mobilization the government would send
medical and theological students to serve in