Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-16
NEWS In SHORT ORDER.
DOMESTIC HAPPENINGS TOLD
INA FEW BRIEF WORDS
Interesting Paragraphs Condensed
from Many Redundant Columns.


at Bass Rocks. Mass One man Is dead on
the beach. and the Others are supposed 10 be
on the vessel heavy gale is blowing from
| southeast.
A large amount of snow has fallen on the
| mountains of Mexico. and the temperature
is lower than usual for this time of year.
White Caps are at work at Salem. N. II.
At IA late hour they took a citizen from his
house at the North Village. maltreated him,
andthreatened to lynch him. on the ground
that he had been guilty Of petty larcenies- An
attempt will be made to bring the perpe-
traitors to justice.
William earns, of Sunbury. Pa. was suf-
focated by coal gas which escaped from a
small stove in the bedroom. lie was fifty
years Of age.
John r. Phillips engineer Of Sergeant &
Greenleafs lock works in Rochester. hanged
himself in the engine room of the factory
No cause is assigned for the deed.
The Riverside Hotel at Canisteo n Y.
was burned. The inmatee escaped. some of
them being only partially dressed. They lost
nearly all their clothing
The Board Of Naval Officers appointed to
examine the plans of Representative Thomas,
of Illinois, for a submerging monitor cruiser
reported to the Secretary of the Navy recon-
mending the adoption of the plan.
The Coroner's jury at Birmingham, Ala,
which has been investigating the shooting in
to the mob by the Sheriff and his posse, are
unable to agree upon verdict. -Four of the
jurors declare the killing to have been unlaw-
full and two are of the opinion that il WIS
lawful The Grand Jury is now investigating
the case.
The body of Augustus j. Pierce, we'll
known resident of North Andover. Mass,
was found hanging from bedpost in the
house of friend where he had gone visiting.
He was 60 years of age and undoubtedly in
sane.
An alteration arose between Charlie
Arnett and Johnnie Bridges, grown-up boys,
at the Bridge school house, three miles west
of Vienna, ILL.,, the other afternoon. in which
Arnett shot Bridges. Thelatter will probably
die.
The will of the late Captain H. S. Adams,
of Kingston, Mass, gives Sl25,000 to the
Boston Marine Society and 100000 to the
Boston Pilot Society.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has
been robbed of brasses from cars 10 the
amount of 100000 during the past year.
The work was done by regularly organized
gangs of boys at points along the line be
tween Cleveland and Philadelphia Whole
sale arrests have been made along the line Of
the railroad.
The steamer G. H. Vaneatton struck a
snag eight miles northeast Of Texarkanna,
Ark, and sunk. The cargo which consisted
of 200 bales Of cotton, and 100 sacks OF
cotton seed was lost. The captain and his
crew had n narrow escape from drowning.
Th loss is $4,000.
Little a Smiths foundry ana machine
shop al Charlottesville, lnd..were burned. Loss
$4,000.
Quincy, Mass which furnished the first
President of the Provincial Congress, and
which has given two Presidents to the ma
tion, inaugurated her first city government
with the Hon Charles ii. Porter as Mayor.
Benjamin Hopkins, of Fidelity Bank
fame, who was recently pardoned from the
Ohio penitentiary by President Cleveland,
died at his home in Cincinnati
The All-American and Chicago base ball
teams have embarked from Melbourne, Aus
tralia, for India, on their tour around the
world. One Of their number remains in Mel.
bourne to train a local team.
No disturbances have as yet occurred on
the canal works at Panama.
"A Bohemian was lynched near Seattle,
W. T., for blowing up house with dynamite |
and killing four persons.
--Ahout thirty shots we're fired in a fight |
betNe the police and Chinese highbinders |
in San Francisco.
The general manager Of the Missouri Pa |
cife has ordered reduction of ten per cent. /
on all salaries of employees over 500 per |
month.
"A four-eornered duel between River Crow |
and eros Ventres Indians, in which all the
we're killed, took place at Sweet |
Grass Hills. |. T.
Another valuable coal deposit has been
found in Dakota three miles north of Centre
Vile Ii was struck by party drilling
we'll. One vein, eight feet thick, was first
bored into at a depth of 12S feet, and after
going through sandstone and slate another
vein was struck, in which the drills now work.
ing Efforts TO develop the find are now being
made.
"A fatal accident of a most peculiar char
meter occurred at Childershurg, Ala. A crowd
Of young men were firing their pistols, and
oseph Parker stepped out to see what il
meant. As he did so ball from one of the
pistols struck bottle living on the ground
near where he stood The bottle was broken
to fragments and one of the pieces struck
him in the leg, severing an artery. Before
physician could reach him he died from loss
Of blood.
The German steamer Main ran into and
sunk the British steamer Montana at the
mouth of the beaverton Channel, about 10
miles below Baltimore. Chief Engineer
! oung went down with the Montana.
1t is believed that the aeeomplices of Red
Nose Mike, recently arrested for the murder
If Paymaster Mcclure, near Wilkesb ARE, Pa,
rave made good their escape, and that they
Ire now in Italy. Pinkerton's detectives are
On their trtil. OF the money stolen from
Mcclure. only $500 have been recovered
tut of the S12, 800 missing.
"A merchant of Gilmore City, Iowa. re
emily mailed to Chicago check on the Mer-
hants' National Bank of Fort Dodge, pay
ible to &. Becker Later the check was re-
lame had been forged. 1t had been stolen
rom the mail. Investigation will probably
disclose other postal robberies