Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-05-10


from the Mexican government which, if the
alleged concessions are faithfully carried
out will eclipse in liberality any award ever
made by a government in modern times
They are made in return for advances of
&, SOC, 900 made to the Jnarez government
which have never been paid, The cOnces-
sions are the sole right to buy all the land
wanted within a certain area at a price not
exceeding II cents an acre; the sole right to
establish within these boundaries any manu-
featuring industries desired; the right to
bring immigrants into this territory at a
normal sum for railway fare, and several
other exclusive rights of minor character
Besides all this, the Mexican government
will guarantees 10 per cent. inter5 t on all
moneys invested by the syndicate within the
limits of the grant.
Mum rous instances are known Of Indians
taking land on the Sioux reservation oppo-
site Pierre in Dakota, under the severalty
act, which denotes that they are prepared to
sign the Sioux treaty as sooa as the commits
sion arrives This is tho case with the Bad
| River Indians along the proposed railway
| route from Pierre to the Black Hills, where
| the most desirable land is being picked out.
Recent reports from Cheyenne confirm the
| rumors that the Indians, i'll council decided
to accept The terms of the treaty at once.
| A dispatch from Berlin says The authori-
ties of Schleswig have refused to rescind the
| degree eXpeling certain COMMUNICATIONS
from the islands of Amron and Fohr in the
| North sea.
The gale which caused so much loss at
Samoa did great deal of damage at the So
cety i-lands.
marry EvarUs, VINO was emproyeu py n
| Chicago museum during the winter and by
Adam Forepaugh in summer, was a passen-
| ger on the Grand Trunk train which was
| wrecked near Hamilton, Ont. He was known
to carry an accident policy for $4,000, and a
disfigured and burned fragment of a policy
was found in the debris with his name written
| Oh it.
Three great steel concerns in Chicago have
consolidated and will b. known as "The Illi-
nois Steel company"
Manufacturers of freight cars in the Uni
! ted States have discovered that the railways
are violating the customs laws by using
! freight cars which are made in Canada and
on which no duty has been paid They are
! ostensibly intended for international traffic,
! but thousands are said to be used entirely in
this country.
The volcano of Vesuvius is in an alarming
state of eruption. Streams of lava arc
coursing down the mountain side on the
Pompeii side.
Orders have been issued to the prison au-
thorities at Dublin for the release from jail
|
ton. The Telegraph saws it has authority
for the statement that Mr.. O'Brien will be
released unconditionally. 1t also says that
Mr. Harrington refused to go to London un-
less in prison garb and closely shaved.
Striking miners at Gelsenkirchen, West
phalia, engaged in a riot The other day, and
wrecked a number of shops The police
dispersed them with drawn swords and Or
der was restored with the assistance of a de-
tachm mt of troops
Nearly 1900 immigrants were landed at
Castle Garden, New York, one day last
week. 1869 from Liverpool, 9tS from Glas-
gov, 727 from Copenhagen, 7l0 from Ant
werp 665 from Havre and 29l from Ham
burg
The American Meat company has reorgan-
lied with Warne' Miller for president This
company, with $25, ,000,O 600 capital, intends to
become a rival of the big Four" dressed
beef combination.
The remnant of two shipwrecled crews ar
rived at New York Saturday morning on
the steamer City Of Columbia from Havana
Captain Osborn of the wrecked schooner
( VIM. Douglas was one of the Columbia's
passengers, The Douglas was bound from
Truxillo for New Orl ans and struck on
Canteis Key on March 25 The other res
cued seamen were the crew of the barque
John ROttman, bound from San Cienfuegos,
and wrecked on the Colorado Keys on
March q.
A run on the Anoka National bank at
| AnOka, Mimi, occurred one day rec 'ntly.
It, however, amounted to very little-less
than $4,000 being drawn out and the bank
had over 100000 on hand to meet it. The
money drawn out was by farmers. Business
men still keep on depositiny. The run is
supposed t. bo the result of the panicky feel
ing prevailing since the Pratt embezzement,
g Il.
the Anoka lumber business.
A mmittee of the Samoan conference
has been directed to examine and report up
on the means for establishing order in Sa-
moa, and adequate guarantees for the main
tenance of peace, including th3 question of q
king.
News comes from Quebec that terrb lie in
mutations have occurred in all directions UP
the Saguenay river. Between Chicoutimi
and ST. Alphose almost all the bridges have
been swept away. There was already con-
siderable poverty among the inhabitants of
that district even SEED grain being very
scarce.
Pro'e sor H. T. Matchett, the founder and
principal of the academy at Hanover, ILL.,,
was assassnated by George Skene son of
Supervisor William Skene Professor
Matchett had objected to Skenes attentions
to his sister, and this is supposed to have
been the cause of the murder
A company for the ma anufacture of safety
bicycles has been organized at Rochester, N.
Y, and is preparing to put machine on the
market that will cost about $780, 1t has 25
machines under way and intends to manufac-
ture 100 year to start with. The company
will be called the Rochester Cycle Manu-
featuring company.
DR.. Knappe formerly German consul at
Apia, severely censures the "loose discipline /"
of the American sailors at Samoa. He accu-
ses tn m Of tbievish propensties and fond
ness for liquor. DR.. Knappe denies that
Mataafa ordered his adherents to aid in res
cuing the sailors of the German men-cf-war
recently wrecked at that place. On the con-
trary he says, Mataafa forbade any of his
followers to assist the Germans in any way.
A 900 cotton mill is now erecting and
rapidly building at Spartanburg, S. G.
1t is reported that kurdish chief, who re-
Gently escaped from prison, gathered a num-
ber Of his followers and attacked an Arme-
nian village. The band seized several prom
inent men of the village, poured over them
petroleum, to which they set fire, and then
watched their victims slowly burn to death.
CARNOT FIRED UPON.
A Startling Method of Getting JUS