Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-03-29
NEWS IN GENERAL.

NEMS In GEMtRAl.
Maryland capitalists have bought land in
that name and will erect mills and go into
the lumber business.
A well-polished glass rod rendered lumin-
ous throughout lis length by small electric
lamp at one end, is used by two Vienna ply
scians for illum mating from the outside
some of the cavities of the body, such as the
larynx and the nose. Placed against the
skin of the throat it lights up the in erior
of the larynx sufficiently for surgical opera
tion.
The number of deaths caused by the fam
inc at Shantung in China is appalling Many
of the inhabitants are committing suicide
through despondencY, there being still three
months to wait for the harvest
News comes from Philadelphia, Pa that
the German ship .. W. Wendt, formerly the
MSrRPiPgb ht s win i general met Cargo f fss&6Ts lore
three miles north of Barnegat and will
prove total loss The stranded ship is one
of the largest sailing craft ahoat under the
German flag.
Senior Francisco Cardoza, a well-knOwn
Havana planter, was kidnapped a short time
ago by bandits near Santa Clara. He was
subsequently released upon the payment of a
ransom of $4,000 gold.
J. NJ Crook, wealthy coal merchant of
Altamont KY, is dying at his room in the
Palace hotel in Cincinnati, o., from injuries
inflicted on himself by his repeated attempts
to butt his brains out against the furniture
of the room. He also attempted to drag his
wife with him.
The Standard bagging factory in st. Louis
was burned recently, and one woman lost
her life. Immediately upon the cry Of lire
the widest panic ensued among the 200 en-
ployes, most of whom were girls. All were
saved, however, with the exception of Ada
Lebrecht, who was found afterwards horri-
bly, burned. The pecuniary loss by the fire
will not exceed $40, 900.
Henry Hardie who is wanted in New York
for forgery, has been arrested in Halifax.
He intended sailing for England.
In secret session at Chicago the Committee
of Five Hundred nominated Daniel Stone
the coal nercha1F. for mayor, in Opposi iJu
to the regular republican and democratic
candidates.
The outlaws who have committed the re-
cent robberies and outrages at McClel and
town, Penn, have been surrounded by vigil
lantes near Markleysburg, up among the
mountains. TIE band includes nine,men and
three women, and they are well entrsnched
in a log house.
A shortage of $4,000 has been discovered
in the accounts Of Robert Craven, secretary
and treasurer of the Philadelphia, Whining
ton g. Baltimore railroad. The company has
not yet decided to prosecute Craven, but
have taken steps to secure a refund Of the
missing money from his bondsmen.
The Mexican government has taken steps
to prevent the Introduction into Mexico Of
American lard, owing to the official an
nouncement that it is deletsrious to health.
syndicate will lose $50, 900, 900.
Wade Hampton has restored to the Fifth
Pennsylvania cavalry two battle flags which
came into his possession during the war.
1t is reported that H. NJ Alger of Michi-
gan has purchased several thousand acres of
mineral and timber lands at Anderson Tenn
for $S4, 900 and will probably erect large iron
and woodworking establishments.
Elsie James, a full-blood Chickasaw squaw
has been convicted of murder in the federal
court at Fort Smith, Ark.
1t is reported that New York syndicate
will commence operations about May l to
establish new line of steamers to run be-
tween New York and ST. John, n. B.. touch
ing at Cottage City, Rockland, Bar Harbor
and Ellsworth.
Tim and Pete Barrett, brothers, were re-
Gently hanged in Minneapolis, Mimi, for the
murder of Car Driver Tollersen, who re-
fused to give up his cash box and was shot
twice and killed
The Chicago steel companies propose to
consolidate into one company soon.
Insurance Commissioner Merrill Of Mass,
has issued the first part of his annual report,
devoted to fire and marine insurance
A letter from the United States Fish COM
mission has been received at Gloucester giv-
ing an account Of the researches of the schr.
Grampus In the Gulf OF Mexico states that
some 20 or 30 miles north of the Tortugas the
Grampus discovered some very rich fishing
grounds where red snappers were abundant
in regions not heretofore frequented by fish
ermen
The Verugas bridge, the most famous of
the bridges on the Oroya railway in Peru,
has been swept away by flood. The bridge
was 10S feet high, and its original cost was
400, 600 soles. The destruction of the bridge
has rendered transportation from that part
of the country almost impossible. 1t will
probably be long time before the bridge
is rebuilt.
The steamer City of Paris, built by
Messrs. Thomson of Clydebank for the In
man Steamship company, has arrived at
Liverpool. On her trip to that port she ran
at an average speed OF 81 knots an hour in
the face of strong adverse tide
Among passengers on the steamship Aus
| tralia, at San Francisco from Honolulu, was
Claus Spreckels, who has been paying an ex-
tended visit to his sugar plantations in
Hawaii. He stated that the crop of the
plantation will exceed the estimates by about
| 5000 tons The crop Of the islands will be
about 1875, 900 tons, or the largest in the his
tory of the islands
Louis Levin, formerly of Chicago, but who
has lived in San Diego Cal, during the last
| year, has returned, after a brief and de-
cidedly unsatisfactory journey to the Lower
| California 'mines." Of the supposed mines,
he said: 'Its all fake. But it has been so
worked that one is duped before he knows it.
The distance from San Diego to Ensenada is
about 146 miles. Whenever it is not noun
tainous, the country is desert, with moth
ing but cacti, Spanish bayonets and like vege-
| tation.
The American Sugar Refinery of Sqn
Francisco has raised the prices of all grades
of their sugars one-quarter of a cent per
pound and the California Refinery made q
raise of one-eighth cent per pound
A Mahommedan beraivia, who brought
the news to Cairo of the victory of Emin
Pasha over the dervishes, says it was report
ed that Emin was in good health, and that
all his people and some European travellers
were with him in Bahrgazel
Copies of the petition to the governor gen