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

Two extra trains on the Tunnel DIVISION,
titchburg Railroad, collided at W achusett on
Friday. One of the trains was stopped AT
| the station, when the other came around the
| curve and dashed into its rear, smashing tne
caboose and demolishing several cars. Both
| tracks were blocked for several hours. no
person was injured. The matter is being IN
| vestigated.
Edwin Chadwick, an elevator boy at the
Manchester House, Manchester, n. d., 10
| years old, was caught between the elevator
and the flooring and died within few hours.
Orlando Winslow, native of Massachu-
setts and one of the early settlers OF ' ermont,
| in whose veins flows the blood of the Win
slows and Adamses, celebrated on Thursday
at W esttield, VT, his Goth birthday by family
| party.
John f. Donohue, until recently chief
clerk OF the money order department IN ine
| Hartford POstoffice, was sentenced by Judge
Shipman Of the United States court to 10
months in Jail for embezzlement Of $500.
The last two remaining vessels in port at
Bangor, Me-, were taken out OF the river Dy
tug, although there was no danger OF their
being frozen in, as the weather has mode a;
ated greatly. The river is not closed to navl-
CATION by any means, and there is no Ice In
| the river.
| The extensive Lowell iron foundry prop
| erty, which was announced to be sold at pub
| lie auction at Manchester, n. H., was disposed
of at private sale to Head & Dowst for Son.
600 or more. The purchase by Messrs. Head
| 4 DoWst is thought to foreshadow the estab-
| lishment of new industry in that city.
| In the case of the Thorn Wire Hedge Co.
of Chicago against the Washburn u Moen
Mfg. Company, claiming damages OF over
| 100000, Judge Gresham, in the United
States court at Worcester, Mass, dismissed
tn the Al. pill it, for eaw want holding Of eq that ths
Washburn & Moen Manufacturing Company
| had fulfilled its contracts to the letter with
| the Thorn Wire Hedge Company and owed
that company nothing.
The Kennebec River is closed to naviga-
| ton.
1t is estimated that 1850 cases of shoes,
valued at $500, 900, were burned in the Lynn
| fire.
Fred Kellett, aged [N>y<~fell shirty-fiye feet
from house roof in Augusta, Me-, the other
day, crushing his skull and dying soon after
Lawrence Conner, 80 years old, was frozen
to death in shanty at Country Pond, King
ston, n. H., recently. He was last seen alive
| on Sunday.
The Granite State Fire Insurance Company
of Portsmouth, n. H., secured all the bust
ness of the Mascoma Insurance Company of
| Lebanon, and will reinsure its risks, which
amount to between 100000 and S3,0o0,-
900. Arrangements were made between the
| directors of the two companies and the
transfer will be made to-day.
Michael Murphy, married, aged 26, train
hand on the Meriden Railroad, while coupling
cars at Waterbury, Ct, slipped and fell on
! the track. The train cut his left leg off at the
| knee and seriously bruised his skull.
James j. Regain, manufacturer OF focks,
| blankets, ETC., at Rockville, Conn.,, has
brought suit against the New York and New
England Railroad Company to recover $4,000
| for loss of wool and shoddy, stored in the
Paulk Building, which was destroyed by fire
July 10. 1t is claimed that the building
caught fire from sparks from locomotive.
A man named A. B. Chase, employed in J.
| III. Mitchell & Co.'s shoe factory in HaYerhlll,
Mass, was bitten on the left hand by dog
about two months ago. The wound healed
| Tuesday last, however, Chase was taken Ill,
| and two physicians pronounced his symp-
toms those of hydrophobia.
From the books of the Nantucket CONNER
| cial Reading Room of 1929 1t appears that the
whole number of vessels belonging to the
| United States engaged in the whale fishery at
| that time was 176, of which there were 157
ships, II brigs and two schooners.
The weight of the clock on a church in
Waterville, Me-, fell Sunday night, dropping
down on the organ, almost completely ruin
ing it. The organ was gift to the church
some five years ago, from Mrs. Sarah NJ
Ware, and cost considerably over $4,000. The
weight was about 1000 pounds.
The average daily attendance in the
Nashua, n. H., public schools is 1884.
Hon. Frank Jones has been elected Presi-
dent of the Portsmouth, n. H., Water Com
pany.
The New Hampshire Fish Commissioners
have taken this season at the Plymouth, Sum
apee and Newfound hatcheries nearly 2,O00,-
600 eggs.
The Chase Home for Children in Ports
mouth, n. H., has received $146.20, the net
proceeds of an entertainment by the opera
company of that city.
A loan and banking company with capt.
tai of $4,000 has been organized at Wolf
boro', n. H., with Blake Folsom, President,
and c. F. Piper, Clerk.
THE NORFOLK IL WESTERN.
IA consolidated Deed or the Given
for SO 600, 900.
The Norfolk & Western Railroad Company
has given a consolidated mortgage deed
on their road to the Mercantile Trust Com
pany of New York for $43000,000. The OBJ
| ject of this mortgage is to pay off the present
Indebtedness of the road, and to build q
double track, and to extend the road into
North Carolina, Ohio, and Kentucky. The
deed has been admitted to record in the
office of the clerk of the corporation court of