Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-08-23
NEWS IN GENERAL.

Railroad company Monon route, has made
a break in rates to the Milwaukee G.. A. r.
encampment by giving notice that it would
make rate of a cent mile over the whole
line to veterans attending the encampment.
| The Kankakee joined hands with the Monon
| in the cent-a-mile rate and the Pan Handle
will al 30 probably meet it. The prophecy is
made that it is but the beginning of a uni
versal break by all lines to the cent-a-mile
rate.
Mayor John B. Mos by of Cincinnati O.,
| has avowed his intention of enforcing the
| Sunday law against both theatrical people
and the base ball folks, and at a conference
with the managers of the tn atres and Secre-
| taTy Harry Sterne he gave them to under
stand that the law had to be obeyed. With
out Sunday ball the Cincinnati club would
be compelled to build stands in Kentucky to
remain in the association. If league fran
chise can be purchased, the action in shut
ting down on these profitable games will
make such deal possible.
The F,resters convention at Minneapolis,
Mimi, introduced a resolution which will
cut off the American order from the English
| high court
| Orders have been received that four of the
| junior officers of the Atlanta be detailed to
the Galena, that work ON the Galena be
pushed vigorously, and that her coal and
stores be put in without delay. The mean
| lllS VI UulS 10 pIODdDly Uudu UDST6 Is uIR6uU
necessity that she get away for Hayti as
soon as possible.
Gen. Boulanger, Count Dillon and Henri
Rochefort were sentenced to Punishment to
fortified place.
Two chillren of Adolph Gauer of Mil
waukea, Wis, are dea from the effects of
an infusion of poppy seed administered by
| their parents in ignorance of its deadly
| character They had been ailing slightly
for few days. and the mother on the ad-
| vice of some n ighbors, gave them an in
fusion fusion made BY h stepping pSpp{, seeds in
contains the active principle of opium the
| poison at first had the effect of an opiate,
| but afterward brought on convulsions. The
parents were frenzied by the effects of their
terrible mistake, and the mother was almost
! prostrated.
William Jones' for many years a trusted
employe of E. F. Butler Sc Co., educational
publishers of Philadelphia, has disappeared.
He is said to be short IN his accounts with the
| firm to the extent OF $4,000. He is said to
have had passion for Collecting rare books
engravings and antiques of all sorts. His
| house was filed from cellar to garret with
valuable effects. All of his collection has, it
is said, been turned over to his late employ
ers IN partial restitution of the shortage.
The firm is disposed to be very lenient with
Jones.
The diamond which fell from the window
of diamond cutter in New York was found
| by q boy who was astcushed when a
| Jeweller told him the unrolished stone was
worth S125. The boy got $25 for restoring
the stone to its owner.
j. w. Ackerman Of Railway, N j., shot
his son-in-aw The shooting was the result
of family quarrel of long standing over
the disposition Of 81, 0)0, of which Alderman
says Thorp defrauded him. Ackelman was
arrested.
A special from Columbus, Ind, says: 1.-THE
reported find of rich gold deposits along
Bean Blossom creek, in Brown county, Ind,
made by a Cincinnati mining expert, caused
considerable exctem mt in the neighborhood
of the alleged disoJvery. 1t is not known
that any one has yet gone to the gold fields,
owing to the doubt of the people as to the
truth OF the miners assertions.
An officer of the Society for the Proven
tion of Cruelty to Children brought to the
Yorkville, Pa, court boy of years, whom
the officer said he had taken from a house of
i'll repute. Counsel for the boy parents
said that the boy had been put TO board in
the house by his uncle, his father having
been stricken with paralysis. He is now in
position to look after the boy, and wants
the boy to live with him.
A band of brigan that has been terror
izing Macedonia, upon final capture, was
found to include several priests, Greek
Archimandrite, the superior of monastery y,
and three ladies"
The projected canal across the upper part
of Italy, connecting from the Adriatic tc
the Mediterranean 1t Is estimated would
take six years to build and cost $125, 600.
Eiffel tower shares are quoted on the Paris
Bourse at 100, 100 being par.
General Boulanger has written q letter in
which he states that he gave the sums OF
money which he is accused of embeZzing tc
the chief clerks in the French war office, tc
be used for the relief of the widows and or
phans of soldiers.
An attempt was made at Lexington, KY.
to assassinate d. i. Baxter, a we'll known
newspaper correspondent, by an Internal
machine which was directed to that gentle,
man. There was sufficient dynamite in the
parcel to have blown up any building, anC
1t only failed because the matches did not
ignite. The parcel was taken to the Office
by negro boy. There being no suspicious
look to the parcel no attention was paid tc
the appearance of the lad. The belief is ex-
press it was the intention to not only
blow up Mr.. Baxter but the entire Leader
office.
A cloudburst occurred at the fremont sta
tion of the New York g. Harlem railroad
precipitating such quantity of water tha
the tracks were fooled to a depth of eigh
inches. Trains were delayed two hours
Emperor Francis Joseph has conferred tn,
honorary colonelcy of the Seventy first Aus
trian infantry regiment upon Gen. Count
Won Moltke.
Acting Collector McClelland of New Yorl
has decided to send back to Europe thre
women and two men, recently arrived i'm
| b. o,Ne1l ,Ioo,,k J.,
become mothers. The other woman is
pauper and the men are unable to take car
of themselves
Thomas f. Thomas was probably NOR
tally shot bya saloon keeper named Free
Loshman at Roslyn, Wis. Loshmal
asked Thomas for 50, which he claimed wa
due him from the latter Thomas said tina
he did not have it, Loshman then fired
A mob took Loshman from Jail and lynchet
him. hanging him to beam in the railroa'
engine house. Loshman was a hare
character. He had threatened to shoe
other men.
Unrequited love caused bloody TRACED,
at Kinderhook Ill. George Clark, a popula
young man, was engaged to marry Miss Ma,
Hubbard the belle of the township. II
called on her recently and asked her to ac
company him to the fair. She refused anC
a quarrel followed, which resulted In
broken engagement Miss Hubbard toll
him to never call again. H
arose, and pulling large colts revolver
J said: ~ will never call again." and sent
bullet through his brain. When the mem
bers of the family appeared both bodie
were stretched OH the floor. The shock ha
unbalanced the young woman mentally.
A Mexican paper saws petitions agains
negro immigration to Mexico are shortly
be circulated throughout the country.