Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-12-20
NEW ENGLAND NEWS.


1t is reported that ex-President Cleveland
and Joe Jefferson, through their agents,
have purchased the islands in Wakeby lake,
one OF the largest in Massachusetts,, located
in South Sandwich. The spot is most
picturesque and admired by a great many
summer visitors 10 Cape Cod, the water
affording excellent fishing. IL is understood
that they will erect commodious club
house ON the most central of these islands.
Portland, Me, is planning for the erection
of a new opera house.
The amount of sea green slate manufact
ured by firms represented in the Vermont
Slate Trust during the past year was about
$4,000 squares per month; by outside
parties 5000 squares, making the total
amount for the year 100000 squares, the
value of which is $4,000 About 200 men
were employed in its production.
II. II. Faxon has this wear hit upon a
novel method for distributing his annual
gift 10 the Sunday schools of Quincy, Mass,
for the purchase of holiday gifts. His
scheme is to divide the amount pro rata ac-
cording TO the proportion of mo- votes cast
in each ward on the license question at the
recent election
Lawrence Barretts throat trouble has de-
veloped to such an extent that he has been
ODliHtu u NdllNtl I'LL udbto anu
enter the Massachusetts General hospital to
undergo a surgical operation.
Mr.. Frank II. Converse, the well-known
story writer, is dead at Maiden, Mass.
Aroostock county, Maine, promises to have
an interesting test case OF the state game
laws. A man there has given public notice
that all deer found trcspassing on his timber
lands hereafter will be killed. whether in
close time or not, and shipped out of the
state. He claims that the game laws are
unconstitutional and proposes 10 assert his
rights.
II is reported that the Naumkeag cotton
mill in Ashburnham, Mass, is to start up
Jan. with an increased force of help. The
machinery is now being repaired for this
purpose.
The State Reform school at Vergennes.
VT, opens the winter with 81 boys and IL
girls.
Benjamin f. Russell of Danvcrs Mass,
who was placed in Jail for refusing to pay
poll tax for 1887, and who asserted that he
never would pay it, settled up with all costs
after few days confinement and was re-
leased.
new company has been formed to work
the Ore Hill mine at Warren, N. h., called
the Warren Zinc company. A new shaft is
bling sunk.
A survey is being made for an electric
raj road from Brookli.e e, n. II to Towsend,
Mass.
Mrs Lucy Wood, of Barre, Vt, has ccle-
bratcd her 10th birthday.
The prize of $500, offered by an agricult-
ural journal for the best acre of potatoes,
has been awarded to Charles B. Coy of
Aroostook county, Me. His crop was 73S
bushels.
The oath national cncampment of the c.
A R. will be held at Boston, Mas :, the
second week in August.
Francois Bonneau, u Frcnchman, who
was born in ST. Valentine, Canada, died in
New Bedford, Mass, at the age Of l05 years,
8 months. He was twice married and was
the father of is children.
State Immigration Commissioner Bachel
der Of New Hampshire hai received over
1900 letters of inquiry in relation TO aban
doned farms for sale of which complete
official catalogue will be issued on Jan. 1.
At the annual banquet of the Boston Mer.
chants association, about 400 gentlemen
were present representing Boston's CONNER.
cial interests. Speeches were made by eX.
President Cleveland, Governor Ames Presi.
dent Lane, Alderman Rogers, Hon. Henry
w. Grady of Atlanta, Andrew Carnegie Of
Pitsburg, and Hon William L. Putnam OF
Poltlano, Me.
Amos A. Kiddcr, banker of New York
city, will present to the state of New Hamp-
shire site for the new Normal School dor
mitory at Plymouth.
Prof J. w. Sanborn of Gilmanton, n.
IT,, recently of the Missouri College Farm,
has received an appointment from the gov.
eminent, and will go to Utah.
Gen. Benjamin f. Butler is named as a
candidate for Department Commander d
the Grand Army of Massachusetts.
E. w. Smith has been station agent at
Ludlow, VT, 40 years.
Samuel w. Allard, one of the veteran
White Mountain stage drivers, died at his
home in Whitetield n. II.
Smith College Northampton, Mass, has
81 students, "a more than last year
One of the good customs established in
the lite hamlet of Georgetown, Nc, is an
annual reunion of all the aged people in
town. Those of GO years or more go TO the
parsonage and spend the day talking over
cd times, singing cd hymns and eating all
old-fashionei dinner. The hous is always
filled with veterans who enjoy their cclcbra-
ton exceedingly.
The work of quarrying granite his been
actively begun at the base of Ascutncy
mountain in West Windsor, Vt, ock
company having recently been formed with
ample capital to develop the granite quarrics
in that section