Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-04-05
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he will be able TO pay so or 60 cents on the
dollar. Toe failure, it is claimed, is due tc
causes outside of his insurance business, and
the majority Of his credit is with Boston
parties One half is with national banks
and the other half is 6 neral Indebtedness.
The Melrose, Mass, base ball club an
nounces the following organization for the
season: Pitchers B Sc and Bingham, both
of Harvard, the latter also playing when not
pitching in centre field catchers, Knowlton
and Campbell also of the Harvards of last
year, Campbell also playing second base;
Westcott, first base Grant, left field, and
Captain Carleton right field, all members of
last years team; Gallivan of the Harvards
of 1887, third base, and Sullivan, the short
stop of the Medfords, playing in the same
position on the Melrose team.
Two hundred weavers of the Berkeley mill
IN providence, have gone on strike. The
matter OF change of speed involving, as the
weavers claimed, virtual cut down, had
been under discussion between the operatives
committee and the management for several
days and n tice was posted that looms
that some styles would be dropped and that
weavers who desired steady employment
must apply at the office of the company
This the weavers considered, added insult to
injury.
British schooner A. Anthony, Norris mas
ter, from st. John for Boston, has been
seized at Boothbay, Me-, by the custom au-
thorities at that port for not reporting. The
fine Is $1,000
II is proposed to build big new mill in
Lowell, Mass, the capital in which will be
invested by men of Moderate means.
James B. Reynolds of Glenns Falls, N, Y,
has been chosen managing editor, and F. D.
Woods Of West Henniker business manager
Of next years Dartmouth,
The Lowell, Mass, base ball team has COM
pleted its team by tie signing of Walter
II. Hackett as short stop and field player.
Hackett played with the Troys of the Inter-
national association last year and stood
second in fielding among 13 men in that po-
sition, with an average of s87, His batting
average was .21S He is regarded as a cool
headed. reliable man, thoroughly informed
In the fine points of the game.
The Dante society of Cambridge, Mass
has now on exhibition an elegantly bound
concordance of "Divina Commedia" which
itproposes to send to the queen Of Italy.
A committee Of weavers at Sawyer's mills
at Dover N. H., called on Gov Sawyer and
interviewed him in regard to having the
wages of the weavers read diusted to the new
work on worsteds that is being done there.
. Gov. Sawyer finally settled the matter in a
satisfactory manner by a change in the price
which practically increased the price per
. yard about two cents. The governor finally
told them that they might compare his price
with that paid by other manufacturers and
if they do not find his all right he will con-
/ slider the matter again.
Daring thieves worked an old fashioned
jewelry store game in Fall River, Mass, very
successfully. They tied the store door by a
rope to a hydrant, then burst the window
and stole $500 worth of jewelry and watches,
and skipped.
The term Of State Liquor Commissioner
Col. Nelson Howard, of Lewiston, Me-, is
about expiring, and Gov. Burleigh has ap-
pointed Joseph e. Fairbanks of Lewiston to
be his successor. The appointment caused
such q surprise to Col Howard and his
friends that numerous protests are being
sent to the governor The governor has left
the matter to special committee Of his
counsel to settle 1t is rumored that this
committee is to make thorough investiga-
tion Of the affairs of the agency as managed
by Col. Howarl. The office is said to be a
very lucrative one. The salary is fixed by
the state at $500 year, but is said to be
worth several thousand year above the
salary.
The dead body of man was picked up in
the Merrimac river at Amesbury, Mass, one
day last week. 1t had been in the water @
long time. The man was six feet tall, dark
hair and eyes, small moustache, about &c
years of age, and had 62 cents in money, O
knife, watch chain and key in his pocket, nc
coat, dark pants and vest, rubber boots and
calico shirt There was paper in his rocket,
apparently a pres Hription blank. Wri ten
on 1t was, cdr Mason, sea if you can find
anything the matter with him, [ can't
signed Dr. Jones'" 1t is supposed to be the
body of one Of the men lost from the bridge
at Hooksett, N. H., early in the winter.
A syndicate of Boston capitalists has beer
formed for the purpose OF forming an organ
ization for purchasing and controlling rea
estate ia Boston. The club, it is understood
will be similar to the Fifty Associates anC
will be limited in number to 30. The pal
value Of the shares in the association is $40
The American Watham Watch Co. ha
voted to increase its capital stock from 50,
000 900 to S3 000 600. As there Is g, 900, ,00
surplus, 81, 900, 600 will be distributed among
the stockholders with which they will be al
lowed to buy the 81, 900 new stock at par
although the market rate is 100.
Letters received at Provincetown Mass.
from Capt. Dunham of whaling schooner
Vincents, West Indies. Feb. "a, sighted
wreck which proved to be the Boston bari
Albert Russel New York for Australia
Rescued two sailors who had been on tn
wreck 13 days. The balance Of the crew to
gether with the captain S wife and two chill
dren were all lost. One man will probably
die
The Beverly g. Danvers, Mass, street rail
way has organized and reduced its capita
stock from S30, 900 to $4,000.
The new shoe factory of French, McDuffe
g. Co. in Gambia, N. H., will be finished an
ready for occupancy carly in April. 1t is
feet long, 26 wide and three stories in height
The places OF the 60 men who recent
struck in the Nicholson File Co.'s works q
Providence r. l., have been filed, althoug
tho laborers secured are not as skilful as tn
strikers were. The cause was reduction c
25 per cent. in wages The reduction wa
caused by overproduction.
The Chelsea Mass, Wire Fabric Rubbe
f Co., with a capital Of 100000 have bougt
land 40, 900 fest ard are to erect a factor
for the manufacture of wire fabric rubbe
hose and betting. The building will be @
brick, 127x42 feet and two stories in heigh
G.. A. Gage and Frank Butterworth q
Somerset, Mass, have disappeared under
cloud Several notes endorsed by Gage
mother, one to the amount of $50, on whic
Gage raised money, are pronounced forge
ies Butterworth is thought to have write
the notes.
It is said that Hon. Jonathan Bourne
New Bedford, Moss, has given to each Of h
childrenNhe has five) 100000.
"A. II. loaWyeT, son OIL JeHeISOn sawyer
Charlestown, Mass, fell overload from I'll
brig Eugene Hale, of which he was mate,
the Surnam River, South America, Feb 2
and was drowned.
Edward Legacy or 1856 Blue Hill avent
Boston, placed a bottle Of varnish on
stove Mrs Legacy made fire in the stoy
causing the bottle to explode, throwing t
LIQUID and fire over the room and setti
Mrs. Legacy's clothes on fire. Mr.. Legac
who was in the cellar, rdn to her assistant
K and succeeded In extnguishing the fam
but not until his wife had been territ
burned.