Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-03-22

The Old Ladies' Home association has been
organized in Dover n. H with Hon. VIII
liam s. Stevens president, Thomas b. Gar
land and Harrison Haley vice presidents,
Everett o. FosS secretary and Charles S.
Garland treasurer
st. JohnsbuIy Republicans are signing a
petition reques ing the president to continue
in Office the present democratic incumbent OF
the st. Johnsbury postoffice, Major N 2.
Bowman, whose commission does not expire
u til the close Of 1891.
Mark Allen, the veteran publisher and ed
itOr OF the Woburn (Mass) Advertiser, has
suspended the publication Of his paper, and
be n admitted, at his own request, to the Nc
Lean insane asylum at Somerville.
The Rockville Manufacturing Co., Of
Rockville Conn, has completed the manu-.
facture this week of a piece of cloth which
is considered by experts in the woolen busi-
ness one of the finest quality ever produced
in this country, and equal to any made in
the world. The cloth is plain black, and
was made or suit to be worn by President
Harrison and Vice-President Morton at the
centennial celebration in New York in
April.
At a special meeting of the Woonsocket, R.
l., board of aldermen Thursday afternoon it
was voted to accept the proposition of the
Business Mems association to locate a new
rubber mill in that city.
Frank Hubbard, an employe at Waldoe
Austins saw mill at JeffersOnville, Mass,
was found with his head severed from the
body. He had apparently slipped and fallen
up against the circular saw. He was 80
years old.
The town of Newport, Vt, is out of debt
and has $500 in the treasury.
Two dlsreputable houses IN an outer dls-
trict of Sieuben, Me-, were raided by party
If indignant citizens, who smashed the doors
and windows and demolished the furniture.
No violence was offered the occupants. The
members of the party were recognized, as
they were not disguised, and legal action will
be taken.
Ex-Treasurer Henry F. Royce of the Will
mantle Savings Bank Institute of Connecti-
cut has made public statement to the de-
positors of his side of the case. The letter
goes deeply into technicalities and figures, to
show that his transactions were all above
board Some of the statements of the bank
people are true and some are not, lie says.
He believes that if the present board of di-
rectors, which he accuses of mismanaging
affairs was removed, AMI another one chosen
with himself at the head, much of the ''worth-
less' paper could be collected.
A corporation known as the Merrimac
Spinning company with Lemuel HuntOon
pre- tsident Richard Standing treasurer and
7. w. Lyall, clerk, has been organized at
Lawrence, Mass. under the laws of the state,
with capital stock of S25, 000 for the man
ufacture Of worsted yarn by patent spindle
which is expected to revolntionize the matter
Of yarn manufacture. Room and power
have been secured at the mill Of
the Lawrence Flyer and Spindle Work, and
they expect to be in operation in a short
time
The Katahdin Iron works in Maine have
received II, 900 cords of wood this season,
and have 2000 cords more yet to be deliv-
cred. Three hundred and fifty men and 100
horses are employed getting out the wood,
which is mostly conl er'ed into charcoal.
The works turn out 300 tons of iron a month,
The superintendent of the Willimantic
Conn, Linen Co. has recently patented a
simple, cheaply constructed conical paper
bobbin strong enough for use in the mill
and for transportation with the thread on it.
A cable dispatch to j. P. Knowles, I'd, of
New Bedford, Mass, confirms the report
that an explosion occurred on board the
whaling bark Sea Fox at Equinima, by
which the captain and some of his crew were
killed The vessel has not been out quite
two year., and had taken about thousand
blrrels of oil Capt. Harvey E. Luce left
March 1S for St Paul de Loando to tax
command of the rk and bring her home
All the crew. except Capt Holmes, were
Cape Verde Island men.
Samuel Barnes a Pawtucket, Rhode Is
land, machinist, broke five ribs while trying
to rescue a small boy from drowning.