Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-12-12
NEWS In GENERAL.

The locomotive engineers at Denver
adopted an important constitutional allehu-
ment permitting u fireman promoltu " 70 o.. !.
engineer. not only to Join the brotnernoou u
enSineers without first resgning from me
brotherhood of firemen, but also to retain nls
membership with the firemen. me eohNen-
tion adjourned to meet at Pittsburg one yeui
hence.
Patrick Eagan, Minister TO Chill, mas no.l-
fed the State Department thaL tne au.n1i
of Chilli have, at his solicitation, pardoheu
John Welby Lindsay Armstrong. a cltiZeh "
Maine. convicted in the Gillian courts OF
homicide. eight years ago and sentenceu 10
Ten wears, imprisonment Minister Eagan
saws that Armstrong was mate OF Vessei ou
which, while she was in the harDor Oh AZ
paraiso, fight occurred among the sailors;
Armstrong shot one of the men, but pieaucu
that he did 1t in self-defence.
A terrible tragedy occurred IN yergen nn',
township. Kent county, Mich. Haggai west
brook. farmer, fractured the skulls OF MS
wife and three little girls while they were
asleep, and then attempted TO kil MS son
Int the bow took the hammer from MIN.
Then Westbrook ran down stairs, TOOK ms
razor, and cut his own throat. WestDrooh y
dead, and the girls can hardly recover, nul
there is little hope for the mother. An9 9,i
account saws the girls were instantly killed.
and that Mrs. Westbrook Is mortally wound
ed. WestbroOk was In financial dlihcuIty,
and had become insane.
One Republican voter in Washington VINO
did not go home to vote, although ne was
told that his vote was needed, was corp
Tanner. He said. when asked about II: mo,
Pm not going. don't take much interest III
politics Just now. Pm resting"
Senator Cullom arrived In Washington the
other day and made arrangements TO can on
the President to see whether he proposes 70
give the Illinois senators recognition IN ihe
dlstribution of patronage. Cullom is saying
a good deal lust now about the right OF sena-
tors TO control appointments In their STATES
which he may regret II he ever gets to be
President.
The general superintendent Of the railway
mail service issued the following order al
Washington. Commencing at once a direct
exchange OF mails is ordered between New,
port, VT, and the Canadian, Sherbrooke ana
Stanstead railway post0fiices. This exchange
il In lieu of the Newport (Yt.) and Lenox-
VILE (Que.) exchange, which latter Is contln-
ued simultaneously with the operation OF the
Newport CVt.) and Sherbrooke and Stah-
stead railway postoffice exchange.
President Harrison has appointed Warren
q Sayre OF Indiana member Of the Cherokee
Commission, vice John +. Hartrandft of
Pennsylvania, deceased. Mr.. Sayre Is q
lawyer of wabash, and was speaker OF .ie
Indiana House Of Representatives IN the
session of 1887.
In an interview on the financial situation
Gen. i. L. Spinner, the ex-Treasurer of the
United States, predicted that, II the present
silver policy was maintained, the nrst snort
crop would precipitate a panic. He sng-
gested that all the gold be held In the
Treasury as basis for interconyertible bonds
and currency to be issued by the Govern
ment.
Leading Postmasters OF the country are In
Washington in response to summons OF the
Postmaster General for the purpose OF con-
sidering measures calculated to promote the
efficiency OF the service.