Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-04-26
NEWS IN GENERAL.

len American 0SnlnR vessels nave alreaQy
taken out licenses at Canso, N. s, under
the modus vivend, and a number Of others
are there waiting to do so. The indications
are that great numbar will take advantage
Of the privilege.
No further applications for position in the
military and industrial parades to be held in
New York the Both inst, will be granted.
The work of the army committee has been
finished excepting as to final details Thirty
thousand soldiers from outside the state and
almost 90 600 state troops and regulars will
be in the line. Admiral Porter issued gen.
eral order governing the movements of YES
sells in the naval parade The naval vessels
taking part in the review will he the Chca-
go, the Boston, the Atlanta, the Yorktown,
Juniata and Yantic
Arrangements are being made to com
mence the erection shortly of gigantic
railway bridge at Quebec which will very
mlterially affect the traffic of the two great
railways of Canada-the Grand Trunk and
the Canadian Pacifc-as well as an import
ant part of the IA lway system of the New
England States. The great depth of the st.
Lawrence river opposite the ancient city of
Quebec has hitherto been an effective argu
ment against the building of bridge, but
engineering skill has overCo ne this obstacle
with scheme to build a Cantilever bridge
which will cost close upon $40, 100000.
monds and jewelry at 81 Maiden lane, New
York City, rave failed. The liabiii les are
supposed to be about $50, 000 but no es innate
can he made Of the assets. The firm failed
in 1884 for $1,000 and settled at 20 cents on
the dollar.
Steamers arriving at London report hav-
ing experienced moderate weather and hav-
ing hailed other steamers almost daily, Eone
of which mentioned the Danmark The Ma
fnnol qto fhn N,>,,y
York, which it was thought might bring
some news Of the missing passengers Of the
Danmark, has arrived at Queenstown. She
reports that she saw nothing Of the steam
or her passengers.
Reports from 230 wheat stations on the
Manitoba R. r. in Minnesota ara to the Of.
feet that the ground is in Acellent condition
and the prospect is good
The Boston and Philadelphia Steams ip
company has Contractd d with the Harlan q
Hol lngsworth company of Wilmington
Dtl., for the constr uctiOn of a steamer TO be
an aim st exact counterpart OF the Parthian
cf the S me line. The only difference will be
that the new steamship will have triple ex-
pansion engines, while the Parthian has COM
pound engines.
Vice-Admiral Tchikhatcheff has slbmitt d
to the czar a report on the coHditiOn of the
navy. In it he urges tho immediat con-
struction of q number Of cruisers He op-
poSss the proposed increase of the Russian
flotilla on the Black sea.
At the second annual meeting of the Asso-
citation of General Newspaper Advertising
Agents held in New York City f. N Erick-
son was elected president and the lowing
executive committee was chosen: E. n.
Erickson, G. p Rowell an W. H. H. Hull
of New York; Horace Dodd and u X. Pet
tengill Of Boston; D, M, J. rd and c. H. Full
Ter of Chicago, and c. L, Doughty of Cincin-
natl.
R. G. /, Barnett, who played prominent
part at Toronto, Ont, in the wrecking Of the
Central bank, has been found guilty of fraud
in having anpr ,Tn'iatnd TO hiS own "ee $40
900, the pro tuct of two drafts entrusted to
him by exCashier Allen.
The will of Mrs Il. Vanderbilt Allen,
daughter of the late Commodore Vanderbilt,
bequeaths the estate, valued at s., 900, 900, in
six equal parts, one to each of her five living
children and one to the children Of her de-
ceased son.
The excise bill has been reported in New
York senate so amended as to allow manu-
facturers of native wnas to sell in quantities
of five gallons and upward in no-license
towns In this shap}it is likely to reach the
governor, with the chances of his signing it,
Ex-Commodore James D. Smith, chairman
of the special committee of the New York
Yacht club to which Lord DunravenS chal-
lenge was referred, has mailed to the earl the
clubs acceptanc5 Of the challenge, as we'll as
an official letter to the secretary Of the Roy
al yacht squadron telling of the conclusions
arrived at by the committee concerning Lord
DunravenS suggestions as to the details of
the match.
The northern owners of the Dixie gold
mine in Lancaster county, S. c., have deter
mined to put $50, 900 worth of additional ma
ohinery in the mine All the Lancaster gold
mines pay handsomely.
Five new scholarships of $1,000 each have
been established at Princeton by a gentleman
Whose name is not known to the public.
They are named after the five earliest presi-
dents of the college, Jonathan Dickinson,
Aaron Burr, Jonathan Edwards Samuel
Davies and Samuel Finley A new chemical
hall is to be built at q cost of $780, 900 from
the proceeds of a donation by the trustees of
the estate of j. G.. Green. A new building
for the .chool Of electrical engineering will
also be built.
Mrs. Elizabeth Noonan, wife Of Thomas
Noonan, for some time past living with her
father, VIM. Tyrrell of Dracut, Mass, COM
mitted suicide by jumping into the Concord
River near the Six Arch Bridge.
Prince Franz, who has become Crown
Prince of Austria by the death Of Rudolf, is
DUSTY Ut WOih III ulillSGll LOT Ills new
duties, and has cut loose from former dis
solute companions
A package containing $15, 90 in gold has
mysteriously disappeared from the Office Of
the Northern Pacific Express Co. at
Brainerd, Mimi The night clerk claims to
have put the money in the safe and locked
the combination. Later it could not be
found.
The town of Cheney, w. T.. was recently
EoJ nl,oh 10,
swept away a large portion of the business
part of the town. Loss probably $50, 600; in
surance, S25, 900.
I Q Portuguese vessels eEgayed in block
aiding the African coast in order to suppre
the slave trade have captured three savers
The blockade VIII be further extended.
The Paris civil tribunal has ordered the
liquidator Of the Panama Cana! company to
compensate discharged employees.
A famine is raging at Bicza, Waag and
Bstriz, Hungary. Hundreds of persons are
starving and dying.
Recent reports of the manmuvres of the
British naval fleet contain some matter not
entirely res ssuring with respect to some of
our new naval vess Is, In these manueuvres
about six vessels of the Archer type partici-
pated. The result was a disagreeable sur
prise to Sir William Reed, the chief avail
constructor Of the admiralty. 1t was found
that the vessels pitched and rolled about to
such an extent in moderately heavy sea as to
render them very poor gun platforms, which
means that the guns were so unstable that
they could not be directed with any approach
to accuracy of fire. They were also very wet
ships. These defects are supposed TO result
from the excessive weight of the ordnance,
and it was recommended that the six-inch
rifles be replaced by five-inch guns and the
anchors moved further apart
The acting comptroller of the currency
has authorized the Iienox National bank of
Lenox, Mass, to begin business with capi-