Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-12-27

largest plants III lNls county, were SOlQ al
public auction for S62, 300. They were bid
in by A. w. Smith of Providence, repre-
sentng the creditors, who were unwilling
to let them go at the price offered, S10O lie 8.
The ship Reporter, Captain George
Spaulding, of Newburyport Mass, bound
from Hong Kong for New York with a
general cargo, is q total loss in the China
Sea- The captain and crew were saved
The ship was of 1850 tons register and
valued at $4,000.
John Sullivan of Winchendon, Mass, was
found dead near Westminster depot, on
side track The body was fearfully mar
gled and it is supposed that he tried to get
on a moving freight train, but slipped and
fell under the wheels.
The Congregational club observed Fore
fathers Day by meeting in fremont
Temple Boston. Rev Dr.. Richard S.
Storrs of Brooklyn was the orator. HIS
subject was THE Puritan Spirit.
Eltridge Thompson Of Limestone.
aged about GO, committed suicide "
ing. lll-health was the Cause 80
Commissioner yaleni6a .ss5'.''e
says that the work Of co4sAizine Nernlonts
deserted farmsis being fNpldiy pushed
The shoe factory ofthel Kimball ,, others
at MRnchester. Il II soon 70 b enlarged
will give employmeiltk 80 800 hands.
The British schooner MARY, which arrived
at Gloucester Mus, from Cape Broylc, n.
f. with cargo Of fish, was seized by Col
lectcr Presson for discharging her cargo
without apernit Ithe penalty IS $1,000 but
the fine has, except sthe sum oil ~, since
been remittcds
Amos S. Beers. 6fS, the Oldest conductor on
the Naugatuck roaS oied suddenly at An
SONIA Conn, recently. lie had been in the
service of tl,eaOad t34ycars as conductor.
Tho naw Isrs.,sfer town hall and nubIic
Hbrnrv b,,;lfl;,,s, III, Wolfeboro. n. II will
he ded;cefa,l,s,,, NIB, IL
", = ~ cua.o Ma c,-
~ ,s,,ro'i LAS, t"Iiateli
was very sefi9llsiy ~ ~ al Illou,IaueH
ouII' lhe ciialies " ''s0S'S arc "oo"V
eNen'
The Harvard UNIVERSITY catalogue for
1850 80, recently ptoIisltd, SHOWS that the
current year is oneeQt llnpretedented pros
perity for the university. Hen gain i'll
students is $50, the Hlfgest annual increase
since Dr. Eliot BECAME president. The total
number of students Il 2019. lfotconntlng 22Q
PERSONS wing took coulsts iass ssliiy ana
august ne to,ai uu.npsa I'll leSr u lsi
teacAers Is Il = ana thes.o1lsql " OH dao
GERS ZS5 Inc UNI t'alls ~ ~
Volumes ms year making Y s1.,to y $3.50"
now sfd d,G at HarTsrd ore repreeI,afi vcs
of about forttr otbar rn1 lnoac tT MIA cat lDp1e
shows That Harvard ia growinIQ "a Nc more
and more the centre of Undergraduate aetivi-
ty, which its unrivaled equilSfnents Justify
It in aiming to become.
ltoi,,o ,,,r, ho,,,,o,, COWS .,Saf tbis far
has been the worst for his business for 81
years The tronbIe is mud also lack a
snow and of frost. The little snow that fe!
early in the season prevented the fAeezng Of
the swamps and bogs, and the onlyNay .i g
get freeze now is to break them upsWlilli'
teams 10 leu Inc air get under me sfNSs
Though there are thlrd or a quarter mGsst
Teams ana men III the woods inns WITT
than last, and though they went into fAl
WOODS early, there is NOT as much lumDeS
OIL the stunps To-Day as mere was one yea
ago at t IS time, ana nc predicts cut no
exceeding ten, or &C thc outside iliteet
inllllohs more thaI lle lasG season. alchoug u
III proportion TO teams ana men III INT
moous 'liey Sdouiu uo''3ie C,.aa uih1 Jun ~
rom five 70 10" "ere, ircbcs Il snor and ri
iaIns aro SI,t nortI, froler o,or anu ''''
90 Wv
Lewis Hapgoodi Marlboro mass. 1aI!n,
er, was gored III the groln ny pun and
died from his injuries. IhlS is the third
serious case OF the klnd that mas occurred
IN that vicinity Wlthlh Inc past Few months
Isaac Coe of Waterbury, Conn, the oldest
living legislator in the state, celebrated his
95th birthday recently,
Alonzo Stoddard, the well-known operate
baritone, recently died in Boston oftyphoid
fever.
=. b; Putnam OF Nashua, y. H.! VINO was
P!tten by mao cog SIX weeks since. has
dled IN terrible agony from hydrophobla'
Avon, Mass, is to have new shoe fac
tory, l75 feet square and one story high.
Pittsfeld Mass ;s considerably stirred
I'm o,,or tba onnoInooroont oF n ttbiy,o hookH
soon r TO anpear, containing n list of the
nennle of the town and GIVING tbe RATINGS
in each case of individual prominence in
social, religious, literary and financial
circles The best people Of the town deem
the whole thing insulting, if not libellous,
and local papers are filled with communical
tions den6uncing the scheme. Some of the
most prominent men propose holding an
Indignation meeting
Con to the fact that the Boston fire on
| THANKSGIVING day was not, after all, so seri-
Gus matter from the insurance standpoint.
IL was not con1agratlon though II was a
very serious lire. For instance, the under
writer quo d, stated that the Boston preml-
nms alone taken by his companies during
| the year would pay all expenses and the
total Lynn aud Boston loss besides leaving
| profit.
William Leonard, aged l6. son of Capt.
w. j. Leonard of TRomast, n, Me-, com
mitted suicide bv twisting handkerchie,
round his ne,k.
Yale COLLEGES catalogue shows 1916
rt,;;nnts IN ill.,. ollegiate lepartment. 343 in
/ the Sheffield SCENT fic school ana a total OF
| college omltling clothing and vacation