Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-03-29
new ENGLAND NEWS.

ard, SSSS; Lake company, S171; Batchelder
& Robinson, $3.50; Joseph Plumer, sl4S; A.
w. Brown, S123; n w. Sawyer, 1922; S. L.
Taylor, $1O6; Clay Brothers, S1O5; John
Tucker, $104; Moses Sargent, 500; H. G.
Prescott estate SOC; r. G. Hoyt, SOS; s. s.
Fifield, S93; f. L. Garald, SSS; T. E. Clough,
SIS; W. n. Shepard, ss4; Samuel Lamprey
SSS; A; S. Laid, SS1; A. A. Lamprey, $50;
ett SIS.
John w. Corcoran, receiver of the Lancas-
ter, Mass, National bank, will announce
within few days that another dividend is
to be declared, this uime one of 90 per cent
There is talk of building another large
woollen factory at Rockport, Me-, this year.
The Camden woollen factory will put in adj
ditional looms and increase their capacity so
per cent or moro.
James J. Webb of Hamden, Conn, a
prominent citizen, died recently, aged ~
years.
In New Haven, Conn, the aldermanic COM
mlttee on commercial and manufacturing in
terests will recommend to the board of al
dermen at its next meeting the acceptance of
q proposition made by a New York man to
boom the city as good place for investing
capital. His charge is $500 cash and Q per
cent. Of all money invested.
1t is intended to begin work upon the Dex-
ter 81 Piscataquis railroad in about two
weeks, and largo crew will be employed.
Miss Richmond of Camden, Me-, has re-
signed the position of assistant principal in
the Milford, n. H., high school and will go
to Connecticut at large increase in salary
Moody Boynton's second bicycle locomo-
tive, now In process of construction at the
Portland company's works. will be ready for
trial in about month. In appearance it
differs greatly from his first engine, finished
few weeks ago. 1t looks like an iron box,
16 feet long, 1-2 feet high and feet WIDE
Less than half of its one driving-wheel can
be seen, the upper part heing in the centre of
the tender end of the locomotive.
A destructive boiler explosion occurred re-
Gently at the Riverside mills at Olneyville,
r. l. The whole front Of the furnace was
blown out, and for time there was great
excitement among the employees. Master
Mechanic Riley and the engineer and fire
man were in the yard experimenting the
carting of some coal into The boiler house.
and all escaped injury. The big mills were
not shut down. The damages amount to
$780,
Gen. Joseph NJ Clough of New London,
n. H., is named for the United States pen
sion agency at Concord.
Litigation which has clouded the title to
the great Baltic mill property at Norwich,
Ct, for many years has been determined in
favor of Trustee Chafee The property con-
sists of three water powers, each calculated
at 1400 horsepower 1900 acres of land, mills,
dwellings, etc. The big mill was burned in
October, 1887 but the granite walls are still
standing. When in operation the mill had
1852 looms $4,000 spindles, turned out 5000
pieces of prints weekly and its pay roll
amounted to $4,000 month.
R. F. Ingalls, has resigned the postmaster
ship at Gorham, N h.
The committee having in charge the col
lection of funds for the ale gymnasium at
New Haven, CT, is having unexpected sue
cess. The chairman announces that $4,000
has already been subscribed for the building,
and at least $1,000 more virtually pledged
by graduates.
Walpole, N H., appropriated $240 for its
public library.
The Lowell, Mass, stone masons are in
conflict with the contractors and builders
over the matter of hours and wages. A re-
quest has been made for 371% cents per hour
and nine hours work. The proposed ar
ran cement is intended to go into effect April
I. There Is but one building of any size go
ing UP where masonS are employed, and
these are non-union men. The contractors
say some of these have been threatened by
the union men, and they have applied to the
chief of police for protection.
The carpenters of Maiden and Waltham,
Mass, have determined on nine hours as q
days work, and Carpenters Union, 152, In
those cities, has appointed committees to
wait upon the contractors and jobbers to
see what action they are willing to take in
regard to the action of the union for nine
hours constituting a days work.
The public schools at Windsor, Ct, have
been closed owing to an epidemic of mea-
sles.
Among the shipments from Bucksport Me.
manufactures during the preceding month
were 65, 900 tanned sheep skins, 5000 pairs of
trousers, 5000 pounds OF hides, 1900 sheep
pelts and 60 boats.
The Woman's Relief corps of New Hamp-
shire, Mrs. S. A. Staniels of Concord
president, will organize committee COM
posed of one from each subordinate body to
act in unison with similar committee from
the posts of the department in presenting a
memorial TO the legislature asking for an ap-
preparation for the establishment of sol
diers' home in New Hampshire.
The Saturday half-holiday system which
was adopted last year by the manufacturing
corporations in Nashua, N. H., will go into
effect there again on April s. The employees
will ask for change allowing them to go in
a little earlier in the morning, so that the 6O
hours of the week will end on Saturday at
noon.
Patrick Fogarty and Patrick Hurley, two
Fair Haven, Conn, roughs, have been bound
over in $1,000 for brutany assaulting two lit
tie girls.
In the southern portion of New Hampshire,
where year ago there were two feet OF
snow on the ground farmers are planting
peas and getting ready for spring work gen
orally.
A promint lumberman says the lumber cut
on the upper st. John and Aroostook thif
season will be 20,0O0,0OO feet short of last
year.
Canadian Pacific crews will begin work at
Brownville, Me-, in few days, and the clear
ing up and building of the foundation for the
different buildings will be commenced. 1t is
expected that Brownville will be very busy
place during the summer and large crews
will be at work there. Brownville will bt
the headquarters of the eastern division.
Munsonville, N. H., is to have new school
building.
At Winthrop, Mass, four alleged ''Whitt
Caps" have been arrested. This fraternity
has stricken terror to large majority of the
residents, many of whom were afraid to ven
ture on the streets after dark Houses anC
fences have been decorated with the skull
and crossbones which in some instances were
effaced by the authorities, only to be agair
emblazoned.
The Newton, Mass, Electric Light com
pany is putting in several rge dynamos fol
furnishing power to the Thomson-H Houston
company to operate the electric road between
Waltham and Newton; work on the new roaC
will commence April /.
David Jenkins, one OF the olda st forema
shipcarpenters of Portsmouth, N. H., die
recently, aged 81 years. He worked on tn
principal vessels built at the Portland nav.
yard.
Hon. e. J. Hale has been town clerk i
Foxcroft Me-, for more than 40 consecutiv
years.
Frad M,,ro, Ctoll1v tho novalist bos hoo