Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-02-22

man Of the granite cutters at the ledge, had
his right hand completely crushed by a heavy
block Of stone IA ling upon it.
A York county, Me-, farmer recently
shipped 90 barrels of apples to Liverpool.
After freight charges and duty were deduct
ed he found the apples had brought him in
eight cents q bushel.
The friends Cf Weston F. Milliken will
urge upon Preside It Harrison his appoint
meht as collector of the p TT of Portland.
Mr.. Milliken is well and favorably known to
the teople of Portland and of the state. A
native of Androscoggin county, he has been
a resident of Portllnd since 1855 d the
senior member of one of the largest whole
sale grocery establishments.
A New Haven justice has just had an un-
usual suit brought before him. Miles Whit
comb of Hamden sues his uncle, Herman
Skiff, to recover S400 for attending the
funeral of the latt-r's wife. By the itemized
account Whitcomb's cla IN covers railroad
fares services rendered in selecting a coffin
and arranging for the funeral and also for
time lost.
Ware am, Mass, will celebrate the one
hundred and fiftieth anniversary of its in
corporation on July 10.
The Marshfield Mass Agricultural and
Horticultural society will hold its annual fair
on Sspt. II, IL and 19 next.
An effort is being made by parties from
Natick Mass, to purchase the petroleum
works at Eas Bridgewater with view Of
locating a shoe factory there.
Heywood Brothers & Co. of Gardner,
Mass, posted new wage schedule in their
reed ard ra tan departments on Saturday,
making 20 per cent. reduction. There are
800 workmen affected.
The stock Of the Mddleboro national bank,
$50, 900, has all been taken and an organiza-
ton effected The officers elected are as fol-
lows: Directors, Calvin d. Kingman, Charles
F. Alden, Matthew H. Cushiny, Arthur H.
Alden, H. A. Harrington, Charles E. Leon
ard, George E. Doane, George w. Copeland
Charles M. Leonard The directors made
choice of Calvin d. Kingman for president,
George F. Doane, vice president, Charles F.
Alden clerk
- n7tinHtad that it will require S42, $50
morv to mpl't t,!a Dover, N. H., water
works, making the total cost 1924, 1868
Claiming Folsom has been elected Super
intendent of school in Dover, N. H., for
the ensuing year at a salary Of $500.
The Nashua HORSE Railroad company has
leased Barkers p rk for long term of years
and will put it into first-class condition for
the accommodation of the public.
Rochester, n H., has a new portable
stone crushing machine, weighing about
nine tons and the boiler, engine and roller
seven and one half ton; more
Thomas A. Pillsbury Of Concord, who
lately resigned the position Of deputy warden
of the state prison, was presented by the Of
fcers with an elegant tea service.
During the last five years IS buildings have
been erected in Claremont, N. H.. at an esti-
m ted expense of $500, ,000 while general re-
pairs and improvement would add at least
S115, 900 to that amount. The total gives in
creas d tenement capacity for about 125
families.
died at Littletcn, N H on Friday last.
There is but one man in the town older than
he Mr.. Jas. Steere of North Littleton.
Work will be commenced at once in Bel
fast on new 600-ton vessel for New York
parties.
The new six-wheel mogul engine for the
Barre, VT, railroad company has arrived at
Montpelier, and is now in the engine hous
of the Montpelier & Wells River railroad at
that place
Diphtheria has broken out in Scarboro,
Me- Several people are sick, and one or
two deaths have occurred
Camden Me-, which will be 100 years old
Feb, II, 1891, is already agitating the sub
ject of q suitable celebration.
The morphine craze is growing A Port
land manufacturer has made and sold 25,
600 hypodermic needles since 1885.
John Munday of West Rutland, VT, owns a
farm that may become valuable, as traces of
a rich vein Of copper have been discovered
in its soil
The Thomson-Houstonc company proposes to
place One of their plants in Burlington, Vt.
If they do consumers hope for reduction in
the cost Of arc lights.
The Estey Organ company at Woodstock,
Vt, are making reductions in the wages of
their workingmen. The company say the
competition Is so great that the reduction is
a forced one
The Kennebec (Me.) squash crop failed last
year, and the farmers realize the scarcity
when they read that squashes sell at sS5 per
ton
A Rutland, Vt, marble manufacturing
company has large number of men at work
on tombstones for the government They
turn out about $50 a week, and have finished
altogether 18,000
April 20 the 18th anniversary of the intro
duction Of the Order of Patriarchs Militant
into this country will be celebrated oy all
Maine cantons.
Mr.. Alex Willette of New Limerick, Me-,
picked up tree 46 feet long and SIX inches
In diameter at the top and walked off with
it. He is now called a strong man.
The railroad hearing at North Attleboro,
Mass, on the application of the Old Colony
railroad for right of way through the town
for the proposed extension of the branch
railroad to Walpole has been adjourned until
Feb 25.
At the annual meeting of the Vermont
Merino Sheep Shearing association in Middle
bury 1t was voted to hold the annual shear
ing in the associations barn on the fair
grounds in Middlebury Monday, Tuesday
Two of crowd of Rutland, VT, White Caps
have decided to stop trying to rid the town
Of per- ons objsctonable to them. The shots
q warning to all, and the White Cap business
In Rutland is practically dead.
The Dominion line steamship Oregon sailed
from Portland recently with s156,0O0
cargo, made up Cf 1894 bushels of corn,
1877 boxes of bacon. 961 tierces of lard, 148
sacks Of oatmeal, 1866 bushels of peas, 204
bags Of copper ore, 1857 barrels of apples,
l542 boxes of cheese, a number of organs,
leather over 1000 deals, and $500 barrels of
apples.
The new public library in the Bertram
mansion, Salem, Mass, will be opened to the
people early in June The cost Of remodel
ing the building will be about $50 00O Steam
heating apparatus and electric lights will be
put in. The finish of the vestibule is in
fancy inlaid woods. The floor is tiled
CHARTERED oak is used for the interior finish
The reading room has an oak floor, tinted
walls, and paneled oak trusses and cornices.
STARTIINH CRIME