Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-02-01
new ENGLAND NEWS.

The postoffice location matter at Lowell,
Mass, is settled beyond doubt, and any at
tempt at delay In court by the defeated par
ties will be useless. The st. Peters church
authorities have been notified that as soon as
| they are ready to pass the title deeds of the
property as they now stand they will be ac-
cepted without any further preliminaries by
the United States officials.
The city council Of Newport, R. l., this
| year Is proving marvelously harmonious
body. Last year 1t was found impossible to
pass an ordinance granting the horse railroad
company the right to lay rails in the streets.
| The new council met and settled this matter
| with little discussion and almost no oppos-
ton. The horse railroad ordinance gives the
company the privilege of laying rails from
the Middletown line, down Broadway and
! Spring street to Morton park, with branch
lines to the railroad depot and steamboat
| wharf and across the city to the bathing
beach. The road will be pushed and be in
operation before summer.
Johnnie Mahoney, an 11-year-old boy
whi skating on the Little river at the out
skirts of Hartford, c., broke through the
ice and was drowned. His brother Joseph,
who was with him at the time was pulled
out by passer-by.
Joshua Benson aged 60, dissolute char
acter, was found dead in a bed in rented
room in Meriden, CT Alcoholism and ex-
The body Of Albert Vachou, Is years old,
was found in the river at Great Falls, H. H.
on Friday. He had been missing since Sun
day, when he went skating.
The death rate in Newport last year was
! IA. 4.3l per cent. in a population Of 22, 900; to-
tai number of deaths for the year, 315.
A man named Carney was killed few
days ago on the Boston q Maine track be-
tween Melrose station and the Highlands. He
was returning to his home and was burdened
with three jugs of liquor attached to a rope
slung across his shoulder.
John Gilby brakeman on the New York
| 81 New England railroad, was instantly
| killed near Hartford, by falling down be-
tween the cars. He is said to have friends
| in Montreal.
A sham battle was fought at the United
| States naval training station, Newport, r. l.,
| by four companies of apprentice boys and
eight pi ces of artillery The fight was de-
| clared draw.
Patrick Monahan and two boy companions
broke through the ice while crossing Omer
| pond at North Eastern, Mass. They were
| rescued in an exhausted condition by Bag
gage Master Hanlon of the Old Colony.
For The first time in the history of the
town the selectmen of Great Darlington,
Mass, have revoked liquor license, that of
Merrick M. Rice, which cost $3.50. The place
had been complained of as gambling place.
Liquor had been sold to minors.
Samuel Halliwell, arrested some time ago
at the instance of the Stoning ton (Ct.) bank
whose agent he was, for securing money on
| fictitious mortgages has made a settlement
with the bank, and the cases against him will
now probably be dropped.
Sea moss gatherers along the Vineyard
and South shores are in despair. Almost
none is being secured. They attribute the
dearth of the moss to the unsea ;onably
mild weather with no ics. Reports from
| other shores more dist mt are Cf complaints
| of little or no moss at this time when there
should be plenty. 1t is predicted that, ,sh luld
the entire winter crop, as is now promised,
fail to appear, the remains of the old last
| year, crop will co nmand high figure and
that blanc mango and jelliei next summer
will be luxuries.
Charles N. Mute and Thomas Bryant res
cued young man from drowning in Rob
bins pond at East Bridgewater Mass. They
We're all fishing through the ice, and Jacob
| Ramsdell, young man residing in Whit
man, broke through and was soon struggling
in deep water. Mute Immediately went to
his assistance, while Bryant ran for rail.
When Bryant returned Ramsdell was COM
pletely exhausted and sank from sight just as
he reached the spot. Mute sprang into the
water and grasped the drowning man, while
III JdllO SuppOIUeu Uu6ln Win Ull6 Idlls IDy
dint Of hard work and severe struggle
Ramsdell was rescued from his perilous po-
sition. He was conveyed to q house near by
and resuscitated after an hours work.
The Central Vermont contemplates double
tracking its road from Hartford to White
River Junction.
Isaac B. Crosby Worcester (Mass.) con-
tractor and builder, dropped dead in the
street Of heart disease recently.
Nelson B. Mann of York, Me-, was arrested
at Portsmouth, N. H. few days since by
Constable Pla1sted, on suspicion Of being one
of the parties who have caused so many in
cendiary fires in the town of late.
The North cemetery at North Weymouth
Mass, which has been used as burial place
for over a century, has been visited by mis-.
creants, who have committed numerous acts
of vandalism. Monuments and tombstones
have been marred and broken, and the work
of desecration can b. seen in many places
Ole of the handsomest memorials was sur.
mounted by handsome Bible, This orna.
ment is completely ruined, having beer
broken by hammer or some heavy instru
ment
Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, who was arrested in
Pepperell, Mass, for abandoning her two
weeks old infant In Chelmsford a few days
ago, was tried in the police court at Lowell
and sentenced to IA months Imprisonment 4
Sherborn. Y
James H. Kane, o charter member of Dahl
gren post Of South Boston, died on Satur
day after a long illness. He served with
honor three years in Nims I'd Massachusetts
J battery, being also one of the 'forlorn hope
at Port Hudson.
There can be seen in bingham, Mass, lilac
buds swelled almost to bursting, and one
gentleman has a honeysuckle in a sheltered
, nook upon his premises that has actually put
| fa,th
George HI. Munroe, who has been in the
paint and oil trade in Biddeford, Me-, for 81
years, died on Saturday, aged 60. He wa!
prominently connected with the city fire de
partment, served on both boards of the C ty
government and was at the time of his deatl
a member of the school board. He was
SD degree Mason, and was prominent Ode
$ Fellow.
8 Trustees of the insolvent estate of the Win
slow Packing company, of Portland Me.
: sold on Saturday all the rights, property, in
terests, trade marks, &c, to the Portland
! Packing company. The sale is of great in
terest to the farmers in the state, as th
purchasers will continue the factories run b
, the old company.
! The wife and four children of Pat Mangar
of Rutland Vt, narr wly escaped suffGcatiol
by coal gas Sunday morning. Mangan awokt
: at daylight and found the house full of Goa
gas and his wife and children allunconscious
He hastily summoned physician who, af
. ter working nearly all day over the family
! sue eeded In bringing all back to con
: sciousness. A boy had filed the stove bu
shut the draughts.
Benjamin Freeman of Stoneham, Mass.
visited shooting gallery in that town Sat
urday evening Some time during the eve
=, ming, while a match was going on, Freeman
started to walk across the range Before h
could be warned of his danger he was sho
n in the head. He was removed to the Massa
r chusetts general hospital, where it was foun,
p that the bullet had entered the skull Iittl
hopes are entertained of his recovery.