Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-10-24
NEW ENGLAND NEWS.

Il ArTOIGf1.
Mills co. has required for its new W slIuo.u !.
'i 5no onCl bricks. and will use 100000 more y
,nisI Tie mills. 800, 900 for the wheel PIT, anu
,,nre than 600 900 additional for the extern
sion. &C.,,
Tho bootmakers in the Colchester, Conn;
| Drhhar Works returned to work AT pay VI
n cents per pair. Former price was IA Gems ~
and their demand 16 cents. seven VI tue
leaders were not taken back.
Good authority states that new evening
paper will be established ~ New iaj' a 81;
Enpn within week. 1t will be formed aud
Conducted bv an Irish faction OF the Demo
cratic party which is at present out OF favor
with the rest of the party.
John Linnehan of Fall River, serving SEN
tence for drunkenness in TAUNTON Jai,
hanged himself in his cell.
Robbins, Kellogg & Co.'s shoe shop at Pitts
field. Mass. is TO receive an addition III inc
shape of new building. The capacity WIN
be increased to 135 dozen pairs OF shoes diy'
The fishermen of Cuttyhunk dragged the
harbor to find the bodies of Capt. FLANDERS
and the crew of the wrecked schooner Qnilp:
hat that undou btedly belonged to one OF
the men was found. The Quilp is a total
wreck.
Many Maine fisherman has come home
from the Grand Banks this season Without
enough fare to pay off the men.
Mr.. Charles Tilton, principal OF the high
and grammar schools at Fairfield, Me-, mas
been elected principal of the Bangor grammar
schools.
The Boston & Albany freight station at
Webster. Mass, was burned a few days ago
and an investigation has shown that the saIe
IN the Office had been blown open. Inc con-
tents, including $500 In negotiable checks
and 500 in money, were gone. There Is no
clew to the burglars.
An incoming freight on the Rochester a
Nashua X. II. left the iron at Hampstead,
n. III. Quite number Of the cars were badly
wrecked. The fireman jumped and the en-
gineer escaped with slight injuries.
r. d. Drown, member Of the Yale fresh
man class, died ut New Haven or typhoid
fever. This fact has caused some uneaslness
In college circles. Brown roomed two blocks
away from the college buildings, and there
does not appear to be anything IN the case 70
indicate that the disease Is likely TO spread
among the students, although there have
been several cases OF mild type and others
OF malarial character.
Insurance men have been inspecting Show
hegan's Water Works and there VIII be re-
duction In the rates Of insurance from to 70
per cent.
The Portland and Kennebec Coal Mining
Company will begin operations at Fort Pop
ham Me-, at once. The full amount OF 900
has now been raised, several prominent coal
men having subscribed TO the limit, 500.
The revival In the shipbuiding has reach
ed Perry Me. Mr.. j. Il. Mutt will 60 to work
Immediately TO get out the frame for nine
hundred ton schooner. The vessel will he
three-master, and will be owned by the build
err. j. ID. Mutt, Captain Laughton and
others.
Many Of the locomotive patterns Of the
Mason Machine Works at Taunton Mass,
are being sent TO the Baldwin Locomotive
Works for use, the Mason Machine Co. hav-
ing practically given up that branch OF its
business, owing to low prices and press OF
work in other departments.
During the recent storm the rainfall In
Bristol N. H., WAS ~ inches, and the
water In Newfound Lake rose two feet in
twenty-four hours.
The ladies of the Relief Corps at Penna-
cook, N. H., have presented the Grand Army
Post In that place with handsome flag
made OF Lyons silk. trimmed with gold
fringe and having gold cord and tsssels.
Clara Germany, the substitute telegraph
operator who abscOnded from the office at
Crest Darlington, Mass, taking ten days
receipts and was caught In Hawleyville. Ct,
was arraigned In court. A large crowd, in-
Guiding mum Der OF ladies', assembled In the
court room to witness the trial. A portion
Of the stolen money was found In the lining
OF her coat. She retained her self-posesSiOn
during the trial save when counsel alluded to
her Incarceration IN Jail, when she broke
down.
A Birmingham, Conn. man has invented
n metal that can hardly be distinguished
from gold. II Is ike the precious metal In
all its best points, can be hammered aud
drawn equally well and presents n good
wearing surface. IL II not a compound and
gains its gold color from the action Of a
chemical. The inventor has placed samples
Of his discovery on the market and expects
10 begin its manufacture soon. 1t can be
made for GO cents pound. and may be used
extensively in the manufacture OF cheap
jewelry.
A Canadian Frenchman has been travelling
through Maine In a cart drawn by three
dogs, two ut the pole aud one as leader. A
Lewiston man matched his horse against the
team the other day aud was beaten.
Nathaniel Adams Of Biddeford, Me-, was
badly bitten by savage dog. The dog came
up behind him and grabbed him by the calf
OF the leg. lie came against him with such
force us TO throw him down, and before he
could get up the dog had bitten his other leg
in half dozen places.
The bIeachery and dye works OF the Ions
dale Co. at Lonsdale are being equipped
throughout with the Grinnell automatic lire
sprinklers. Employees OF the Providence
Steam and Gas Pipe Co. are doing the work,
which will require fully eight weeks.
A stock company has been formed to run
the Holt bobbin factory at Burlington, VT,
and the concern will hereafter be known as
the Burlington Spool and Bobbin Co. Mr..
Holt has accepted a position In Pennsylvania,
At Pepperell, Mass, the new card and
paper company is building factory l60 by
90 feet. two stories.
The new mill at Fort Point in Winslow,
Me-, will cost $50, 900, being 136x52 feet on
the ground, two stories high; band saws will
be used instead Of up-and-down saws, and It
IS planned TO have the mill in operation next
spring.
The scheme of establishing a new tannery
in Bucksport, Me-, has materialized, and the
old steel works, with the three acres Of land
situated on Indian Point, has been purchased
BY syndicate represented by Capt. George
Bodgett, aud work has already been COM
menced TO put tho property in order for a
first-class tannery.
Deer are remarkably numerous in the near
vicinity of Pembroke, Me. Four have been
killed In the past week within two miles Of
the post Office at the West village, and as