Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-11-07
NEWS IN GENERAL.

Two Hungarians bec,me involved in
fight at Gallitzin, Pa, when q woman. who
was boiling clothes near by, took upa bucket
of scaldlng water and dashed IT over them.
One of them was almost boiled, the flesh
coming off bis body In strips. He is now In
the hospital In critical condition.
Thirty-six cars loaded with coal at Hunt.
ington, Pa, crashed through the Hotel
Brunswick aud landed In the yards of the
Girard House and Jackson House, 300 feet
away, night or two ago. The guests in the
hotel rushed pell-mell into the street in then
night clothes. The loss to the Pennsylvsnln
Railroad Company's rolling stock Is s25,OOO.
A misplaced switch was the cause.
At stockholders meeting Of the Atchi.
son, Topeka and Santa Fe railway at rope
ka, Kan, the recent purchase OF the Colo
RADIO Midland was ratified.
A son of Frederick Mundle, we'll known
St. John IN. b. merchant, fell from 0
wharf there. Frederick Young, aged IL,
leaped in after him, and both were drowned,
The police enumeration of the inhabitants
OF Brooklyn Is going along In most satlsfac.
tory manner, and will probably be finished
within two weeks. Already 81 OF the 6iS
election districts have been completed, aud
the figures, 1t is believed, are considerably III
tAtcss Vi NOllCopOhbihb ShNS aa 'e'N o.
ernment census.
Bozeman's Touring mills, at Marion, Kan.
were wrecked recently by the bursting OF
the boiler c. Allen the engineer was roast
ed to death, and his son was knocked insen'
siIle by flying piece OF timber. X.
Bozeman, one of the proprletors, had his
arms, breast and head terribly burned. The
two men will die.
The New York police have succeeded In
arresting a clever swindler who has been
yictimizing storekeepers In Boston, Phiia'
delphia aud this city for several months.
The prisoner Is George Morris, u years OF
age, who claims to hail from Chicago. de
was captured in his boarding house. together
with unmi-takable evidences of his guilt.
On forged orders, representing to haze been
made out by large firms, he obtained from
storekeepers books of gold leaf, cigars, etc
The brig Eugene, with cargo Of sugar bags
consigned 10 Ansinck & Co. OF New York,
went ashore on the bar near freeport,
l.. l., and is a total loss. The captain and
crew OF six men were rescued by the
short Beach life saving station. The Eu-
genie was 81 days out from Brazil and -
from ST. Thomas. She was insured for
$1,000.
Detective Sergeant Mcknight OF New
YORK. mas returned to that city with Haro'd d
Clemens one OF the partners OF SiStsre
Bros, who Il under indictment for grand
larceny in the first degree FOR defrauding j.
z. Wethercll Of bethlehem, Penn, of $1,000 IN
raising a loan for Wetherell on some bonds.
He was admitted to bail In s75oO.
Fire destroyed the First National Bank
building and the Phillips block, in BELLE
vile. Kan. Loss s55,n0); partly insured
Other losses arr: ". 7. Williams. mer-
nj ,In @1k11 =
&. w. Collins, druggist, 5000; &. IL.
Haney Sl000.
F.H. Leidcr of New Phiadclphia, o., who
took an overdose of morphine ana was sup
posed 10 have died. was buried. His brother
who could not get TO the funeral, came lateI
and wanted 10 s,e his body. When II was
opened Il was found that the supposed dead
man had lecn In stupor and had come to
life in the casket. His face WAS scratched
and the glass in the coffin broken.
Lawrence Roach was shot and instantly
killed by J. j. Allen at San Francisco, th'
result OF a political dispute.
Dispatches re eived at New Bedford
Mass, give the latest reports from the Arc
| tic feet OF whaling vessels and state that
| the fleet has taken TO Oct. u, ~ whales, or
\ nearly twice as many as taken last year
in the Arctic. The report was brouyh
DOWN from the north by brig W. Ii. Meyer
of San Francisco.
Fire broke out in the hardware store of !
| W. Lane, at Newton, n. j., and destroye,
the store and its contents. The loss is esti
mated from $4,000 10 $4,000. partly In
sure,l Two adjoining buildings, one occu
pied by IIill & Hles as q grocery store, ant
/ the other by James Lewis as butcher shop
were burned TO the ground. Hill Il HIles
loss, $1,000; insured aud James Lewis
5000; insured.
The Brazilian government has issued a
order for the conversion uf Il per cent. bond
Into per cents. the interest on which shai
DC payable In gold.
The letter from Jackson, Mich, Stain
that Benwell, for the murder of whor
Birchall Is under sentence of death, was sh @
BY "the colonel Is regarded as the clums
est fabrication Birchsll has vet put forth
An examination of the handwriting an
comparison of il with samples OF Birchalf
show a general resemblance between tn
two, and in some cases very striking lik'
ness.
Heavy foods have done much damage |
Mexico, loss of life being reported from il
lisco The government Is aiding in the wor
Of relief
A contest At continuous pool betwee
Champion Charles II. Manning OF New
York and Albert q. Powers Of Chicago III
commenced at New York. Manning winniu
the first nights game by score OF a02 to Is
The Northern Pacific wheat elevator
Eureka Junction. ~ miles from Wal
Walls, Wash. has been destroyed by fir
with CO. .0O0 bushels OF wheat Loss, Sl0U
900; fully insured.
The treasury department has addressed