Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-03-07
NEWS IN GENERAL.

] The probability Of scant supply Of rub
. Der is causing great apprehension among
. dealers.
A company has been incorporated in
I New YORK TO manufacture, lease, use and
sell a nickel-iu-the-sIut machine by means
I of which the dropping Of a coin in the slot
I will operate a mechanism which will C.Usc
Z 4 phonOsrlph 10 operate and emit the
/ sounds recorded upon IFS perforated cylin-
Z der after each operation the machine an
I UOunCcs, Next
! a maskel burglar held mp" the cashier
I Cf Hicks X GcpheTt's bank at Valley Falls,
Kan, ami robbed the bank. He escaped.
At Coyington, Ky. lC} saloon keepers
have been indicted for selling liquor on
Sunday, including all the the dealers in the
town but two.
?. Immense damage has been done IN Ten
neSscc and Arkansas by storm Of wind,
hail and snow.
Rev. Or. Lorimer IS very i'll at his home
in Chicago.
a special to the New York sporting Life
from Melbourne, Australia, states that
Peter Kemp has publicly announced that
he is the single sCull champion Uarsmau ut
the world, and will row any man IN Eng
land, America or Australia, William q Con
nor preferred, over the HdTranlta champion
ship course, for $50 n side.
john Caldwell who died at the soldiers
home, Kearncy, y j., WAS said 10 be- iWi
years old. lie was admitted 10 the home in
1888 and he then gave his age as 20 wears
He has no relativcs-eXCept nephew, who
lives al Dover, y. J. caldwell WIS in the
war Of ISL. and he enlisted from Newark
in the Seminole war in 1881 lie sUhsC.
quentlv drove one of the stages between
New York and PhiIadclf,hia. At the begin
ming of the civil war he wanted to fight
again but lac was rejected on account of his
age. lie died of influenza.
4 verdict of $1,000 has been rendered in
the ST. perior court in favor of tIpriano Fer
nandini, who sued the mayot and city
council Of Baltimore for SnGC0 for the
death Of hs son, Rafael, who Was swept
into the sewer at Howard and Lexington
streets during storm on June I ( last.
The action Of Christ Evangelical Lutheran
Church Of IcwiSburg Pa in calling a Can
adam clergyman has raised an interesting
question IN .ceard To the provisions of the
alien contract labor law. The minister in
this rasc was born IN this country. hut has
lived int anada since he WAS three years old.
His father II Il native of this country. bat
while in Canada took an lath Of allegiance
tothe Queen Il England. The son waSfhCu
in his minority and has never voted in Can
ada. The question As to whether hc is an
alien thin the meaning and prohibition
of the alien contract labor law is under con.
sidcration ut the treasury department.
Claude &hailanian, a silk manufacturers
Of New York, committed suicide by pluug-
Ing dagger through his heart
The keokuE, Ia College Of Physicians
and Surgeons graduated Of students last
week.
II. y Davis has contracted TO have 10000
to 5000 ems set daily 10y the prisoners at
Sing Sing, ~ Y.
1t is said the Louisiana Lottery having
failed to capture Dakota, is to make an al
temp! To operate in Nevada.
A gallaot and noble deed was recently
performed at the so, slope OF the Cameron
cOlhcry near Shamokln, Fa. The mine was
on fire, yet a party oi rc.currs rushed
through the flames and saved men anu
mules.
Mark \ Barren gambler. was shot and
dangerously wounded on nm Iron mountain
train near Dexter, Mo, by Charles Hatfield
of Henderson, ky..on whom he was PLAYING
skin game Of poker. Hatfield was al
lowed to % unmoIestcd, having lost 80"
The Hudson is y feet above low.w1te-
mark at Troy, y. y, Wharyes are sab-
merged
\ land slice has occurred on the farm Of
Anthony TOu.hUaC, ABOUT "a mile from
ParkcrsburH, w. Va. \ stream Of OH has
been found pouring ont Of the rock where
the slide hat taken place. There is consid
cradle excitement over the unusual occur
renee, and Toothman's farm has increased
in value to fabulous sum IN the last few /
hours.
Six members Of the House Of Refuge on
EandnlEs Island, near New York rr,ultcd +.
recently, beat the Waterman. stole his keys /.
and had an outing.
An immense landslide occarrcd On the /
Kentucky side of the Ohio River. near .
IawrcnccburE, Ky by which acres Of |
ground including trees and bouid"r>. we're .
carried rs il by an earthquakes