Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-04-04
NEWS IN GENERAL.

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demands having been granted.
Miss Fanny Davenport was unable to Ap
pear at the Academy at Buffalo, y. Y. Dur
ing the performance of La Toscan she acci
dentally fell heavily upon the stage, sus
tanning painful though not serious injuries
A Bismarck, y. D., special SAYS Some
one tried to burn up the town. An in
cendiary started blaze between two empty
buildings, with wind blOwingG0 miles an
hour. The old Opers House on Third
street, the laundry building belonging IL
George 7. Flannery Of Minneapolis, and
the Judkins photograph gallery were
burned. The sparks set fire TO two small
houses two blocks distant and burned
them up. only the wet roofs from the
recent SHOWS saved hat Of the town.
About the same hour L fire was started in
lumber yard in the east end Of town,
but was put out in time.
For several weeks Mr.. Ernest Grossberk.
! wealthy New York city banker, has been
prospecting at Augusta, Ca, and has pur-
! chased the hill tops and sloping river front
| Just opposite Augusta, OH the South Care
! Ina side Of the savannah river. Mr.
/ Groesbgck proposes TO erect a palatial hotel
| on tie iaud and make it the most attractive
| resoI, South. The land will be cut up in
lots and developed, and cottages for North
/ ern visitors and suburban residents will add
TO the charm of the place for city people.
| One of a group of school children was in
! Iured in Astoria, y y, by being tossed by
| cow
Dispatches from those counties in Kansas
which were devastated by prairie fires re-
! port that the loss 10 live stock was not very
heavy, but great quantities of farm produce,
such as grain in store, hay, &c, were lie.
stroyed. The total loss is estimated at about
$780, 600.
The will Of the late j. Young Scammon
Of Chicago, has been admitted TO probate
Mr.. Scammon left all estlte worth $40.
his was no. surprise TO those who were
familiar with the financial history of the dead
pioneer. Mr.. Scammon was considered one
of the richest men in Chicago before the
great fire. Much Of his estate went up in
smoke, and what was left was engulfed in
he panic Of 1873.
Major George Chrisman Jacob wissler
and Mr.. Prince representing the Farmers
Alliance of the lsIited States have concluded
t0e5ta0ilsh the Alliance Agricultural Works
ut Iron Gate, Allegheny county, Va. The
works will employ from 80 to 500 hands,
and their products will 20 to every sub
Alliance IN the country, representing 1900
900 members.
party of foreigners, who landed at
llttsbnrg recently, were found to be pOr-
N'N'AA Va hllC wv 'tIIllAll anu hungarian
miners whom New York employment
agent had hired to 30 to work at Punxsu-
tawney. When they arrived they found d
big str Ike In progress and that the COM
pany's store absorbed all their wages Some
500 OF them quit and scattered all over the
country, They denounced the New York
employment agent who had mlsrepresented
affairs to them in every way. Many are on
their way back 10 Germany.
The bill giving cities in New Jersey power
to tax cirCuses as much as $500 day license
was beaten in the House Of Assembly bv
close vote. Tbs news is hailed with glee bv
the score of circus owners who are wont to
bring their shows through New Jersey
yearly.
Edward Doulittle, an engineer on the
Alabama Great Southern Railroad, was
killed i'll collision on that road Oh Feb. II.
A Few weeks after his widow, Mrs. joseph
Doollttle, filled in the probate court letters
OF administration Later Mrs. Mary Doc
little OF south Carolina, through her attor.
neys, hlled notice Of contest Of the letters
of administration, Mrs Mary Doolittle
says she, too, is the widow of the dead en-.
gineer. She says he deserted her and three
chlidIen III South Carolina few wears ago,
and she only heard Of his whereabouts and
ms second marriage when she read of his
death. lie has lived in Birmingham about
three years, and had an excellent character.
Both women have marriage certificates. and
NE case promises to be an interesting one,
from the fact that the dead engineer left
enough property to make fight for its
possession.
The United States Naval Institute, com.
posed Of officers Of the navy and others.
have offered prize Of 500 with u gold
medai Tor NE best essay presented on any
subject pertaining TO the naval profession
The condit ons for the prize essay are that II
must be sent to the naval academy on or be-
tore the first of next January. Each com
pettor must use Il motto, which should be
enclosed in the envelope with the essay. A
separate envelope containing the motto and
the writer name should also be sent. TO be
opened after the award. The successful !
competitor will be made q life member of |
the institute.
State Comptroller Baughman of Mary.
land has discovered Misrepresentation of |
The state securities in the hands of State |
treasurer Stevenson Archer, who is living |
critically Ill at ms home in Belair, Hartford |
The bill ABOLISH pool rooms in Mary.
land has becomeu law. There were about
six pool rooms in Baltimore alone, and the
owners were making lots Of money.
dispatch from Lima, o., says that the
Oil Company has purchased The
property of the Lima Oil Company. its
strongest competitor in the Ohio field. The
consideration is said tn be 81 ,0O0, 900. The
Lima Company owned big blocks OF terri.
tory in the Ohio field and refineries at Lima
and in New York.
Fire has destroyed nearly all of Pioneer,
y, town of about 1000 inhabitants. in
Williams county. The flames first broke
out IN blacksmith shop, and, famed by
II ~ Iaat t..lD I,,gl
ng the postotiiCe Alliance newspaper office
blacksmith shop; wagon shop, livery stable,
agricultural implement store boot and shoe
store hardware store, two millinery stores
meat market. photograph gallery, drug
store, II dwellings, and the bridge over tho
ot. Joseph river. TIE loss Is estimated at
$4,000. Pioneer Is one of the oldest vii.
ages IN northwestern Ohio, but without
railroad communication.
John II. Atkinson. Il LAWYER was killed
IT his office, New York, by Felix Palmer,
brennan of gang of safe movers who were
putting safe into the Office Atkinson had
ome words with Palmer, who finally
struck him on the head with heavy stick
II wood crushing his skull. Palmer was
arrested. lie claims that be acted in self.
License, as Atkinson was about drawing a
pistol. No weapon was found on Akin
on's person.
Sheriff Flack',s resignation has been re.
elved by the Governor of New York.
Sudge Andrews Of New York has granted
IN Injunction restraining William j. Scan.
an from using the name "Myles Aroon," as
he tile of play. John c. Fleming claims
he title, and has brought suit to recover
$1,000 as damages
Six-year-old Nellie Irwin of New York got
Ter arm caught between the palings OF a
wooden fence and broke it in two places try
ng to extriCate it.
Five men were killed and sixteen were
rghtfully mangled in an explosion in the
mex OF sugar refinery in Chicago The
'!,ilding was blown to pieces, and great