Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-10-03
NEWS IN GENERAL.

NtHS IN utNthhl.
R.F O'Brien has been formslly commit
fed 10 the court Of Queens bench at Mont.
real, for having published q libellous story
shout Prince Georges arrest during bis re
ent visit there. O'Br.en Is held under $500
bail 10 appear at the next term.
The Canadian Pacific has ceased to DENY
its ownership Of the Duluth, South Shore &
Atlantic, as Il some time ago ceased TO deny
| a proprietary right in the 800" line
General Passenger Agent Hibbard Of the
800" has now had his title extended 70
cover the corresponding position In the
South Shore.
At Odessa Ont. T. W. Milsaps genera
store and dwelling, Bonds general store and
Murphy & Sons boot and shoe store have
been totally destroyed by fire. There Is nc
fire protection in the town excepting pal
brigade.
At Kankakee, ILL.,, Nelson trotted q mile
on the kite-shaped track in the town in ~
thus egualling Axteil record. The first
half was made IN / .042, and but for the
heavy wind on The last half horsemen say
that he would have made the mile in 2:lO OF
better.
The jury in the second trial OF Charles Nc
Ilvaine, for the murder of grocer Luca, al
DTOOhlNI, NJ L NtTulCl VI
der In the first degree.
Capt. Trimbleton of the Seventh U. 8
Cavalry, commandment at Fort Sill, stated re.
Gently that he thinks the greatest Indian
rising Of recent times is certain to come
soon.
Suit for S2OO, 900 damages has been brought
on behalf of the United States, In the U. S
circuit court at Chicago, against the Chicago
Rock Island and Pacific Railway Co. The
suit Is for tolls on 100 900 cars carrying
freight over the government Mississippi
river bridge from Rock Island, H., to Dayen.
port, Iowa, and covers period from March
B, 1881 to Sept. "A, 1890.
The stage running between Reddng and
Cedsryile. Cal, was held up night or two
ago by two masked men about 25 miles from
Redding The Wells Fargo express box
and the government way pouch were robbed
of about $500.
1t has been ascertaned that body snatch.
ers have been at work for some time, and
have carried away several bodies from the
Brotherhood Cemetery at Mount Holly, n
j. 1t is believed that the bodies are being
stolen for the dissecting room. The GENE.
terry is now being guarded in the night time
The late Hon. Samuel J. Randall failed tc
execute WILL and the register Of wills has
granted letters of administration on his cs.
tate TO the widow. The entire estate left by
deceased is valued at about 5000, and con.
sists entirely of personal effects.
The switching troubles at the stock yards
nj Chicago are over, for the present at least
The switching engines of the c. B. & O.
have been sent to the yards without the men
whose presence threatened to precipitate O
genera tie up, and everything goes on
smoothly.
A. NJ. De Ford Of Hortonville, Wis, was
arrested in Milwaukee while on his way 10
attend the Wisconsin conference at Whit
water on Charge OF raising bank bills: On
his person were found a number of mutilat.
ell $40 and 80 bills, together with a bottle
OF mucilage and n pair of scissors. He is o
years OF age and has wife and four children
The recent strikes in building trades and
brickmaking concerns in the United State:
have demorulzcd lime quarrying and burn
ing business on the 81. John River. A mum
Der of the works have already closed down
and operations are restricted In all OF
them.
News of serious riot of some sort ia re,
ported from Bent county Col. II Is reported
that two men have been killed, and That the
court house is burned to the ground.
Hon. John Jay, cx-Unitod States minister
to Austria, was knocked down by n cab in
New York and seriously injured He wa,
taken to st. Luke's Hospital. He was bright
and cheerful at last accounts, and suffered
comparatively little. MIR. Jay Is 10 year,
old.
thomas Lewis, lineman in the employ Of
the Thomson-lioaston Co., at Omaha, Neb.
cut into live wire and was instantly killed
Telegraphic advices from numerous point,
throughout tho Memphis (Tenn) district
report considerable damage as having beer
done to cotton by the excessive rains of the
past week. a conservative estimate places
the damage at % per cent.
Another legal step toward the release o.
the anarchists now confined in the peni
ti,ry has been taken In the federal court
ut Chicago in the shape of n petition for ~ rit
OF ha5eas corpus on behalf Of Michae
Schwab. Moses Solomon, one of the at
tOrncys for the prisoners at the time OF the
criminal court trla, says he has associated
with him i'll this case Gen. B. f.. Butler, and
n letter from the latter makes the assertion
that the prisoners are entitled to di.chsry,
under the law. Should Schwab prove sue
ccssful In his app ication then the other
prisoners will follow with similar petitions
Mrs. Elizabeth $. Rankin kitty Ban
chard) has obtained an order requiring hel
husband, Mckee Rankin, against whom sht
has an action for divorce pending, TO show
cause why he should not support her ant
their 13-ycar-od daughter. Mrs. Rankin
alleges that her husband is making from
$500 to 800 week from The Canuck. y
which play, she says, is worth $j0,0(0, ant
SO has valuable property at Spokane Falls
| On the other hand, she states that her own
property is heavily mortgaged, and the con.
dltion of her health will net permit her t.
support herself in her profession.