Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-09-19
NEWS IN GENERAL.

stabbed his i9-year-Sd wife Angela ia tue
right breast, inhictinR probably fatal
wound. Caputa escaped Jealousy is the
supposed cause Of the stabblng.
The census Office has announced the pop
ulStion Of the following cities with the in.
crease IN each: Bangor. Me-, II, 900, increase
2334; ROckand, Me-, Si37, increase $50. The
population OF the entire state OF Maine is
given as ESQ, 26l, an increase in 10 years OF
II 1925, or LIS per cent.
George Westinghouse, Jr. has left Pitts.
burg for Chicago TO confer with George
Pullman and arrange details of the proposed
consolidation of the Pullman aud Westing.
house interests. The interests will be so
Unidentified that the one corporation will
work into tue hands Of the other aud make
contracts for the other. Thus the Pullman
company will be able TO make contract for
a complete outfit for road, including cars
and motors, aud the Westinghouse company
can do the same.
Second Lieutenant Frank W. Ellis, signal
corps, now on duty at Norfolk, Va, has
been ordered to inspect the signal service
stations at the following points in the order
designated: New Brunswick, n. j.; New
Haven and New London, Ct; Block Island
aud Narragansett Pier, X. Ii Nantucket,
Vineyard Haven and Woods Ioll, Mass;
Manchester, N. H.; Mortified, Vt; Ithaca,
n. Y, and Harrisburg, Pa. Lieut.. Ellis Is
authorized TO condemn and destroy such
property as is found worthless.
W. W. Windle of the Berkeley Athletic
Club VI New York, in trial againSt time at
Peoria, ILL.,, rode half a mile In m. l0A s.,
thus lowering all worlds bicycle records for
that distance.
The Grant monument general committee
met recently and approved the design OF
John II. Duncan, selected by the executive
committee for the proposed monument in
Riverside Park.
Ten miles below Paso del Norte, Mexico,
an Indian left home a day or two ago. but
before leaving he put his two children, girl
and boy, into large box and nailed down
the lid, to prevent them from getting into
the orchard and eating tue fruit during his
absence. The father did not return home
until the following evening, and on opening
the box he found the boy lying dead in the
bottom, and the girl in dying condition
| The suffocating closencss OF their prison,
| combined with hunger and thirst, had done
its work. The father has been arrested.
During q shower OF rain at Cairo, H.
| quite n number Of live fish about four inches
| in length fell in various parts Of the city.
They were stunned by contact with the
earth, but many were revived by placing in
water and are still alive.
The safe of A. b. Spencer's grocery store
at Great Falls, n. H., was burglarized
night or two ago. The front of the safe was
blown out aud the burglars got about $50.
Matt Walker, Nick Steinmetz and Peter
Haas started to walk from Dubuque, Ia, to
Menominec, Wis, to look for work. The
next morning their dead bodies were found
/ on the Illinois Central track. They were
under the influence OF liquor, and 1t Is sup
posed that a train killed them.
Continuous heavy rains for three days have
swclled the streams and the Mohawk river
at Utica, n Y, to full banks. No serious
damage has been done except in the hop
yards.
Laura Horn, aged 81 years, of Hobokeh,
n. j., committed suicide by hanging her.
self to the ianhght of hall bedroom st her
home. She was demcnted. When her father,
Frederick Horn, discovered the fate OF his
daughter he shot himself in the head with a
revolver, INJECTING a probably fatal wound.
Reports received at Asheyille n. c., FROM
! liable citizens in the neighborhood of Bee
Tree Creek, a tributary of the Swanee river
II miles east OF Asheville, state that for the
third time since the Charleston earthquake
vast volumes OF black smoke running to a
height of 800 feet, have for some days been
regularly emitted from the seven mountain
peaks of the Blue Ridge chair. An effort il
being maze to have Prof. &. ID. Smith, the
gCologist of Macon County, and Gen. Cling
mn Investigate the matter, as many people
have left the neiGhborhool.
Two Pinkerton detectives have arrested
Cain and Buctt, who were wanted on sus
pi.ion OF having wrecked the Montreal ex
press on the New York Central. They were
arrested In northern New York or Canada
tn detectives refuse to say where. The
Il, tCctiyes passed through Utica, NY, fol
| wing woman who was in communication
V th the men wanted.
The stage from Champion to Butte Mont
driven by Andy Granger and having OF
board Daniel Moody and an unknown lady
was held up recently by n masked Highly way
man, to whom was surrended n $40 watch
by Granger and 81 by Moody. The lady
was unmOlested.
Fire has destroyed Reid & Carneck's baby
food mandatory near Goshen, n. Y. Los
$4,000. Forty employees are thrown out o
work.
Six kegs of powder exploded at Shono
Glen near Wilkesbarre. Penn. with terrible
q. results. Three men, John WOhlfort, JohT
Haas aud Michael Pastele, were Instant,
J killed, and number OF others injured seri
ously. a deep hole was ploughed into tht
: earth where the powder stood, while th
blacksmith shop and adjoining building
, were completely obliterated.
J McLean's frilling, dyeing and cardlng mill
|; at Rocklin, Pictou County, n. s., have beer
T. burned. The loss is heavy; insurance small
: Ben Chase colored, OF Cincinnati, O..
stabbed his mistress Ida Farrell, colored
twice while engaged in II quarrel. He thel
plunged the knife into his own breast, leap
ed from third story window and was In
0 stantly killed.
Fire started in Butterfied's mill at Saul
y Ste Marie, Mich, on the Canadian side O
u the 500, and for time the town was threat
U ened, but by hard work the tire was extn
!, guished, being confined to mill an
4 lumber yard. The loss is 81 s
!. 1t is reported that Postmaster John Fidin
@ ger of Clarence, Buffalo County, has lisar
d peared. He kept general store 10 conneC
n ton with the office. His indebtedness
n amounts TO $4,000 Fidinger is vetera
soldier and pensioner, and was appointe
postmaster about a year ago.
The switchmen in the loc1l yards OF tn
Union Pacific, Denver Il Gulf roads are o
strike at Denver Col. After being clOsete
Tor two hours with General Manager Metl
they obtained no satisfaction and the strlk
followed. The grievance is q demand 70
4 ihe removal Of Assistant Superintendent
% Burus.
h The A. NJ. Cheesehrough Seminary, tn
& largest building in North Chill, about tn
d miles west of Rochester N. Y, has bee
burned. The building was large three
IS story brick structure with wing, and wa
e capable of accommodating several hundre
" students. This school was the largest inst
Y luton under Free Methodist auspices In th
II state. The loss will be large.
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