Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-08-08
NEWS IN GENERAL.

Capt. Baker of the steamship OLDHAM, ar
rived at New York from Rotterdam, reports
that on the 9th, in heavy fog off the New.
foundlsnd banks, he ran down and sunk the
French fishing schooner Christopher Colon
DO. or the % men of the srhooners crew
Capt. Baker saved p.
A disastrous fire broke out near the mouth
OF the Chicago river, near the lake front,
between 10 aud 10 acres Of lumber and about
40 freight cars being destroyed. The total
loss is estimated at $780, partly insured.
The business failures occurring throughout
the country during the last seven days num-
Der for the United States l67, and for Cana.
ia - or total of lS9, as compared with \
total of 1919 last week. and POT the week pre-
vious TO the list For the corresponding
week Of last year the figures were 30, repre-
senting l9l failures In the United States and
10 i'll the Dominion OF Canada.
The business portion of Walnut, Ill.,, has
been swept by fire, IS buildings being de.
stroyed. Sixteen families are homeless.
The losses aggregate $4,000; insurance,
100000.
The Union Cattle Companys feeding plant
at Gilmore, four miles below South Omaha,
Neb,, has been destroyed by fire, Loss,
SlS0,OOO; insurance, So, 600
The trotter stallion Du Quesne, by Tippo
Bashaw-Wild Rose, record 2:l73, has died
ut Locust Grove stock farm, near Paris, Ky.
lie was owned by Philip Hacks Of New
York, and valued at $4,000.
Thomas II. Bouden and Frank jenkins
constituting the Wall street New York;
firm Of Bouden & jenkins, have filed
schedules showing liabilities of 1898 ,5Sl,
and nominal assets OF s6S7,303; actual
assets, S2l IA.
Alice r. Folsom has brought suit in the
district court against Mrs. Frances Cleve.
land and other heirs Of the Folsom estate
for her share Of the property in Omaha.
Neb., a portion Of which, she alleges, has
been withheld from her by the administra.
tor. Grover Cleveland is made a party to
the suit.
The most important immediate effect OF
the recent rise in the price of silver bullion
since the silver bill became law has been
made public in the announcement that the
silver manufacturers of New York city have
decided to raise their prices for solid silver
10 per cent. The advance was decided upon
by the silversmiths week ago, but their &C.
ton has just been made public.
There has been almost no rain in tht
southwestern part of Ohio since the middle
OF June, and recent thunder storm, with
considerable rainstorm, was most gratefully
received Wheat, hay and oats escaped in.
Jui1 W 'hS diOuBht, bul bOlu 10 I0uIiN udlll'
aged. The northern part of the state has
had abundant rains.
The general strike on the public school
buildings of New York city, which are un.
.dergoins repairs, has been declared off.
A cabegram confirming the report that
the Grenadier Guards had been called back
has been received by the military authorize.
at Halifax, N: S. This recall is understood
to be the result OF the consultation held BY
Queen Victoria and the ministers.
A private dispatch received at New York
from St. John stated that the steamship
Portla had put in there disabled. Capt. Ashe
her commander, reported that as the Portia
was passing an immense iceberg off the
banks the berg broke in three pieces. One
part fell under the Portals stern, almost
causing her to founder. The stern was dam,
| aged. The Portia was bound from st. John
OF New York with passengers.
Mrs. Charles York and her mother living
at Bengies, Md, have been murdered. A
man named Meeks is accused Of committing
the crime.
J. E. Tygert & Co., of Philadelphia, manu-.
facturers Of fertilizers, have failed. Assets
| S348, 600; liabilities, s3l7 900.
The announcement Is made that the Mis-
souri, Pacific has again announced It's S27. sc
round trip rate, Kansas City to Boston, on
account Of the Grand Army encmpment.
The new uniform bill OF ading has gone
into effect on all the principal railroads Of the
East and the South except the Grand Trunk
| and the Wabash Canadian Pacific route. II
Is impossible TO eXaggerate the hostile senti.
| ment this action has occasioned among the
shippers. In the history Of railroading there
never was such universal boycott.
Thomas McAvlney has been arrested In
New York City for robbing the jewely store
OF A. ID. Norton at GlovcrsvilO, N. Y, on
the night Of April IL. He and his pals (who
have not yet been clptured) secured above
$4,000 worth of jewelry. He will be taken
| back TO GloversvIlle.