News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-04-03
GENERAL NEWS.

Funeral services over the remains of Gen.
eral Schenck were held at Lis late residence
in Washington. Only the relatives of the
dead man and few intimate frie' DIS were
present.
Henry Deming, an actor, was killed by
jumping from j burning hotel al Kearney
Neb. Pecuniary loss Sl5O,O00.
Ross, Campbell & Co., dry goods, New
York city, have Jailed for $4,000.
A tornado in some portions o. South Caro-
lima killed several people and destroyed con-
siderable property.
The Botanical Laboratory and many valu-
able specimens were burnf1 at Lansing,
Mich.
The carpenters employed in erecting the
grand stand for the Base Ball Players League
i'm South Boston struck because the League
refused to recognize the Brotherhood of Car
penters and Joiners.
Gov. Hill of New York has notified Sheriff
Flack to show reason whS he should not be
removed from office.
An explo ion of naphtha at Milford injured
one man and caused pecuniary loss OF
S2500.
Mr.. Charles seribner denies the story that
he is to suspend the publication of his maya
zine or that changes are probable in the pub
fishing firm.
Hon. James Russell Lowell is slowly re-
covering, but is as yet unable to resume his
literary work.
Mrs. n. P. Willis, she widow of the poet
and daughter OF the late Hon. Joseph Grin
nell, is living at Polnfret, Conn.
Miss GwendoIinS Caldwell, the wealthy
American heiress, whose engagement to
Prince Murat was broken a few months ago,
has been very iA with typhoid fever in
Rome.
The estate of the late Ex-Governor Woods
of Oregon is appraised ut only $3247. Its
smailness is due 10 the Governors generous
nature and his honest career.
Mrs. c. P. Barron, widow of John Wilson
Barron, of Dexter (Me.) bank celebrity, has
suffered a severe nervous shock, and for
about 10 hours was speeches and nearly
helpless. The stricken lady was discovered
lying upon the floor in her residence. She is
now gradually recovering.
Thomas A. Elison in reply to letter from
Mr.. Fred. Catlin, manager of the coming
''fast sending" tournament, intimating that
he might have drifted too far away from his
early telegraphie associations to be interested
in such matters, writes as follows: 81 hope |
have not charged a particle. I'd rather have
the smallpox than a swelled head. Put me
down for Sc. Yours, THOs. A. EDISON"
Albert Il. Brinckenhoff, Receiver of the
Mercantile Fire Insurance Company of New
York, has olatined perm ssion from Judge
Andrews of the Supreme Court to declare a
dividend OF ~ per cent. on the capital stoch
of 100000. This will give the stockholders
100000. The Receiver has assets amounting
to S2I3, 00t.
William Waldorf Astor is to place some
massive brsnze doors in Trinity Church,
New York, as memorial to his father, the
late John Jacob Astor.
The recent death of Hon. Daniel S. Richard
son of Lowell was the first death for six years
in the class of 1886, Harvard. That class in
GUIDES Csi. Henry Lee, eX-Mayor f. o.
Prince and Judge W. E. Parmenter.
A niece of Gen. Joseph Hooker is authority
for the tatement that no sister of his by the
name of AIRS. Payne can be in great destitu-
ton, as has been reported. She states that
Gen. Hoo,Ger had but three sisters, of whom
two are dgad, while the third is the mother
of this njese, Mrs. Mary 5. Treadwell.
Mr.. Rv.ert Louis Stevenson is said to be in
unusual aeath and strength. In Samoa he
has beeA able to walk several miles n day,
take long horseback rides, and interview a
great humber of people for his South Sea
letters.
The daughter of Gov. Rosencrans is to
marry Gov. Toole of Montana.
William Waldorf Astor since his fathers
death has had his cards engraved bearing the
simple, yet suggestive, legend, MIR. Astor."
He appreciates the dignity of being the head
of the family.
not to return to the stage after her marriage.
Madeleine Lemaires pictures are to he ex-
hibited in New York and other American ci-
ties next month.
Mr.. William B. Rowland of the Cambridge
Tribune is to become publisher of the Christ
ian Union OF New York.
William E. Mcpherson, Town Treasurer Of
Canton, and student in the Harvard Medi-
cal School, mysteriously disappeared week
ago. His accounts are not correct, hut GRIM
inaI charges are not preferred las it is thought
that the discrepancies may be due to careless
bookkeeping.
The Illinois Supreme Court has refused to
grant rehearing in the case of the Chicago
Gas Trust. The effect of the decision Is to
lecl, re that the trust is an illegal orgaLiIa-
lion.
A Montreal fancy and dry goods house h1
jailed for S165.000.
The total ice harvest on the Reunebss I
river amounts to 100000 tons.
Mr.. Charles Mallory. head of the Mallory I
Line, is dead.
An English syndicate is said to have bougAt |
the patent leather factories of Newark, \. J. T,
May King, the celebrated stallion, was sold
by W. E. Spier of Glen Falls, n Y, to Sib-
ley & Miller of Frankfort, Pa, for $4,000.
May King was bought one year ago for 3d.
900.
F. l. Morrill, & Co., lumbermen of Contoo-
cook, n. H.. have just cut huge cherry tree
that scores 3009 feet of lumber. The tree viii
be sawed and sent to Claremont, being ulti-
mately designed for the house of New Yorn
millionaire.