Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-08-01
HEHS IN GENERAL

A tenement house containing severe per-
SONS was buraed recently u Cincinnati.
SO.omon Menski and bis wife, daughter and
son died in the A mes, aud a number were
badly injured, two OF whom may die. The
people Of the two upper stories fed 70 the
roof and escaped 10 an adjoining building.
Many of the women were found uncon-
scious. There was but one exit TO the
street, an old, narrow, rickety pine stairway.
Hugh Sutherland, president OF the Iud-
son Bay Railway Company, has left Mon-
trea for England, accompanied by Stew art
Upper of Winnipeg, to complete financial
arrangements 10 enable them 10 push the
road forward TO the Saskatchewan river.
THE Iill school building. q private institu.
ton in the suburbs OF PoitStown, Pa, has
been burned with its contents. Los S40,-
O)O to $4,000; partly insured.
A terrific catastrophe has occurred in
Clear Creek canon, Col. An immense cloud
burst and poured a dcluge Of water within
the narrow walls of the canon. Two iron
railway bridges were demolished, and, as
far as can be learned, all the structures in
the vicinity were destroyed 1t Is believed
no lives were lost. From the forks TO Go.
den there is scarcely yestise OF the railroad
left.
A dispatch to the Toronto Globe says: The
leading firms in the Liverpool import pro
vision trade met recently 10 consider the
growing custom OF exporting American
cheese from Montreal as the Canadian pro
duct. Prompt action Is urged on tho Do
mnion authorities under the merchandise
marks act.
The large woollen mills OF Bradley & Co.
OF Philadelphia. Pa, have been destroyed 10y
fire. Loss, $4,000 partly insured.
Charles c. Smith, a salesman, shot him
aalf ~ hot al ot E.sN Ifo,ontk
York. He left letters asking that relatives
In Portland, Me-, and Whitefeld, n. H., be
notified.
By the explosion OF a thrcshing machine
on the farm of James Marrow, near Prince
ton, Ind, Andrew Crctsinger and Charles
White were killed, aud Thomas Meehan and
Hugh NJ. Marrow were fatally injured.
Thomis Oliver OF ri, Brook. near Hamil-
ton Inlet, Labrador, a few DAYS ago killed
three Of his children and committed suicide,
during the absence from home OF his wife
and their eldest son. The cause IL supposed
TO have been melancholy.
Mrs. John Mackie, paralyzed woman
who lived on the top floor OF a tenement in
New York city, was suflocated by fire that
did sl4, 800 damage.
A terrific thunder storm is reported from
Jacks Valley, New. Rocks were thrown 100
feet in the air. and the ground rent 10 feet
deep. Two Piute Indians and several animals
are reported killed.
Col. John Atkins OF Denver, Col, prcsi-
dent Of the News Company, saws there is no
truth in the rumor that the Rocky Noun
tain News has been sold.
S. g. Dent, an ex-ministcr, whose family
is prominent in the Church OF England, has
been sentenced TO six months in the ST.
Louis workhouse for larceny.
The coroners jury on the blowing up OF
Billiards boarding house at Savannah, Ga,
in which Mrs. Bulard, Mat Locklinc and
Gus Robbie were killed, has returned YER
dict that the agency was unknown. George
Maxwell the negro cook, who had threatened
the Billiard family, has been discharged by
order Of the coroner. E,iuencc was discov.
cred in the debris which points strongly to
dynamite or nitro-glycerne.
Three locomotives have been shipped from
this country to Palestine for the new rail.
road between Jaffa and Jerusalem. They
are named Jatfa, Jerusalem and Ramleh.
BY the explosion of barrel Of varni.h in
the cellar Of the range and heater works Of
J. Reynolds & Sons, Philadelphia, James T.
Westcott was fatally burned and the build.
ing was damaged $500.
The large and well-known firm of W. & G.
Tate, manufacturers aud shipbuideTs OF
Montreal, have made an assignment with
liabilities of S36,liI. The assets are placed at
Sl09, GJT.