Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-06-20
NEW ENGLAND NEWS.

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The British schooner Amy r.. Capt. John
IleWellvn, uf aruDuth. y. : that CAIisiErd
near plvmuth, Mas was loaded with
about - tons 81 coal consigned to the
Piymnuih W, ollen Company. Capt. Lew
ellyn entered \ protest, diSclaiming any re-
spnnsihilty in the accident, - the pilots were
M charge OF the vessel al the time.
The Jury in the superior court at Tolland,
Ct. has rendered a verdict in the long con
tested insurance case Of Young X Go. Of
Rockville Ct, vs.. Newark Insurance Com
pany, in favor OF plaintiffs for 5000.
President Berry Of the Knox Il Lincoln
railroad In Maine. denies the report thst the
SyudlCate which made proposition f.r the
purchase OF the road will claim the earnings
81 the road from the time such proposition
was made. President Berry says that the
members Of the hoard OF directors OF the
road are unanimously Of the opinion that all
the net earnings prior TO the cousgmmation
OF the sale, II such sale shall TIC made. vii!
belong to the cities and towns interested.
John Mccarthy az Brockton, Mass, was
indicted by the grand1uFy in the Plymouth
county superior court, for concealing prop
Crty from his creditors and for perjury.
Daniel B. Wallace a grocer, who Is al
legged to have absconded with money belong
Ing to NJ. Mclean. a grocer OF Lynn, Mass,
has been arrested in Philadelphia.
Edward f. Costello, brakeman employed
by the New Lon,on and Northern Railroad
Company, instantly killed. his little son, 10
months old, at Palmer. Mass, while the
child Law aslecep in its cradle. He stood d.
rectly over the boy and shot him. the bullet
entering the breast. Costello then fired
three sho ut his wife, one striking her
corset steel, which saved her life. Domestic
trouble was the cause.
The recent thunder storm in Wallngford,
c., was very severe. The house OF 5. II.
Grsnnis was struck and Mrs. Granniss was
rendered unconscious for hours. The l. on
s. P Norths house was shattered, but no
one injured. The chimney OF simpson,
Hall & Miller's factory was struck and hun
drctls OF bricks knocked out Several Of the
factory hands were knocked down by the
shock. The old Brack House at North
Haven, built in 1850, was badly shat'e cred
The syndicate that purchased the Merri.
mac Valley street railroad met at Lawrence,
Mass, where the formal transfer OF the stock
took place. No new company will be formed.
The old company will simply be extended,
with an increase in its capital stock.
A frame store building IT Skowhegan,
Me, owned BY Mrs. James Malbon and oc-
cupied by A. II. Lang as market, and in
the second story by Hodges. photographer,
was Quilted by fire, with loss aud damage
to the building and the bank building ad-
Joining, together with stocks, OF about
5000, nearly covered by insurance.
The barn Of Daniel Wilbur at Swansea,
Mass, was struck by lightning during the
recent thunder storm and destroyed.
Lightning struck and set fire to saw mill
At Palmer's ship yard, NOank, CT. The build
To-. all al
Loss, so, 900; no insurance.
Freeman Bills of Amherst, Mass, lost
$1,000 by lire. Lightning struck his house
and barn
The New York, New Haven & Hartford
railroad has obtained permission under Its
ch1rier to issue S000,000 new stock to retire
similar amount of capital of the Connecticut
Valley and the Stamford and New Canaan
roads.
Developments toward the building of the
Georges Valley railroad, TO run between
Warren and Union, Me, seem to be at d
standstill the figures Of +. 7. Clarke OIL
Salisbury. n. b., who was contracting fol
the building OF the road, having been re-
fused by the two towns as being toe
high for considerations Rockland parties
with whom negotiations were being made
since the refusal Of CIarke's figures, have de
cided not TO accept the contract TO build Thu
road.
An effort is being made Mt Fall River t.
form board OF trade, which shall include
every merchant of any prominence in town
A paper is in circulation and is receiving
great many signatures OF business men.
Samuel Baker Of Arlington. L. l., age
50, suicided by jumping into Il ciStern til
with water. The death Of his wife had IN
settled his mind.