Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-10-10
NEWS IN GENERAL.

-Four attempts have recently been madG
TO FIRE tenement house In New York. which
Is In the midst Of q thickly populated dis
trict. The police have arrested William
PfundeT for the crime. Pfunder, who is but
IS years old, confessed 10 the incendiary St
tempts, and said he did il merely for the fun
Of seeing the house burn.
An extraordinary exodus from the west.
ern part Of Kansas to Louisiana and Oregon
is reported. The rush began last summer,
when it was known that the crop would be
n failure. Poor people who have neither
means OF livelihood nor work in sight are
leaving in drOves. The exodus includes
farmers, mechanics and laborers. There is
absolutely nothing In the country TO keep
the people alive. The working people have
mortgaged everything they possessed, and
their only salvation now is In flight.
Fire damaged Beering & Co.'S shoe fac
tory at Cincinnati, O., about 10000. We'll
insured. Loss on Building about 5000.
Road agents held up the Harrison and
Eureka Springs stage near Eureka Springs,
Ark, and made of with the mail pouches.
The steamship Majestic OF the White Star
line and the DANA Of the Hamburg-Ameri
can Packet Co. cOlided Ms both vessels were
outward bound from New York. No great
damage was done.
Fire. supposed 10 be the work OF an inceu-
diary, destroyed five business buildings in
Crawford, Neb., causing u loss OF $4,000.
The stage from Lompoc to san Francisco,
Cal, WAS robbed near Los AlamOs, Santa
Barbara County, by masked man, and tho
express box was taken. Four men started
in pursuit, ana after "a hours riding cap.
tured the robber who confessed and gave his
name as Harry West.
Negotiations have been begun by an En-
glish syndicate for the purchase Of the lace
works OF which a. G.. Jennings is president
| and located in Brooklyn. The price fixed Is
| said TO be about 81 0O000O. This is the only
lace works in the country, and it has been
exceedingly successful
Gen. J. A. Eirly has hal narrow escape
from death. lie had an office in the West
ern Union Building at Lynchburg, Va,
| which was destroyed by fire recently. While
| he was looking in the debris. the front brick
wall fell, completely burying him and partly
| burying his cOored servant. The cOlored
boy soon extricated himself and gave the
alarm and Gen. Early was soon rescued.
Though his head was badly cut he will
| probably recover.
| Alexander Campbell, bookkrepcr for the
| st. Augustine Transfer Co St. Augustine
Fla, shot and killed Miss Mamie Joseph,
daughter OF B. j. Joseph, a wcll-known
| mtTCDtNl. ut dtl W ~ uDilt III Dui tbI
| Of Miss Ioseph'S home. Campbell then at
tempted to shoot himself, but was proven e'l.
| Campbell SAYS he was engaged to Miss Joseph
several months, but that the girl sent him &
| note stating that her marriage TO him would
he dlstaSteful TO her parents.
George Martin, bookkceper and cashier
and James Dunn, q collector OF the SAINTS
Fe X. X. Co., have disappeared from Lo:
Angeles, Cal, and an investigation show'
they have robbed the company OF about
$1,000. Both are young, unmarried mcr
and moved In good society.
The Atchison road has sold to Mitchell
Bros, Michigan lumber dealers, 300 00t
acres OF pine land at Grant station on The
above $40 an acre. The terms OF the sal,
provide that the Mitchell Bros. shall at onct
build all necessary side tracks and switChe,
through the tract and ship the lumber tC
market as soon rs possible.
James Denton. farmer, living three
miles north of Saratoga, \. y, shot ant
killed his wife and then sent n bullet through
his own brains. lie had been suffering
from mental depression, and is beloved L
have been temporarily insane.
The Western Passenger Association ha
agreed not to apply the so-calicd exposition
rates to Chicago.
The British steamship Glenrath, wMCt
sunk Off Cape Lookout. y. e., will dOubtles
prove total loss. The boats. oars ant
buckets were saved.
| Another rate war is imminent in railroad
circles. The Santa Fc, Rock Island ant
Burlington have announced $50 round triI
rate tn Chicago while the Missouri Pacih,
aud Santa Fe are selling round trip ticket
to II. Louis at S2j.
The department Of state has received
despatch from the |. =. Legation II Bucno
Ayres announcing that the President Of til,
Argentine Republic hNS issued decree ac
cepting the plan for an intcrcontinental rail
way commission.
Reports from the Sioux camps n Ong Tia
Cheyenne River state that the fanatical fcyc
OF the Indians over the expected coming .
their Messiah is increasing daily.
Articles OF incorporation Of the Chicago
Iowa and Pacific Railway Co. have been f!e,
at Des Moincs, la. Their chief place o
business is Des MOinCs, and the capital stocI
Is Slt0,0O0, 90. Among the lines in contcm
plation Is one from Chicago through DE
MoineS to tie City OF Mexico with a braUrI
extending from n point at or near DC
MoineS to or near Tacoma or Seattle, Wash
A B. Breger, who was arrested at 81
John, \. II on the charge of abscondin
from Boston with $500 of the jewish BE
nevolent Society's funds. Acknowledges hi
guilt, but SAYS he stole the money becaus
his family were starving. The Jews OF 81
John are trying to effect a settlement of tn
matter.