Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1891-03-06
NEW ENGLAND NEWS.

The county commissioners Of Rockingham
county, n. H., have awarded the contract
for building the new jail snd jailor's resi-
denee 10 A. Bracket Trefethen OF Ports
moutL for sj2, 462.
The bill to prevent frauds al agricultural
fairs by imposing \ heavy Denalty for dis
honest practices on the race track, has passed
the Maine legislature.
Ms. Edward Davis, alias Frances VIII
liams, was arrested at North Adams, Mass,
and goods valued at goo, which had been
stolen from stores In that town, were found
at her home.
The Pairpoint Manufacturing Company,
New Bedford, Mass, will make an extensive
addition TO their silver plating works and
employ 300 al ditional skilled hands.
A petition, numerously signed By citizens
OF Provincetown, Mass, to Congress, asking
that lightship be placed on Peaked Hill
bars, has been forwarded TO Washington.
Similar petitions are being circulated in Bos-
ton. New York and Gloucester.
William Lloyd. alias William Kelly, was
arrested at Miliyil!e, Mass, and taken TO New
York, charged with the murder of George
Healry, in New York saloon, Jan. 10, 1890
The bobbin shop of the Woonsocket, X. l.,
Spool and Bobbin Company was sold this
afternoon TO the Boston syndicate known as
the American Spool, BObbin and Shuttle
Company.
Captain Adna Leighton. for more than
thirty years a selectman and town officer OF
Pembroke, Me-, celebrated bis Goth birthday
recently, In good health and spirits and bids
fair to complete full century. In his grand
fathers family of eleven there was but one
death under the age of 20, and several
reached the age of 90 or more. His grand
father was the first Engllsh-spcaking settler
of the town, and came from Dover, n. H., In
I'LL.
Otis Earle of North Thetford, VT, 80 years
old, committed sui eide by drinking paris
green and cider.
Mr. Benjsmin Fran kim Harris and wife
recently celebrated their golden wedding at
their home In Mansfield, CT.
Isaac X. Barlow of Keene, n. H., an eld-
erly man, has been missing for over week.
He had shown signs Of mental alteration
lately.
Ann Riley OF Lowell, Mass, charges her
husband with shooting her, after drunken
spree. The wound is dangerous, but not
necessarily fatal The assailant Is tanner.
Frank j. Brown of Clarendon, n. H., who
was wanted for stealing horse, sleigh and
harness from Fl. Hubbard Of Swanzy, n. H.,
last December, has been arrested at Athol,
Mass.
The Springfield (Mass.) postotfice is in
stalled in the new brown stone government
building In that city. The corner stone Of
the building was laid Feb. %, 1889. 1t cost
about 81 900.
mund Smith and William Smith were ar
rested at Randolph, Me-, charged with
burglary BickfOrl runs blacksmith shop,
where the stolen property was hidden.
Bryan 0'Connors was terribly injured by
the explosion OF dynamite cartridge in the
quartz ledge of Austin Rude at Huntington,
Mass. One side Of his face WAS blown of,
but there is hope that he may recover.
W. A. Shepard who runs an intelligence
Office In Concord, n. H., was, with his WIFE,
arrested on q charge of obtaining money by
false pretenses. The complaint was made by
Samuel Webster, who went to Lawrence, as
he alleges, upon Information given by Shep-
ard to obtain situation as drug clerk. The
druggist to whom he was sent, he AYERS,
told him that he was In want of no clerks
and had no business relations with Shepard.
Edward Mccarthy, aged SO years, living at
East Boston, Mass, was instantly killed by
falling down stairs at his residence. His
neck was broken. He was a longshoreman.
who has only recently come out OF the hospi-
ta where he has been confined with q bro
ken leg, caused by fall into tho hold of
vessel. The weak leg was the cause OF his
fall
Margaret o Brien, 81, and Nellie Lynch,
IL, while crossing Mill street, Wilimantic
Conn, and endeavoring. to avoid q train
from Boston, were struck by the outgoing
train to Putnam. Miss O'Brien was in.
stantly killed, and Miss Lynch had her right
ankle crushed, necessitating amputation of
the foot.