Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-01-29
The promoters Of the stove trust are

rot stove factories. They have maoe a
proposition to buy out the concerns
there-the Michigan, the Detroit and the
Peninsular stove works.
Assistant Secretary Spaulding Of the
Treasury Department, informed Collector
Beard of Boston that Sage flour, which
is declared duty free by the new tariff
law, is not Sage -four but starch, and as
such is dutiable at two cents per pound.
The thaw is causing great damage
everywhere in the Department of the
North of France and in Belgium vast
numbers of cattle have persisted in the
foods. In the lower parts of Brussels
and other places food Is conveyed in
boats.
A New England syndicate has COM
pleted the purchase of 600 acres OF
the Lookout Mountain Company's prop
erty for 100000 1t includes the
summit of Lookout Mountain and the
railroad running from there to Chatta-
nooga, Tenn.
DIR. Charles L Blood, whose where
abouts since the Sawtelle murder has
been a mystery, has been heard from
He is now residing at Denver, Col,
at the home of man named Pierson,
who is well known to the western sport
ing fraternity.
The Jeffersonian Club of WATERFOWL,
N. Y, passed resolutions congratulating
the Democracy of the country on the
election of David B. Hill to the United
States Scnatorship, and declaring for
Roswell P. Flower as his successor in the
gubernatorlal chair.
Charles NJ Speelman, ex-Sherin OF
Gates county, n Y, and a shoe dealer in
Penn Yam, who recently assigned his
business, was arrested Saturday morning
upon charge of forgery. The arrest
was made upon complaint Of l.. P. Ross
a Rochester shoe manufacturer.
Parliament was convened Thursday.
Mr.. Parnell and the other Irish members
were in their seats in the Commons
When John Pope Hennessey, the McCar-
thyite member from North Tipperary was
introduced, there was loud cheering
from the Anti Parnellite faction.
A statement prepared at Washington
by Mr.. Mason, Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue, shows that the to-
tai collections for the first six months
of the current fiscal year were $75, 697,
$50, AL iuCfc}tSc over INC HFSb udii VI thS
previous fiscal year of $6,6i9,662
Mrs. Mary Ruane died at Jessup. Pa,
Thursday, in the Tooth year of her
age. She is survived by five children,
81 grandchildren and 30 great-grand-
children. The deceased was native
of Ireland, and was active until nine
years ago, when she became blind.
A circular letter has been received
from London stating that George Yves
tinghouse has received S250,000 for his
air brake patents from the London Air
Brake Company. He is also to receive
a salary Of $4,000 year to cover any
air brake invention he may prodace.
A headless body was found in the
bathroom OF the Hotel Carol at Bucha-
rest, which proved to be the body of
Roumanian major who was murdered by
his body servants and his head buried in
the sand near the hotel Revenge for i'll
treatment was the cause of the murder.
Miss Lottie Townsend died at Leeds,
N. Y, Tuesday night, from the effects
of malpractice at the hands OF Rev.
Harry w. George, pastor of the Dutch
Reformed Church, and DIR. d. d. Erway
An inquest was held Friday aud the two
men were arrested on the charge of MUIR
der.
At Boston, Mass, the jury in the
case of Eugene D. RAMSEY VS. the Boston
g. Maine Railroad, suit for $40, 900 for
personal injuries, gave verdict OF
$4,000 for the plaintiff. Defendants
counsel Immediately applied for new
trial, on the ground of newly discovered
evidence.
Henry Schmidt, who is in Jail at Media,
Pa, for completely in the murder OF
Emma Pftzenmayer, at Chester, has
completely broken down under his trials
and the confinement in Jail is killing
him. Efforts are being made to secure
one of the counsel who defended Leconey
to also defend the Schmidts
A compromise was reached Saturday
between the striking conductors and
train dispatcher and the Chicago & Erie
Company, in which 1t was agreed that
Train Dispatcher Scott should not be re-
instated, but that all other employees
should be allowed to return to their
places at their former wages.
At meeting held in Boston, Mass,
Of Bay State division No IS, Or
der of Railway Telegraphers, resolutions
were adopted contradicting the published
statements that the Order of Railway
is organizing strikes on GER
tain Western roads, and placing the di-
vision on record as opposing strikes
There are ugly rumors afloat regarding
the management of the State prison at
Hartford, Conn. Some of the released
prisoners state that there has been gross
aud it Is expected that
the State authorities will make an inves-
The Legislature will probably
be called upon to look into tAs matter.
Stephen f. Sherman, of Buffalo, N. Y,
of unlawfully removing grain
from the International and Lake Shore
elevators in that city, was sentenced to
five years imprisonment at hard labor at |
Auburn Friday. His counsel applied to
the Supreme Court tor new trial and
secured his clients release on So, 900 bail
John Garland, of Stoughton, Mass,
while intoxicated Tuesday, tried to cut
his wifeis throat with razor, but she es-
capped from him. He then attempted to
kill his youngest child, but was pre-
vented by neighbors who heard his
wife's cries Garland then attempted
suicide by cutting his throat. He is still