Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1891-05-29

The Kansas legislature has acquitted Judge
Botkin, who was impeached for drunken
ness and basphcmy.
An army Of caterpillars about eight miles
from MaukatO. Mimi. DELAYED all trains on
the Milwaukee, road. Millions Of catcrpillars
came out on the track to sun themselves and
were ground into grease. They have infested
that locality for two weeks, destroying many
fruit trees.
Peter Greenwood. treasurer of W God River
township, Ill.,, has disappeared. short in his
accounts to the amount OF $40 900.
William and John Anderson (colored) g,
who held the girl Jane Ware on the railroad
track in BoSNicr parish, La, until the train
ran over and Killed her, were pursued by a
posse OF negroes, captured and hanged.
They offered no explanation.
wreck occurred on the Cincinnati South
crn road at Melville, u miles from Chattn-
nooSa, hy rear cmi collision Of two passcn-
ger trains. Engineer Charles Chaplin and
Fireman Robert Clark OF Chattanooga were
killed by jumping. The wreck was the result OF
the carcIrssnc,s Of al operator at Rathburn.
Pitt>burg, Pa, has case similar to that Of
the late Rev Dr. Boutwell, Of Brooklyn
The case is at the West Penn Hospital, and
the patient little sufferer is Davy Williams
from near Pctrolia, Butter county. Recent.
y he swallowed apiece OF clay pipe, which
has now lodged in the left bronchus. one
operation has failed, but another will bt
performed as soon as the patient can stand
| il.
Trouble that may prove serious is reported
from the Navajo Reservation in New Mexico
! II arises from an invasion Of the reservation
| by gold hunters from Colorado, parties OF
proSpcctorS having gone into the Carrie
Mountains. near the Colorado border. TIL,
Indians threaten 10 Kill all the miners they
ma within the bounds of their reservation
\ s5,OpO,Om mortgage, given by the Cen
trai New & md and Western Railroat
company to the Fidelity Trust and Safe DE
post company Of New York, as trustee, ha
been executed.
W. A. Davis, milestone manufacturer o
the town OF Rochester, y. Y, has beer
placed in jail charged with having forged tn,
names OF many principal business men In hi
ncighborhood to notes aggrcgating upwart
OF $500 900.
Acknowledgement Miller, by the presi
dents direction, has turned over to the dis
trict-attorney OF the District Of Columbia til,
| papers in the case OF Green Is. Raum, Jr.
late appointment clerk In the pension office
! This leads to the belief that Raum, Jr., will
be tried and that Raum, ST. may resign.
| A Brooklyn, \. Y, boy who was found II
drunken stupor aud who was taken il
charge by the police, said when he recovere,
MS senses that he was - years old and tina
he had bought two half.pint TASKS OF whlsk-
and had drunk the contents Of both.
The statement just issued by the Metro
poiitan Opera House Company of New Yorl
VIII hardly induce speculative competition
to rush into the field OF German opera. Tn,
loss last season was S5i, 1881, and IN tn,
season before s3O,OOO. The two sums 10
gether represent the total floating debt.
Judge Ross of California has issued Al
order directing the Western Union Tele
graph company to produce all the telegram
that passed between Ricardo TrumbalI an,
George n. Bent relating to the schoone
Robert and Minnie or the steamship Tat
between April and May Is.
While party of vigilantcs who had ius
captured cattle thief named McAlvev wer
bringing the prisoner to Cunning. Neb
they met another vigilant posse. The nigh
was very dark and each party mistOok thu
other Tor thieves Fire was opened on botf
sides and before the mistake was disCoyerc,
Judge Aikens, treasurer OF the county, an,
McAivcy, the cattle thief, were killed.
Charles Douglass OF Washington, D. G.,
grandson OF the Hon. Fred Douglass, stole
watch and pair Of scissors. lie sold IN
scissors for five cents, and said he gave tn
watch to wagon driver. The Douglass bo,
was taken to the police court and pleadc;
guilty to charge Of stealing the watch. h
was sentenced to the reform school durin,
his minority