Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1891-01-09
new ENGLAND NEWS.

The petition Tor the pardon OF D. WiDur
Day was tabled by the Governor and coun-
ell at Augusta, Me. The reform school report
was presented, which shows the present
number OF inmates to be ia.
The Emerson Paper Co., Of Suncook, y.
H., has been incorporated with capital
stock of S75, 600.
The body OF ]. II. Powers Of East Doug
las, Mass, who had been missing for several
days, has been found In the river.
Jacob Sugenheimer dealer in gents fur
nlshings and fancy goods at New Haven,
Ct, has called n meeting of creditors. His
liabilities are $4,000; assets, 1850.
The thermometer has registered 10 degrees
below zero at Fort Fairfield, Me-, beating
the record.
The Newbury (Vt) Medical Institute,
which short time ago was exposed by the
press, bids fair to again become prominent
| In newspaper columns. DR.. Hatch, the al
| legged head centre of 'hC !" stitutiOn, not sat
| istied with the manner in which he hag
been used, has prepared a statement in which
| he defes any one TO prove that he has taken
any steps in the affair that were not entirely
| proper.
The icemen ut Plymouth Mass, have be-
| gun cutting ice for storage.
| The largest trc that has occurred In Mcri-
! den, Ct, In some time broke out in the busl-
Hillard Bros grocery store. Before the fire
department could do any work the blaze eN-
tended 10 other parts Of the building, which
Is owned by James Cook, and to the adjoin-
! Ing block, owned by Cook & Co. Flying
sparks had set fire to the brick block on
! Crown street, also owned by Mr., Cook, be-
fore the fire department got the blaze under
control. The total loss will probably amount
to $4,000 or Slj,e0O.
DIR. Richard II. Mansur, n physician OF
Princeton, Mass, is held in $1,000 TO the
grand Jury. in the central district court at
Worcester, on charge of attempted crimi-
nal malpractice, the subject, Linda Jansen, a
Swedish servant girl. beng the principal
witness. She cha ged MansIr with being
her betrayer.
Medical Examiner White announces that
the death of Kitty O'Neill, the l6-vear-old
girl who died in her fathers arms suddenly q
few DAYS ago, at New Haven, CT, was due
to arsenical poisoning. 1t Is thought The
girl committed suicide because OF sltgh
quarrel with her mother.
Two lads, giving their ramcs AS Thomas
Lane and jeremiah Donovan, aged about Il
were arrested at the passenger station al
Manchester, y. H.. charged with highway
robbery from 4 woman residing at Amos
keag. They had purchased tickets 70
Lowell Mass, and were about TO board the
have obtained more from the same source
but the $50 was all they wanted. They were
bound to fight the Indians in the West.
Fx-City MarLnal NJ. J. jenkins and hi
bordsmen, II. X, sawyer and Carl T.. or
of Manchcs CT, y. H., have been sued b
the city to recover the amount Of an alege,
shortage by jenkins when city marshal
The amount of the alleged defaIcation !
$500 and the cN-otcal claims that the az
a - Jna tn haI pk.k
aud that he has turned over all the fund
that he received The case will be tried q
the March term of the supreme court.
Thirty.iive degrees below zero is reporte
from Bangor, Me.
Vicc-rresdcnt Levi 7. Morton has sol'
his fine summer residence Fair Lawn" 4
Newport X. to Isaac Townsend Burde
OF New York. The price paid was abou
100000. Mr.. Burden will materially i'm
prove the place.
1t has been settled that Derby, Ct. wi
apply to the coming secession OF the leg
lature for a city charter, consolidating I'll
entire town. AnsJnIa and Derby will henct
forth be known as the twin citittcS. a
torncy W. /. Downs will have the matter
charge before the legislature.
Can't. Samuel Watts of Boston built til
season handsome brick block, costing ov'
$50, 600 containing three stores, and abo'
them large hall town office, with hreprot
vault, and hail, which he presented TO u
= town Of ThomastOn, Me. The halls wei
opened q night or two ago. with grand r
= ception to Capt. Watts and family, and
dedication ball Over 100 were presen
, many coming from various parts OF the Sla
and from Boston.
. The Worcester Mass Daily Times, Il
Prohibition organ has suspended public
ton after an existence Of Just year.
" Charles l.. Whitaker who was found dei
in bed at New Bedford, Mass, aud was su
posed to have died of heart disease, now n
pears TO have committed suicide. IW
n empty bottles which had contained laud
|. mum have been found in the room whe
= Whitaker was found dead.
', At Bath. Me, Edward Brown swung nir
pound clubs for hours and Al minutes,
|. 10 minutes longer than Homer Crawfor
l. the former holder of the record, who used
pound 10 ounce clubs. Brown averaged
full swings to the minute, and is now char
piou OF the world.
70 Chief Engineer Merrill has submitted
annual report TO the city government on
:. work OF the Lawrence (Mass.) ire depa
+, ment In 1890. There were ~ alarms III
Ing the year-G0 still and "a bell alarms. l
y fire loss was phenomenally small-s9il6'
70 T.. NJ. Hill, with headquarters at Bosto
II was arragned in the police court at HaN
y n hill, Mass, on charge of obtainin[ mon
under false prctenccs from Simon McMill
of that city The case was continued IN
iU Jan II,
"a Hardly had the new year been ushered
~ when O horrible accident was reported
having occurred at the Dover street crossi
70 on the Boston & Maine road, at Portsmou
us n. H., q young man named Frank Swa
az employed at Jones farm, being run over
freight 25l. The engine and two cars pass
TO over the body, seyering both legs, and
hs order to eXtricate the body the men W.
X Obliged to jack the cur up.
in Icemen have begun cutting seven-inch
at Highland Light Mass. Twenty-Five th
it sand tons will be required for next seaso
of trap fishing.
a In the suit of George w. Ella of CONGO
ry N. H., against the sun Fire office OF Lond
brought to recover $4,000, insurance on
ry Elias dwelling house, furniture, barn 6
Iat shed in Allenstown, insured in SeptemI
ch 1888, and burned IN September, 1887, Jut
yl- Colt ofthe United States circuit court bel
whom the case has been tried, jury |
1. being waived, has ordered judgment for
20 defendant, on the ground that the co
ss finds that the policy was duly cancelled
'na fore the fire took place.
Della Fahey, a widow, 45 years old:
in, partially paralyzcd, living in Milford, Ma
20. arl fell on red hot kitchen stove while We
n, o, ing about it. She was alone at the time,
rJf must have laid some lime on the stove bel
w., ,tv falling to the floor, where she was fo
r3. iy5 and picked up by neighbors. When "
az the burned flesh and hair fell off. II
thought she hal II second stroke OF paraly
She cannot recover.
T. Mayor-elect Smith of Providence, X;
Tho intends to put stop to prlzc nShung |
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