Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-03-11

Prof. Fairbanks of Dartmouth college mas
] been appointed lecturer on social ethics al
/ Yale.
II. o. Penney Of Biddt ford Me-, - years
old. was recently married to Mrs. Ann
| French. widow Of 81. Penney has secured
all OF the widows money, 1t is alleged, and
the people of that city are greatly mcenSsd.
Tar and feathers are threatened Penney.
Il is reported on good authority that the
Hupkins-St nrles viii case has been settled by
the payment of $3.O0O.COO to Hopkins, and
the suit Withdrawn from the Salem (Mass.)
court There are some - other heirs VINO
will I've given portion of the vast estate.
William If. Flaunc-y, better known as
Gould. who with ms wife has been iillin% an
engagement at the BUou Theatre, Boston,
shot and instantly killed FayCttc Welch, at
No. 10 Dix placein that city. Flannery says
WclCh. who was also an actor, abused his
lFAnnery'sl wife, but that the shooting was
purely accidental. he only intending TO scare
| Wclch by firing over his head.
An order has been promulgated that the
annual school for instruction OF officers of
the New Hampshire national guard be held
at thc,ncw a,mory in Nashua, March III, II Is
and II. 4 regular army officer will be the
Instructor.
\ threatened strike among wcaTerS in the
Riverside mills at Providence, X. l., has been
aNerted, the men accepting a revised price
list, proposed by the superintendent, which
cquaiZcs wages. As TO the fines system,
which started the trouble, the infringement
promises to be more lCnicnt.
The Lowell, Mass, board Of aldermen
has adopted an order opposing the coustruc-
ton of truant school by the commission
CrS Of MddleseX county, aS p"titoned for
by towns in the southern part Of the county.
East Rock LODGED of New Haven, Ct, Order
Of the Golden shield, the supreme lodge Of
which is in Boston, has received notice of
its suspension, for alleged non-paymcnt Of AS
se>smcnts. The assessments have been
paid promptly, the officers say. A. H..
! Hughes, the organizer of the lodge, is miss
ing,
The Rurr-Osborn will case Of Bridgeport,
| Ct, has been settled The contestants, -
! cousins Of the tcstator, viii receive 5000.
| The costs will be shared 10y contestants and
! the estate. The estate was inNcntoriCd nj
! S64 3Sj and the lagacics amounted to S56
/ go.
-Four homng pigeons were released from
! Madison Square Garden. New York, at 9lj
a. III. on the 9TH and reached Boston at 40
p. IN. OF the same day. one of the birds has
a record Of 81 miles in ~ minutes which il
made when only six months old.
James Doogue, brother Of the clty forester,
was Hi ed ON Boston Common. saturday,
his head being crushed by "a cart loaded with
snow.
George ;. Grumman, a wealthy saloon
keeper OF Norwalk, c., has been arrested
charged with defrauding the Edison Phone.
praph Company by putting counterfeit
nickcls in Slot machine located in his place
This is the first case on record where the
! Government has brought action for deiraul.
ing nickcl-in-the-slot machine.
Tax Collector o Reilly T.. Tyler OF Hub.
bardston, Mass, who has fled TO parts nm
known and alleged to be short in his ac-
counts with the town some 5000, was :
highly esteemed citizen sf that place and had
been collector for several years suit has
been brought against his bondsmen for
$4,000,