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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-03-28
Beecher w as a Spirituiist.

NEW YORK, March 2S.-Mrs. Isa-
bella Beecher Hooker, sister of the
late Henry Ward Beecher and wifeof
Connecticut's auditor, Gen John Hook.
or, last evening attended n meeting
of spiritualists In this city. Mrs.
Hooker addressed the gathering an
nouncing that the eminent preacher
was q spiritualist. She said that in
spirit her brother had appeared
before her aud uttered these words:
belle, 1 was q coward. I knew this
truth and believed 1t, but had not
the courage of my convictien.
I feared my friends would
desert me. Now I know that If l had
not been q coward 1 would have car
ried the whole congregation of my
church with me-" This created agreat
stir in the audience. Without stop.
ping, Mrs. Hooker went on to say that
she had frequent spirit communica-
tons from her brother and
knew he was spiritulist
before his death. A reporter
hearing this, sought Mr.. Beecher's
widow, who commented thus
on her sister-in-Iaw's Statements;
80 far as being q spiritualist
was always bitterly opposed 90 the
encouragement OF its professors in
any shape or form. He often said
that socalled Christian science and
spirituaIism did more harm to religion
than all the assaults of infidelity."
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-03-28
NOTICE.

Everybody invited to attend the
cooking exhibition on gas ranges at
Wagner Il Chabot's every afternoon
this week. 3 2S St
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-03-28
a the Trunk.

You car get a good s~ervicable
wardrobe from us for $3.50.
3l2tf l.. P. PECK & Co.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-03-28
LATE KLEGRHP
SENT SPECIAL TO THE LIGHT BY
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
And the Southern Afternoon Press
Up TO the Hour OF Go
ing to Press.
The Weather.

WASHINGTON, March 2S.-Warmer
fair weather, variable southeast
winds Tuesday.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-03-28

The funeral of the late Mr.. s L.
Skinner occurred this afternoon at 2
o'clock.
Fred. Gilbert, the little hoy who
wandered away from his home Satur-
day morning, came home Saturday
night. He had been visiting friends
near tn Sunset depot.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-03-28
DON'T THIS STRIKE you.
OUT RATE n. n. TICKETS.

Mattings at 70 TO 60 Genus per yaIu'
3 II If l.. p. PECK q Co.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-03-28

Bought and sold. Hecht's PAL Com. 1850
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-03-28

Twenty four cases were before the re-
corder this morning and $SI in fines
were assessed. Five cases were continued
and one dismissed.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-01-01

Here is an expert opinion upon Edi-
sons new electric motor: 1t is not mere
ly the outcome OF speculation, but the
result of actual experiment on a com
mercial scale. Mr.. Edison uses the rails
as conductors and operates at low Po-
tential. He has proved that there is no
cause for fear from the accidental forma-
ton OF q short circuit through the cross
ing of tracks by vehicles with iron
wheels or tires. AS regards the question
of safety to human beings and animals
likely to come in contact with the rails,
it is needless to add that the effect OF
twenty volts upon the human body is i'm
perceptible, and actual experiment has
also shown that horses are not effected
by 1t in the slightest degree. So far tho
initial cost of the new system will make
it inapplicable to any but the largest
cities and the largest short roads.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-01-01

The New York Sun muses.: "First
comes the man who has acquired an
island in Puget Sound, on which he is
raising black cats for their furs, and New
York furriers have already shown to
readers of The EosniaJ Sua that there s
millions in it. Next, here is man in
Missouri with rattesnake farm, who
sells $1,000 worth of rattlesnake oil per
annum. His live stock on fenced
forty acre patch are counted at lo,ooo
tails. The man who tried TO make a
fortune out of spiders silk and failed, is
nm old story. The man who is doing
pretty well with his terrapn ranch in
MARYLAND is another story. The Long
Island leech farm is ancient history. How
the Florida man, with his alligator pre-
serve, may be getting along has not been
reported lately. Among the few prom
isinr objects Of cultivation which appear
TO have been neglected as yet are musk
rats crabs, edible snails, ,skunks alaskan
sable of the furriers), 'possum' very
toothsome), the deadly nishtshade,
monkshood and strychniue plant Bloom
inc fields of belladonna and aconite
would variegate the rural landscape and
might enrich the owner-"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-01-01

II is extremely interesting to know,
remarks the New York Independent, that
the people of TERRA del Fuego have re.
Gently proposed to establish Il custom
house to act independently OF other
custom houses. The country has estab-
Ished considerable trade with England
in wool aud its other products. TERRA
del Fuego comprises the mass of islands
at the southern point of South America
only one of which is of any, considerable
size, that one being two hundred miles
long by twenty five miles wide. The
Straits of Magellan separate the TERRA
del Fuego country from the mainland.
The most southern island of the group
is the one upon which Cape Horn is
81 tuated.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-01-01

The San Francisco Chronicle states
that "two young men near Los Angeles
are rapidly making fortune staying
coyotes. Last April they were not worth
$50, but now they have $1,000 to their
credit in bank and they are adding
about $3.50 week to their deposit.
They have Rfty traps set, and with these
and their rides are rapidly thinning out
the coyotes in Los Angeles and San Ber-
nardino Counties. At IS scalp there
is moro money in hunting coyotes than
in growing grain or fruit, but the busi-
ness will probably come to an end when
the next Legislature meets. The law
which was passed as joke has proved to
be very costly pastime.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-01-01

The japanese Bureau of Agriculture is
to be represented at the Worlds Fair by
the horses of Koyo8hiama, the pigs of
Rinkiu, the Oshiki fowls, and many
other odd creatures that will add interest
to the exhibit. A firm of Toxic florists
will send the flowers and dwarf trees of
the country in pots. The Yokohama
florists at recent meeting voted to ex-
pend the sum of SIS, 900 on their dis
play. The tobacconists of Southern Ja-
pan will show samples of cut tobacco in
grotcsque designs. A Mr.. Morimura OF
Toxic promises to exhibit gold and silver
wares and carvings of ivory and lacquer
goods of value Of $50, 900. The Japan
Government will erect model of the
ancient Fushime Palace at a cost OF S34,-
900 to show the quaint and richly elab.
orate architecture of the early history of
Japan. The japanese amusement COM
panies will send over acrobats, conjurers,
and wrestlers, and young men and wo-
men who paint pictures on fans and sell
them ''while you wait. Altogether,
the japanese Building promises to excite
unusual interest among visitors to the
Fair.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-01-01

Cooperation is getting in its work in
England somewhat more rapidly than in
this country, notes th2 Detroit Free
Press. At Leicester b,g shoe factory
has just been built cover ug six acres of
ground and costing $780, 900. The
machinery will cost 500 900 more, and
these items, with 81 900, 900 in working
capital, represent the acoumulations of a
cooperative enterprise. 1t is estimated
that the factory when completed will
turn out $4,000 pairs of shoes in a
week.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-01-01

Here are some fresh English statistics
compiled by the New York Press: In
Great Britain there are 700, 600 criminals,
% 900 juvenile thieves. There are 500, 600
drunkards. The annual cost of liquors
is $3.50, 900, 600. Suicides last year num-
bcred 2297, and 2l57 were found dead
Ten thousand children died from violence
or neglect. Over 100000 people are
absolutely homeless, and 100, 900 are out
OF work. The work houses shelter 190,-
900, ana 5000, 900 people outside are SO
wretchedly poor that they are hardly
civilized.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-01-01

The New York Post calls attention to
the evidence that ''not only in western
Massachusetts,, but even in Maine, the
substitution of coal for wood as fuel has
gone so far as to make perceptibIe dit-
ference in tho quantity of trees that
need to be cut every year. The same
story comes from other parts of New
ENGLAND. In New Hampshire an au-
thority upon the subject says that coal is
fast taking the place of wood, even
in the kitchen OF the farmhouse, and
that as consequence cordwood is losing
its value. What is stff more important,
it is claimed that the lumbermen are
exercising more judgment in their
methods of work. A partner in a New
Hampshire company is quoted by the
Boston Herald as saying that by the
methods now used the timber will repro
duce itself faster thaa it is cut off,
Many of the larger companies have
adopted plan of operation that forbids
the cutting of trees girthing less than
specified number of inches, and so the
climber tract" is kept good. One elc-
ment in the change of system is the fact
that the demand for cord-wood is dimin
ishing, 80 that the railroad companies
no longer put a premium on the destruc-
ton of forests by buying all the wood
that is delivered along their lines, as
they used to do"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-01-01
Raising Victims for Bnll Fights.

1t is interesting to visit in Spain the
hacienda of the owner of herd of bulls,
and to study the methods of breeding
and rearing them. You and your friends
are received with great kindness by the
host, who, after telling you that his
house is yours, will take you out to see
the bulls. One is little afraid at first
to visit those 5000 fierce BLOCKING crea-
lures, but he is told that there will be
no danger. As the party draws near the
herd on horseback, the shepherd says:
'Senores, follow me and be as dumb as
statues. l will do all the talking.
what, hol Bfancov continues the shep.
herd, addressing the master of the herd,
make way for our most illustrious
guests. We must all be on our best
behavior to-day, for his excellency the
director of the arena is with US. Dost
thou refuse to move, surly rascali I
will have thee sOundly logged. Make
way, say
"After number Of animals had
been selected and marked for the coming
bull fight, our host said: You may
think it strange that VIC can thus move
in safety among these fierce animals.
Not at all. A bull in large herd like
this is as gentle as a lamb. Let him once
get away from his companions, however,
and he will face anything living. Once
in a while a restless fellow will start out
from the herd, and will not mind the
shepherd who orders him to go back.
He knows what his master wants Of him
but he has breathed the air of freedom
for the first time, aud his warlike i'm
pulses are quickened. He now hears a
wel-known sound and trembles. It Is
produced by the whirling sling which
his master has in his hand. He still
refuses to return to his companions,
when all of a sudden a stone strikes his
left horn, causing him to turn his head
with pain. Another stone strikes him in
the body and he returns to the herd
subdued.' When the calves ,are yea
old they are visited and their courage
: is tested. This is an important occasion,
and many fashionable, ,dandies ride vi
,, from Madrid to see the sport. A strong
! young yearling bull is selected and
. crowded out of the herd by the horsemen
t Tho little fellow, finding himself alone
! will often turn and fiercely charge his tor
i mentors. That charge decides his fate
Q He is a warrior and shall have name
!, exclaim the young bloods. AT the en-
of the examination all the yearlings VIII
o have shown marked courage are gathsre
n together and bid farewell to their ur
!; !; varlike brothers and sisters. s.r-MU Yor
o Tribune.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-01-01

1t is stated that, in addition to the
land at present given up to sugar culture
in Louisiana and Texas, Louisiana can
furnish 5000, 900 acres and Texas
million more, which, at the rate of pres
ent production, the New York Indeptnd.
ent thinks, would supply the wants of a
greater population than now possessed
by the United States.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-01-01

A very interesting fact has recently
been instanced in that the education OF
the blind in France was introduced from
America, and from the methods origi-
mated and taught by that great philan-
thropist, Dr. Samuel G. Howe, to his
corps of teachers in Perkins Institute,
from which, for long time, the teach
ers of the blind in France were re-.
cr,Iitpd
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-01-01

A Boston man who has just failed
in business, with liabilities of $780,
900, evidently wants to give his cred
itors a chance, though it is a small
one. He offers to settle with them
for a mill on the dollar, which he de-
clares is as much as his assets can
pay. The Boston papers believe that
this is the smallest offer ever made in
the case of failure, and they are
probably right.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-01-01

The Duke of Leinster's country house
is said to have passed into the ownership
OF an Irish farmer who WAS formerly its
tenant, under the operation of the new
Irish land laws. This, recalls the Brook
lyn Citizen, is the building after which
the White House at Washington was
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-01-01

To show the growth of the industry
OF furnishing knitting wool, it is only
necessary, maintains the New York
Commercial Adrertiser, to point out the
fact that in Pennsylvania single fac
tor turns out 5000, 900 bundles a
mnnrh
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-01-01

Everybody knows the poem, "The
Old Oaken Bucket, but who knows the
grave OF the author! 1t will be news to
most that Samuel Woodwork, the writer
Of that piece of immortal verse, is buried
in San Francisco, Cal, but such is the
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-01-01

A French journalist has recently given
some curious information about the.
women who are tempted to steal and
who fall during their shopping cxpedi,
tions. lie says that in Paris no fewer
than four thousand women are caught
every year stealing before the counter
The number Of titled ladies seized with
kleptomaais while examining the ia HONS
is almost incredible. Among the most
recent culprits were Russian princess,
French countess, an English duchess,
aud the daughter of a reigniug sovereign,
As rule, these more distinguished
offenders are let OH on the payment OF II
round sum for the relief Of the poor, and
when the shop-lifter is known to be
rich, the sum exacted rises to as much as
ten thousand francs. The police au-
thorites consent to this sort of condona-
..
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-01-01

Raisin raising and prune growing are
two comparatively new industries in
California that are attaining very large
proportions, and the domestic products
have almost driven the foreign goods
from our markets.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-01-01

The vital statistic of Michigan show
that in that State, as in Massachusetts
aud England, the most popular period
of the year for marriages is the fouSh
nnnrtnr
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-01-01
VOL. XIX.

England has Government fishiLg
school In which, apart from that special
training, the boys receive elementary,
literary instruction, while there are also
classes in training.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-01-01
PROBATE COURTS.

Probate Courts, within and for the Distric
Of Essex, will be holden until otherwise or
aered, as follows:
At the Probate Office in Guildhal on the
81 Tuesday Of each month
At West Concord on the lst Tuesdays Of
January and July.
At Island Pond on the 1st Tuesdays Of
February and August.
At Lunenburgh ON the 1st Tuesdays OF
March and September,
At Canaan on the lst Tuesdays of April
End October.
At Gallups Mills in Victory on the 1st
Tuesday IN May.
At Bloomfield on the 1st Tuesdays of June
and November.
c. f. BENTON, Judge.
Guildhall December lst. 1880.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-01-01
ESSEX County Herald.
q. 3. BISHOP, Publisher.
ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY
ISLAND POND, VT.
TERMS. tI.50 Per Year. I'm Advance
MASONIC DIRECTORY.

ISLAND PoND LoDGE, No ~, &A.M
Stated mmuuicltlons the second Mon.
day In eHch month.
KEYSTONE CHAPTER, No 10, r. A, III
st tel CuuvOcstlUns the hrst Monday In
each month.
VERMONT COUNCIL, No 30, R & g. n
Statd Assemblies FIRST Monday In each
month.
NORTH Stan CHAPTER, No Is, q E.S
Stat. Meetings the third Monday In each
month
I. o. d. r.
ESSEX LoDGE, No. Ia Meets every Thurs
day evening.
Ross ENc>MrMENT No. 1. Meets second
and fourth Tuesdays of each month.
q. A. &c.
ERAsTUs BUCK osr, No rs Meets each
Friday on or before the full of the moon
w. u. G..
ERAsrUs BUCK, No. 80, Dept OF Vermont,
Meets alternate Thursdays
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-01-01
Pir,t-olass Livery connected with the House

Ibls Hotel Is pleasantly located In ons OF
tne most foulisbing villages In Northern
Nc" Hampshire, and having been thor
oughly reiurnished and reftted, offers great
Inducements to Summer Tourists The
and all modarn eonvanisuAs@
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-28
SHOT DOWN By 4 WROyGED HUSBiED.

Jacksonville. Nov. o. (specaD.-News Ct the kill ng
o. Charles II. Pratt Editor Of "The Daily Leader at
Gainesville. late last night by thornton ;. string
fellow. cclved In this city a. noon. Pratt WIS
a rising young newspaper man. The detailS OF TIE
murder yet meagre. About 10 Gcl ok last
night two shots heard at the ncrth side Of tn
square In Gainesville In quick succession, and soon
excited throng gathered and found the ll.eess
body Of r. att rear the house o. Stringfelow VITA a
dozen buc,shot piercing lis dy, death evil
d nifty having be n IN tartaneous. \ cOron'rs IN
NJ once cmpan flied and witnesses examned and
two arrests made on suspicion, but no ling was gath
cred until StringfcllOw forward with his vic
and made confidential statement 10 the Jury, wh,c !
cOrrobOrat.d by his weeping wife. IL Is ern
that >'rngfcow on 10 unine hOre found Frat Wit 1
Mrs SringfrlOw and hr slot him ut once, then carry
ing the bodv ont. -Om" say, however. that Pratt fed
being discovered and shot while on the s'ree'.
The jury returned "A verdict of death T. ON gunshot
wounds from tn hands Of thornton -IinGfell0w, but
'dd,d Mitigating clause. The murderer Is under
arrcst. but Is not In jail. The body OF Pratt was
shipped 10 Paatla, his home. by special train
10 day, being escorted TO the depot by large dele
CATION Of friends and KNIGHTS Of PyhiaS. 4 which
organization he was a member. Pratt l'aTcs VIE.
He was thirty years old His father Is C)lo!el q.
". Pratt, the Oldest editor IN the state.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-28

advocate OF this scheme recently declared 10 tribune
correspondent that an army officer who had ihVeS'-
gated the subject had expressed the opinion that te
annual pension payments could be reduced 10 the
extent OF $40 coo or moro In this manner The
same man said large saving might be ehected bN an
amendment to the Law requiring that the name anu
residence Of each pens!oacr. together with me Ta'e
Of his pension and the for which IL had Deen
granted, should be published. only few years nave
passed since "A complete list OF all pensioners WIS
compiled. published and distributed AT the expense
of u" Government, but this did not result III te
detection OF many eases OF fraud There ha' not b'eh
during The last fifteen years at least. except pr
laps. fOg slart time under tie Inst ADMINISTRATOR
any attempt Mt conccalment Of the operations "i t
Pens on Bureau so far ~ related to tie granting Oh
claims ard many OF the newspapers OF the ''u"'N
publ shed daily or weekly lists of the pensions granted
in the territory covered by their crcu'alOn LACK u
publicity ~ to pensions granted certainly Is not Justly
cha pcabr 10 the Administration of Tue p'usioh sA9
nov Or-einiZsi -,
Writ, pensions have been awarded TO some chill
VINO not entitled thereto. IN" pfop"Ioh H'
lr.on extremely small. and IN" pr"Sr''l eEs''H anu
agencies for The Investigation Of suspicious claims ana
tho detection Of fraudulent ha, been lod cH e
iv'.-HS effective probably as any that cOuh De u',
Vised by OiiCer Of the army. tl cOulHe' 'NeI!
honest AMI patriotic citizen. whether he DC hePup
ucan or II Democrat. Is opposed 10 the granting or
pa; mcnt OF any fraudulent claim 81 any description.
and II the frauds In pensions wonld De FEVER uhu'r
"A military than ufler civll ad NM, tr1l'loh cN.rA
Lody ought 10 favor the former. OF tl1t iHct, II II
l.. fact there Il proof. and II i certain ina. he
proposed transfer l., plainly one of hostility toward
A.. .f.t,.r ra-a l.,iE
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-28

G,emaole all impressions Of the genuine bank note
Hates known TO be cNtan'.
iEcI" was an Increase Of S2O.OOOOOO dunn
We year IA The amount o: United state, bJads held
ior the security Of VA l0nll bank circulation. ana
&C. r. rs" OF $1,000 900 In The amounts he'd a. srcu
lN Tor public deposits. \ total add ion OF ~ Ob4,
''p WAS ma ic 10 the Ir'i Vaoc OF the -crures com
posing TIE Pa Ire fa,l Oai Slntin- Funds.
IN proportion 10 the volume Of National bank liotcS
IN circulation The redemption continues heHv!' nav,
ing amounted 10 upward of S,3,VOO,OOO in the hsCl
year. change OF the regulations has been made by
which fragments Of notes valued by the Controller OF
the Currency AZ less than face are received uncoh-
ditionaly fJm TIE holders at the certified valuation
Tho Treasurer closes by calling attention 10 tho
labOr Of the commission appointed under the act Il
september 30. 1880 10 Investigate the moti"dS oI
safe and vault construction, with view 10 iHlProV-
ing the vault faciltir, Of tie department. Their re-
port. submitted last summer has been ioiWh'uch
The Secretary The Treasurer considers il valuable
contribution 10 the literature Of IL" subject u II
not Ouly summaries TIE Wcscnt development OF INC
art bur also throws ont valuHbl" suggestions Tor III
ture improvements. The commission have indONci
the repre- scuta0uS heretofore made Of the needs Of The
Office and the subrca Snlics. and have approved the
recommended offered With reference u The extern,
of the reconstruction h" undertaken. The IFtaS-
urer that prompt steps be taken 10 carry their
susgcs lions into elect.