Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-03-31
CONDENSED NEWS OF THE DAY.
NaM England.

The FItchburg Railroad Company Is ar
| ranging TO establish system OF autonaue
switches and signals At Its Watham station
Citizens of North Haven, Me-, with saws
and ayes and the aid OF the State OF Maine
raised an SO-day ice blockade.
Charles Frost, aged 10. elevator boy in the
| Home bank block. BrocktOn, was caught IN
| the elevator and injured so that there seems
| TO be no hope OF saving his life.
Daniel :. Beal. the ls.year old son OF
| William Beal Of Greene, Me-, was accident
ally shot and killed By a young friend, Emil
Gazette, while hunting IN the woods
! Many carpenters and masons, members OF
| the recently organized trades council, have
given contractors OF Rockville, Ct, public
notice that, beginning April |, they VIII WORK
only nine hours day. The contractors re-
fuse to agree.
L. A. Mason OF Bridgeport, c., died at
Cornwall Ct. from r disease OF the brain.
He commanded the 18th regiment OF BROOK
| lyn at the time OF the Orange riots and was
formerly president Of the Peoples Steam
| boat Company.
At a special town meeting in Methuen,
| Mass, II was voted To take the franchise for
| the town water supply from the water
works company The price TO be paid will
be the cost Of the plant and per cent. addi'
| tional.
Sylvois HOlbrook OF Worcester, a switch
man on the Boston & Maine railroad, was
| killed IN the freight yard near Lincoln
square, in that city. No one saw the acct
! dent. lie was Al years old, native OF
/ Nashua, y. II.
Clarence Deming Of New Haven EN-
! phatically denies the rumor that he is II
succeed J. :. seymour as insurance com
| mis- Toner OF Connecticut. He stated that
| had NOT f.fYaF m n
tion, and he should refuse II II 1t should he
| offered 20 HIM
The following students have been chosen
by the faculty OF Dartmouth. after COM
| petltve speaking by members OF the senior
| class as contestants next commencement
for the Lock wood. Rollins and Nettleton
prizes: F. n. Chandler, Lawrence, Mass.
:. L. French, West Lebannon;G &. {. Selden,
| NorthwoOd.
The syndicate owning the Greeley lot at
Nashua y. H., has offered to give that city
a warranty deed OF the property for site for
| the Hunt memorial library, tor s3j 900. The
CITY council has passed to a second reading
a bill for an appropriation OF $4,000 for the
property, and $4,000 has been raised by sub
scripton.
The injuries of Louis Buckingham, the
l0-year old boy, who was injured at Bun
nelfs Grand Opera House, New Haven,
prove 10 I've critical. The Grand Opera
| House has been garnisheed By the boys
parents, who will bring suit against the
company for criminal negligence in not
spreading the fire net properly.
Only first and fourth class liquor licenses
are TO be granted in Amesbury, Mass, the
price being the same for both-sihOO.
George O. Ham pleaded not guilty 10 the
charge Of incest in the Lowell police court
and was committed TO jail in default Of &c.
Om security.
At the Newburyport car works there ha:
Just been finished cab for the Thomson
Houston Electric Company Of Lynn. II
will be fitted with two powerful electric
motors and sent TO Chicago to be exhibited
al the Worlds fair.
Adelaide lie Blue, an emp'ove In the Ire
mont 4 Suffolk mills, was badly Injured by
being crushed between railway cars in the
corporation yard al Lowell.
Invitations have been extended to the
presidents Of all the boards Of trade In Maine
TO attend the banquet Of the Biddeford board