Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-01-27

Mis- Emma Herzut, 90 years OF age com
United suicide by drowning herself in els
tern in Syracuse, y. Y
There Is an outbreak Of typhoid fever
among the convicts In the Michigan Slate
prison in Jackson. There are niue sick at
present Two have died.
John Gersch, Jr., aged Ii, fell from 4
sleigh at the Highland crossing OF the West
Shore Railroad in Kingston, y. Y, and
dropped under an approaching train. He
was instantly killed.
George w. Abel, a well.to-do farmer, com
United suicide by hanging in his barn, near
Kcck Centre, west of Johnstown, n. Y.
He was 60 years old and leaves a widow and
six children.
In the United States District Court in
Albany, Louis Diltmnn, Thomas McWade,
Philip Destal Patrick Scully and John
McGinty pleaded guilty to selling liquor to
the Indians on the CHttaraugus reservation.
Dittman was fined : 70 and sentenced 10 the
Albany pcnitcntiary for six months. The
others were each fined s25 and sentenced to
the penitentiary for three months.
The gas works Of the Northwestern Gas.
light Company, on which the city of Evans.
ton, ILL.,, depends for its supply, were blown
up recently. Two men were seriously in.
jured, financial loss Of $4,000 was ell.
tailed, and Evanston shut out from its sup
ply Of light.
Daniel Brassell of Syracuse, aged u years,
was badly frozen at Iona Island, near New
burgb. Hopes are entertained of his recov-
ery. He Is a telegraphic lineman, aud was
following private wire from Jersey City
norlhward.
Frank q. bowman Of Warrenton, Va.
shot himself through the heart at the Hote
hart In Waahipofpn Tho fNiafnl u
which he committed the deed was found in
a satchel, with q large hole In the .atchel
and its contents scorched by powder.
Fred McDermott, who was convicted Of
aiding and nbetting false registration at Al
bany, n. Y, at the recent election, was sen
| fenced to two years In the Albany peniten
tiary and TO pay 800 fine and the cost o.
prosecution, which viii amount to about
$700.
Hiram Heath, miner employed at Tale
Vile, st. Lawrence county, n y, was as
| cending a shaft and had already reached the
top when an accident occurred which hurled
him down q hundred feet, where he br0k,
| through a platform and fell sixty feet fur
ther. His injuries were fatal.
Mrs. Maria CorRelison, an elderly widow
was terribly burned at her home In Nyack
| N. Y. Her dress caught fire from stove
and as she rushed down stairs in flames he
| burning clothes set the house aiire. TIL,
fire was extinguished, but Mrs. CornelIsol
was so severely injured that she cannot re
! cover.
Detective WATSON, special officer of III,
Canadian College OF Physicians and Sur
geons, is at niagara Falls Ont, prosecuting
physicians resident in the United States wht
| come across the line to practice without
| license. As Canadian workmen are not nj
| lowed across, 1t is proposed to stop alicr
doctors on the Canadian Niagara from
| tier.
The Frost murder trial at Bath, n. Y.
terminated few nights ago, when the jury
/ rendered verdict Of not guilty. Frost wa,
| indicted for killing Daniel DonOghue,
member of the Anne lean Flint Glass Work
ers' Union, at Corning. last August. Tn
| evidence went to show that Frost, who wa
| q non-union man, committed the murde
while fearing for his own life.
The water works boiler at Naphanes, Ind.
exploded, killing n. A. French of the tow
board George Parker and Electrician John
son, and injuring Jones and Isaac Whistler
boiler maker.
Col. William f. Wickham of the first Viz
ginia Regiment of cavalry has received
| letter from Gen. Mcmahon Of New York
i declining the post Of honor at the Inaugural
ceremonies Of Mr. Cleveland. He says II /
customary to grant that post to the Wash
ington military, and this course win be pur
sued In March. Wickham's regiment will
| not go 10 Washington.