Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-01-06
CONDENSED NEWS OF THE DAY.
New England.

The aggregate of losses by fire In Concord,
\, H.. during 1892 will not eNc"ed
$1,000
Track Walker John Murphy was killed by
the ghost express at STAFFORD, CT.
Mr.. James l.. Daymude addressed the
South Bristol Farmers Club at New Bed
ford, on the utility of beauty.
The Waldo (McJ bar presented a gold
headed cane TO b. =. Field, the retiring
register Of probate. He has served over 30
years.
Rev. Fred NJ. Preble. pastor Of the Chest.
nut street Baptist Church, Camden, Me-. for
the past four years, resigned few days
ago.
Mrs. Lydia A. ringree's dwelling, al
White River junction, VI, was burned re-.
Gently. 4 chimney burning ont was the
cause. Loss, 5000; insured.
Search under the river ice at LiyermOre
Falls, Me, by diver for the body of Harry
Burbank, drowned last week was unsucccss.
ful.
At their final meeting of 1872. the New
Bedford aldermen referred the subject OF
the sixth. class liquor licenses to the incOmin.
administration.
The suit of Ernest Ponce against the Ma
sonic lodges q; Portland. Me, which arose
from the latter's unwilingness to pay for a
banquet rendered the Maine conslstory, has
been settled. Ponce was given $500.
The Winthrop Me- Dairying Association
elected the following officers: President,
A. c. Carr; secretary, Eliot Wood; treas.
urer, George Howard; directors, \. u.
King. X. Alden, d. W. Chandler George
Lowell.
Engineer Thomas Banford, who was hurt
:, ~. III, 1. i..;,, l.,
machinery, died at Concord the following
day He was ~ years old aud belonged in
Lowell, Mass. Two daughters survive him,
After being out lG hours the jury IN the
case of the estate OF Joseph Mills against
Charles Mills to recover $1,000 given Ia
defcndcnt by the deceased, rendered a yer
diet of $40 for the plaintiff, at Chelsea, VI,
A mail bag thrown from a train at Green
wich, c.. was stolen by Bert Kane, a young
tough, who was later arrested ut COscoh. and
confessed the theft. lie was taken before
Commissioner Wright at New Haven.
At Belfast, Me-, the pas; year, there have
been established another national bank and
four new medicine factories. The postoiticC
revenue has doubled. Two barkentines, one
steamer, two schooners and II sloops were
built in the district
The case of Arthur VI. Downes New IIa
ven agent of the White Star hne, who was
charged with embezlng $3.50 from the com
pany, was settled, the full amount being
paid over to the C. mpany on agreement that
the case be not pushed.
A syndicate comprising Mayor Ashley, At
dederman S. A. Drowned. Benjamin Daw
son, Rodolphus Becbe, David b. kemptoi
aud s. b. Hunt OF New Bedford, have pur
chased 90 acres OF land west OF the Contra
Park in that city. and will soon p ace it up
on the market,
A special town meeting was held at Mari
on, Mass. to take action in the matter Of de
Tending the towns fisheries interests again>
Mattapoisett. The bylaws require all attend
ance OF 10 TO vote on expenditure. Their
were only 10 present. aud the meeting wa
| iiZZc.
John Neville. paper maker of Manches
ter, shot JohE Lynch, a cigar maker Of liar
| ford, Ct, in the left arm. The men quar-
relied over n meal which they shared, bu
| for which Neville refused to paw