Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-05-25
CONDENSED NEWS OF THE DAY.
Domestic Events Briefly Told.

Representative William ]. Bryan OF tn,
first Nebraska district has declined to be q
candidate for reelection.
Herbert Balls, a prominent citizen Of Har
mony, n. j., committed suicide by blowing
out his brains. No cause Is known.
The report OF a cave-in at Aurora mine, al
lronwOod, Mich. was misrepresented. Three
men were slightly injured. No one wa;
killed.
The loss by the great food In Pierce county
Mimi, was at least 100000. The valley oI
the hush river Is scene OF complete deyas-
tation.
DIR. Henry Meyer, who was accused Of poi
soning Ludwig Brandt to obtain insurance
money, has been found guilty of murder in
the second degree.
number OF Wells-Fargo 4 Co. orders sent
to Middletown, Goshen and Port Jervis n.
j., are found to be fOrgeries. All were
issued from Chicago.
The weavers' strike at the Standard silk
mills, Philipsburg. n. j.. which had been N
progress four months, has been declared on
Most OF the operatives will be re-employed.
4 large cold storage building at Meadow
Lake, Mimi, was wrecked by dynamite, aud
an attempt made to fire similar building.
The trouble IL attributed to local opposition
to the sale Of liquor.
The house committee on railways and
canals has voted for appropriations for sur.
Neys Tor canal to connect the Hudson river
and the great lakes. and for one betwee n
the Ohio river and Lake Erie.
The naval court held at New York to in.
vestigate the circumstances attending the
stranding OF the British steamship Persian
Monarch suspended Captain Brist0w's certin-
cate for ak months from date.
There is prospect OF favorable action by
the house foreign affairs COMMITTEES on the
bill for commercial retaliation against Can.
ada. The subcommittee having the bill il
charge reported it favorably 10 the full com.
mittee
The Order OF Tonti made an assignment to
the Land Title h Trust Company. and Fran
els Skunk Brown. the attorney Of the order
at Philadelphia Pa The assets, which are
principally in Pennsylvania. amount to
81, 250, 900.
defalcation has been discovered in an in
stitution that J. Q. Adams Of the New York
State Trust Company says has gone out OF
business. Mr.. Adams would not say what
the defalcation amounted to or give the name
OF the institution.
J. S. Coxey arrived in Philadelphia and
registered at the Bellevue, the swellest hotel
In town. He expressed himself as satisfied
with the work he had done and said he had
1000, 900 men for his army il he could only
get them TO Washington.
The Tamm8ny society at New York In.
stalled as sachems Hugh J. Grant. Police
Justice welde and County Clerk Purroy
Mayor Giroy was made grand sachem for
one year; J. J. Gorham. father of councils !;
N. F. Holahan, grand scribe.
Striking miners OF Beacon, Iowa, have
started to Evans Station where the Rock Is
land railroad gets most OF Its coal for this
division, intending to stop all work in the
Evans mine. Railroad officials have applied
to the sheriff. for protection.
The engagement between Miss Anna Gould,
daughter OF the late Jay Gould, and william
NJ Hartman has been broken by mutual
consent Miss Gould Is at present IN Paris,
where she went some time ago for the pur-
pose of purchasing her bridal trousseau, 1t is
said.
A shortage OF vaccine virus Is threatened at
Chicago, ILL., The city Is using from GOO, 900
to 100 900 vaccine points day, and this with
country. has caused the draining of the mar
ket. In connection with the burning OF one Of
the largest manufactures in the country.
Judge Thomas =. Wilson died at Dubuque,
Iowa, at the age OF 81 years. In 1888 he was
nominated rs delegate to Congress, and at
the same time was appointed Judge Of the
Iowa Supreme Court by President Van Buren,.
The appointment was renewed by Presidents
Tyler and Polk, and he continued on the
bench until lS47. He served several terms In
the state Legislature, and also rs district
Judge,