Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-07-18
SEMINARY OF NEWS,

Owing to the death OF Marshal ConchA tn
command Of the Spanish republican army is to
be taken by General ZabalA, Minister OF War,
COtoner The last Russian papers contain
reports Of very destructive fires at Berditchey,
in the government Of yolhynia, q town in
hab:tei mostly by Jews. A fire one day de-
stroyed coo houses. The next day there was
another oonhagrAtion involving the loss Of
nearly as many more buildings. The two sue
ceeding Gays the town was again visited by
fires by which whole streets were laid in ashes
Thousands OF persons we're made homeless.
The agents Of the great European steamship
lines sell tickets for steerage passage for
sl2. so each. Excursion tickets, to Europe and
back, we're sold at from s2S to SIS. The COM
petition which has led to this reduction is said
to have come Of the breaking up Of the North
Atlantic steamship combination, in which all
the large companies were represented. The
combination was made to maintain a uniform
scale of prices. Railroad fares have been so
far reduced that man may travel from Chica-
go to Liverpool for about SIT. In answer
to question as to whether there is any truth
in the reported disposition on the part Of
Canada to secede to the United States, Mr..
Disraeli stated in the House of Commons that
tho relations of the Canadian Dominion and
the Imperial governments are most cordial and
satisfactory .....J. H. Sloss, member of Con-
gress from Alabama, shot and MORALLY wound
| ed G. F. Long, at Tuscumbia, Ala. ..... At
Janesville Ind, Mr.. Burneau's house was
struck by lightning His daughter, Ida, was
instantly killed, and young man visiting her
stunned.
! The baseball tournament in Brantford, Ont,
closed with match between the Red Stockings
Of Boston, the champions of the United States
and the Maple Leaf Club of Guelph, the
champions of the Dominion. The Red Stock
ings won, 26 to g.. Ex Gov. Clark has
accepted the nomination of the Prohibition
Convention for Governor of New York
The Rev. DR.. Welles, of Redwing, has con-
cluded to accept the bishopric Of Wisconsin, tc
which he was almost unanimously chosen BY
tho recent convention at Milwaukee Judge
Giles, of the United States District Court il
| DaSiAAOlO, dOOluOu W I0l6hs6 tu6 bI6dWel
Edgar A. Stewart upon stipulation by he
owner, F. W. Fishwick of Nova Scotia, and fo
that purpose she was appraised at 1928, 600
The libel case will be tried in September. ....
A terrible disease, the character of which il
unknown, has broken out in Tlacolutam, Mexi
co, and become epidemic. The Government ii
assisting the inhabitants, and has adopted
measures to prevent the spreading of thu
malady. Mrs. Bland of New York, wa
taken to the police station unconscious. Ate
she was restored she said that her HUSBAND
had taken away all her money and left her will
her three children suffering with measles. .
Miss Kate West, Of Paris, Ky, died from al
overdose of arsenic, TAKEN it is supposed, TO
the purpose Of improving her complexion
She was of good family and had large circle
of friends. John Bennett, farm lahore
near Rocky River, Ohio, killed his wife an
then himself. Cause, jealousy ..... job
Parvianes, convict in the New Jersey Stat
Prison. has tasted no food for forty days. H
is Finlander, 99 years of age, and is under
going sentence of two years for assault an
battery. He says he will eat no food until h
is pardoned. He has drank gallons of waite
and eaten nothing but ice. He has been re
duced from 100 to rs pounds.
The Carlsts claim that 800 prisoners fell int
their hands during the retreat Of the Republ
! cans after the battle of Muro. The campaig
will now be pushed forward, and the adval
, tages gained at Estella followed up by tt
Carlsts. 80. lie Soir says reports are in circl
lation in Versailles that papers have been di
covered which compromise the most infuenti
: Bonapartist Deputy in the French Assembl
? and that that body will soon, be asked
3 authorize his prosecution. The rumors al
3 supposed to refer to M. Rolher. "A passeng
t reports that in Spencer county, Kentucky, Mr.
Z Donaldson, her grown up daughter, and 8
smaller children, and Mrs. Stoekeney, NJ
Donaldson's sister-in-law, and her daughte
. who were on a visit to the Donaldson's, we
y entered the house with the intention Of robbe
y ......A letter from Emerson, Manitoba, sa
q that during tremendous storm Of thund
r and lightning the 800 horses of the Canadi
mounted police stampeded, running over Il
tents of men and officers, and against and ov
;, wagons or any obstacles in the way of the
: wild fight. Many men were injured and maj
= of the horses were lost or disabled. IT
a wounded we're Immediately cared for by Il
% surgeon, whose tent was held in it's place
six strong men......A negro named Blah
y charged with committing an outrage on viii
~ Io;rJ otol ~ pol
:. sentenced to be hanged.