Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-10-24
SUMMARY OF NEWS,
Interesting Items from Home and
AhKaad

Abroad.
A New York female sneak thief going by
the name Of Catherine schelmutb, was ar
rested in Buffalo. When near Cameron she
jumped through the window of the water
closet The train at the time was running at
a very rapid rate, and she was instantly killed.
...... Advices from the north of Spain say that
there are signs Of breaking up of the Carlist
army. Several of the insurgent leaders have
surrendered to the Republican troops, and it is
reported that some others were shot by order
of Don Carlo for demanding the cessation Of
hostilites and restoration Of peace. .... The
steamers Dacia and Ambassador report that
the direct cable between the United States and
England parted and was lost in heavy gale.
Several dogs were spent in attempts to recover
the cable, but without success. -. The Pome-
roy boy, Of Boston, known as the boy with the
white eye," is suspected of the murder of
another little girl, named Margaret Lank, who
has not been heard from by her friends since
the murder OF the Curran child. Capt. Collins
discovered the dead bodies Of the five buffalo
hunters from Reno in the southwest part of
Clark county, Kansas: They were all scalped
and their horses killed. The hunters were
killed on the 9th of August last. tits believed
an alliance is meditated between the young
Osages. Cheyennes, and Comanches who are
known to be in the north part of Clark county.
.... On the way to the wedding of Miss Sher-
man, the horses attached to the Presidents
carriage became frightened and ran away, near
Seventh street and New York avenue. The
carriage contained the President and Mrs.
Grant, and Marshal Sharpe and wife. None of
them were injured though the carriage wa
smashed. -. The Grand Hotel at Saratoga
was burned, and other hotels had narrow
escape. The burned building was worth $780,
900, and was insured for 100000.
The last public debt statement of the United
States shows a reduction of nearly half a
million dollars for the month of September
The total debt is now 50, 2S9, els, 7t4.54-dept,
less cash in the Treasury, 50, 139, 743 1862 80.
Work upon the foundation of the Soldiers and
Sailors Monument to be erected on Boston
Common is soon to be resumed, and the
memorial fastened to completion. The figures
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finished in Rome by Joseph Milmore. 80.
Fourteen persons, convicted of taking part in
the riots at Medenau, Northeastern Prussia
last June, have been sentenced to terms of i'm
prisonment ranging from six months to three
years In the terrible collision which took
place at Thorpe, near Norwich, on the Great
Eastern Railway, in England out of 220 pas
sengers on both trains % were killed and 60 in
jured. Just before the accident occurred a
young lady who was coming from Yarmouth
asked a Mr.. Toomack to change places with her
as she did not like riding with her back to the
engine; he complied and was killed on the
spot. .. More than 100 fatal cases Of the
cattle disease are reported at New Haven,
Conn.,, and the disease has broken out in the
towns of Stafford and Tarriffville A letter
from T. S. Gold, Secretary of the Connection
Board of Agriculture, reports several deaths in
the northern part of that State from the true
Texan cattle. The authorities were not aware
Of the presence Of the disease until severa
animals had died and others of the same hero
had been killed and sold for beef .... The
Governor of Texas has made an official com
munication in regard to the troubles on the
Rio Grande, the thefts of cattle and the
general losses American citizens suffer from
Mexican marauders. He asks for protection
by the government. Texas, it appears, canno
protect itself, because the United States law
interfere.
The Austrian Emperor has decorated all thu
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dition-officers, sailors and all .. The steame
Spark, running between Canton and Macao
has been boarded by pirates. Most of tn,
officers and crew of the steamer were muir
dered, and the vessel robbed. The pirates
were captured and executed. ....A dangerou
conspiracy of soldiers has been discovered al
Tientsin, China. Sixty thousand troops wer'
stationed in the neighborhood, aud larg
number of them had planned to seize the cit,
and massacre all the foreigners. The ring
leaders of the conspiracy were arrested. 80.
The Independent Republican State Convention
of South Carolina nominated Judge John I
Green, of Sumter county, for Governor, ant
| Martin P. DELANEY (colored), for Lieutenant
Governor, and adopted the platform of tn
late Republican State Convention. 49,. TIL
,, Kings County Grand Jury has taken som
action in regard to the statements made b
Theodore Tilton and Frank D. Moulton agains
Henry Ward Beecher, and indictments hav
been found against both. 49,. Joseph Fl. Sad
I Ter, of the champion English four-oared crew
. has declined the challenge of Biglin, of til
: American four, to row in American waters thi
{ year.
/ The commissioners to settle the affairs {
! the Freedmans Savings and Trust Compan
|, write to q correspondent that it is impoasibl
yet to say when the first dividend will be pait
They have now $45, 600 only in the treasur.
|, and 100000 are required as the basis of
9 dividend of 20 per cent. This gives the III
n fortunate depositors poor chance to secu
= anything of any consequence. -. The situi
Y ton Of affairs in Buenos Ayres is desperate
The government is taking vigorous measure
= to suppress the instruction. All the govern
ment offices and commercial houses are close,
r The government has issued an order extenc
u ing the time on all commercial credits. Or
~ regiment of national troops has revolted al
9 gone over to the insurgents. Foreigners al
u Fastening to their respective Consulates
= get passports to protect them against the III
= veraal CONSUMPTION which is to be enforced.
- Four persons were burned to death during
n fire in the town of Paisley, Scotland =.
q mutiny broke out in the Carlist camp at Dural
4 go, and Don Carlos was wounded by one of ii
d mutineers. In official quarters it is said tn
d Don Carloss wound is serious, the ball havir
F. penetrated the stomach 49,. A Carlist fore
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