Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-11-07
SUMMARY OF NEWS,
Interesting Items from Home ard
Abroad.

Abroad.
A train was wrecked at Dyer, Tennessee. by
which two soldiers Of the 18th United States
Infantry were killed, and a number injured.
..... In a tavern brawl in Tavistock. CRnsds,
farmer from East sorra had both ears bitten
of and wss otherwise fnghtfully mutilated by
one Of the canvas men connected with Coles
circus. go. The church question in Germany
was tested ct an election Id cine OF the towns
o. Hestphalis and resulted in an ultramontane
defeat &C.. "a large Communist meeting was
held at Chicago, in which it was declared that
the workingmen must rule the city. .....A
law passed by the last United States Congress
allows Cinnamon to vote upon being natural
isen. . Returns from all the legislative dis
tricts in Indiana show the following result
The Senate stands, Democrats twenty-three;
Republicans, twenty-four, and Independents,
three. In the House the Democrats have |
ffty-two, the Republicans thirty-seven, and
tho Independents eleven. The Democratic |
majority on the State ticket will probably |
reach IS 900. go. Harrison Dudington, Mayor |
Of Milwaukee, hts accepted a call, signed with
out respect to party, to run for Congress in the
Fourth Wisconsin District The Republicans
will make no nomination. The Democrats |
Of the First Massachusetts, District nominated
Louis Lapham for Congress. ...J. NJ. s. |
Williams was nominated for Congress by the
Republicans of the Eighth Massachusetts
District. -. Charles j. Everett was nomi-
mated for Congress by the Republican Con-
vention of the Thirteenth New York District.
Balances in the United States Treasury
Currency, $13, ,035 special deposit of legal
tenders for the redemption of certificates of
deposit, $5S, $40, goo coin, $40, All, 265 in
Guiding coin certificates, $23, 799 400; out
standing legal tenders, $685., 900, OO0 -. The
United States Treasurer received an anony-
nous note from Philadelphia signed " Con-
SCIENCE" inclosing a check for $1,000, to
cover duty on personal apparel imported for
his own use, since the year 1885, with interest.
The Treasurer also received $25 from New
York to the credit of Customs. Luther
Bryant, New York street-peddler, was ar
rested and locked up in the Tombs on charge
of buying stolen postage and revenue stamps
While in Jail thieves broke into his room in a
tenement-house on Forsyth street, aud stole
all his savings, amounting to 100, "A
meeting Of Cubans at Kingston, Jamaica, to
celebrate the anniversary Of the declaration Of
Cuban independence, was dispersed by the
police ..... A party of seven persons, who left
Yanktown, Oak, for the Black Hills gold
fields, were attacked by Brule Sioux, and lost
one killed and three wounded. The Indians
lost ten killed and wounded. 80. The missing
letters in the Won Arnim case are said to be
those written to Count Won Arnim by Bismarck,
with the intention of forcing him to resign the
French mission. ..A German man-of-war
recently entered one Of the harbors of the
Navigator's Islands and demanded $18, 900 in
demnity under threat that if it was not paid
the commander would take possession of the
islands. Six thousand dollars we're paid, and
the balance is to be paid in six months.
A special dispatch to the London Times says
famine prevails in the Russian provinces of
Kherson and Bessarabia. ia blacksmith
shop at Orangeville was destroyed by fire
recently. Two children, son of Mr.. Ireland
and daughter of Mr.. Gray, were consumed in
age, residing in Frankford, Penn, was found
near Bridesburg with his head blown off. He
had been cunning. 80. Miss Emily Rogers
was killed at Martin, Mich, by the explosion
of powder with which her brothers were play
ing Mr.. Charles W. Arthur has sued the
city of Brooklyn to recover $4,000 damages
for the drowning of his sons Edward and
in IN, Sivth 10 y;Y1Io
49,. A very successful balloon ascension was
made by Professor Donaldson, who was &C
. companied by a bridal party of six persons.
: At the height of about mile above the city
the marriage ceremony was performed The
balloon landed safely about three miles from
the place of ascension. "A man named
Finacane murdered Matthew Lyan in Chicago
for accusing him Of theft. A boy twelve
years of age shot and killed companion few
years younger in New York tenement house.
..... Cecil auckland, lately appointed by the
Ne,o York Times as its special correspondent
at the headquarters Of Don Carlos, was cap
tured by the Republicans a few days ago, and
shot. .... The shipping house of the Changers
in San Francisco has failed, with heavy liabili-
, ties.
The Republicans at Chester, Mass. nomi-
mated Henry Alexander for Congress. ...Gov.
5 Talbot has accepted the nomination for Gov
) ernor by the Massachusetts Republicans.
. The Legislature of Vermont reelected George
+. Edmunds to be United States Senator. In
the Senate the vote was % to /, in the House
A ISL to 81. The Democrats voted for Edward
a ]. Phelps, and cast 48 votes. The balance OF
| the votes were for Hon. Charles W. Willard, OF
. Montpelier. -. The Republicans of the First
District of Illinois nominated the Hon. Sidney
Smith for Congress, and the Republicans OF
the Third District renominated the Hon.
Charles B. Farwell by reclamation The
, engine, baggage Car and one OF the second
: class passenger cars on the Memphis and
Little Rock Railroad we're thrown from the
track recently. The fireman and brakeman
were killed, and several passengers were
severely, but not dangerously, injured. 49,.
Carl Formes, the celebrated operate basso
singer. is dead. 1t is estimated that the
, liabilities of e. E. Morgan's Sons, the Cali
3 fornia Grange agents, are more than $3.50, 000
4 It is also said that the Changers of Californis
{ and Oregon are not sufferers by the failure
> although there are ugly reports to the con
3 trary. :. In the case of Phelps, the New
3 York State Treasurer, who was found guilty
! of fraud, the court directed that the prisone
be confined in the Albany penitentiary for five
years upon each of the convictions, making
, fifteen years in all.
, George o. Cannon, delegate to Congress