Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-12-05
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
Interesting Item. ron Home and

.
Abroad. ~
The American Express compsnyS messen-
ger on the Toronto branch Of the Great
Western railway was robbed by FIVE masked
robbers The amount Of money lest lie s12, 900
to $4,000. .... Judge Dillon, in the United
States Circuit Court Of Nebraska, in the suit Of
the First National Bank against Douglas
county, rendered decision to the effect that
taxes can be collected from national banks,
whose capital stock Ia IN government bonds.
The amount eelleetable from the two national
banks Of Omaha for 1873 is SIS, 500 a.. The
extensive wooden mills OF John and James
Dobson, at the Falls Of the Schuylkill, Pa,
stopped running on account Of dissatisfaction
among the workmen in consequence Of noti-
ication from the employers that on and after
November Is their wages would be reduced
| The proposed reduction amounts to from ten
to twenty-five per cent on the present wages
and the men, believing that such change
will not provide them with even the neces-
sHries Of life, have determined to fight against
it to the last. d. Barney Mcmahon, Of Burkes-
vile, Mo-, fred log heap some distance from
/
examination by detective few days ago,
Several hair pins, small buttons and bones,
which looked like finger bones ana part OF an
upper jaw bone with teeth attached, we're
found. This led to the arrest of Mcmahon,
for the murder of his wife, who is missing. =.
A mysterious conspiracy, for the purpose, it is
believed, of overthrowing the government,
| hos han, -,
OF the most exalted personsges OF the empire
are implicated, and its ramifcations extend to
all parts of the country. Over 5000 arrests
have already beer made, including many
ladies, some of high rank,
The Council-General of France has rejected
proposition recommending the National AS
sembly to pass a bill granting amnesty for
political oGenses, with view to the release of
tho Communist prisoners E. 3. The temperance
mon in New York State gave Clark, their candi-
date for Governor, eleven thousand votes
Two years ago the temperance vote was less
than two hundred. -. Border warfare along
the Rio Grande is expected by the Texans,
who insist that there are regularly organized
expeditions on the Mexican side Of the river
waiting opportunities to dash into Texas and
steal and murder. a. There were Sc deaths
J from scarlet fever at Buffalo during the last
month. -. The house and barn of ]. Mitchell,
in Lancaster, Mass, were burned A child,
ten years of age, YVES so badly injured that it
died the following morning. -. The sailors
OF the Atlantic coast have fixed wages at $50
per month for short voyages and $25 for long
ones with $50 to $50 advance. . The great
, four-mile heat running race for purse OF
1926, OOe in gold, given by the Pacific Jockey
/ Club, took place at San Francisco and was Won
by Katie Pease four-year old, in two straight
: heats, in 7434 and 1851. Seven horses tool
) part in the race. 81
Mr.. Creswel says that it will require $780,.
900 to enable the commissioners of the lat,
J Freedmen's Bank to declare a dividend of &c
por cent, and as yet they have collected bu
, 10000. 49,. The Boston Globe announces
: new party in Massachusetts to be called the
: Peoples Reform Party. Lee, the Noun
tain Meadow massacre chief, says he is glat
the authorities captured him. and that he vii
make clean breast of the whole affair. HI
t is sixty years old, of good education and intel
q ligent appearance. He was Major of tn,
1 Nauvoo Legion. He claims a relationship will
y the Lees of Virginia, and has eighteen wives
. and ffty-four children. -. The following
= are the Congressman elected in Iowa, will
:, their majorities George W. McCrary, 1868
John G. Tufts, GAS l.. l.. Ainsworth SO
Henry O. Pratt, $780, James Wilson, 5,24S
h E. s. Sampson, 2,74S; John A. Casson, 1900
James W. McDill, 2,69S; Addison oliver
Y 5,S1S. OF this number all but Ainsworth, il
the Third District, are Republicans . .Dal
b Gallagher stabbed an inoffensive bartender
named Lehey, at Heorne, Texas, plungn
d huge knife through and nearly cuttn
Lehey's heart in two, afterward withdrawing
9 it, and laughingly remarked that now he wa
Il even. He was lynched within an hour. :. {.
Arkansas is in trouble again, and anothe
Il Governor wants the State chair A number @
=. leading men have acknowledged Smith q
~ Governor, instead of Garland, who is now i
10 possession of the office. 80. The net receipt
- of the United States Post Office Departmer
for the last fiscal year were $11 1885, 816 81
and the total warrants drawn on account {
expenditures 81, 500, ZIG. .. The report
q the Treasurer of the United States for the lat
40 fiscal year shows q total Of receipts wit
u = balance on hand of 1892, 97S, 7O6 Of ther
Il receipts $439, 272 ,535 were from loans; $163
10 109,S33 from customs; $102, 4O9,7 84 from il
m ternal revenue, and 1882, 1913 from lane
n sold. The expenditures for the year sho
k total of $742, 247, 173, of which war toe
ir $47, 024 1872; navy $39, 277, 346, and the publ
8, debt 1881, 30S, 633. Balance on hand Jul
We 30th 1874, was $3.50, 1883.
ae The official vote of New York city WI
us Tilden, 1928; Dix, 44,S71. Tilden's majorit
s AZ, 752. .... The official vote of the State
NJ New Jersey gives Bedel 97,254 Halsey, 81, "a
+ in 1872, Greeley but 76, 400, and Grant 81 &c
~. The Congressional vote OF the State is
pt follows First District Sinnickson, Rep, l.
20S; Albertson, DEM, 1909. Sinnicksol
majority in 1874, 1889; Hazelton's in 49,
1894. Second District-Dobbins, Rep, i
E 977; Smith, Dem, 3,009. Dobbinss major
40. in 1874, 1868; do. in 1872, 2,405. Third D
=, trict-Ross, DEM, Is, 6S4 Clark, Rep, 49,
=. Ross's majority in 1874, 2,041 !; Clark's in 1S
- 2176. Fourth District Hamilton, Dem,
ler 584 Ploze, Rep, 9,941. Hsmilton's major
OF in 1874, 1888 do. in 1872, 2,4e4. Fifth D
ter trict-Cutler, Dem, ii ,67e; Phelps, Rep,
me 672. Cutters majority in 1874, 4 Phelpss,
re- 1879, 2,715. Sixth Dstrict-Teese, Dem, /
ON SIG; Ward, Rep, 13,76s. Teese's majority
,lv 1874, 1903; Wards, in 1879, 5,65S. Sever
oh District Hardenberg DEM, 1872; Scudd