Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-12-05

tunnel is to be rs feet in diameter . The late
leaa-diseOyeries In Eewburyport Macs, cause
much excitement and large amount Of land
and mining speculatons. The ore is found
abundant in quantity and rich in quality. One
vein opened is from three to six feet thick and
Of unknown length. IAN Italian lAborer
vas killed on Pennsylvania railroad, and his
companions, BY way Of revenging his death,
| fred into passing Train with rife. Fortu-
nstely NOBODY was injured. .... 1t is expected
that arrangements will be made satisfactorily
to the Philadelphia weavers and that they vii
keep at work all winter. ....., United States
Postmaster General Jewell ordered the disoon-
tinuing Of the pay and services Of John 7.
Callaghan, special agent of the department,
for loaning to his brother an annual pass from
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad Com
pany, which had been granted to him solely
upon the ground that he was an accredited
special agent of the Post-0fice department.
IAN extensive cave occurred at the Seneca
mines oSned.by the Pittston and Elmira Rail-
road Company, at Pittston, Penn. Five or six
men were at work getting out coal when the
roof gave way with terrible crash, killing
Elias Davis and Henry Jenkins, and dan
gerously injuring John S. Williams. ... The
regular lower coast packet Empire, Captain
Jeanfreau sunk to her upper deck at her
landing in New Orleans and fourteen passen-
gers and many of the crew lost their lives.
They were asleep at the time, and the boat
sunk so rapidly that the unfortunate sufferers
could not be awakened in time to escape. .....
The only hope, says the Boston Advertiser, a
new party in Massachusetts, has of ever taking
more substantial shape 10 in the withdrawal
of one or both Of the old parties from the field
1t adds that they will not do that at present
.... 1t is estimated, says the Commissioner
Of Customs of the United States, that the
American tourists returning from Europe dur
ing the year ending June So 1872, numbered
$3.50 and each person brought, on the aver
age, seven trunks filled with dutiable goods,
claimed to be personal luggage not dutiable.
We have thus an aggregate of 257, $40 trunks
filed with articles claimed as duty free, repre-
senting, on a valuation of $500 for each trunk,
the enormous sum of 1928, 800 900. .. The
wrestling match for $500 and the championship
of New Jersey took place between James
Bailey and David Howard, and was won by
Bailey. Both men were badly bruised and
injured. g - -
The newspaper publishers Of Connecticut
have adopted resolutions fixing the additional
, charge on subscriptions, to cover postage
at ten cents year for weeklies and sixty cents
for dailies. THE Sultan Of Turkey has
promulgated decree forbidding the Governor
of Syria from carrying into execution his threat
to suppress all Protestant schools in his pro-
vince. ..... Thirty-two of the Turks charged
with the recent murders Of Montenegrins, il
the province of Albania, have been convicted
t and each sentenced to twenty years imprison
< ment... The Polar exploring expedition tt
be fitted out by the British government vii
= consist of two steamers. Captain Markham
o Of the royal navy, will command one of them
0 The expedition will start for the Arctic region
It next May Lord Derby, of England, re
a plying to deputation, promised that tn,
o government would address friendly remon
l. STRANGE to the Porte in favor of the persecutet
d Christians in Syria. 49,. The report of dis
Il covery of Socialist conspiracy in Russia i
Q officially denied. 1t is probable that the repor
/ originated from the appointment Of discip
o linary committee to inquire into the recen
h turbulent conduct of the students of tn
s medical academy there $780,. .ts
Q Every one of the employees of the NeV
), Jersey Central Railroad Company was given
y turkey by Superintendent Riker on Thanks
giving day. 1t is estimated that the vintag
in California this year will reach 100000
> gallons last year it was less than 1000, 0O
,... The Nevada Legislature will stand
- neutrality-suspicious., 10; Democrats, 7. Al
> sembly-Democrats, II Republicans 81 In
~ dependents, g. The Republican majority o
. joint ballot is %. 49,. The employing cooper
. of New York. about twenty three firms, de
% clared their determination not to yield to th
journeymen's demands. 49,. Four OF the ere
~ of fishing vessel were drowned off Newcastle
- N. H., while returning to their vessel in
- small boat. Another Of the party was rel
IN cued. All of the party were intoxicated. =.
70 Divers at work removing the freight frol
NJ the wreck Of the steamer Empire at Ne
o Orleans, found the cabin broken loose, an
~ the bodies entangled in it swept away. Anon
of these included the Kemper family, all the eth'
Of women, cabin boys pantry men, walters, etC
n diver who went down into the hull repor
40 that it was much broken, the hog chains beir
, wrenched completely out of the boat, leavir
n large hole, which must have been und
ia water, and caused the vessel with her hea'
wv cargo, to sink almost Immediately.