Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-04-25

An indictment has been found by the Grand
Jury of Polk county against Isaac Brand, ex-
Deputy State Treasurer Of Iowa, for embezzle-
merit Of the funds of the State TO the amount
of $4,000. 1t is not believed that the money
can be recovered as it appears that there is
some defect in his bonds ......A burglar in
Memphis, Tenn, was shot dead by police
man. The burglar was in the act of robbing
a store e.. An informal meeting of the direc-
tors of the East River Bridge Company was.
held, at which they asked that New York should
pay one-half of the cost of completing the
bridge which, it is estimated, can be done for
| $4,000, 600. The New York delegates expressed
themselves as willing to pay one-third Of the
cost, the same as heretofore, and implied, but
did not express, refusal to paw more. .....A
new line Of steamers has been established be.
tween Liverpool and Galveston. AT a
school exhibition in Middleton, Wis, kerosene
lamp exploded, and the audience of three hun
bred persons made rash for the door. After
all the men had got beyond the reach of
danger, two courageous women entered tlxN
building and smothered out the fire with over
coats and carpets. Forty persons were injured
in the panic.
The British Government will defray the ex-
penses of DR.. Livingstone's funeral, which is to
take place at Westminster Abbey ...... The
sovereignty of the Fiji Island has been form
ally rendered to Great Britain. Mr.. George
Mckenzie, the New York agent, says the
Europe, which was lost, was one of the finest
vessels owned by the company. Originally
side-wheeler, she was converted into pro-
peller last year, and considerably heightened
at Newcastle-on-Tyne. Her length was 426
feet, her breadth of beam A feet she regis
tered 1000 tons, and cost $1,000, 900. .... A
special dispatch from Calcutta reports that five
hundred natives have died from disease and
starvation in Hatcoul. The mortality from
the famine lis sensibly abated by the relief
measures of the Government. 49,. In Salem,
Mass, Mrs. Mary G. Leach, nurse attending
upon sick lady in Margin street, was burned
to death by the explosion of a kerosene lamp
... Two fishing boats were capsized off
Kenosha, Wis. -Four men were aboard of each.
One was seen dashed to one of the boats. The
others were drowned .... George Hewson,
fireman ON the Evansville and Cairo Railroad,
fell from train, the train passing over his
body, cutting it in two at the waist and sever
ing both legs and one arm Another muir
der and suicide occurred at San Francisco. A
man named Macy shot another named Cald-
well through the head, and then shot himself
in the region of the heart, and cannot survive.
The cause of the act is not known. m John
Il. McLeon, proprietor of the Cincinnati En-
quirer, was again sent to Jail for refusing to
answer question as to who furnished its in
formation on which to ground an alleged libel
lous article published in the Enquirer.
The Hon. R. NJ. T. Hunter was elected by
the General Assembly State Ire ,surer of Vir-
ginia vice Mayo, removed. -. The miners of
Black Diamond collery, Pictou county, N. s.,
have struck for higher wages . "A Berlin
dispatch to the London Daily Ne,Cs represents
that the Conservatives and Ultramontanes are
actively intriguing to supplant Prince Bismarck
by Gen. Won Manteuffel =. The Senate bill
appropriating 81, 600, 900 to erect Centennial
building in Philadelphia, passed the Pennsyl-
vania House by vote of 60 to 81 ... The
temperance crusade in Pittsburgh was stopped
,, by an order to the police to arrest all ladies
found praying or parading on the sidewalk.
4 A dispatcRfrom st. Johns, N. f., reports the
explosion of the boiler Of the steamer Tigress
a and the killing of two engineers and twenty Of
4 the crew. 49,. Winslow Radcliffe, who was ou
: of work and Respondent, committed suicide BY
q taking laudanum at North Attleboro, Mass
: and his son Benjamin, nervously affected, alst
= took laudanum, but his life was saved b,
prompt medical treatment. :. e. Three Thousand
8 golfers are on strike in Somersetshire, Eng
r land.
g An old man, supposed to be Bender of Kan
Q sas, was arrested in the southern portion o
= Utah Territory several weeks ago, and is nov
= in jail. Some persons who claim to hav
Il known him, identify him as Bender of Kansas
= . young man, supposed to be his son, is also il
= custody in Salt Creek. .... Ardazal, an Italia
% and captain of the sloop New Louisiana, en-
e tered the residence of Mr.. Jet, three mile
y from Orange, Texas, while the owner wa
10 absent, and murdered Mrs. Jet and two chi
% dren. A daughter, nearly grown escaped an
y q gave an alarm, and Mr.. Lyons and other cit
" zens arrived in time to catch Ardazal in tn
IS act of endeavoring to burn the bodies. He wa
IL Immediately arrested. Soon after the Sheri
70 entered the jail to give the prisoner supper,
20 crowd of armed men rushed in, overpowere
s. the officer, took the prisoner outside III
10 prison, and literally riddled him with bullet
:, $3.50. The steam boiler of a factory in Hami
m ton, near Glasgow, exploded with terrib
= effect. large portion of the boiler W;
ID driven several hundred feet through the a
ly and crashed into school house full of chi
i; dren Three of the children were instant
Id killed, and thirty are reported more or less il
n iured -. :. The French Government has r
or ceived dispatches from the Governor of Ne
ID Caledonia confirming the report of the escaI
l." of Rochefort and his companions, which WI
On effected with the connivance of several colo
~ lists. - A student Of Wilbraham, Mass
"a Academy, named LaTamore, was fatally sh
ry by the accidental discharge of pistol, 81
posed to have been unloaded. -. In gale
boat containing nine fishermen, who were sc
ting seines in the lake fifteen miles south
10 Chicago were capszed and seven Of the me