Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-06-03
NeWS.--ROiled Down,

John d. Mcclellan, "A telegraph operator
in Jersey City, has been indicted for man
slaughter for not giving an order which
would have prevented Il collision on the
Pennsylvania railroad by which three
lives were lost.
Plans for active military operations in
Cuba have been arranged, which are to
be put into immediate execution. The
Havana journals discuss the ~scandalous in
crease Of coItraband goods introduced in
to the island concealed in barrels of -four.
Two planters named Burgett and Girl
ders, living near Cat island, La, settled
a dispute, Thursday, with shot.guns. Bur-
gett, after having received five shots, was
bnaIly shot through the body, in the re-
gion Of the heart, and died soon after.
dc is the fourth brother killed in ccmbats
with neighbors.
Rhode Island is the only State iu the
Union in which is preserved the old custom
OF having the high s1eriff cry the election o.
the governor from the balcony of the
State house at Newport it has been kept
up ever since The charter was gtantcd to
the colony in 1868. The State house at
Newport is the same one that was used as
a hospital during the British and the
French occupation of the town. aul in
which the French erected an altar to say
mass for the sick and dying.
The Louisianaus are beginning to esti-
mate the cost of putting their levees in
shape TO resist next years freshet, and
have an eye and a half on the national
treasury for the means to pay lot the re-
pairs. According to the state chief engi-
neers some 5000, 600 cubic yards of le-
wee will have to DC built to save the State
from ordinary overflow, for the construc.
ton Of which the authorities think the
State canuot pay one-third.
Nineteen senators recorded their votes
Thursday, in favor of admitting women
to political equality with men. Among
them, were Mr.. Morton OF Indiana aud
Mr.. Washburn Of Massachusetts. Col
league Boutwell, voted mo-, as did Mr..
Roscoe Cankling of New York. Per
contra, Judge Poland. by direction Of
Gen. Buffers judiciary committee. asked
the House to excuse himself and associ.
ates from further consideration of a big
bundle of woman-suffrage petitions; and
the House excused them.
The conference of Duukards at Cirard.
ILL.,, adjourned, Thursday, after adopting
a number more of their queer restrictions,
aud appointing Miami Valley, o.. as the
place Of the next annual meeting. The
conference concluded 10 let each church
decile for itself in regard to The matter
of saluting coIored blethern with a holy
kiss voted that 1t was inconsistent with
their religion for their members TO Join
farmers clubs, and that the ungodly piano
and other musical instruments should not
be kept by members, although the council
could not preclude their use. Some 500
preachers were present during the meet
ING, representing an aggregate member.
ship OF $50, 600.
Mr.. Mellish, the New York congress.
man who died, the other day, after a ct of
insanity, left his family very poor, and,
at Judge Hears suggestion, his fellow.
congressman are making up bis subscrip-
ton for their benefit, no member giving
more than s25, but all probably contrIbu-
ting that, and so making a purse Of some.
thing like $1,000. Dir. Mellish e armed
his trade as printer in Worcester spy office,
was afterward proof-reader and reporter
on The New York press, and his body
comes to Massachusetts, for burial.
The correspondence of the British for.
eigD office, arising out Of the capture of
the flibuster steamer Virginius, and the
subsequent executions at Santiago de Gu.
ba, is officially published. 1t contains a
despatch Of a date as late as May I. 1874,
sent by the earl of Derby to Mr. Layard,
British minister at Madrid. 10 which the
former says: In view of the grave dit.
~6cultics of the government Of Spain. her
majesty's government has hitherto been uu-
willing to press for answer to its demand
for. acknowledgement of the wrong done,
and for compensation TO the relatives Of
the victims who were the subjects of Great
Britain. We now trust there will he no
further delay on the part Of the Spanish
government.