Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-12-19
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
I'e~'s Of Interest from Home and Abroad.


five have failed and 1877 have gone into volun-
tary liquidation, leaving ?, OPS banks in exist
ence. The total circulation OF these banks il
1881, 927, 246, leaving s2,O72, 754 net Issued of
the amount authorized, The amount OF taxes
paid into the Treasury OF the United States by
the national banks during the year ending
July l, 1874, was 81, US3, S9s. Of which IS 4O4,-
600 were derived fren, circulation. The aver
age rate 81 taxation assessed upon the capital
OF the national banks is estimated at from to
81 per cent. The Comptroller recommends the
repeal of the two-cent stamp tax. Tho Treas
urer Of the United States holds 1886, 100000 Of
United States bonds as security for calculating
notes. .... The report OF tie Postmaster
General OF the United States shows that the
revsnues for the year ending June 80, 1873,
we're s24 500, SOS, and the expenditures, 1872 1876
Ala. The estimated expenditures for the year
ending June 80, 1876, are $50, 964, OS4; tota
estimated revenue 500, 14S, 1876, leaving de-
fciency to be appropriated out Of the penstal
/ treasury OF 7,sl5,s7s, The estimates do not
include appropriations for steamship service
( and stamps, amounting to $2,099, 500. The
number of post-oftices in operation June 80,
| 1874, was 34,294; total number OF appoint
ments during the year, 9, 424. The Postmaster
General says nothing relative to the new postal
law that has not been published before. He
thinks that from the law there will be con-
siderable increase in the revenue.
Dates from Australia cay that the cutter
Lapwing with crew Of four white men, and
several native sailors, while ON the passage
from New Caledonia. stopped at the island Of
Santa Cruz fot provisions. The savages mas
sacred her captain, officers, and all the crew
but one native sailor. 80. George simms,
colored, was hanged at Covington, Ga, for
committing an outrage on white woman in
November, 1873. He confessed his guilt.
The official canvass of the late election in
Dakota shows the vote for delegate to Con-
Armstrong, DEM, also, Kidder's majority,
2,4Q5. Mrs. Mary Barton, OF Stoney Point,
dropped dead from fright on hbsripg loud
thunder clap during the late storm .... "A
schooner ran down fishing boat with six per-
sons Oh board off Deer Island, Me. Mr.. and
Mrs. Lambert were drowned, another lady was
picked up almost dead, and three young men
saved their lives by climbing on board the
schooner. ... A coropers inquest was held at
St. GATHERINGS on the body of Mrs. Steep,
found drowned in the Welland Canal. The
Jury returned verdict that the deceased came
to her death by violence at the hands Of her
husband. ... The wife of the murdered man
|
birth to male child in the Bathurst, N. B.,
) jail. Gallian. before his execution, confessed
to the paternity Of the child. Mrs. Poulin hat
been sentenced to be hanged.
The official count Of the vote on the State
ticket in Missouri gives Hardin, DEM, fol
Governor, 81, 462 majority. The sailors a
St. John, N. B, are Gu strike. They demand
$50 for the run to Europe. The Kentuck.
t Library drawing has again been postponed
+ until February next. .... Henry W. Richmond
while watching game of keno in a Troy gam
bling house, dropped dead Of heart disease.
carpenter named Elias Williams be AN tn
l erection Of wooden frame house Il Hamilton
county, N. Y. He hired George Smith t.
S assist him. One day, after they had dram
many times, the two men quarreled. William
e threw Smith over a saw-horse, andH a han
l. saw sawed eff his head. His a cooling, re
morse came, and he cut his own throat wit
h the saw, falling corpse beside the remsins c
- Smith. lad named Grant Witnessed tn
awful tragedy, and carried the news two mile
to the people who reside nearest the scene {
tba ma ma nm
u Smith bachelor. .. The Inspector Generi
of the United States army says, in his annu,
report, that regulation is much needed il
20 ficting some punishment on soldiers VIII
Us marry without proper permission. Militai
posts are sometimes overrun with wives
h enlisted men. In England the soldiers of IL
army are encouraged to marry, and marie
soldiers are much favored over the single me
by the officers.
" There were two shocks of earthquake
70 Oreana, New, lasting two minutes. No damat
o was done. 800. The United States Commissar
> General reports that during the year endh
% June 80 the average cost of complete ration
ID ten of the principal points of purchase W
Il: 16 77-100 cents ... The seamen and marin
z who specially distinguished themselves in tt
Ashantee campaign were presented with medf
H. by the Queen at Windsor " The invento
Ia of the estate of the late Samuel Williston,
East Hampton Mass, foots up $1,0l5, Ill, a
- the residue to go to Amherst College, after
=, other requests are paid, will amount to $29
IN 900. .... James Meggs a mining boss for
he colliery at Grardville, Pa, was found de
X inside the mine. 1t is supposed he was ov'
come by foul gas and suffocated. "A schoon
ly name unknown, was struck by squat off Car
lis Hook Island in the Highlands of the HudsC
of and was capsized and sunk. All on boa
10 persisted. The crew consisted of three persol
-, 49,. The will Of the late Moses Day, of Bostc
- disposes of 100000 worth of property, a
. bequeaths $4,000 to various educational a
Vi charitable institutions. He gives $4,000 ca
d. to Amherst, Williams, Harvard, and TUT
se Colleges, and provides for the expenditure
he $4,000 for charitable purposes and the exit
he ton of Christ's kingdom on earth" I
nv scow Pearl, Of Fairport, Mich, came ashore
90 Geneva. On board were found the body
bo a man, supposed to be j. Graham, of Fairpc
:, and the body of boy about fourteen years
-, age, both evidently frozen to death, the bod
sou being completely covered with ice. The
was dashed to the rigging. The scow wa
total wreck, and has the appearance of be
IN run into. e.. Mayor Hayemeyer, of New Yo
ng dropped dead in his Office while attending
tut official business. He was seventy Years of a
ng having been born in New York in 1904. At
n time of his death he was serving his third te