Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-09-19
NEWS OF TIE DAY.
Interesting Items from Home and
Abroad.

An explosion occurred in q coal mine at
Dour, Belgium. 1t is feared that few Of the
miners who were at work at the time can be
saved. 81. The Conservatives Of the Second
District OF Virginia have nominated the Hon.
John Goode for Congress. The Democrats
of the first District of Georgia have unani-
mously nominated Julian Hartridge. 49,. The
Democrats OF the Ninth Kentucky District
have nominated the Hon. Lamson Cochrane
Of Estill county, for Congress. s. A.
Cobb was renominated for Congress by the
Republicans Of the Second District of Kansas.
...... The Republicans Of the Sixth Illinois
District nominated Col Thomas ]. Henderson
for Congress -. The boiler in Shippen's
staye mill in Meadville, Pa, exploded Philip
Ubeck was killed. and several others slightly
injured. The mills we're completely demolish-
ed. ..... The civil guards over Bazaine, who
were arrested at Ste. Marguerite on charge of
conniving at his escape, have been released.
...... The cotton crop in one Of the districts of
Vera Cruz, Mexico, which last year yielded
100000 pounds, this year exceeds 600, 900
pounds. -. The sale of ten Bonapartist jour-
nails, all published in the French provinces, has
been prohibited by orders from the Minister Of
the Interior. go. The eruption Of Mt. Etna
shows no sign of abatement. The inhabitants
are fleeing from tho villages at the foot of the
mountain, but it is thought no harm will be
DONE The direction taken by the lava streams
is remote from the cultivated parts of the
mountain. E. The Martini-Hsnry rife, which
has been supplied lately to the British army,
is found to have so violent recoil that the
men are afraid to fire it,. LIN Michigan there
are seventy-nine Episcopal ministers.
A Mrs. Peters, living in Jersey City, at
tempted the old fashioned style of e1tinguish-
ing kerosene lamp by blowing. She blew the
flames into the oil and terrible explosion
followed. The burning oil was scattered over
her, and in a few seconds she was entirely
enveloped in flames. Her cries for help were
loud and agonizing. Her husband was absent
at the time. Several passersby, who saw the
woman in her agony, running up and down the
room, ran up stairs, and with great presence
Of mind, threw blanket over her and extin-
guished the flames, but not before she was
fatally burned. Her hands, face and body
were almost burned to crisp, and her injuries
were fatal. $50. "A new method Of navigation
was successfully tried on Long Island Sound.
boat was drawn by kite twenty-five miles
in three hours and quarter, no other motive
power being used -. The commission desig-
mated by the U. S. Secretary of the Treasury
to locate sites for lfe-saving stations upon the
coasts Of Virginia. Maryland and Delaware,
has completed its labors, having located
stations in the vicinity of the following named
points The southermost point Smiths Island,
Va. on Cobb's Island, Va; on Hog Island,
abreast of the lighthouse on Cedar Island Va
Immediately north of Watchapregue inlet, at a
, point near Chintoteague inlet, Va; on the
beach north Of Green Run inlet, Md; on the
beach north of Indian River inlet, Del, near
Rehoboth Bay, and on the beach, one-half
mile south of Cape Henlopen lighthouse, Del.
Oliver Satin, son of Judge Satin, aged
thirty-fve years, entered the dining-room al
the family residence at Cincinnati, where
his sister, aged thirty WAS sitting, and shot hel
with a shot gun. The contents entered hel
side, shattered her arm so that amputatior
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: She had previous to the shooting reprimanded
her brother for drinking. Young Satin was
= arrested and committed without BAIL He SAYS
. he has no recollection of the deed 80. The
: first Connecticut State parade OF the Catholic
Q Total Abstinence Union came Off at New
Haven. Every society in the Union, thirty-si1
4 in all, was in the line. Three Thousand mel
were in the ranks, and thirty-fye bands fur
q nished the music. Twenty prominent Catholic
:. clergymen, together with the officers of tn,
= State and National Unions, we're in carriages
> After the parade the processionists and citizen
B to the number of 5000 people formed meet
: ing in the Green. .... Information has beer
: received from ottawa that two hundred mer
|, of the Manitoba mounted police force have
!. deserted, many taking their horses with them
1 This 80 weakens the force that it is probable i
: will be obliged to return to Fort Garry withou
expelling the foreign traders from their en-
. trenched position on the Saskatchewan. The
, men who remain complain of insufficient ra
q tons and bad treatment generally.
!. The Republicans of Ohio, in State Conven.
: ton, denounced all forms of open or cover
+ reputation, and gave in their adherence t.
+ the law of March 49, 1869, providing for thu
3 payment of the bonds in gold favored tariff
: for revenue with such incidental protection al
may foster and encourage American industry
and ResolUed, That the restraint of intemperanc,
and its causes to the full extent of the legisla
tive, judicial and police powers of the State, ant
| Of ;oko
Q are demanded for the moral and materia
n welfare of society. The following ticket wa
nominated: For Secretary of State, A. T
o Wikoff, Of Adams; for Supreme Judge, fo
D long term, Luther Day, Of Portage; TO
Q Supreme Judge, for short term, W. W. John
l son, of Lawrence for School Commissioner
Thos. W. Harvey, of Lake for Clerk of the
Supreme Court, Rodney Foss, of Clinton TO
y member of the Board of Public Works
= Stephen r. Hosmer, of Muskingum. Thes
are all denominations, except johnson, who i
= nominated for the unexpired term of Judg
o Stone, resigned. =. The Peoples State Con
r vention of Missouri nominated VIM. Gentry
of Pettis county, for Governor by reclamation
and s. W. Headlee, of Greene county, Lieu
tenant Governor
q The Collector of Customs at Ell Paso Texas
i in letter to tho chief of the Bureau o
Statistics, says " We have not had drop o
rain in this vicinity for three hundred an
sixty-fve days. Everything is scorching he
> and burning up. Many of the cattle hav
!, died Of starvation. go. The oil refners 0
4 Canada, have completed their combination
It securing control of all the refneries in On