Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-05-02
2 NEWS OF THE DAY.

The steamship MAliva. with the body Of
Dr. Livingstone on board, arrived at South
ampton, England. The remains were disem-
barked, were formally received by the Mayor,
and escorted to the railway station. Dating
the passage Of the precess,on minute guns
we're fired and tie bells Of the city tolled.
Merchants closed their stores and flags were
placed at half-mAst. .... "A shocking explosion
occurred in a coal mine at DukinReld, near
Ashton Under-Lyne, Lancashire A large NUM-
Der OF miners were killed and injured, many of
the latter being terribly burned. Fifty-three
bodies have been recovered. These are be-
leved to have been all that were killed. One
hundred men, who were left in the mine alive
after the accident, were safely rescued. The
explosion was caused by the use of naked
lights. "A duel was fought at Toulme near
Bay st. Louis, Mississippi, between Wallace
Wood and A. j. Bachemin. The weapons were
dueling pistols, and the distance twelve PAGES,
Bachemin was shot through the thigh at the
first fire Wood was unhurt. The entire party,
all of whom are from New Orleans, were
arrested by the Mississippi authorities. The
party includes several newspaper reporters
A tornado passed over and through Nashville
from West to East, doing an immense amount
of damage. 1t struck the city at the fair
grounds, passing diagonally through the city
and out by the University and Mount Olivet
Cemetery. It's width seems to have been
about a quarter of mile. Many poor
families are rendered homeless. 1t is feared
there has been serious damage to property and
loss of life along IT'D track.
The Ohio Constitutional Convention took
the female suffrage question from the table
and killed it forty-one votes against and
forty-nine in favor, being four less than a
constitutional majority. The convention
adopted the present educational article, with
the addition that women having the qualifca-
tons of electors except as to sex may hold any
Office under the school laws except State Com.
missioner of Schools. $50. Alice Mason Sum.
ner, the divorced wife of the late lamented
Senator, has filed petition in the Probate
Court, of Boston. asking that her name may be
changed to that of Alice Mason, for the reason
that "she had been divorced from her late
husband who has since deceased, and desires
to resume her maiden name" The citation
has issued, and the case will be heard on Mon
day. May 4, next. The New England
Methodist Conference has adopted the repor
of its Committee On Temperance which con
tanned a resolve that, =" as patriotic citizens
philanthropists, and ministers of the Lore
Jesus, we can hold no attitude toward the vas
system of iniquity other. than that of total alb
stinence from the use, and in favor of the lega
prohibition Of the sale of Intoxicating drinks.
... The U. S. House Committee on Terri
tories agreed to report bill for tn,
admission of New Mexico into the Union as
State. zee. The trial of Archbishop Ledochow
ski at Berlin. for violation of the Ecclesiastical
laws, resulted in conviction, and he has beef
sentenced in Contaneaoian1 to dismissal iron
his see. No appeal from the judgment will b
allowed. 800. Owing to what he regards as tn
unfavorable action of the International Com
mission in regard to tolls ON tonnage through
the Suez Canal NJ. de Lesseps threatens t.
dismiss his pilots and extinguish the lights il
the lighthouses, thus virtually closing the cana
900. The Grand Jury in Exeter, N. H., hav
found an indictment against the Easter
Railroad Company for causing the death 0
James D. Pillow, at Portsmouth