Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-10-31
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
Interesting Items from Home and
Abroad.

England, having refused TO consent to sreduc-
tion Of 20 per cent In their wages, have been {
locked out to the number OF 5000. 80. The ,
East Parish Church Of Aberdeen, the finest
edifce Of its kind in the north OF Scotland, has
been destroyed by fire. -. The Archbishop
OF Cologne has been released after an i'm
prisonment OF six months and nine days. The
remainder of the term for which he was sem
fenced will be treated as cancelled. AT
the Toronto Assizes Charles Leavit was SEN
fenced to imprisonment for life in the Pro-
vincial Penitentiary for committing burglary
in Yorkville. Leavitt was the accomplish Of a
burglar who entered the house of Joseph Dain
last winter, and in a struggle which ensued
Dain was dangerously wounded. .... Rice is
now the best-paying crop Of the South. High
land rice yields twice as many bushels to an
acre as Indian corn. .....J. o. Hanson, of
Morgan county, Ga, shot his father twice
fatally. After committing the act he fed and
has not since been heard from. Liquor was
the Cause Of this crime . John Means, Re
publican, has been nominated for Congress
from the Tenth District Of Kentucky .... The
Democrats of the Twenty ninth New York
Steuben county, for Congress Rufus S.
Frost was nominated for Congress by the Re-
publicans of the Fourth Massachusetts Dis
trict.
The Carlists shot nineteen natives OF Ma
varre, who were ssr4ing in the nsurgent army !
for INSTRUMENTATION AN explosion occurred
in building at Aspeitia, Spain, used for the
manufacture of cartridges for the Carlists,
J causing the instant death of eighteen persons
......T The complications between Denmark
and the German Empire in regard to the
Danish inhabitants Of Schleswig will probably
be submitted to the Queen of England for
arbitration . The Democrats of New York
city nominated ". Fl. Wickham for Mayor. .
A man at Salt Lake has just been convicted Of
murder committed fourteen years ago..
+ Weston, on his last attempt to walk 800 miles
in six days, failed, accomplishing but 346. $50.
A. W. Cutler was nominated for Congress by
' the New Jersey Fifth District Democratic Con-
a vention. A disastrous fire broke out in Paris
s destroying the piano mandatory of NJ. Hertz
= An immense stock Of material was burned,
! the loss being 1,250,000 francs ...... The
l position of Grand Master of the Free Masons
D of Ireland has been offered to the Duke of
: Abercorn, and it is understood that the position
will be accepted.
+ Fever is raging at Damascus. where IA, 900
s persons, including half the garrison, have
been attacked by the disease. .... The second
u ballots in the French councillor districts COM
It plete the election for the Councils General.
a The following is the total result Republicans
}, elected, 672; Monarchists, 604 Bonapartists,
9 1856 The Republicans have the majority in
U SO councils, the Monarchists in A. and in three
departments the councils are equally divided
', .....A severe engagement, which lasted ten
y hours, took place between the Republican
q army and 5000 Carlists at Arioja di Navarro
~ The latter lost 80 killed and wounded, and
withdrew to Estelia. The Right Rev. Francis
II Patrick Mcfarland, Bishop of the Roman
II Catholic Diocese Of Hartford, embracing the
e State of Connecticut, died recently aged fifty
n six. He was born at Franklin, Pa, and was
II educated at st. Mary's College at Emmitts-
q burgh, Md. Mrs. Young, of Mount Carmel,
l. ILL.,, went to Logansburg to collect some money
o said to be due her stepson from Mrs. Dona-
~ hoe, of the latter place. In dispute which
~ followed Mrs. Young shot Mrs. Donahoe with
= pistol, iDfcting a fatal wound.
4 The election returns from Ohio show that
rs the Democrats carried the State by large
IL majority Last year Allen was elected Gov
1T ernor by ST., Two years ago the Democrats
y of Indiana elected Hendricks for Governor by
ID majority of /, l4S. The Democrats have
- now elected their State ticket by from
5000 to 10000 majority. 49,. Last year the
Republicans of Iowa elected Carpenter fol
Governor over Vale, Autobiography and Demo
q crat, by 22,565 majority. The Republicans
~ have now elected their State ticket by a still
q larger majority ... In 1872 the Republicans
L elected Furnas Governor of Nebraska by
W majority of 5,316. The reports now show tina
'n the State went the same way and by about the
Id same majority. The U. s. House consists
At OF 292 membres, of whom 1877 are now Repub
* licans, and SO are Democrats and Liberals
OF giving the Republicans majority of 102. t,
,Ir carry the next House the Democrats must max
~ a gain of So. .--
ID The British ship Kingsbridge, from Londol
of for Sydney, came in collision in the Britis
al Channel with the ship Candahar and was sunk
,e Eleven of the crew of the Kingsbride wer
oo drowned DR.. J. @. Aver was renominate
- for Congress by the Republicans of the Sevent
Massachusetts, District. B. W. Harris wa
Au nominated in the Second District Stephe
10 B. French was nominated by the First Ne,
K York District Republican Congressional Con
an vention. Benz. II. Eames was renominate
n for Congress by the Republicans of the Firs
he Rhode Island District. In the Second Distric
* Latimer W. Ballou Was nominated on th
g. twenty-second ballot. "A young man, VIII
h. is heir to quarter of million of dollars, wa
IL arrested in New York for stealing 81, 500 wort
w of laces. The italian and American Consul
III at Bucharest have refused to open negotiation
a1 for commercial treaty while the Jews in Rot
OF mania are deprived of their civil rights. -.
I'd Tho inauguration of the Lincoln Monument O
DIS Springfield, ILL., attracted the largest concouis
On of military and civil celebrities ever gathere
ne within the capital city of Illinois. 49,. A CON
er pany of cavalry crossing from the Arkanss
III Valley to Fort Dodge, Kansas, found th
OF mutilated bodies of five men. Papers foun
90 on four of the bodies identified them as part
~ of Buffalo hunters, who left the settlement
az about six weeks ago. The hearts Of three {
II the victims were pierced with bullets an
ri. arrows. The legs and arms of one wer
ell broken and his body horribly mangled,
fl.
let Az NIGHT