Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-12-12
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
Interesting Items from Home and
Abroad.

Interesting Items from Home and
Abroad.
The report OF the Commissioner OF Internal |
Revenue Of the United States shows the follow |
ing results: The aggregate receipts from all
sources, exclusive OF duty upon the capital,
circulation aud deposits Of national banks and !
collections made by contract under the act Of
May s, 1872, for the fiscal year ended June 80,
1874, we're s102, GA, TAG 90, exceeding his esti
mate by SAGA, 7469s. The report shows the
total production of spirits during the fiscal
year from materials other than fruit was 6s,-
sos, S7& gallons. Total production from fruit,
76s, 6Ss gallons. Aggregate productions from
all sources, e9, 5T2, 0e2 taxable gallons. During
the last fscal year 1850 fruit dis.illeries were
registered and 2,s41 operated; and 700 distil-
leries, other than fruit, we're registered and
665 operated. The receipts from all sources
relating to fermented liquors were 50, S04, 679
the number of brewers engaged; 1884. The
total receipts from the manufacture and sale
of tobacco, snuff, and cigars, in all their forms,
we're s99, 242, s7562, showing, as compared
with the previous fiscal year, decrease of
81, 149, 427.4i. The number Of cigars, cheroots,
etc., ON which taxes were collected during the
fiscal year ended June 80, 1874, was !, S66 697,-
49S, being in excess of the number on which
taxes were collected the previous fiscal year by
1862, 1852. The following shows the receipts
from all sources other than spirits, tobacco,
and fermented liquors for 1874: Bank de-
posits savings banks capital, bank circulation,
30, 1881, 100; adhesive stamps, sc, 1876, S44 pen
alties, 1854, ZIG; articles and occupations for
merly taxed but now exempt, 1874, $50. The
total receipts from stamps on bank checks
etc., perfumery, cosmetics, patent medicines
matches, ETC., being the remnants of what
were known under the revenue laws originally
as documentary and proprietary stamps, were
for the last fiscal year &c. 1876, S44.
In the case Of the libel suit brought by
Henry @. Bowen against Demas Barnes, of the
Brooklyn argus, the jury found verdict of
{" not guilty" The court and the jury de-
clarod the vindication of the character of the
late Mrs. Bowen against the charges made,
as full entire and complete. 49,. The estate of
the late Coll James Fisk, Jr., who was believed
to be immensely wealthy, is sufficient to meet
all demands provided there is no judgment
in favor Of the brokers who have sued it, and
there is no probability that the cases will eve
be carried to judgment. Isaac Butts, a
wealthy and prominent citizen, and for many
years editor Of the Rochester Union and
Advertiser, died after a painful illness. go.
terrible explosion occurred in colliery at
Warren Vale, near Rawmarsh, West Riding of
Yorkshire, England. The total number of
killed by the explosion is tTenty-four. Ten
men were rescued more or less injured.
Shade Westmoreland, alias Shade Wood, was
hanged at Chattanooga, in the presence OF
5000 persons, for the murder of William En-
berling, in May of 1871. Westmoreland con-
fessed the murder. but said that false swear
ing had placed him in his present condition,
and expressed a hope of meeting those who
had sworn his life away in the better world.
The rope was cut at 1:25 P. M, and inf ten
minutes Wood was pronounced dead. In fifteen
minutes he was cut down, and his remains in
tered in the city cemetery.
The banditti of the Southwest have added
child stealing to their other crimes the chill
paid for their release. .... Two miners at
Lawrence, Ohio, were instantly killed by q
boiler explosion at the Maple Grove mines.
The trot for purse of $4,000, mile heats
best three in five, to wagon, at San Francisco
was won by Fullerton in three straight heats
Time, 2:2O1, 1929, and 2:213. Occident ant
Sam Purdy was his competitors . The
Arcadian club OF New York, at reception
given to DR.. Hayes, announced an earnes
wish that the Congress of the United States
should promptly and literally equip an ex
petition to the North Pole, and intrust it
command to DR.. Hayes as the true 'master o
the situation. 900. The official vote for Gov
ernor of Massachusetts is as follows William
Castor, Dem, SO, 1916; Thomas Talbot Rep.
1884. Gaston's majority 7,032.
In trial lately it was shown that most Of tn
"Rhine wine" sold in the United States wa
made from apples, and never crossed th
ocean. -. The death of James Reilly an,
wife, their son James, five years of age, an,
AL dSOu MOLudu uldIJ Nu6ldl, II
New York, it was shown at the inquest, wa
caused becauseI Reilly was too drunk to he'll
them. The fire had its origin in wood shed
and was kindled by a four-ear-old boy VIII
wished to warm himself &C.. In Louisville
duel was fought between two medical student
and one Of them wounded. 1t WAS fought i
a room at night in the dark, and two shot
were exchanged. IA bill will be introduce
in'the next United States Congress asking TIN
government to aid the Southern Pacific raj
road by guaranteeing the payment of tn
interest of forty year five per cent. golt
interest-bearing bond to the amount of $40
600, 600. go. Reports from Alabama state thf
the tornado which passed over portion
that State was three miles in width. tt
country for distance of thirty miles was
, vastated, Trees were uprooted, houses dems
ished and fences torn down the entire distanc
The total loss of life was nearly thirty,
=. which six were killed at Tuscumbia The fol
leading States in the Grange movement a
Iowa, Indiana, Missouri, and Illinois, havir
1894, 1858, 1929 and 1889 organization
: respectively.
Six more bodies have been recovered fro
the wreck of the Empire at New Orlean
| including those of Mr.. and Mrs. Kemper. II
total number of bodies recovered thus far
%. .... The United States Treasury depal
l ment has made formal demand upon Il
Central Pacific Railroad Company for five p
cent. of it's net earnings since-the complete
: of the road. -. BY the official vote Of Mi
= nesota the majority of Dunnell, Rep, ov
: White Dem. ia 1905 In the Second Distri