Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-02-27
NEWS OF THE DAY.


1t is ascertained from one of the Freedmsn's
Bank commissioners that all the branches are
now closed, and that the present prospect is /
that the depositors will not receive more than
forty or forty-iiye cents on the dollar. . In
the North Carolina House of Representatives
resolution was introduced thanking Mr.. Brown,
Of Kentucky, for his manly defense in Congress
Of the South and his dcnunciation of Mr..
Butler. Cordcla Powell, a child in New
York, was fatally burned by playing with
candle in her homo Oven Lindsay charged
with the murder of Francis 4. Calvin, in De-
eember, 1873, was found guilty at Syracuse,
n. Y, of murder in the first degree and SEN
fenced to be hanged ON Friday, March goth.
Lindsay received his sentence coolly. In
t. q a. animation into the bankruptcy of New
YORK dry goods house, it was shown that three
years ago their capital was S2Ol 900, and that
three months ago it was only $4,000. Gen.
FItz-John Porter has made another appeal to
President Grant for a new trial. He ssys he
has new evidence to offer. ..., The sharp
shooters who go TO Ireland from the United
States are all native Americans, and include
captain and nine men.
In the United States House of Representa-
tives Mr.. Dawes announced that the receipts
of the government during the last forty days
were $4,000 short of the estimates, and
that the deficit would probably be $4,000, 600.
.... The Chinese in the United States cele-
brated their New Years day on February 5th
and 9th in their peculiar way Mrs. John
Grabach, of Kearney junction, Nebraska,
killed her little step-daughter, aged four or five
years, by kicking the child down, and Jumping
upon her in fit of anger. The woman at
tempted recently to poison the child. ..... An
insane man, who was found lettering on the
grounds of the Executive mansion at Washing
ton at midnight, was arrested while attempting
to stop the Presidents carriage, which was re-
turning to the mansion with several of the
Presidents family. The same individual was
arrested several days before for being found at
night in the vicinity of the White House. 49,.
st. Mary's Catholic Church, in Putnam, Conn,
was destroyed by fire. Loss, $4,000. There
is no prospect whatever that any OF the sewing
machine companies will this season succeed in
obtaining an extension of their patents, not
withstanding the efforts which continue to be
made for that purpose.
President Grant signed the act to amend
the existing customs and internal revenue
laws and for other purposes, otherwise known
as the "Little Tariff bill DR.. Ricardo
who was tried on charge of attempting to XII
little Walter Shafer, to conceal a bungling
surgical operation, and who was convicted OF
assault, was sentenced to pay $500 fine ant
COSTS in Paterson, N. 49,. San Francisco
has again suffered several earthquake shocks
In the New York Assembly Mr.. r. c. Campbell
introduced a bill authorizing the supervisors il
the various counties to raise by taxation ant
appropriate such sums as they may deem neces
sary for the support Of tho poor. The
Shakers lost $4,000 by the fire at Noun
Lebanon. As there was no insurance the los
is severely felt. In the disaster to TIL,
Pacific Mail steamer Japan $50 Cinnamon los
their lives .. The Hoosac tunnel in Massa
chusetts cost $13, 900 and 142 lives t,
build.
Senator Carpenter delivered an address a
the Academy of Music in Milwaukee Wis, il
which he attributed his recent defeat largely t.
tho opposition of railroads. He paid higl
compliment to Mr.. Cameron, Senator elect
whom he knew to be firm and consistent Re
publican " The funeral of Senator Buck
ingham was the occasion of an immense out
pouring of the people of Lebanon, Conn, til
! town of his birth. The cities of Hartford
New Haven, and New London, the State gov
eminent, and the Senate of the United State
were represented by large official and privat
delegations ~ The first train through tn
Hoosac tunnel was composed of three grave
cars and box car filled with one hundred pas
sengers. The passage was made in thirty-iv
minutes. .. Count Yalmaseda has been al
pointed Captain-G General of Cuba, and wi
leave Spain on the 18th of February 80. Th
United States House committee on ways an
J means have decided in favor of additions
taxes on whisky, tobacco, sugar, and molasse
7 and restoration of ten per cent. Oh mant
features, but no tax on matches. Gener
Sheridan has reported to the Congression
investigating committee that 2,141 person
! ana since 1866 on account of their polite
: opinions.
Two children of Julius Block, at Portsmouth
. Ohio, were scaled to death by the upsettir
of water boiler on the stove. Mrs. Block WI
also badly scalded in trying to save them. .
A railroad train containing King Alfonso al
his suite was fred into by Carlists go. II
bank building, the Congregational Churc
and several other buildings at Farningto
N. H., were destroyed by fire. Loss, $4,000
.... In the United States district coul
Trenton, n j., Judge Nixon fined James Pa
, ker and James Griffin 50, 900 and costs for Sc
: ing liquor and tobacco without having paid Il
e special tax. ... "A Berlin special dispatch sa
y Prince Bismarck has given no intimation to al
G one that he intends to resign, and he is like
to remain in office as long as health permit
+. ... For the first time in forty years peop
crossed the North river at New York on the i
=, during the cold snap. .... The new tariff b
of the United States proposes to tax his
i wines 81 per gallon. The tax is now seven
Il cents. 1t increases the duty on import
u liquors. 1t adds four cents per pound
n tobacco. 1t repeats the tax on matches.
l. adds twenty-five per cent to the tax on syru
}, and molasses, and puts on the ten per cer
IS taken from various imports some time since.
70 kilograms from China say that civil war
e that country is considered imminent
d Twenty-three bishops have issued protest
behalf of the entire Roman Catholic Episcopa
10 of Germany against any such interference
the Papal election rs is foreshadowed in b
:, marck's late circular go. G. w. Jones, Den
y crat, was elected United States Senator fro