Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-06-26

COLLISION, anu put MS snip ABOUT tWlcc In the
endeavor to pick up some Of the crew, but the
sea running high, aud the night thick, he was
unable 10 find any Of them. e. -Four prisoners
escaped from the house Of correction at South
Boston, Mass, by jumping from a window in
an upper story to roof below, distance Of
thirty feet, and thence to the ground. e. The
body of Miss Ada Marble, a much-esteemed
young lady of Harmony Me-, was found in the
river at that place, and Indications point to
outrage and murder. The st. louis millers
have petitioned the Merchants Exchange to
strike wheat from the list Of articles sold on
call, alleging that this kind Of speculation pro-
duces illegitimate fluctuations ruinous to man
ufacturers of flour, and is altogether disrepu-
table e. "A burglar entered the house Of a Mr..
Shute, of Brooklyn, N. Y, and on that gentle
man awakening and attempting to secure the
thief, he was shot twice fatally in the neck by
the miscreant, who made good his escape.
The Sultan of Zanzibar has landed in Eng
land on a visit. "A storm in France has
done great damage to property. A loss Of over
IL, 900, 900 francs is reported in Paris alone. A
house WAS Frustrated in the south of France
and eleven persons killed. -. The Mexican
Congress refused to impeach the President Of
the republic. 49,. The New Hampshire Legls-
lature elected Person O. Cheney, Republican,
as Governor. 80. The inhabitants of Kuiliang,
China attacked the American M. L. Church at
that city, in consequence OF a quarrel arising
from superstitious belief among the natives
that children we're maltreated by missionaries.
..... Indian Commissioner Smith says that
the report of Cochise's band Of Apaches raiding
outside of their reservation is incorrect $50.
Yale College has just dedicated fine new boat
house. go. Jefferson Davis has accepted the
Presidency Of the Texas Mechanical and Agri-
cultural College at Bryan at salary of 81, 900,
..... The oyster sloop Kate Burbank, with
a cargo of oysters, was stolen one night while
lying off Mariners Harbor, near Newark, N. J.
Three days afterward she was found near Bay
Ridge, stripped of her anchors, chains and
cargo. by recent decision of the United
States supreme court, the funds belonging to
benevolent societies have been declared subject
to taxation. Some cities are already preparing
to collect the same. E. The President has pro-
claimed the treaty for the extradition of crimi-
nails fugitives from JUSTICE between the Uni
ted States and Turkey. The treaty does not
apply to any crime Or offense of a political
character, and neither of tho contracting parties
is bound to deliver up its own citizens
The English government has received dis
patches confirming the reports of frightful
mortality among the natives Of the Fiji Islands
from epidemic measles. .....H. B. ClaHin &
Co., of New York, the largest dry goods house
in the country, with the exception of A. T..
Stewards, has been indicted for buying SNUG
gled goods to the value Of millions 49,. The
Pope in reply to an address presented to him
from students of colleges In America thanking
him for the elevation of Archbishop McCloskey
to the Cardinalate, alluded to the elegant re-
ception given to the appointment in America
and added: ut seems that the harvest in
America is ripe and laborers alone are wanting
You are preparing yourselves for that work.
Preach especially by example in order to con-
vert that great nation" "A tribunal at
Posen has sentenced the Prince Bishop, DR..
Forester, Of Prussia, to q fine of two Thousand
marks and one hundred and thirty-three days
Imprisonment, for illegally communicating
a priest. .... Walter P. JeDney, geologist OF
tho government Black Hills expedition, tele.
graphs to the Iudian commissioner that "the
greater area of the Black Hills is i'll Dakota
The formation in this vicinity is of present
oranlpvinol nd 10
cross through the hills and examine the gold
fields reported to exist near Harney's Peak"
Another terrible disaster is reported from
sea, by which over eighty persons are sup
posed to have been lost. The steamer State
of Georgia, from Glasgow to New York, picked
up a boat at sea containing five seamen in
half starved and frozen condition. Who STATED
that they were part of the crew of the steamer
Vicksburg, from Quebec for Glasgow, which
had been cut down by ice and foundered of
the coast Of Newfoundland, with all on board
They were kindly cared for by the officers O.
the Georgia, to whom they told their SAT
story, saying that the Vicksburg left Quebe,
Thursday, May 9th, with crew of sixty-iv,
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eight, of whom three were women. Whel
only three days out they found themselve
surrounded by ice, and used the greatest en-
deavors to escape from the many foes. The,
managed to keep on their way until Monda,
night at twelve o'clock, when they struck un
usually heavy ice in front, and on endeavorin;
to back out, the fans of the propeller wer
broken, when it was found the steamer wa
entirely surrounded by thick ice, which hat
forced large hole in the port quarter. TIL
break was stopped by canvas and other mate
rails, and the captain allayed the fears of al
on board by telling them he could reach st
Johns, which was only one hundred and twent
miles off. But the water gained rapidly an
put out the fires, and go forced them to &c
ready their boats. The first boat broke loos
from the davits, and partly filled with water
when these five survivors were ordered to bal
her out for the passengers, at which they wer
engaged when they saw the steamer lurch an
go down. with the captain and about fort
people, about ten o'clock Tuesday morning
Meanwhile second boat was got off, contain
ing ten seamen; and as the steamer sunk,
third boat with the chief officer and thirt
people floated off. The three boats, lily pre-
vided with the necessaries of life, kept togetll
CT as long as possible, but the floating ice 500
separated them, and the five seamen wer
nearly exhausted when picked up by the Geoi
gia on Saturday. AS the disaster occurred ia
out of the line of passing vessels nothing ha
been heard Of the other two boats, and it i
supposed they are lost which will swell tn
number of victims to more than eighty.
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