Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-07-24
SUMMARY OF NEWS.


Items of Interest from Hoze ana Abroad. |
The temperance people Of California nomi-
mated full State ticket. 80. The government
OF Mexico has issued s circular to the efest
that foreign vessels shall not be permitted to
do eoasting trade when there are national yes
sells which can do it,. The bureau Of sta
tisties at Washington report that there has
been falling of in imports in the past eleven
months Of $50 104, 2s9 and Of exports, in cur
rency value, sl6O, AS, 722, and gold value,
81, 2O4, 800 $3.50. Great excitement exists in
MatAmoras in consequence Of the Mexican
authorities arresting Gen. COrtins, who has
been accessory to the bandits who raided into
the United States. Cortina's police were also
imprisoned. -. The peasants Of Deva and
vicinity, in Pennsylvania, Austria, revolted
against the mobiles and defeated battalion of
militia. Regular troops were on their way to
put down the instruction. So. The measles
and typhoid fever still prevail with deadly
effect in the Fiji Islands and aid is to be sent
from Australia The French government
has appointed special committee for the pur-
pose of encouraging Frenchmen to participate
in the Philadelphia Centennial e1hibition......
The prospects of the growing cotton crop are
reported to be very good. 49,. In the diocesan
synod at Quebec the bishop instructed the
clergy to refuse to marry "all who refuse to
come to the church to be married" ... The
banks of Bowling Green, KY, have distributed
one hundred rifles among the inhabitants TO
protect the banks from the notorious James
and Younger brothers, who are suspected of
lurking in that vicinity. 49,. A negro named
Albert Brown, who outraged and murdered
little girl of five years at Tonawanda, Pa,
last August, was hanged at that place after
trial and conviction, He acknowledged the
crime.
The Philadelphia revenue officers seized the
large tobacco warehouse of Henry Mehl & Co.,
and took Mr.. Mehl into custody on a charge of
removing snuff from his factory unstamped
and improperly stamped. 49,. John Hughes
was hanged in the jail yard at Newton, N. j.,
for brutally numbering his wife in January
last. In his-remarks while upon the scaffold
he neither acknowledged or denied the crime,
although at the time of his arrest he admitted
IT,. Paris dispatches place the loss byinun-
dations in the southwestern portion of France
at 10000, and the number of lives lost at
three thousand. .... The official figures from
the Irish-American rifle match show the
Americans won by thirty-nine points instead
of thirty ight. .... The Swiss national council
has voted $4,000 to defray the expenses of
proper representation of Swiss products and
industry at the Philadelphia Centennial. 49,.
The assembly Of Cape Colony has unanimously
adopted resolutions in favor of the annexation
Of sundry independent territories south of
Natal, inhabited by one hundred and fifty
thousand Caffres. .... By the burning of the
stables of the East Genesee street railroad
company, at Auburn, N. Y, eighteen horses
persisted go. Private advices from the Black
Hills report extensive discoveries of gold.
Although the disaster on the Southern rail-
road of Long Island was one of the most dis
astrous that has lately taken place, the only
wonder is that loss of life was SO small. Dense
ly crowded trains were running to and from
Rockaway, and one of these trains collided,
| telescoping and turning scene of pleasure
into one of death. In one instant, as it were,
and with scarcely warning, seven persona
were instantly killed, six fatally and twenty
| two seriously injured. One engineer and fire.
man saved their lives by boldly leaping from
the locomotive while at full speed Two of
the men who were killed met their deaths as
they sat by the side of their wives and chill
dren, the latter escaping without a scratch
When the collision occurred the two locomo-
tives met, rose and toppled over the tender
of the up train, composed of four cars was
lifted up and deposited on the top of the
smoking car, partly crushing it in. 80. The
governors council of Massachusetts have de.
cided against Communication of the death sen.
tence pronounced against Jesse Psmeroy, the
boy murderer ......I 1t WAS expected that the
American rifle team would be kindly treated in
Ireland, but the courtesies they received were
far ahead of the widest imagination. From
the highest to the lowest every effort waf
made to make the greeting cordial, earnest
and heartfelt, and associations were formed
that will never be forgotten on either side Of
the Atlantic. Should the rifle team visit the
States again they will meet with a welcome
that cannot be expressed in words -. The
Toronto Globe publishes dispatches from al
parts of Canada, from which it appears tha
the fall wheat crop will be considerably below
the average on account of the winter-kill
The spring wheat promises an average crop
-. Generals Pillow and Forrest made speeches
at picnic of colored people at Memphis, OIL
the Fourth, and Forrest accepted bouquet
from them as token of reconciliation Dear
Stanley, preaching in Westminster Abbey
London, July 4th, referred to the American
declaration of independence and contrastet
the pleasant feelings now displayed between
the two countries to that felt few years ago
He said that now every American was proud Of
his English ancestry, and every Englishmar
was proud of Washington. IA young woman
tanned Lena Reitz. of New York, while bathing
by the surf and cried for help. A young mai
responded and started to her aid, but she sum
from sight before he reached her. He thel
turned for the shore, but became exhausted
and on another mans attempting to aid hin
they both went down and we're evidently
drowning. A Mr.. Lloyd who was near swan
to their rescue, but he also became exhausted
and was pulled out by young man who had 1
rope tied to his waist. The drowning of the
young woman and two men was witnessed b,
hundreds on the beach.
The German government has decided tt
build a naval hospital in San Francisco for the
benefit of their squadron in the Pacific. -. The
American rifle team were accorded grand re