Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-04-03
NEWS OF THE DAY.

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been living with the defendants for eighteen
months. Wallace W. Slason, business
man Of Keene, n. H., was killed by being run
over by passenger train on the Central Yer
mont railroad in Middebury. =. A post-mortem
examination of the body Of Alderman Bietler,
Of Philadelphia, found dead in his bed, shows
that he committed suicide with pistol, one
barrel Of which was discharged. He had been
Of unsound mind for some time IA destruc-
tive fire occurred in Montpelier, Vt, doing
much damage. 49,. The new United States
postal law, providing that the rates of postage
on all third class mail matter be increased
from one cent for every two ounces to one
cent per ounce or fraction thereof went into
effect in New York city. Magazines, which have
hitherto been mailed for four cents, now re-
quires postage of eight cents 90. The wool
hatfactories in Reading, Pa. will suspend opera
tons on the 18th Of April, owing TO the large
stock on hand and the dullness of the trade
$50. Red Star Line steamer was 1Os days
making passage from Antwerp to New York.
In the British House of Commons it was
announced that the government hadrefused to
grant the petition for the release of the Fenian
prisoners. John G. NJ. nThurn d Co.. mer-
chants in London, have failed. Their liabilities
are $10,000,000. The house has for many
years been engaged in the East India and
China trade. 49,. Some Of the people of Tip
perary would not illuminate their houses when
John Mitchell was elected and riot ensued.
..... the bill for the reorganization of the
French army passed the French Assembly.
The missing steamer B. H. Hart, running be-
tween Yicksburg, Miss, and Duncansby, sunk
on snag, with total loss of cargo and fifteen
lives. ... Holland and Denmark have ratified
the treaty with England for postal union.
Gov. Tllden, of New York, signed the bill
amending the act of 1874 to authorize tax of
seven-eights of mill per dollar of the valua-
ton of the year of 1874 for the construction of
new work upon and extraordinary repairs to the
canals of the State. .... There are 406 whisky
distilleries in the United States, with daily
capacity of 295, SIT gallons.
company Of United States cavar- is
ordered to start from Fort Laramie as soon as
IuO h0huLOA Will p6IIllt, Will lubIIuCllOub W
bring in all the miners reported to be in the
Black Hills. The insurgents in Cuba have
succeeded in destroying number of fine sugar
plantations. . The island of Mackinac in
Michigan, which heretofore has been held as a
military reservation, is to be set apart for a
national park, with the exception of Fort
MackHac and grounds 80. Oil was struck at
a depth of 654 feet on a farm at Warren, Pa,
recently. This strike develops an entirely new
belt of oil territory. -. The Berlin papers
have notified persons intending to send articles
to the Philadelphia Centennial exhibition that
! if they should become bankrupt their goods
will be liable to seizure. =. A frightful tornado
passed over Rienza, Miss, doing vast amount
of damage -. OF the five Counciors-elect in
| New Hampshire, two are Republicans and three
are Democrats. The State Senate stands five
Republicans and five Democrats, with no choice
in districts two and four. The House of Repre-
sentatives will stand 1872 Republicans and 1871
! Democrats. Two Democrats and one Republ-
can were elected to Congress. =. .Vice-Presi-
dent Wilson, in a letter explaining why he
voted for the United States Bounty BILL says
the bill was simple justice to the troops that
enlisted early in the war, and would have set
tied the question forever. 1t would have cost
the government less than $685. 900, 900, of which
only $4,000, 600 wsuld have been paid out
within two years. lin New Jersey three men
were killed on different railroads within fifteel
minutes of each other.
The United States Senate, by vote Of
thirty-three to thirty, postponed the Pinch
back case until next December ...... The
result of the Louisiana arbitl alton will give the
Conservatives the lower House of the Legisla
ture, but will retain small Republican ma ori
ty on the joint ballot 49,. EXC Congressman
Parker has been appointed by President Gran
to be chief Justice of the supreme court TO
the territory of Utah The Austrian Powde
Company's mills, five miles from Cleveland
Ohio, blew up lately, killing three of the EN-
ployees. -. A mysterious poisoning case too
place in Chicago, from the effects of whicl
a mother and infant died. Three other children
are very iii. The police arrested the father
..... General Cabrera, the well-known Carlis
leader, has declared for King Alfonso and ha
J been denounced traitor by his late CON
panions in arms. .... The United States Secre
tary Of War has informed General Sherma
that all expeditions to the Black Hills must
stopped as long as the present treaty with tn
Indians exists w The steamer Lewis wa
burned while coaling at Chester, Illinois, an
five lives We're lost.
At Tokerville, Utah, Richard Fryer shot hi
wife, baby and Thomas Batby instantly KILN
his wife and dangerously wounding the Others
The sheriff in endeavoring to capture Frye
killed him. Fryer has been Inject to fits c
insanity, but had of late apparently recovered
900. From thirty to thirty Live Thousand me
3 paraded in New York city on st. ratrick's day
z ...... The Local Option Repeal bill, wit
4 license law attached, after being amende
| by the conference committee, passed bot
. Houses of the Pennsylvania Legislature, in th
a House by 122 to 68, and in the Senate
6 twenty-seven to twenty. THE losses at Po
Jervif, N. Y, by the ice-gorge are as follows
: Erie railway, $70,OOO bridge company, $12
, 900 gas company, $4,000 Louis Rosencran
4 $4,000 small owners $50, 900 lotal SAG, 00
U 80. In the lower House of the Ohio Legisl
t ture bill was passed to regulate charges ft
O telegraphic messages, 80 as to reduce IL
I present rate about twenty per cent. 49,.
4 Chavez, the lieutenant of Vasquez, cent lette
! to prominent individuals in Los Angelo
threatening bloody vengeance if Yasquez VI
= executed. -r
4 Civil rights has broken out in Chicago, al
! as the hotel proprietors refuse to submit to
: nrnYisiona aeyaral arresta have heen mada