Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-12-04
NEWS OF rae WEEK.
wLst j. Doins in the Old world and tn,
New.

was thrown down an embankment, number |
of persons being injured . An earthquake
shock at Knoxville, Tenn, caused buildings to
sway from west to east 80. The loss Of life
by the Belgian coal mine explosion is far
greater than at frst reported, forty-two bodies |
having been taken out. :. "A fire at Glasgow,
Scotland, destroyed the cotton mills of Robert |
son & Co. aud Young & Co., causing a loss Of
$15O0,uOO, and throwing twelve hundred
hands out OF work. .. 1t now appears that
the lort steamer Pacific ran into the sailing
vessel 0rpheus, which was afterward beached
on sn Island near by, to which the crew es-
capped, and from which they we're rescued by a
revenue cutter. The captain states that he
saw the Pacific coming toward him, and en-
deavored to avoid a collision, but was unable
to do 80 that he called TO the steamer for
help after having been struck, but could see
no one ON Ler deck. zee. An incendiary fire
destroyed nearly half of the city of Ellsworth,
Kansas, The flames, owing to gale Of wind,
swept everything in their way, and nearly
street we're burned 80. A oolored girl was
shot and killed by rejected sutton at st. Mary,
Mo. The murderer escaped
The ship Calcutta from Quebec to Liverpool,
deal laden, YVES wrecked on Crosse Isle, near
Newfoundland, and twenty-five of the crew
and lady passenger were drowned The
captain, three men and a boy we're saved. E. :.
A force of three hundred troops garrisons the
British residency at Perak, Malaga The
Sultan Abdullah is friendly to the British. 1t
is now thought that the murder Of Mr.. Birch,
the British resident, was unpremeditsted.
The Malays, however, are aiming defensively.
Governor Jeryois is preparing for military
operations. The President has appointed
T. G. Woodward, Of Iowa, to be examiner-in-
chief of the patent Office, vice Hopkins, re-
signed. .. =. All hope Of Iescuing any Of the
passengers or crew of the steamer Waco,
burned in Galveston harbor, is now dssipated,
and it is conceded that all hands were burned
to death or drowned. IA tidal wave, ten
feet high swept up the Parret river, Somer-
setshire, England, and caused much damage
to vessels and property with water frontage.
...... Owen Marshall, residing in Stoughton,
Mass. shot and probably fatally wounded his
wife. RI, He had been married three months,
and is said to have been jealous Of fireman
on railroad, whom he had charged with i'm
proper relations with his wife. .. The cotton
crop is nearly all harvested, and the yield is
above the average !. E. Sixteen families at
Railway, N. j., were poisoned by eating of
cheese, which is supposed to have been
pressed in a copper press. None Of the cases
terminated fatally. B
A recent tidein the Thames river, England
was the highest on record, and Greenwich and
the lowlands were partially inundated, the
damage being estimated at IS, 900, 900. =. The
British ship Aristida, from London for this
country was lost off Boulogne, and nine Of
the crew drowned ...... Joseph Fl. Sadler has
retained the rowing championship England,
by beating R. ". Boyd, in four-mile contest.
.. The State officers Of South Carolina
deny the there is any likelihood Of that State
repudiatiDg her bonds. ....A grand jury at
Brownsville. Tex, found eighty indictments
against Mexican banditti, and urge decisive
action on the part of the State and general
government to punish the criminals and pro-
tect the Inhabitants. The jury state that 100,
600 head of stolen cattle are driven annually
into Mexico, and that the American rancheros
on the 900 square miles between Browns
vile and the Pecas river have been ordered by
the banditti to vacate on pain Of death ......
The secretary Of the treasury has ordered the
redemption Of $12, 1856, 900 Of fve-twenty bonds
Of 1864, and also s. 024,600 of five-twenty
bonds of June 80, 1864, and ATS, 400 OF
March 8, 1864 =. John Costello, of Troy
N. Y, while intoxlcar ed, quarreled,with hi;
wife and threw lighted kerosene lamp Al
her. The lamp broke, covering her clothing
with oil, and she was instantly in flames, from
the effects OF which she died fhe husband
was arrested. The brig Morne from New
foundland for France, was capsized at sea, ant
thirteen passengers and two of the crew
Z drown -. The commissioner of interna
revenue recommends the taxation of all SUM
over $500 deposited in the savings banks.
dispatch from Tucson, Arizona, reports
} fight between the revolutionists and govern
ment troops at Altar, in Sonora, Mexico, il
which tho latter were defeated with six killet
and a number wounded and taken prisoners
.... After six years contention, the intermen
OF Mr. Guibord's remains in the lot he ownet
in the Roman Catholic cemetery near Montrea
was peacefully accomplished. The militar
and police force, armed with repeating rifles
maintained order throughout, and enable,
| Mr.. Doutre and his associates to carry tn
decree of the privy council into effect. TIL
. market, for printed cloths having fallen of
the manufacturers have appointeda committe
the goods being shipped to that country ; ais
agreed to decrease all salaries ten per cent. &.
Orrin Marshall, who shot his wife at Stoughton
Macs, and was afterward missing, was subse
quenty found dead in Boston, where he on
gagged room two days after the murder. II
shot himself through the brain. .Eghtee
Mormons, living at Franklin, Idaho, have bee
indicted for polygamy BY fire at til
town of Twins, Penn, fourteen bull 'ings, tie
, of which were occupied as stores, were d.
stroyed. The losses on the stocks and til
buildings will reach $4,000; covered by il
eurance.
I Don Carlos, in his letter to King Alfonso
, says that the attitude Of President Grant is
prelude to war between Spain and the Unite
States il Alfonso does not recognize Cuba, an
\ proposes trucs and united action in the d
i Tense OF Spanish territory ...... The princip
/. iron manufacturers OF Leeds, England, hay
: discharged between two thousand and thrt
Q Thousand operatives on account Of the dul
j. ness of trade .... The report of the chief {
4 the navy bureau of construction shows tn