Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-06-19
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
Irsm. Of Inrere.r from Home anaAsroad

Items Of Interest from Home RndAbroRd.
The enthusiasm over the revival meetings Of
Moody and Sankey in London continues I'M
abated. The services are almost continuous
throughout the day and evening, and large
body of police is required TO clear away through
the crowds waiting for admission for each de-
parting congregation 80. Paul Boynton, Of
the American life-saving service, made his
second attempt TO swim from France to Eng
land in his patent life-preserving dress, and
was completely successful. -Four children,
one an infant, of S. NJ. Christian atYersailles,
Ohio were burned to death by the explosion Of
a can of kerosene, with which one Of them was
endeavoring to kndle kitchen fire. 80. The
centennial of the opening of the first Baptist
church was celebrated in Providence, r. l.,
with appropriate exercises. "A daring rob-
berry was perpetrated by masked robbers in
Brooklyn, N. Y. The bookkeeper Of carriage
factory entered the shop at eleven o'clock at
night, as customary, to see if everything was
all right, when he was suddenly confronted by
three masked men who struck him with an
iron bar, and presenting a revolver at his head
a combination lock. They then broke open the
inner compartment with a sledge hammer but
only secured twenty dollars The latest
revised figures concerning the losses by the
terrible church confagration at Holyoke, Mass,
give the dead as seventy-one, fatally burned
twenty-five, and otherwise burned and wounded
as twenty-seven, making total of one hum
bred and twenty victims of the catastrophe.
OF the seventy-one dead, fifty-fve are females
and sixteen males. ... Mr.. H. G. Cameron,
of Brooklyn, N. Y, a member of Trininty Col
| lego, Hartford Conn.,, and one of the univer-
sity crew, was drowned while on the river prac-
tcing. The shell was upset by tho rough water
occasioned by passing tugboat. "a terrible
earthquake occurred at Broussa, Asia Minor.
Six hundred houses we're destroyed, one hun
bred and sixty-one lives lost, and one hundred
and eighty-seven persons injured
The ships Alert and Discovery of the British
Arctic expedition, sailed from Portsmouth on
their trip. The Queen wrote letter wishing
| the party success. =. "A fire in Springfield,
Mass, destroyed over forty buildings, including
q number of business blocks Loss about
| $780, 600. 80. 1t is believed that the negotia-
tons with the Indians for the sale of the Black
Hills will be successful. -. II. O. Minher, ex-
postmaster at Winona, Miss has been arrested
for embezzlement and bigamy 80. President
Grant has written letter to the president of
the Pennsylvania Republican Convention, stat
ing that he is not and never has been candi-
1ota fnr h11tO Init OF dor
certain circumstances he might accept re.
nomination. ... Forty-eight of the victims of
the disaster in Holyoke were buried at one
time. The services were held in the basement
| of the new Catholic church. The collins were
placed on a dais raised i'll the center of the
room, and after some thirty-fve collins had
been thus placed the platform gave way,
causing a momentary panic. One women
shrieked and tainted and had to be carried out,
but the excitement soon subsidized. ... Several
masked burglars entered the house of +. N
Deland the cashier Of the National Mohawie
Bank in Great Darlington, Mass, and having
gagged and handcuffed him, compelled him to
go with them to the bank, where they tried to
get him to open the vault. Being unsuccess-
full, they took revenge by robbing Mr.. Deland's
house of its valuables and then decamped. +.
The business part of Great Bend, Pa, was
burned by an incendiary fire, with a loss of
about $120,000.
The Sioux delegation in Washington agree
to surrender the mining region of the Black
Hills for consideration, but will remain on
In Al. -.
OF the Treasury has issued twentieth call for
the redemption of certain specified ive-twenty
bonds bearing date of May l, 1862. The
amount called for is S10,000,000 see. "A letter
from master of a grange in Britt county, KY,
says that the people in that section are suffer
ing for the necessaries of life that the crops
have failed for three seasons; and that the
cattle are dying for want of food and asks fo1
a general contribution from the people of Ken
lucky. ... Charles W. Sargent, cashier Of the
New Hampshire Savings Bank, and secretary
of the New Hampshire Historical Society, was
found dead in the bank at Concord N. H.,
having shot himself through the head. TEN.
porary insanity was the cause. .. Two hun.
dred houses have been destroyed by fire al
Catanal, Spain. .....A Berlin official journa
denies that there were any warlike delibera
tions in Germany. 1t also says that the idei
of asking France to discontinue her armament
was never entertained %. The number Of
immigrants who arrived at Castle Garden
New York, from Jan. LIST to June LIST numbered
37355-19, 41S less than during the same periot
in 1874.
The Legislature of New Hampshire met ant
The Senators qualified, and q formal protes
against the right of Senators Priest and Proc
tor to seats in the Senate was presented ant
ordered on file. John w. Sanborne was elected
president, receiving seven Democratic votes
when the five Republican Senators Withdrew
= together. The House elected Chas. p San
borne Republican, Speaker by vote of ON,
, hundred and ninety to one hundred ant
seventy-nine. A resolution was introduce,
directing the Speaker to obtain the opinion y
, the supreme court Oh the constitutionaGty @
the action of the Governor and council in tn
matter of Senators Priest and Proctor. Tn
} Republicans of Ohio met in convention q
Columbus and nominated Hon. r. b. Hayes TO
\ Governor. Tho platform adopted favors
: "tariH for revenue, with individual protec
y ton to American industry free educa
ton and "no division Of the school fund,
and declares "there should be no connection
direct or indirect, between church and State
also that "the observance of Washington
. example in retiring at the close of secon
, Presidential term will be in the future, as
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