Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-10-16

iower "A Mormon congregation OF two
hundred members are building a church in
London, Canada. The New York State board
Of equalization fixes the valuation of taxa
BILE real estate and personal property Of the
entire State at e. 967, $50, ZOE, and that OF New
York city at q, 2O5, 5Sl, $50; making the city's
share of the State tax 81, 23S, 3l5 against S5,-
1882 for the rest of the State. The city
officers have protested against such equaliza-
ton.
The Massachusetts Republican State con-
vention at Worcester nominated Alexander H.
Rice for Governor, over Charles Francis /
Adams; II. G.. Knight for Lieutenant-Gov- !
ernor Henry B. Pierce for Secretary Of State
Charles Endicott for State Treasurer julius |
L. Clark for Auditor Charles r. Train for At !
torney-General. The platform calls for civil
service reform; indorses President Grant
"hails with exceeding joy the many evidences
of reconciliation" disapproves Of more than
two Presidential terms demands the speediest
possible return to specie payment, and con-
siders an irredeemable currency national evil.
Ned O'Baldwin, the pugilist, better known
as the " Irish Giant" was shot by his bust
ness partner in New York, and died two days
afterward in great agony. The murderer gave
himself up to the police AS six platform
cars, containing seventy laborers, were being
pushed at fair rate of speed by locomotive
on the Richmond, Drummond and Athabaska
railroad, Canada, they struck some obstruc-
tion throwing over two or three cars, killing
eleven and wounding twenty-five others. 1t is
thought the obstruction was purposely placed
go. An express train on tie Hamilton and
Dayton road was run into by freight train at
Hamilton, Ohio, and three men stealing tide
on the sleeping car were killed ...... Richard
Robinson the murderer of Mrs. Dixon at Nor
wichtown, Conn, died in jail from the effects
OF poison taken after his arrest. :. The jewish
New Year festival WAS celebrated in all the
synagogues throughout the country Sept. 30th.
According to Hebrew reckoning that was the
first day of the year $685.. e. The loss OF
human life ON Matagorda bay, Texas, was 225
and of cattle in that vicinity, $4,000 head.
Advices from China state that in a heavy
typhoon at Ohe-Foo, three European and man!
Chinese vessels were wrecked, and thirty liye'
were lost . The latest returns from thu
foot and mouth disease in England show tina
| in East Sussex there are 5,292 beasts affected
a in Gloucester $4,000; in Warwickshire, 5000
I in Cumberland, $500, and in Westmoreland
400. Yorkshire shows large increase, 80.
Capt. Dawklns, of the British ram Vanguard
q which was run down in the channel by anothe
+ ship of the squadron, has been censured ali
q dismissed from the service.
: A batteau containing Goddard Heiss, G
t Camden, N. j., William Random, of Philade
d phia and child four years Of age, was ru
l. down by the sloop Henrietta, in the Delawar
/ river. Mr. Random and the child was drowned
r Mr.. Heiss chung to the anchor cable and thu
Z, saved himself. During the late gale tisl
|. ing boat was wrecked near st. Anne Dc
W Monts, and her crew, named Laberge (tW
" brothers), Wisabel Gather and two sons), al
Is Picaid, FORMER, and Cote were drowned. 80,
y By an explosion of gas in the Anchor collier
vs. at Heckschervlle, Pa, two men were kille
l. and one severely injured. They had bee
l. ordered out Of the mine by the fire-boss, b
y did not obey. Cardinal McCloskey too
u possession of his title in the Church of Sane
B. Maria Supra Minervam at Rome, with IL
10 posing ceremonies IAN examination
the books of the Planters National bank,
in Louisville, KY, reveals defalcation of $40!
D. GOO, taken during the last five years by Il
A. late teller, Louis Rehm. 1t will be remel
" bered that Rehm recently robbed the bal
re safe of 100000, and endeavored to decei
d. the authorities by telling them that he h
re been taken from his bed at night by mask
t. men and forced to open the bank.
D. single-scull race between Frank Denmarsh,
le Pittsburgh, and John Pedgrift, of Chicae
IA over conrse of one and half miles a
r repeat, WAS won by Denmarsh in 1881, st
1e to be the best time on record. The referee
le cIded the match draw on account of foul