Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-11-13
SUMMARY OF WV.


As~- = A@eeFcNt IRON botos ana Auroads
Proposals for the new Canadian lo.n Tor
E25OO,O 900 sterling have Just been issued
in London. fAree-hfths Of this sum are guar
snseed by the Imperial government, and the
other two-fifths are issued ON the credit Of
Canada alone. The rate OF interest Of both is
four per cent The scheme has been favor
ably received. -. The estimates for the Ger
man empire OF ieS5 show deficiency Of s3,-
100000. NJ. Jansen, editor OF German
newspaper, has been sentenced totwn months
imprisonment FOR ptblnhihg a speech of
deputy, which was hostile to the government.
..... Ben Boyd, the most skillful counter
feiter in the country, has been captured by the
secret service detectivep They also captured
a large quantity Of material snd plates for
making counterfeit billa. .... Henry Brown,
the negro wac killed Phillip Pfarr, German,
nving few miles from St. LOFTS, ami then
ravished and robbed hin wis, was hanged in
the yard OF tho Jail according to the sentence.
49,. The commissioner Of internal revenue
has decided that weiss bier is similar fer
mented liquor to ale, porter and lager bier, and
subject to tax of 81 per barrel OF thirty-one
gallons. Judge Nelson, of BROOKLYN, X,
granted holle proSesai In tho ease against
Moulton for libel Of MIR. Beecher and lady
and also In the case against Theodore Tilton
for libel OF Mr. Beecher. Thus the great
scandal case is finally withdrawn fruha the
courts. The watch faetory at Freeport,
ILL.,, was burned, with loss of $4,000.
tn Of Co,
was almost wholly destroyed by fire. Eleven
business blocks in the heart of the town nre in
ashes. The less Is estimated at S75, 900.
Two men have been arrested, charged with
setting the place on fire.
Acknowledgement Pierrepont has given an
opinion that the faith Of the government is
unqualifedly pledged to pay the principal and
interest OF the 365 District bonds. Charles
| OConor, Of New York, comedies in this matter
.... The commissioner OF pensions, in his
recently finished report, states the number Of
new pensions created during the past year as
1851 and the number dropped as II, 977.
| The total number of pensioners is 234, 821, in
Guiding 1884 widows of revolutionary soldiers.
The total disburs ements during the year were
$29 6S3, 1868, leaving balance from the
appropriation of 97,S7l.9l. =. Indian Com
missioner Smith has resigned. 80. Uri Car
ruth, editor of the Vineland On J) Indepen-
dent who was shot by Mr.. Lands last March.
and from whose brain the bullet had never
been taken, died few days since, and Lands
was Immediately surrendered by his bondsmen
and locked up in Jail. ..... Moody and Sankey,
the revivalists, opened their initiatory service
in Brooklyn, N. Y, al eight O'Clock of Sunday
morning, with an audience of five thousand, ten
thousand more being unable to gain admission.
The afternoon service at four o'clock was like
wise crowded, and a church half a block away
was opened to the throng, who were exhorted
by Rev. DR.. Cuyler. A dwelling in Cheshire,
Conn, was burned, and Mr.. and Mrs. Murray
young married couple, we're burned to death
=. IA carriage was precipitated into the
Schuylkill river opposite Manayunk, Pa, con-
tanning FIVE persons, three of whom, Henry
Getler, his mother aud child were drowned.
The first city nall ever built in Baltimore
costing over 49, 100000, was dedicated with
great ceremony The republic of Santc
Domingo is in bankrupt condition 49,. TIL.
annual report of the free delivery division Of
the Post-office department shows that for thu
first year the receipts for local hostages exceed
the cost Of free delivery So. Burglars brok,
into the office Of the Oxford Iron Co., at Ok
ford, N. j., but were met by the Waterman
who shot and killed one and wounded another
..... The Emperor William has returned t,
Berlin from his italian trip. 49,. Russia is t,
send only such of her products as are but it'll
known to the Centennial. The twenty-five
anniversary of the "charge of the six hun
bred was celebrated by a public dinner givel
in London to the survivors of the Light Bri
gade, who took part in the Balaklava charge
Thirteen persons persisted by the flood
at Nottingham, England, and six at Burton on
Trent. .... M. P. Handy and Charles J. Jones
Of the New York Tribune, and James H. Bealf
7 Jr,, Of the Boston Post have purchased tn
: Richmond Enquirer, and will continue it as
conservative journal. .....A skiff overloade
/ with colored people was capsized in the Missis
sippi opposite South St. Louis, and all br
two including the ferryman we're drowned.
| UNITED STATES TREAsURERs REPORT.
+, The annual report of Treasurer New cor
q tains the following statement of receipts an
expenditures by warrants for the fiscal yea
. 1875:
= Receipts.
, Customs. ......................$ 1857, 1857, 1922
Internal revenue ............ 110,007, 493. |
Lands. lab GAO. ]
Miscellaneous sources. ......... 19,41, 1854
v Total revenues. $2sS. 900, O51..
Public debt funded, 1881 ...... 800, 5O5, 7OO.t
United States notes. ......... 1903, 1907, 1861
u Fractional currency. ........... Sc, 612. 900.I