Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-10-16
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
Items Of Interest from Home and Abroad.

aligned before the superior court at Buffalo
IN charge OF completely in the canal frauds
1nd pleaded not guilty 49,. The English hop
crop has been much damaged by recent rains.
Mrs. Sehell, wife of the man who murdered the
young lady near Bellefontaine, Ohio, was
arrested. and testified before the coroner that
her husband took Miss Laughlin and herself
on the excursion to the woods for the express
purpose Of outraging and then numbering the
girl; and that her husband threatened to kill .
her if she did not accompany him and keep |
silent respecting his intentions. She also tes- |
tilted to other crimes Schell had committed. |
That night, after the news had spread, an i'm
mense throng of excited men forced the jail
and took Schell out and hung him. By the
burning of the Herndon House, at Marshall,
Mich, two gentlemen boarders and two servant
girls were burned to death. Many persons
were seriously injured by jumping from the
windows 1t is now considered certain that
Messrs. Moody and Sankey will hold revival
meetings during the winter in New York city
in the building formerly occupied by Barnum's
hippodrome and more recently by Gilmore as a
musical garden.
A dispatch from San Diego says the revolu-
ton in Sonora, Mexico, was ended Aug. 20 by
an engagement near Alta between the govern
ment troops and the revolutionists, in which
the latter were defeated, losing about fifty in
killed, wounded and prisoners. About five
hundred were engaged on both sides. Martial
law has been proclaimed until affairs are
quoted .A Mr.. Reuter-, of New Albany,
Ind, murdered his divorced wife with ham,
mer, set the house on fire, and then cut his
own throat :. Thomas and Magdalen Stark
residing on Green island, near Troy, N. Y,
! took laudanum, intending to commit suicide
The woman only died, but the man says he
will follow her at the first opportunity. He
had been out Of work for eighteen months,
and both wero respondent. "A riot took
place IN Toronto growing out of the religious
troubles. A Catholic procession was attacked,
and in the course of the fight many pistol
shots we're fred Forty or fifty persons were
injured, several quite seriously ..... Great
Britain has been visited by storm of con-
siderable violence and many vessels wrecked.
The crew Of one, numbering six men, were
drowned. The Bonapartist conference al
Arenenberg, Switzerland, concluded with the
following result The prince imperial under
takes the exclusive direction of the imperialis
policy, undor the guidance of NJ Rouher, ant
the Empress Eugene will abdicate the re
gency -. The steamer Adler came in col
lision with the Swedish steamer Kong Osca
H., near Grimsby, England. The latter sunk
and fourteen persons on board were drowned
..... An excursion train returning from New
York on a Sunday night ran into passenge
dummy in Philadelphia killing two person
outright, fatally wounding SIX, and seriousl
wounding ten more The President ha
accepted the resignation of Secretary of In
| terror DeIano Some of the Indians in con
7 sultation with the commissioners acted yer
t suspiciously and were driven off by warriors o
! Young Man Afraid of his-Horses. 1t is be
a lieved general massacre was prevented by tn
trustfulness of this chief
s The storm which swept over Great Britai
: caused great damage, especially among SHIP
ping. At Manchester large mill was com
pletely Frustrated by the gale, fortunatel
without loss of life Many fatal casualties az
reported from different parts of the island
The American ship Ellen Southland went ashor
short distance from Liverpool, and in a
u tempting to rescue the crew hfeboat was NJ
i set and thirteen persons drowned. Th
e reforms which the insurgents OF Herzegovin
l. will demand if a conference should be al
" ranged consist of limitation of taxation, th
: admission of the evidence of Christians by th
tribunals, and the selection of the police fore
. among the inhabitants. The Star Llnsee
Oil Company's works at New Brunswick, N. j
20 were destroyed by FIRE. Loss, $1OO,OOO insu
y ance, 1868, 900. ... The factories of the Ne
l. Haven Web Company, at Centerville, mel
l. New Haven, Conn, was destroyed by fir
|, together with the needle works Of Gard
,e Morse, and the shear works of j. f. Henry, Il
rt volving loss of 100000. see. A telegra
10 from Prussia says that Dean Susczinsky hi
-, Joined the Old Catholics and married. II
-, Old Catholics we're thus obliged to decide Il
T., question in regard to priests marrying, and
y cided it affirmatively. The government b
IL resolved to protect Dean Susczinsky in the
70 ioyment of his temperatures 49,. Carl schu
&C addressed large meeting in Cincinnati in
LII position to initiation. ..... In consequence OF
70 farmer named VIM Russell, Of Roseville, p
marrying young woman who was obiectic
able to his daughter, the young lady left
fathers house and the same day was MARI
to young man named Hurst, to whom g
had been engaged for years, but who was
n liked by the father on account OF fam
ng feud. The young people, after theirmarria
he adjourned to the village hotel for DIM
IF with some friends, and while thus engaG
,,o we're interrupted by Russell, who had J
arrived with his bride. Russell abused HUI
:, w. and finally snatchiug knife from the ia
Aio struck at him number Of times, cutting
I'LL severely in the shoulders and arms. Hi
)se finding himself driven into corner drew
dy volyer and threatened the old man, which Q
his Infatuated him the more, and he continued
his deadly lunges. Hurst then leveled bis pi
On and fred in self-defense, only to send
lor bullet crashing through the brain OF his b
Tho for three hours, as she stepped between
- combatants, endeavoring to appease her fat
~ Hurst was appalled,, and kneeling beside
on- entreated her to speak to him. But when
ply saw that she was dead he quickly blew
TO own brains out, in paro1ysm of grief
was horror.
the A mail train on the Chicago, Burlington
ore Quincy railroad vas rolled down an emp
yer ment by the spreading of the rails, aud
was man was killed and fifty persons injured,
to fatally. :. Considerable destruction OF
ion perty was caused in Scotland and lreian