Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-10-23
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
Item. of uu,srs., from Home and Asroa

at Evansville, Ind shepard, Hall d Co.,
of Boston, lumber dealers, failed for 81, $780,
900. -. The October public debt statement
shows a reduction of SO, $40, $50 81 during Sep
TENDER, leaving the total debt at 81, 255, 49,
] 1896 80. E. By a misplaced switch at Fair
haven, Vt, freight train ran into a locomo-
tive standing on the track, turning it COM
pletely over and killing the fireman and assist
ant. The engineer saved his life by jumping
...... Nathan Holloway, his wife, and Mrs.
Smell was drowned by the upsetting of their
boat while crossing the river from Gananoque,
Canada, to Fishers Landing, N. w.. The
Boston jury in the cases of the jefferson Bor-
den mutineers returned a verdict in which
Miller and Smith were found guilty Of murder,
and Glew was acquitted. 49,. The secretary of
the treasury will redeem the following bonds
of June 80, 1864, on and after January l, 1876:
Coupon bonds, $50, No. 1901 to No. $500,
both inclusive 800, No. 10,5O1 to No. $4,000,
both inclusive $500, No. Is 3O1 to No. $4,000,
both inclusive 81 1000, No. 59,7O1 to No. g.
0O0 both inclusive total, $2,5O0,O00, Regis
tered bonds, $50, No. SO to No. $50, both in
elusive; 800, No. COL to No. 1000, both
inclusive $500, No. 1872 to No. $50, both
inclusive $1,000, No. 1851 to No. 4, 900, both
inclusive $4,000, No. ,551 to No. 2,100 both
inclusive; $4,000, No. 1851 to No. 1900, both
inclusive total, $4,000, 900 grand total, S.
600, 600. 80. The ten gold medals to be pre-
scented by the United States authorities to the
persons who manned the life and fishing boats
and rescued thirty-two persons from the wreck
OF the steamer Metis in Long Island sound on
the thirty-frst Of August, have been forwarded
to their intended owners. They are of pure
gold, about two inches in diameter, the in
trinric value of each being $14O. The diverse
represents the scene of the disaster off Watch
Hill light and upon the reverse is the name of
the person to whom presented. -. The bishop
of Breslau has notified the German ecclesiasti-
cal court that he is determined not to obey its
summons to attend for trial, on the ground
that the court is not competent to try him.
The broken Bank of California has again
been opened for business; and that it pos
sesses the confidence Of the public is shown in
the fact that $780, 900 were deposited over and
above the amount withdrawn, in three hours
time, the first day. -. George E. jacob, of
Buffalo, well-known throughout western New
York, has been sentenced to three years in the
State prison for attempt at rape. -. =. Memorial
exercises we're held in Nashville, Tenn, in
honor OF the late Andrew johnson, and con-
sisted of a very large procession, firing of
guns, tolling Of BELLS and appropriate adj
dresses. .... The famous trotting horse Ameri-
can Girl fell dead on the track at Elmira, NY,
during race, from over-exertion while conva-
lesclng from the epizootic. She was valued at
$25, 0C0 The Treasury department will sell
100000 in gold during October. .. Seventy
nine houses were destroyed by two waterspouts
at Las Cruces, New Mexico 80. statement
from the Comptroller showed that the New
York city debt, less the sinking fund, is $751;
49, 906. IA. "A Roman Catholic procession in
Toronto, Canada, was attacked by a mob, and
defended by the police. Stones were thrown,
and few shots fred many persons being in
jured.... The new Spanish cortes is to be
chosen by universal suffage-one deputy to
every fifty thousand inhabitants. u. . The court
house at Winterset, Iowa, was destroyed by
FIRE. The prisoners in the basement were res
cued, and the records all saved. The building
was new, and cost $110, 900. . Capt Hamel
bis wife and three children, were drowned in
Lake st. Peter, Canada, by the swapping of
their batteau. I.. H
The Swedish steamer L. ]. Bager, running
between Lubbock and Copenhagen, has been
burned in the Baltic. Twenty-four of her
passengers and eleven of the crew persisted.
IA committed appointed to examine into
the Montpelier Female Humane Association
Lottery Of Alexandria, Va, pronounce the
drawing to have been fraud. Over $780, 900
in tickets had been taken. Craft, the pedes-
TRAN, finished his walk of eight hundred miles
in fourteen days at Schenectady. N. Y, two
and half hours ahead of time At the finish
he was in good condition -. George Miller
and William Smith, convicted Of murder Oh
board the vessel Jefferson Borden, were sen.
fenced to be hanged Jan IA. They received
their sentence without emotion. 49,. The jury
in the suit of Martha Hutchinson against the
Boston Gaslight Company returned verdict
for the plaintiff, awarding her $12 500. This
is the suit to recover damages for personal in
jures received at the time of the great fire il
November, 1872, when the building, No. II
Summer street, was blown up by gas. :. Dan
! gerous counterfeits are in circulation Of thu
: denomination of $5 of the following banks
! The First National Bank of Chicago, ILL.,. tn,
r Traders National Bank of Chicago, H., thu
n First National Bank of Paxton, Ill ; the FRS
p National Bank of Canton, Ill :. go. An old mai
4 named Goodwin was beaten to death by hi
son in Jersey City, while the entire party wer
' under the influence of liquor -. The Van
. derbilt University, at Nashville, Tenn, wa
u opened with appropriate exercises. Comma
n dore Vanderbilt, by whose endowments tn
E university was built, was not present
J. A decree has been published in the Gazet
Vt at Picking, China conceding hereafter intel
course between the chiefs of the governme1
departments and the foreign ministers
Civil suits for 81, 800, 900, double the value
u alleged struggled silks, have been brougf
d against H. B. Clafin & Co., the wel-lmow
al dry goods dealers Of New York city, by tt
~ government ...... The United States circu
D. court at Philadelphia has decided that the go
10 eminent takes precedence over other creditor
"a against the assets Of the late firm OF Js
n Cooke & Co. The government had 5000, Oh
with the London house ...... Charles Brin
of Carlinville, ILL.,, in fit of anger, shot Mr.
~ Deborah Hall, his mother-in-law, and Ellie
nS Brink his wife, killing them instantly, al
en- then, placing the pistol to his temple, fire
ne killing himself also. No cause can be assignt
as for the terrible deed. 80. The English he
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