Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-07-31

caught her by the throat and choked her in
sensible, and then robbed her Of $50 she had
in her pocket. .... England's crops will not be
as large this year as last. 90. Doc Sweeney,
tho last and boldest of the CArbondale bank
robbers, has been arrested and lodged in Jail
at WikesbaTe, Pa. Burglars broke into
the house Of James p. Boonton, on Orange
mountain, N. j., and after tying and gagging
Mr.. and Mrs. Boonton, searched the house
until they secured 5000 in cash, with which
they made of.
The great college race at Saratoga, as well
as the freshmen race on the day previously,
was won by Cornell College; the latter in the
very handsome time of sixteen minutes
hfty-three and one-quarter seconds. The
crews we're in line and started at 1904. there
being thirteen Of them representing the leading
colleges of the country. At the end of the
first half-mile Cornell and Harvard were ahead;
then Harvard took the lead, but not to keep it,
for Cornell made handsome squirt, recovered
lost ground and won the university race. The
official report gives the boats the following re-
cord: Cornell, first Columbia, second; Har-
ward, third; Dartmouth, fourth; Yale, fifth.
Others struggled. There was great enthusiasm
over the Cornell crew. They were carried back
and forth before the grand stand, amid en-
thusiastic demonstrations.
A white man and negro at Milton, Fla,
each charged with an indecent assault upon a
white woman, were lynched by mob. The
corOner's jury which held an inquest returned
verdict of Hanged by parties unknown,
and served them right" The steamer
Idaho, from Liverpool, brought 761 Mormons
on their way to Salt Lake City. They were
from Scandinavia and the British isles. The
great meetings called in London to protest
against the grant for the Prince of Wales
Indian journey, was failure w Spain has
finally given way to China, and will allow
Chinese consuls to go to Cuba to attend to the
Coolies. The rear end of the City Hotel,
Lynchburg, Va, fell early in the morning,
burying four persons in the ruins. man
named Harris and a negro were the only ones
taken out alive, and they were severely in
jured. The building was old, but was con-
sidered safe.... A special dispatch from
Topeka, Kan, says daring band of horse
thieves, numbering one hundred members,
thoroughly organized, is operating in the
Arkansas valley.
The Sultan of Zanzibar has left England fol
the continent. 80. Much damage has been
done to the crops of Great Britain by the over
flowing of rivers, caused by heavy rains. In
Wales thirteen persons were drowned by the
flood. A defalcation Of $45, 900 is reported
in the revenue office at Louisville, Ky. 49,. The
complete census of Rhode Island shows 258, 1872
inhabitants. - China will be well represented
at the centennial. 80. "A Mrs. Meyer, of Can.
ton, o., was robbed of $4,000 in mortgage
notes and silverware The first intimation the
lady had Of the loss was a letter asking how
much she would pay for the return of the
property. The police arrested the thief. ....
A centennial harvest celebration was held al
Salem. N. ] ...,T The July returns to the de
partment of agriculture shows an improvement
IN the cotton crop during June in all the cotton
States excepting Texas. 80. The mill owner,
the purpose, agreed to reduce the wages Of
their employees twenty per cent. . The
college sports at Saratoga were closed witt
running and walking matches. Barber, o.
Amherst, won the one-mile race in 444!. TIL,
one-mile walk was won by Platt, of Williams
in $50. In the sevenmile walk Taylor, O.
Harvard, came in first in 65.154. The quarter
mile run was made by Culver of Union, il
sol seconds, The half-mile race was won b,
Trumbell of Yale, in 2.0615 In the three-mil,
walk Taylor, Of Harvard, was victorious il
25.23M. The one hundred yard dash was wol
by Potter, of G rnell, in 1921. The three-m
race resulted in victory for Morrell, of Am
herst, in 17.O79l. The hurdle race of on
hundred yards, over ton hurdles, was won b.
Maxwell, Of Yale, in 1879 seconds.