Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-08-21
SUMMARY OF MEMS.

hanged in Charleston, S. G. He confessed on
the scafold. 80. Inquiry having been made at
the POst-ofice department whether news
papers printed in one place and issued or pub
lshed from another place can be sent from
the printing Office at the rate Of two cents per
pound, the same as from publication Offices the
department decides that the Office Of issue is
the Office OF publication and not where the
paper may be printed; and that all such publi-
cations must first be sent to the place Of Issue
before they can pass through the mails at pub
fishing rates 49,. The attorney-general Of
New York State has given an opinion that
the investment Of the savings banks in Dis
trict of Columbia 3.65 bonds is illegal $500.
Lafayette Lane was nominated for governor
by the Democratic convention Of Oregon. The
platform demands the payment Of the public
debt, resumption of specie payments and leg
islative control Of railroad fares aud freights
demands reform in all departments, and bids
for support Of the Patrons of Husbandry
opposes a. protective tariff, paper currency
national banks, Chinese immigration, fraud
and corruption in office. .... Five women were
Harveysburg Ind. $50. Reports from the West
indicate great damage by the heavy rains
which prevail there. The inflicted districts
appear to be Nebraska, Missouri, Illinois,
Indiana and Ohio. Crops are rotting ON the
ground, and wheat is sprouting in the shock.
$50. Andrew johnson has been stricken with
paralysis. =. There are six million barrels of
crude oil tanked above ground in the Penn
sylvania regions, and work has been stopped
on account Of the overstock of the market. A
strict guard is kept for fear of incendiarism.
49,. A man was drowned in an clubhouse vault
in st. Louis, and three men who went down
TO his rescue were overcome by foul air and
suffocated .... AS man named Miller living
ON Birth Island off Brunswick, Me-, was beat
ing his wife, the son interfered when the
father shot him fatally. ... Five men were
killed by the caving in of the Eureka mine, at
Ruby Hill, Nebraska.
William aud Ann Jones were found lying
helplessly drunk, with their infant child lying
dead beneath them ON the floor, in New York.
The father and mother were arrested and the
body of the child was given in charge Of a
coroner 80. The race between Gen. Butler y
yacht America and Rufus Hatchs yacht Reso-
Int, over course of thrty-nine miles, was
won by the America by I'm 1855 IA battle
has taken place in Montana territory between
the Grow and Sioux Indians, in which the
former were worsted. "A meeting attended
by 10000 persons was held in Hyde park,
London, at which resolutions were passed de-
handing the release of the Fenisn prisoners.
....... The secretary of the treasury has
ordered the sale of IS, 100000 of gold during
the current month -. Officers Of the secret
service arrested three counterfeiters in st.
Palu. Mimi, and secured bills representing
800, 900. 49,. .Ex-President Andrew johnson
died of paralysis at the residence of his daugh'
ter in Garter county, Tenn, at the age of g.
President Grant issued a notice announcing
the death, and ordering that the flags of the
executive mansion and public buildings be
draped at half mast, and that the army anC
navy departments pay proper tributes to hit
memory 49,. Prince Milan, of Herzegovina
has gone to Vienna to confer with the Austrian
foreign office inhopes Of adj some form from
the empire, and the Vienna Presse hints tina
the claims of neutrality may not be strictly OBJ
served by Austria.
The Kentucky election resulted in victor,
for the Democratic candidate by about thu
same majority as last year -. Gov. TildeI
has given instructions to the attorney genera
of New York to sue Denison, Belden & Co., Il
recover money unlawfully received under th,
contracts for repairs on the canals. =. TIL
army and navy we're ordered to fire salutes ant
minute guns and place their flags at half-mas
in memory of ex-President johnson the day o
the Prince Of Wales, who assaulted youn
lady in railroad carriage, has been foun
guilty of indecent assault, and sentenced to b
imprisoned fer twelve months and pay fine o
$500. .... The cotton crop is generally bette
than last year, according to the reports to tn
New Orleans exchange. -. The money orde
system between the United States and Canad
: has gone into operation. -. The board G
l inquiry in the case Of Bishop Nottingham, c
> Maryland, have refused to put the bishop o
trial. Notice of retrial of the case c
Tilton VS.. Beecher has been served on MI
Beecher's lawyers by the attorneys for MI
Tilton. Gen. Buffers yacht America wo
$ the second race with Rufus Hatch's ysof
1 Resolute Heavy rains throughout Missouri
, Iowa. Illinois, Indiana and Ohio have cause
q great damage. The rivers have all overaowe
G and swept away crops bridges and portions c
railways.
Returns from ninety-one voting precincts i
Texas show small majority in favor of a col
stitutional convention. very light vote wa
s polled. The European crops have bee
4 saved by fine weather, and will harvest niue
: better than expected, although still below I'll
average. .Ex-President Johnson was burie
I with Masonic honors at Greenville, Tenn. I'll
= town was full Of sympathizng mourners fro
all parts Of the State. The government Office
generally throughout the country were close
and the flags foated at half-mast in token
. respect for the dead man. 49,. Detectives cal
tured three counterfeiters and $4,000 wort
l Of presses and other implements in Brooklyn
: N Y. They were engaged in the manufactui
:. of nickel fve-cent pieces. -. The Chicae
s Inter ocean correspondent in the Black Hi
Q states that Prof Jsnney's reports of payiu
+ gold are daily confirmed. -. Accounts fro
Australia place the gold yield this year at le
;, than that of the previous year. Sir Edwar
|, Thornton, umpire of the United States al
" Mexican claim commission, has decided min
teen cases. Diminishing fifteen, and awardir
v $97, 900 in the other four, against the Mexics
}, government. /. The proposed new SPANS
@ constitution declares the State religion to