Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-02-06
SUMMARY OF NEWS.

pointed central commission TO attend to the
interests Of Dutch exhibitors at the Centennial
Exposition in 1876. DIR. Z. Won Baumhsuer,
honorary professor at Harlem, il president.
oficiI sdyices from the Ministry Of State at
Madrid, dated December lst announce the
names Of a Spanish commission for the Gen.
tennil in the Usiicd States, with Don Emilio
CASTELAR, at their head -. The two negroes,
Jarvis and Jackson, were executed at Hemp
stead, L. l. In the case Of Jarvis the rope
broke, and as he was taken up again he said
"For Gods sake, gentlemen. make sure of your
work this time" The men killed Samuel ].
Jones' Of eystet Bay an old gentleman, living
by himself A more cold-blooded murder can
hardly be conceived of. They wanted to rife
his premises Of some articles Of small value
and a little money. To accomplish this they
set fire to the hedge, near by, and when he
rushed out to extinguish it they entered his
dwelling and secreted themselves, and as he
came in they assaulted him with a stout Club,
and then threw him half dead into well.
This was not the worst. The old man, clinging
tenaciously to life, clambered up nearly to the
top of the well, when they dropped stones and
logs of wood ON his skull and knocking him
down again. IA man was fined S25 and
sentenced to two months in jail at Staten
Island for pouring benzine over dog and
setting it on fire. The sufferings Of the dog
were Srightful
The two kings of Siam, father and son, and
known as the First and Second Kings, have
come into collision at Bangkok, and the latter
has taken refuge in the British Consulate.
telegram to the London papers announces
that German man-of-war has landed 100 men
at Yarany on the Spanish coast. Tho German
fleet of observation in Spanish waters now car
ries total armament of fifty guns. .. A man
named Michael Murphy and his three children
froze to death in their house at Niagara Falls.
Murphy was dissipated character, and for
merly resident of Toronto. He neglected his
children, they being young, and left nobody to
look after them. Mrs. Susanna Bowling, of
Baltimore, died from the effects of dose of
belladonna, which had been purchased from
druggist for syrup of SIENNA The bill to
abolish the Massachusetts, State police passed
the Senate by vote Of ID to 10. The minority
proposition for a new and smaller State force
comes up in the shape Of an amendment .....
Major Walker is disqualified for sitting in the
Canadian Parliament for the next five years,
and pay all the costs of the petition. This
is the first election trial in which tho member
elect was personally found guilty of corrupt
practices. "A number of persons engaged in
smuggling were convicted at Wilmington, Della
ware. The Louisiana subcommittee in their
report to the United States Congress, found
that gross frauds were committed in the cleo
ton. The general committee will continue the
investigation. by the explosion of powder
mill on al island in New York bay, three men
employed in the mill we're burned to death. A
fourth employee, while badly burned, was
drowned while attempting to escape from the
island in small boat. The new move on
tho Pennsylvania railroad to employ fare col
lectors and leave the conductors to run the
train is believed to be a good thing for travellers,
as the conductors will now have some time to
look after their interests.
In Nebraska during the late storms the
thermometer stood forty degrees below zero.
-. "A verdict has been rendered against
Mr.. Sampson, late city editor of the London
Times, who was sued by Mr.. Rubery for libel
in charging him Of being guilty implicated in
the Arizona diamond frauds. The defendant
is required to pay $500 damages. .. The
United States government has fixed the value
of the franc at nineteen cents and three mills
gold go. On motion of Mr.. Garfield, of Ohio
in the United States House the rules were sus
pended and the bill passed, 164 to rs, appro
priating $25, 000 to defray the expenses attend
ing the visit of the king Of the Hawaiian
Islands to the United States 80. "A specia
from Fort Garry says it is currently rumoret
that documents from the Imperial government
containing general amnesty to all parties
implicated in the rebellion of 1869 and 1871
have been received by Leutenant-Governol
Morris, and an Official Gazette extra will b,
issued containing the proclamation. .... A re
volt occurred in the penitentiary at Jefferson
City, Mo. Nearly three hundred men qui
work in the shoe-shop, and armed themselve
with hammers, knives, pixies, etc. The revol
was quelled without bloodshed or harm to any
body, although at the time it was feared tina
there would be serious trouble ~ In tn
census of 1870, the total of males Jwenty-on
years old and upwards, in Louisiana, was givel
at 1890. OF this number, 81, 066 were whit
males, and Sc, 919 were colored.
The Delaware Legislature reelected Senate
T. T. Bayard to the United States Senate. .
Francis Herman was elected United State
Senator from New York State in place O
Mr.. Fenton. -. Hannibal Hamllm was re
elected United States Senator from Maine.
The Patrons of Huebandry of Louisiana AM
Mississippi have issued an address to the orde
throughout the United States indorsing tn
report of the subcommittee Of Congress in re
gard to affairs in Louisiana On account O
the frequent outrages on railway trains AM
employees, the Spanish government has de
termined that every armed Carlist found il
the vicinity of q railroad shall be shot . II
Southern Senators and Representatives askin
aid to repair the levees, President Grant in
was first in order, -. The committee on tn
eligibility of G.. @. Cannon, delegate fror
Utah, recommend his expulsion from tn
House on the score of polygamy .....By a fir
in Brooklyn tenement house three lives wer
lost and two persons seriously injured.
In the Pennsylvania Legislature, Mr.. W.
} Wallace, Democrat, was elected United State
Senator, he receiving 1875 votes, to ZIG for MI
, Allison, Republican The Hon. T. Z, Bay
ard, Democrat, was reelected United State
Senator from Delaware. ... In the Indian
Legislature, Joseph Z. Mcdonald, Democra