Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-12-11
NEWS OF TIE WEEK.
What Is Doing In the Old World and the
New.

prominent ana wealthy ClilLon OF tOht toNns |
blew bis head nearly on with shot gun, dur
ing the funeral ceremonies OF Paul Wright,
who shot himself few days previous. The
population OF Massachusetts,, as finally taken
at the census bureau, is 1851, 500. .... Forty
eight revenue collection districts have been
abolished by order of President Grant. II
is estimated that sl4I, 1877 will be annually
saved by this course . Hazard and Excelsior
elevators we're burned at Buffalo; loss, $751;,
900; insurance SIS, 500. &c. John Clark, noted
as q burglar, the murderer OF John Trevor,
was hanged in the Jail yard at Rochester,
N. Y. He listened to the reading of the death
warrant and the prayer of the clergyman,
without betraying sign Of emotion. When
the sheriff asked him il he had nothing to
say, he replied: " Nothing, except that 1
have not had a fair trial" Clark made no
confession Of his past crimes, but addressed a
note to the widow OF Trevor, saying that he
had atoned for his crime with his life and
made peace with God, and asked her forgive
ness ... United States troops discov, red
Mexicans in the act Of driving two hundred
and fifty head OF stolen cattle across the Rio
Grande and the American ofic,l in command
made formal call upon the Mexican officers
to return tho cattle, which not being attended
to- Texas State troops crossed the border and
fought with four hundred Mexicans some
OF them regulars. Several Of the Mexicans
were killed ...... The terms for the purchase
by Italy of the upper italian system of rail-
ways kavo been finally arranged, and will be
submitted to Parliament, the amount involved
being about e32, ZOO, COO. ... The canals of
New York will be closed Dec. 10.
The late Henry Wilson, Vice President of
tbs United States, was born February 16, 1912,
in Pennington, N. H.. was brought up on a
farm, and when twenty-one went to Natick,
Mass, where he learned to make shoes. His
real name was Henry Holbath, but he changed
this to Henry Wilson. In 1910 he was elected
to the Legislature of Massachusetts, in which
he served four years in the State Senate, of
which lie was president two sessions in 184S
he became editor and proprietor of the Boston
Republican. In 1852 he was the Free Soil can
didate for Congress- but was defeated by a
small vote; in 1853 he was member Of the
State constitutional convention, and in 1855 he
was elected Senator in Congress to succeed
Edward Everett, and was reelected in 1859 for
second regiment of Massachusetts, volunte ers,
of which he became colonel, and after joining
the army of the Potomac was made member
of General McClellan's staff, on which he
served until tho meeting of Congress. He was
again reelected to the Senate for the term
commencing in 1865 and ending in 1871, and
was made chairman Of the committee on pen
sions, though continuing at the head of the
military committee. He published work en-
titled "Anti-Slavery Measures in Congress, u
and History of the Thirty and
Thirty-eghth Congresses" as well as of the
Congressional measures connected with the
prosecution of the war for the Union. He was
the originator of the bill abolishing slavery in
the District of Columbia, and also of that es.
tablshing the American Academy Of Sciences
In 11Q1 he was reelected to the United States
Senate for another full term of six years but
being elected President in 1873, he re-
signed his seat in the Senate early in 1874, anC
on the 4th of March, as Vice President of the
United States, took the chair as president o.
the Senate.
The sufferers from the grasshopper ravAges
are clamoring for an immediate distribution o
provisions sent for thoir relief. Many of then
are in great need, and a dispatch has beef
, sent to Ottawa upon the matter. -. The cas-
} Of the government against O.. &. Burbridg
, and his sureties, for the return of the sum o
$40, 000 alleged to have been appropriated b.
Burbridge while treasury agent at New Or
leans during the war, resulted a few day
since in a verdict for the government of $50,
600. .....At Locustdale, Pa, while sewers
miners were sitting on box containing loos
powder, spark accidentally dropped in tn
: box, which exploded. Alfred j. Steeley, job
4 Durken and Mordecai Jones have since dice
e A man named Payne, also wounded, still livei
I but his injuries are severe 49,. War betwee
q Japan and Corea is considered certain.
The Chinese crew of the German schoont
;, Anna, at point near Foo Chow, China, MI
" tinted, murdered the captain and mate, an
Il ran off with the vessel. The German dispstc
u boat Cyclops went in pursuit. go. Don Carlo
L is lying ill at Durango, Spain. Moody an
st Sankey, the revivalists, began their work
s Philadelphia in the most promising name
d ......The large clothing establishment
!. Marshall & Co., at Newark, N. j., was d
" stroyed by fire, involving a loss Of 800, 90
$50. The recent rains in California cause
j the breaking Of two reservoirs near Sonor
Tuolumne county, carrying away number
s. bridges and houses and drowning sever
l. children, and also stopping travel. 49,. I'll
* steamer Uruguay is still detained by the go
m ernor at Jamaica, watched.by Spanish WI
T vessel. .... The crew of the vessel Jol
7 Pascal, which was burned at sea while bour
-, from Calcutta to New York, has arrived
- Boston. Orris s. Ferry, one Of Connecticut
y senators, died at his home in Norwalk Wi
y President Wilson died in Washington at Il
y age of sixty-three.
10 The troops from the British residency,
" Perak, Malaga, have shelled and captured tx
'd slockades at the village where Mr.. Birch W
81 murdered 49,. The ground wherein Guibort
" remains were buried has been declared,
re a pastoral letter, as separate from the cons
y Grated cemetery go. The attempt to oper
~ Mormon chapel in Canada meets with co
siderable opposition. "A memorial on beh'
of 1900 persons in the coal districts of Ca
Breton has been forwarded to the local &c
eminent at Halifax, praying for assstan,
eU ..... John Brown, colored, was arrested NJ
d, Fort Valley, Ga, in the act of attempting