Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-04-10
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Item. OF Interest from Home and Abroad


In q case in Washington colored man who
was not allowed a shave in BARRIERS shop was
refused Awrit, the court declaring that saloons
and baEbers' shops did not come under the
civil rights act. ... :. Masop, arrested in New
York charged with passing counterfeit money,
was one Of sixteen men who conspired to kid
nap President Lincoln and Secretary Seward
from Washington to Richmond The plot was
discovered, and he was sentenced to be i'm
prisoned for life In the Columbus penitentiary.
He was pardoned on condition that he should
quit the United States never to return -. "A
conflict has occurred between the troops of
India and China, and twenty Cinnamon we're
killed. ... The lower House OF the Reichsrath
has approved a grant Of $25, 900 for 1875 and
one of $4,000 for 1876 to defray the expenses
of the representation of Austria at the Centen-
NAL exhibition. . Charles X. Lands, well
known as the founder of Vneland, n j., shot
and severely injured Uri Carruth, of the Yineland
Independent, in the Office of that paper. A
difficulty of long standing existed between the
two men, and the editor in almost every num-
Der of his paper, had something to say Of Lam
dis m The United States government has
already taken the preliminary steps for modifi-
ing the treaty with the Sioux Indians in regard
to the Black Hills. In Newark, N. j., one
man employed another to assassinate his wife,
giving him $100 The man employed took the
money and then told the story and the in
human husband was arrested,
Sharkey, the murderer, has been arrested at
Santiago de Cuba and it is believed he will be
brought back to New York "A tornado which
passed over central Georgia was very destruc-
tive to property, and quite number of lives
were lost. At Camack three men were blown
INTO the river and drowned. . The liabilities
of George d. James & Co., who failed in Bos-
ton, are placed at S2,3OO,OO :. The late
John Mitchell, who died in Ireland, having Just
been elected to Parliament, was born in the
province of Ulster, Ireland, in 1915. He was
transported to Van Dieman's Land on charge
of felony, under the Treason Felony bill, es-
capped, went to the United States, and lately
obtained greater prominence by his elections to
Parliament in Tipperary. &. Instead of quietly
surrendering, as three robbers ordered him to,
the Waterman of New York city bank showed
fight and the robbers were put to flight, secur-
ing no booty 49,. "A whole tribe of Indians in
Utah have been baptized into the Mormon
Church =. The government of South Australia
has promised e2,50O to defray the expense of
its representation at the Philadelphia exhi-
bition.
Sharkey, when captured in Cuba, called him
self John Fox and placed himself under Eng
lish protection, but the English Consul refused
to have anything to do with him. . The
Governor of New York states that during the
past five years the amount of tolls collected on
the canals has exceeded $4,000 900, while the
cost of ordinary and extraordinary repairs and
expenses has been so great that during the
same period nearly S15, 900, 900 additional have
been raised for canal purposes by taxation. "
The great tornado swept across Louisiana and
several lives were lost and much property de-
stroyed IA United States government geolo-
gist is to be sent to the Black Hills regions to
look after gold there. e.. Advices from Fiji
Islands states that the measles have broken
out among the natives, and many deaths have
| resulted therefrom. Mrs. James Hall and
child were seriously, and her husband and
julius Hotchkiss slightly burned, by the ex,
plosion of a kerosene oil lamp in their dwelling
in Guilford, Ct. .... A fire at Tdeoute Penn.
destroyed eleven buildings in the business por.
ton of the town.
The bill to amend the Irish Peace Preserva,
| ton act was passed by the British House Of
Commons. The United States Senate, by
vote of thirty-three to twenty-three, passed
the Republican caucus resolution approving
the action of the President in Louisna w
| John Mitchell was buried in q churchyard il
Newry, Ireland. A great crowd was present
but quiet was preserved. An attempt wal
made to assassinate the James brothers, WHIT
turned States evidence against the Todt
county Ku-Klux, while upon the witness stanC
in the court room at Elkton, Ky. The assail
ants escaped. -. Mrs. Ephraim Runyon, the wife
of well-known resident of Railway, N. J..
committed suicide by drowning herself in
cistern 900. The President of Venezuela ha
disbanded the entire army. Peace and quie
h I've been completely re-established, conf
dence has been restored, and business is re
viviRg. -. In the English House of Commons
Mr.. O'Clery, member for Wexford, gave motto
that he should offer motion in favor of tn
recognition by Great Britain of the belligeren
rights of the Carlists in Spain " The min
engineers, firemen, and pumpmen in the EN-
ploy of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Com
pany at Providence, Olyphant, and Carbonate
Pa, who struck for an advance of ten pc
cent, returned to work at their old wages.
The attempt to assassinate the Ku-Klu
State witness in Todd county, KY, was Will
the witness was under guard in the cour
house for safe keeping "A party of Indian
in Texas, who had captured stage, were SUI
rounded by troops and cut to pieces. E. M
Buffet says the new French Ministry is esser
TALLY conservative. .. An explosion in COZ
mine near Charleroi, Belgium, caused til
death and injury of many persons. .... "A bi
relative to the taxation of the Erie railwa
property in Jersey City, was killed in the Ne
Jersey Legislature, after having been stit
matized as o specie of blacl1mail in retaliatio
for the refusal of the company to furnish men
bers with passes. .... Cook, the English chan
pion billiard player has accepted the chaleng
recently offered by Dion for an internationi
billiard match for 1000. 49,. An election fC
member of the Hungarian Diet was held
Debreczin. The Radicals have nominated
L l,,4 NTiniotar V;,,1o ali rod
all overwhelming majority. -. The late job