Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-11-25
SUMMARY OF NEWS.


...... The New York schooner Early Bird,
from santo Domingo, was abandoned at
sea by her captain and part of the crew,
the balance, three men, having been
drowned in 8 fierce gale. Gen Miles, COM
handing the troops on the Yellowstone, after
lighting, defeating, and pursuing Sitting Bull |
and the confedersted tribes under him, &C
cepted the surrender Of four hundred lodges |
of Indians belonging to the Cheyenne agency. |
The tribes surrendered FIVE Of their principal |
chiefs as hostages as guarantee of their faith |
full compliance with the terms OF the capitua- !
ton. These bands are to go st once to the |
agency, where upon their arrival they will
submit to the requirements Of the govern
ment.. 80. 0Leary, the American pedestrian,
walked 500 miles in less than six days in Liver
pool, England, thus beating Weston's best
walk by mile. -. By the breaking of a truck
of sleeping car near Edmondson, Tenn, one
passenger was killed and about twenty others
more or less injured.
The flood accompanying the recent hurricane
in Cuba extended over an area Of about forty
square miles, and totally ruined dozens Of
plantations. =. The Mexican congress has de-
clared itself into an electoral college and re-
elected President Lerdo de Tajada. The IN
surgents are throwing down their arms, being
almost completely without ammunition or sup
plies. . Eight Thousand Chicago business
men have signed petition and forwarded it
to Judge MoAllister, requesting him to resign,
l. IL. -. A
der trial of Sullivan. -. Mrs. B. A. Lock
wood applied for permission to practice in the
supreme court and the motion was denied. -. =.
Cardinal Antonelli, for many years prime
minister and chief adviser OF the Pope, is
dead.
The vote Of the city of New York, at the late
election, was as follows Robinson, DEM,
Ill, 519 Tilden, Dem, III, $685. aud Ely,
Dem, Ill ,2S3. Mr.. Ely's majority is the largest
(53, 706), because Dix went behind his ticket.
Tilden's majority is 53,262 over Hayes, and
5S,O27 over all. Robinson's majority is 50, 1874.
Calvin, Dem, for surrogate, has majority of
10000. or the district aldermen nine are
from Tammany, one from Anti-Tammany and
three Republicans. The board will stand
seventeen Democrats to five Republicans. The
Democrats elect seven of the eight Congress
men, McCook Rep, beating Ward, Dem, in
the eighth district. Taumany elects fifteen
assemblymen, Ant-Tammauy one, and the
Republicans f !e.
Mrs. John Bowman, of Washington, Me-,
aged ninety-fve years, was burned to death
while in bed, the bedclothes catching from an
an open fire ...... A Japanese naval and mill
tary force attacked the insurgents at Hagri, in
the province of Nagato. The insurgents were
beaten and fed ...... The life saving stations
on the coasts of New Jersey and Long Island
have rescued 3,168 persons in the last four
| years go. An attempt was made at night to
steal the remains Of President Lincoln from
the cemetery vault at Springfield, Ill. The
plot was suspected some time since, and Elmer
Washburne,. United States Detective Tyrrell
and his assistants watched the vault. The
scoundrels broke in the outer and inner doors
Of the vault, opened the several cases of the
sarcophagus, and were about to maks off with
the remains when the detective accidentally
|
dals, and they fed precipitstely, escaping in
the darkness. slight clew to their identity
remains, and their capture is probable. 80.
The Duchess Of Aosta, ex-queen of Spain, is
dead. 80. During a drunken alteration in
New York city John Fitzsimmops was killed
by having an umbrella tip jammed through
one of his eyes into his brain.
A fire at Hot Springs, Ark, destroyed the Hale
house and two banking houses Loes, $35, OOO
Ex-Gov. Alex. R. Shepherd, of Washing
ton, D. c., is in financial embarrassment
although he claims his assets exceed the liza
bilities ty 100000. -. The district of Backer
gunge, India, has been ravaged by cyclone
aud thousand native houses destroyed. The
town of DowlutkhRn was submerged by
wave, and FIVE Thousand persons are believed
to have perished. The government sent relic
to the desolated section. =. Relief works hav,
been established in the Sholapore district
India, where thore were prospects, of famine
and forty-fve Thousand OF the inhabitant
have boon given employment. There is nov
plenty OF grain in the district ..... The Bhal
Of Khiva, in consequence Of the complaints Q
his subjects, has offered to code the remainde
OF his territory to the Russian government. {.
Spanish immigrants and refugees have bee
ordered to quit Portugal. -. Georgia is hal
vesting fifteen to twenty per cent. more cotto
this year than last. .... Fears are entertaine
for the safety Of the United States warshi
franklin, returning from Vigo Spain, wit
) VIM. M. Tweed, who was delivered to til
United States by the Spanish authorities. TIL
vessel has been forty-three days on the triI
) and must have encountered the recent hurr
cane which swept over the tropics ...... III
steamer Arlington sunk at Cumberland islam
dam, in the Ohio and was a total loss. I'll
steamer was valued at $4,000; Insurance.
SIG, 900.
4 Canadian military authorities pretend.
9 fear a Fenian raid from this side of the bo
: Der. .... By an accident on the Hannibal ar
st. Joseph railway, two persons were fatal
wounded and about twenty others more or LEI
seriously injured. 49,. The great Philadelph
Exhibition has been formally closed wit
speeches and ceremonies. President Graz
= made the final announcement .... Edw
Adams the popular and we'll known actor,
/ reported to have died in Australia. . Gre
q Eastern beat Rarus in the strright heats
q Utica, N. Y. The track being heavy and I'll
, dsy chilly the time made was poor, being 2:3
t $50, 2:241 E. Since the surrender of the larl
e tribe of Indians to Gen. Miles, and the clio
: pursuit of Sitting Bull to the Businesses of IL
n mountains, Gen. Sheridan telegrsphed Ge
s Sherman that the Indian war is practical
q over, and Sherman has congratulated him