Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-07-01

Alabama gave three, Connecticut seven,
Georgia one, Illinois five, and Alabama five
votes for Bristow.
Christian Klotz murdered Almira Street at
Clermont Mills, Md, and was taken into
wood, and there hung himself before the
young ladys friends. ..... While Templeton's
wooden factory at Ayr, Great Britain, was on
fire recently the roof fell in. Twenty-four
women we're buried IN the ruins and persisted.
....., Tho black plague has broken out in
Persian Koordistan. 80. Mr., Bristow will re-
tire from the Cabinet at the end OF the month
as his private business demands his entire
attention. .....A report from Colorado states
that the Sioux Indians attacked a cattle rancho
at Tremonts Orchard, about eighty miles
down the Platte, killing fifteen men, and
driving off the stock. 80. Two Cabinet minis
ters were killed and one wounded in CONSTANT
nople by Hassln, an insubordnate officer Six
people we're killed and thirteen wounded by
the explosion of the boiler of the Mississippi
steamer Oriole.
The cholera has broken out in the town
Of GalwCod, near Bombay, Iodia and of two
hundred Inhabitants Que hundred died in
three days. Deputy Sheriff Smith was
shot and killed by man named Howell, while
endeavoring to arrest him in Dawson county,
Neb. Howell afterward was lodged III JAIL
but the citizens took him out at night and
hanged HIM. ..... The town OF St. Johns, pre-
vince of Quebec, Canada, was almost COM
| pletely devastated by fire lately The confa-
grafton originated in a lumber MILL high
wind carrying the embers all over town and
flaming them into flames wherever they
alightod 70 that in few hours the town
was in luins, and a loss of over a million
dollars inflicted upon the inhabitants. Several
! persons were burned to death in their endeavor
to save property The buildings destroyed in
clude some fifty stores, five hotels, two fac
tories, TWO banks. custom hou, o, post-office,
United States consulate and custom house.
NTe,cs Office, several lumber mills, six loaded
Boats at the wharves, and large number OF
dwellings ard other buildings. Three hundred
and ffCy families were left houseless and des
titute, and were obliged to lodge in the gov
ernmenb barracks. Not place Of business q
public Office is left standing 900. A family
consisting Of David Reed, his wife and two
sons, were compelled to leave their home
at Coalmont, Pa, which was flooded by the
late rain and in attempting to cross a swollen
mountain stream they were all drowned.
The town Of Houma, La, has been partially
destroyed by fire. The clergy Of Barbados
have Issued statement to the effect that the
recent riots were not caused by the sufreringt
Of the people, but in consequence OF the negroes
laborng under the impression that the queer
had given all the real estate to be divided
among them, which was wrongfully withheld
..... VIM. Foster was hanged in Warenton
Mo-. for the murder of a colored man. ....,
Great destruction Of crops is reported from
Tennessee caused by the overflow of thu
river ..... A fire at Athens, N Y, destroyed
propeller with loaded barge and canalboat
belonging to the Starn ine together with To,
. Hudson river depot and one hundred loadeC
cars. Loss, $4OO, 900. IA fire in Virgins
, City, New, destroyed the Globe Hotel ant
twenty five dwellings,. 900. Moscow, Russia
has suffered from conhagration to the extern
of fifty houses, ..... Commodore Vanderbilt
has given 100000 more to the Nashville
University 81 200, 900 in all.