Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-09-02
SUMMARY OF NEWS.


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Its@s OF Interest fro@ Home and Abroad
Columbia, Central America, is in a Torment
OF instruction. Numbers OF people have been |
killed and wounded .... The south pass |
u the Mississippi now shows twen'y-one feet |
OF water, and the engineers OF the undertaking |
are jubilAnt The Turkish town OF BrisAnski |
has beon captured by the servians. ..... "A |
Funch chapel at KING Kooe Foo China, was
attacked by natives who killed the priest and
reveral Of the congregation ..... In an sfIIay |
at Bells Station, Tenn, growing out OF pOiti- |
cal differences, one man was killed and nine
wounded. &c. The wife OF Z. o. Osborn, Of
Palmyra, Me-, while insane, drowned herself
aud daughter, seven years old, in pond.
Rev. Edward p. Smith, president of Howard
university and commissioner OF Indian
affairs, died ON the Guinea coast Of Africa III
June. 80. A nme-yesr-eld daughter of a man
named Bower was foully murdered and out
ragged by some unknown party near Hemp
rtead, L. l. Her remains we're found in
piece OF woods, and showed signs Of a terrid"
struggle for life .... During an alteration be-
tween Patrick Monshan and his stepson, aged
seventeen years, in Now York. the boy fatally
stabbed the old man.. 80. The Now Jersey
rubber works, at New Brunswick, N. j., were
burned, causing loss OF $3.50, 900, and throw
Jog three hundred persons out of work.
Secretary Of War Cameron has issued
general order calling attention to the resolu-
ton passed by the United States House Of
Representatives on the tenth OF August, in
which it is declared that the exercise of the
right of suffrage is in some of the States, not
withstanding the effects Of all good citizens to
the contrary, resisted and controlled by fraud,
intimidation and violence, 80 thati such cases
tho object Of tho amendment to the Conststu-
ton, known as Article Fifteen, ID defeated,
and adds the following order to Gen. Sherman,
commanding tho United States army: The
President directs that in accordance with the
spirit of the above, you are to hold all the
available force under your command not now
engaged in subduing tho savages Of the West
crn frontier, in readiness to be used upon the
call or requisition of the proper legal author-
ties for protecting all citizens, without distinc-
ton of race color, or political opinion, in tho
exercise Of the right to vote as guaranteed by
the Fifteenth amendment, and to assist in the
enforcement of certain, condign and effectual
punishment upon all persons who shall attempt
by force, fraud, terror, intimidation or other
wise to prevent the free exercise of the right
of suffrage, as provided by the law OF the
United States, and have such force so dis
tributed and stationed as to DO able to render
prompt assistance in the enforcement of the
law. Such additional orders as may be neces
cary to carry out the purpose Of these instruc,
tions will be given to you from time to time
after consultation with the law officers of the
government go. The Democracy of Soutl
Carolina have nominated Gen. Wade Hampton
for governor ...... twenty-five houses were
, destroyed at Lewis, Canada. by fire. West
port N. Y, has had it's principal business
, houses destroyed by fire. Congressional nomi
> nations Myron Harris, Dem, from Michigan
3 sixth District; Mr.. Hoges, groenback, Indian,
fifth Charles Foster, Rep, Ohio tenth; D. G
Dennison, Rep, Vermont second j. D, Cox
; Rep, Ohio sixth Milton j. Durham, Dem.
Kentucky eighth .Doaperadoos removed
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cast, Pa, and the midnight train jumped til,
track two baggage and three passenger car
going down an embankment fifty feet il
y height The injuries were slight, but tw,
I men dying from their wounds. The object O
/ the miscreants is supposed to have been tn
+ robbery Of the express safe of $4,000
A railway train was stopped in Colorado All,
Judge Stone of the United States suprem
t court, kidnapped therefrom to prevent tn
/ court being opened to qualify receiver TO
n the Colorado Central road. He subsequently
4 escaped, and tho receiver was duly qualified
: ...... George 7. Anthony has been nomiuate
G by the Republicans Of Kansas for governor.
!. Congressional nominations: Illinois, tent
u district, b. Z. Marsh, Rep; Illinois, Gales
" burg district, Thos. R. Boyd, Rep. III
. Indians in Lower California have rebelle
against the Mexicans Thousands CT death
:, are occurring daily in the northern part 0
Il China from famine. Immense quantities O
h provisions have been forwarded from the othe
provinces, but not sufficient to feed the dens
j population. The first rain in nine months fe
G on July2. The trouble between England an
: China in not yet settled, and the British mimi
6 ter has left Picking for Shanghae -. TIL
J, Utica free-to-all race for $4, 600 was won
J Goldsmith Maid in 2.181s, 218M, 21SH, owe
. Lucille Goddust, Bodine and Fullerton.
. . The Greenback State convention of Indian
- adopted resolutions declaring that goVernmer
h bonds and greenbacks should be taxed tn
n same rs other property; and demanded til
4 restoration of the silver dollar that the govern
|. ment may Herewith pay its coin obligations
l. ..... Tho two-mile race at Saratoga was wo
n by Aaron Pennington in 3 $50. The handica
o mile and quarter race was won by Rhadamar
IS thus in 2.11.
10 Gen. Terry has effected q junction wit
70 Crook, and the two commands continued I
- follow the Indian trail which Crook had strucl
10 Sitting Bull sent word to the agency that h
NJ was willing and anxious to come in and mai
, peace if assured of protection by the gre,
ID father. He asserts that this war has bee
IL forced upon him by tho whites w A DARN
9r attempt to rob d pay car on the Kansas Gil
y and st. Joseph road was made in Kansas
y large body Of men stopped u train at nigh
l.. supposing it to be freight, but, on discove
q ing it to be passenger train, permitted it
~ proceed. Nominations to Congress: Kansa
y third district, Thos. Ryan, Rep. Missouri