Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-11-04

Clarke, Richard Goodwin, and "Fiddler"
Neary, the men concerned in the killing of
Walker in the prize ring 49,. The official
figures Of the Ohio election excepting Shelby
county, give the total vote for Barnes, Re-
publican secretary OF State, as $40, $50; the
Democratic candidate received 3OS,s97 the
Prohibitionist l. 1872; Greenbsck, 37l. Re-
publican majority, A, 956; plurality, 6,727. The
Republicans elected twelve members OF Con-
gress and the Democrats eight. Delaware
and Maryland united ON a day for State celebra-
ton at the Philadelphia Exhibition, and the
plan proved grand success. One hundred
and seventy-five thousand people we're pres
ent, being tho second largest crowd of the
season. The principal feature was the tourna-
ment on Georges Hill, which was witnessed
by fully seventy-fYe thousand persons. Fiji
teen knights rode at full speed and endeavor-
ed to pick small rings from arches with the
points of their lances-a task requiring good
horsemsnship, quick eye and steady nerves.
The knight of Delaware was the fortunate
contestant securing eight of the nine rings.
The report of New York's canal engineers
shows that the cost Of canal engineering dur
ing the past year has been $40, Isl. go less than
the previous year. The single scull race
between Brayley and Wallace Ross came off
at st. Johns, N. B. The distance was two
miles and turn and the stakes 1000. Ross
beat Brayley with ease by five lengths. Time,
$3.50. The Witherspoon monument in the
Exhibition grounds at Philadelphia was I'M
yelled in the presence of large crowd. Gov.
Bedle, Of New Jersey, was the orator. 800.
Mrs Ira Baker, Of Glen Lock, Pa, while
laboring under an alteration OF mind beat in
the heads of her three children, aged two,
four and six years, with club An infant
was found completely covered with a mattress,
the object being to smother it. The three
children cannot survive. -. The trotter Great
Eastern has again defeated Smuggler, at Bos-
ton. Time, 2:21, 2:243, 2:25..... During an
alteration in a low lodging house in New
York, John Kelly was stabbed to death by
Quimbo Apo, Chinaman, who was arrested.
This makes the fourth person he has killed
since his arrival in this CONTEMPLATING
served in different prisons nearly sixteen
the German commission that the government
grant subvention to enable German exhibit
tors to compete at the French exposition.
The whaling bark Florence arrived in San
Francisco from the North Pacific, having on
board 100 men of the crews of twelve whalers
abandoned on account of being caught in the
floating ice and besides being badly "nipped,"
with 10 prospect Of release. Others of the
crews had gone to Honolulu on the Three
Brothers. A large number Of men chose to
remain on the vessels and take their chances
of life in prefer nee to four days journey
over ice, dragging boats with them, in hopes
Of finding the Florence and Three Brothers.
There is no doubt they will all perish. The
abandoned vessels were the barks Onward
and Clara Bell, San Francisco ships st.
George and Marengo and barks Cornelius Hol-
land James Allen and Java, Of New Bedford
ship Camilla and barkentine Josephine, of
Boston; bark Acors Barnes, New London,
and the Hawaiian barks Desmond and Arctic.
..... Two trains collided on the Cheshire
On. H. railway and an engineer and fireman
W6r6 hlleu. 1u6 bluSl6 bCul TdCo VI ufo
miles between Scharff and Evan Morris, at
Pittsburgh, was won by Scharff by one length.
Time, $685.. 80. "A hurricane which swept over
the West Indies did an immenae amount of
damage. number of ships were sunk; but
none of them were American. The steamer
City of Houston, from New York for Calves
ton, went ashore, but will be saved ...... The
Montenegrins have captured MEDIUM .,....
Indians attacked wagon train between Forts
Fetterman and Laramie, but we're repulsed
after losing four of their band. The wagon
master was wounded. Trouble is apprehended
at the Red Cloud agency, as none of the
braves came for rations on the last distrbu-
ton day,