Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-06-17
SUMMARY OF NEWS.


delegates 10 the national convention to work
for a reform candidate. .Marylsnd's Demo
cratic delegates are left unpIedged, and favor
Bayard. go. The Iowa Republican delegates
are all pledged for Blaine .... Tennessee
Democrats express their preference for Hen
bricks, but do not pledge their delegates.
All the bu ldings on seventeen streets were de-
stroyed by the great fire in Quebec, and seven
thousand people we're rendered homeless.
Only few casualties are reported. 49,. The
great English Derby was won by an unnamed
colt, over fourteen competitors.
tent reforms. -. NissoUri's Democratic dele
gates to the national convention were unin-
structed, and are divided between Hendricks
and Tilden Vermonts Democratic dele
gates we're uninstructed, but favor Tlden. -.
The preliminary work on the tunnel between
France and England has commenced on the
French side OF the channel. &. AT a shorthorn
cattle sale at Cambridge City, Ind, forty-two
COWS and heifers brought s17, 500. George
Parker essayed second time at Fleetwood
Park to ride thirty California mustangs 3O5
miles in fifteen hours. He became blind,
however, and had to give up after the 216th
mile. Another rider undertook to accomplish
forty miles in two hours, and succeeded in
doing go, with sixteen and one-half minutes
! to spare. .Forty-nine Cincinnatians on the
way to the Black Hills, under command Of
Capt. Stone, were massacred by Indians about
fifty miles from Red Cloud agency. Knights
Templars from twenty-three States, to the
number Of eight thousand, made an imposing
parade in Philadelphia. 1t is stated to have
been the largest gathering Of knights ever
held.
The deposed sultan is confined in a palace,
but his life is not in danger. 49,. .AndreH
Moore, New York boy Of fourteen, was struck
by playmate of the same age while quSrreling,
and instantly drove knife which he held in
his hand into his comrades breast, causing
death. AS freight train was passing the
Sing Sing prison grounds at a speed of fifteer
miles an hour, elk convicts suddenly dropped
from the wall to the coal tender, four Of whom
got on the locomotive, and while one I'M
coupled the engine from the train anothe
presented revolver to the engineers heat
and ordered him to increase the speed. The,
succeeded in passing the prison guards, Wit
we're afraid to fire for foar of hitting tn
engineer or fireman., and on arriving at
thick piece Of woodland near Tarrytown the
jumped off the engine and disappeared. The
all stripped off their prison garb, having Cit
; zens' clothing underneath. Two prisoner
who secreted themselves between the car
were resrI ested ...... Goldsmith Maid trotte
three miles against time at Philadelphia
, making the heats in 2214, 2.15 and 2.19l
She made strong effort on the second hea
to beat her famous and unparalleled time G
Ala, but did not succeed.
The family of Martin Lsros, living nes
4 Esston, Pa, were all taken sick after met
and physician stated that they had bee
3 poisoned. Laros and his wife, together wit
boarder named Moses Schug, died from tt
effects the six children recovering. a CO.
: oner's jury found that the poison was admin
tered by ono of the song, Alec, and ON h
arrest he confessed the crime and acknow
edged his object to have been a sum Of none
l. known to be in the house ...... Ex-Sulta
;, Abdul Aziz committed suicide in the palaC
= where he was confined by opening the vein
Of both arms with a pair Of scissors $500.
q lightning train was run from New York to Sa
e Francisco in eighty-three hours and thirt
i four minutes, carrying twenty-five passenger
@ who paid $500 apiece for the round trip.
d was the quickest long trip ever make in tn
: country. .....A man calling himself JOSEF
May, of Evansville, Ind, blew cut the brSiI
OF his wife and child in the woods near Bell
J vile, ILL.,, and then committed suicide.
q During the month Of May twenty-five bodi
@ were taken from the waters about New Yol
r city-only ten Of which were recognized. ..
d Mrs. Cstharine Newkirk, wife of isaac Ne,
q kirk, of Fort Hunter, and her daughter we
@ drowned in Schoharie creek, n Y.....4
Q Alpine Bush, N. Y, Oyrenus Stevens was i
q SANITY killed by lightning while leanil
u against porch pillar. A wire clothesline 9
u tached to the pillar connected with locu
y tree, which was shattered .... Nineteen phi
;s scians OF Constantinople have signed repo
4 that tho ex-sultan died of the wounds on
4 arms but the foreign journals generally SEQ
ir the idea Of suicide. 49,. Wilhelmina Weic
<. who was convicted in Buffalo, N. Y, of t
le murder OF her stepson, Michael Weick,
is November last, was sentenced TO be hang
10 on July 81, 1876. Tho sentence WAS receiv
n with irditference.... Another member of t
10 Laros family, Alvan, has died in Easton, r
~ from tho effects of the poisoned coffee a
W ministered by one Of the sons This max
- the fourth victim. .... Many counterfeit
~ on the Hamden National Bank Of WestfeI
Mass, are in circulation.
ar The Mexican insurgents have been bat
re beaten in several engagements during tho p,
Id month, and those who are we'll posted in t
n matter state that the rising will soon be ov
q A Protestant church in the city of Mexico "
10 burned by fanatics .....A dispatch states I'll
LII all the Fenian prisoners confined in Weate
VI Australia have escaped in an American whal
q ..... In consequence of the Judgment Of
Az Bremen court Prince Bismarck, as chancell
~ has issued q notification prohibiting for t
III years the circulation in Germany of the NJ
"a damerica, the weekly edition Of the PhiIad
" pItid VolhsbLdH .... A reunion of the Ar
b, of the Potomac took place at Philsdelph
n, and aftor being called to order by Gen. Hi
cock WIS addressed by Gen. John A. Dix.
lis poem WAS read by VIM. Winter aud br
Ike speeches made by Gems. Sherman, Sherid
ne Hooker and others During the month
OF May 10 $40 immigra' is arrived at the port
10 New York. .... Sam Anderson, a colored nj
70 under arrest for attempting to outrage Nj
~ Vaughan, OF De Soto county, Mics, and v