Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-03-11
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
What l. Doing in the Old World and the
New.

Rev. Horace Bushnell, q widely known |
preacher and writer died in Hartford, Conn. |
by a collision of Dover, England, between |
the steamers FranconiA and Strath- Clyde, the |
latter being eastward bound for Bombay, the
Clyde was heavily struck, and her boilers
almost instantly burst causing the vessel to
sink, and carrying down forty Of her seventy
passengers. . Over $4,000 were lost by
fire in Rutland, VT. The report comes from
England that Minister Schenok has resigned.
..... Three of the murderers of Minister
Burch, at Perak, India, have been captured,
and one of them has confessed, duplicating
nine persons. .... The Sioux, Cheyennes and
Arapshoes are said to be preparing for war. -.
Articles OF impeachment have beeu brought
forward against ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Davis
(colored), of Mississippi.
The German state tribunal has decided to
indict Count Won Arnim for treason, and
writ Of sequestration has been issued against
his estates. .....A bill sbolshing the death
penalty has passed tho Maine legislature. .....
portable boiler in eawmill at birmingham,
Mass, exploded with such effect as to kill
three men,. The Herzegovina patriots
refuse all compromises with the Porte, no
matter what powers recommend them, and
state their determination to fight to the last
for the complete freedom Of their country. E.
While the cashier of the Kern Valley (Cal)
bank was working on his books in the evening,
he was overpowered and ohloroformed by rob-
bers, who stole $4,000 ...... The Sonora
! (Mexico) revolutionists gained victory over
the State troops near Alamos. The jury dis
agreed in the case of Fnnel, on trial in New
York for the murder of Ned O'Baldwin the
pugilist . Buchu Helmbold has been ad-
judged insane by the courts Three Italians
were hanged in st. Louis for a murder com
mitted two years previous ...... Charlotte
Cushman, the great actress, died of pneumonia
in Boston, at the age Of sixty.
Charlotte Cushman leaves au estate of
5000, 900. 49,. The German ecclesiastical court
has definitely summoned the bishop Of Mum
ster to appear for trial on charges which in
volve the penalty of deposition from his see.
.... Keith the man convicted OF poisoning
the we'll OF neighbor in Leeds, Me-, was
sentenced to ten years in State prison. ....
R. D. Rufin, colored member of the Virginia
House of delegates from Dinwiddie county,
was expelled for improper conduct abstract-
ing money from the paybook of the sergeant
alarms. -. Servia has ordered all men be-
tween the ages Of twenty and fifty years under
arms " BY fire in Athens, N. Y, eight
icehouses of the Kniokerbocker company were
destroyed, with implements and forty thousand
tons of ice already stored. The loss amounted
to 1926, 900, which was covered by insurance
.. The Red river steamboat Mary Loury
was burned to the waters edge while ON hel
way to New Orleans. Her cargo of thirteen
hundred bales of cotton was almost tota
loss. .. By the precipitation of an engine
down an embankment on the Short Line roat
at Lagrange, Ky., Engineer Finnegan was
caught under the machinery and held fas
while streams of boiling water from thu
broken boiler ran over his face and body. He
died in the greatest agony, with dozen mel
looking on, unable to extrcate him.
1t is announced in Rome that the vatican
has advised Don Carlos to stop fighting, as hi
success is hopeless ..... The national Demo
cratic committee have decided that their Presi
Dental convention shall be held in st. Louii
ON the twenty-seventh Of June. .....D ieastroul
floods have occurred in the provinces of Uppe
, Austria and Moravis. One hundred anC
, twenty houses are known to have been de
stroyed -. The great $50, 900 four mile rae
| OF Gan FranniaoO wa yrn nv FnStar in r.
and 7 3S15. Rutherford, which sold first in tn
pools, came in second the other five horse
being distanced . The Central American
States have settled their difficulties, and th
. war which threatened devastation is thereb
3 averted ..... Peace negotiations are ben
8 entered into by Egypt and Abyssinia. -.
I Richard B. Irwin, who was before the oountr
+ 80 prominently at the time OF the Cred
Mobilier scandal, has been arrested at til
: Instance of Rufus Hatch, charged with stealth
$3.50, 600 which was put into his hands by th
Pacific railway company to secure a subsidy
u ..... George Cameron and Fred Schneide
: entered a Chicago saloon together, and Will
standing before the bar Cameron put pistt
: to Schneider's head and fred and then BILE
g his own brains out Both men dropped dest
: and it is believed the crime was prearrange
q between them. .... The Indiana Republica
. State convention nominated for governor th
present minister to Austria, Godlove s. Ortl
y, adopted long platform, and recommends
" Oliver P. Morton for President. go. The Wi
o consin Republicans, in convention, favore
James G. Blaine for the Presidency.
The bill abolishing capital punishment
Maine has become law, the governor havin
= signed it,. The Democratic State CONVEX
IL ton Of Connecticut renomnated Gov. Inge
9 soil and the entire State ticket. The platfor
d called for specie payment. q. Attorney Gener
l. Pierrepont spoke before the supreme court
s laudation Of Reverdy Johnson, and Chief-Ju
o. tice Waite responded. go. "A fire in Tarrytowl
!, N. Y, destroyed fifteen houses, with a loss
= $3.50, 600. -. Elijah Shaw, of Wales, Mass
y has failed for 100000. He was the owner
IL five mills, and employed some three hundre
70 hands. .....A revolution is feared in Hayt
u All Cuban refugees are ordered to quit IL
70 country within thirty hours under penalty
IS being delivered to the Spanish authorities
g The nitro-glycerine magazine of the Rober
torpedo company, at st. Petersburg, Pa, g
ploded with terrific force, killing one man al
tearing the building completely to pieces.
O. E. & A. Dixon, the noted merchants
Liverpool, England, have failed for three al
- one-half million dollars . Gen. Babcoc
u private secretary to Gen. Grant, who W
g tried at st. Louis for completely in the whisl
G. frauds, was found not guilty by the jury on Il
l. first ballot. The trial lasted seyenteen day