Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-05-27
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
Items of Interest from Home and Abror

logs were carried out into the bay OF Quinte.
.... The Centennial exhibition was formally c
opened at Philadelphia by President Grant, a
in the presence Of two hundred thousand peo- :
pie. The President and the emperor Dom ]
Pedro started tue machinery in Machinery
hall the machinery in the Women's pavilion !
being started by the empress OF Brazil. 80.
Advices from Liberia are most unsatisfactory ]
aud discoursging, and the new administrations {
financial statement is looked forward to with !
great anxiety. A. Barton, OF Walton, N. Y,
while under religious excitement, laid his left
arm on workbench, and taking an ak
cat gashes every inch aud a half from his ,
shoulder to the elbow, where the ann was ]
completely severed. Every blow cut through
the bone. He was properly cared for. 800.
At the Lexington (Ky) races Aristides won
the four-year old sweepstakes Of two miles
and an eighth, in 3.4515-msking the best
time on record for the distance, and beating
Ten Brock.
By the failure of the johnson Bingham
Manufacturing Company Of North Adams,
Mass, two hundred hands were thrown out Of
work .... George Won Hollern, city collector
| of Chicago, has gone to Europe-being de-
faulter to the amount of 300, 900. Gambling
was his ruin. .... There Eeems to be we'll
grounded fears that the Mussulmans of Turkey |
may rise in body and massacre the Chris
tians .. The Prince OF Wales was received |
in England with enthusiasm on his return |
from India .. The West Virginia Repub-
lcans passed resolution in favor of Mr.
Blaine for the Presidency. From April 10th
to April 22d there were 1886 deaths from plague
in Bagdad. .... A resolution passed the British
Columbia House declaring itexpedient to the
government to take steps to prevent the pro-
vince being overrun with Chinese to the detri-
ment Of white labor.
Oxford College will not send crew to the
Centennial regatta. 80. Reports from Canada
and the adjacent States this side Of the line
are to the effect that the spring freshets are
the most damaging known for years. A number
OF logs and much valuable lumber has been
swept away. Several bridges in the Connec-
ticut valley, Vermont, have been carried off by
the overflow, and many more are in imminent
danger. Railway communication in that por-
ton is entirely suspended on account of bad
} washouts go. AT the Lexington races the
= three-quarters of mile dash, open 60 all ages,
: was won by Billy Bruce in 1.1515-being within
one quarter Of a second of the fastest time
ever recorded. E. =. The war in Central America
between Guatemala and Salvador resulted in
l victory for Guatemala after few trifling en-
gagements. Salvador sues for peace.
t party of young men serenaded young
Q married couple at Dahlgren, ILL.,, and on being
g ordered away by the bridegroom and refusing
d to go he shot at them, killing one and wound
s ing two others. All we're Of the highest re-
4 speciality . "A half-witted man was caught
i firing lumber yard at Williamsport, Pa, and
u was captured after severe struggle, during
. which he was shot three times. He is un
L doubleday the incendiary who has caused all
the immense fires the town has suffered from
q $50. Ellen Jackson was arrested in Brooklyn
e N Y, on charge of Misunderstanding thrown
~ her aged husband down stairs and broken hi
l.. neck. Cholera is raging disastrously among
is the men who are laboring on the fortifcatoni
It at Mandslay Burmah 80. Three children il
9 boat were swept into tide rapids of the Saul
|, au Recollet river, Canada, and drowned.
u The Manchester IN. H. calico mills, EN-
Il ploying five hundred hands, have closed Oh
~ account Of the low price of goods. e.. Th,
:: Senate bill to allow the khedive of Egypt
"A diamond gift to Gen. Sherman's daughter II
of pass the custom house duty free, has passet
the House. .....A military excursion trail
was thrown from the track by broken raj
near Richmond, Va, and a number of person
killed or wounded .... Information fror
ne Laurel H La, states that posse of colore
IT. men went to the store of white man, an
ne calling him to the door, riddled him with bul
Ut let's. A party of white men demanded tn
no body, and on the negroes refusing to delive
~ it fierce fight ensued, resulting in the KILN
- of four white men and eight colored mer
of The excitement increased and whites an
TO- blacks were congregating in large bodies. TIL
nd sheriff has asked for military aid. -. TIL
,at British navy will simply blockade the port
ny of Dahomey, and not lombard them.
tn Two colored men were hanged in the presenc
'se of three thousand persons at Springfield, Ga
yet for the murder Of two ladies'.
H. Representative VIM. FL. Barnum democrat
IN has been elected United States Senator by til
ds Connecticut Legislature to fill the unexpire
ed term of the late Senator Ferry. .... NevaG
Democrats favors Tilden for the Presidenc
he but send their delegates to the national col
he vention unpledged 80. The third game Of IL
nd Philadelphia billiard tournament was won /
cs. Slosson, who made 800 points to Rudolphe
'h, 266. The score of the fourth game stood
els DAY. 30O Foster, 15e. The fifth game was
oi Bessinger, 800 Shaw, $685. The sixth gan
~ scored; Joseph Dion, so; GARNER, $780,.
Five Of the children Of Charles Irwin,
nd vevay, Ind, were drowned by the sinking
iii an old skiff in which they were padding {
,os the Ohio river. Three other children We
A rescued with great difficulty :. ;. By the @
pes plosion Of "giant powder mandatory
nd Drakeville, N. j., two men were instant
TEL killed and $12, 900 damage done. So. Invent
er- FIVE illicit distilleres and forty thousand 60
IN Ions of mash and liquor were seized by Il
revenue authorities in Virginia aud Nor
nes Carolina.
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