Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-10-28
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
What is Doing In the Old World and the
New.


Albany, one of the hunters raised bis gun and
discharged load Of shot at the party, i've OF
whom were wounded. 80. On Greenwood lake,
near New York, was made the fastest time in
psir-oar, two-mile straightaway race ever re-
corded. The contestants were Riley and Ken
nedy, Of the Neptune club, Smith and Eldred,
of the Argonaata, Downs and Eustis OF the
ATLANTA. The Neptunes won by FIVE lengths
in 12:20t. Kennedy was the stroke Of the
Yale four which gave the Londoners such a
tough pull at Philadelphia, while Riley won
the single scull championship at Saratoga. ...
While three loaded cars were being hoisted
from the slope of the Middle Lehigh colliery
at New Boston, Pa, the rope broke and the
cars ran rapidly to the bottom. Four miners
were killed. The elevator Of Otis and Look,
at Cleveland, Ohio, with it's entire contents,
was destroyed by fire. An adjoining steam
boat depot, with hotel and several frame
buildings, were also destroyed. Loss, s164, 600;
insured partially. During the confagration
sparks fired the Second Congregational church
and it was completely destroyed. Loss, $780,
| GOO. 80. Jacob Rehms, one of the convicted
Chicago whisky ring, has been pardoned by
the President. . E. .Incendiar1es burned three
! business blocks in Pine Bluff, Ark, inficting
loss Of S125, 900. At the sane time house
in the suburb was eet on fire and consumed.
| There was great excitement.
The Centennial commission has definitely
decided not to keep the Exhibition open after
November 10th, the time originally declared
as the closing day. zoe. Seven houses we're de-
stroyed By fire at Point Levy, Canada. The
stock exhibition connected with the Philadel-
pLia Centennial has just opened the display Of
sheep and swine. There are on hand IT'S
American sheep, sixty English and fifty Cana
dian. The exhibit of swine show 1913 American,
Fifty English and forty Canadian ...... Lewis
Scheller, age fifteen years. accidentally shot
and killed his companion, Charles Hammond,
age sixteen years. while out duck shooting at
Grand Island, N. T.. The yellow fever is
absting at Brunswick, Ga ...... Smuggler de-
feated Judge Fullerton in trotting match at
Dover, N. H., in three straight heats. Time,
2:27, 2:21, 2:24! ..... The Harvester works at
Minneapolis, Minn., were destroyed by fire
Loss, 100000; insurance, $4,000. Nineteen
small dwellings, in Mobile, Ala, were burned
by an incend&ry fire, which was no sooner
suppressed than another was started in d
different part of the town, destroying three
buildings. ..... John D. Lee, the Mormon con-
victed for participation in the notorious Noun
tain Meadow massacre, has been sentenced to
death-the exection to take place January &c,
| Al
demned man has his choice of death conse-
quently Lee chose to be shot. BY the burn
ing of the Mississippi steamer Southern Belle
several lives were lost. The boat and cargo
were total wreck, -. Congress onal nomina-
tions New York, first district, John A. King,
Rep; Massachusetts, eleventh, @. D. Chaplin,
Dom; Pennsylvania, sixteenth, John s. Nit
ohell, Rep, aud Chas. Moore, Independent
Temperance. ..... AT Jerome park, Warlock
won the mile and quarter dash for three
year-olds in 2:14. The three-q arter dash fo1
two-year-olds was won in 1:20i by Oriole.
Vigil was the victor in the two mile race in
$40. Sister of Mercy won the mile dash in
LAT.
1,
church at Mount Washington, KY, while in
toxicated, and on Elder VIM. Barnes asking
him to leave, replied with curses upon the
elder and the church, whereupon Barnes sho
, him through the heart ..... The Georgi,
| cotton crop will exceed that raised last yea
, by at least ten per cent. >. Two masked mel
overpowered the county treasurer in his offic'
at Knoxville, Iowa, in the evening" and com
pelling him to open the safe, took $14, 00
therefrom. -. Ten million feet of lumber
> valued at $4,000, we're destroyed by fire ii
the yard of the Mitchell & Rowland compan,
at Toledo, Ohio. ... Prof. Taylor ran tel
! miles in five seconds less than an hour on
wager, at the Dartmouth College athletic ex
, ercises ...... A fire originated in the Rexfor
= Hotel, Sandy Hill, N. Y, and burned through
the entire business portion Of the town
Twenty business houses lost their entire con
tents. Losses will aggregate 100000, o.
! which there was partial insurance. :. Nomi
, nations to Congress: New York, thirteenth
, district, John o. Whitehouse, DEM; twenty
q seventh, P. Fl. Van Auken; Dem. . TIL
I professional single scull race at Greenwood
S lake drew out Plaisted and Biglin, Of Ne'
York, Powell and Coulter, of Pittsburgh, Nc
/. KEEL, Of G 'esskill Station, Pa, and Landert
y of Boston. The course was three miles aroun
g a stakeboat. Plaisted led over the course b
r eight lengths in 21:451, with Landers, Coulter
Nickel, Biglin and Powell following as named
t In consequence. of the first three turning th
It stake from the wrong side, the purses wer
q given to the last three.
While $50 employees Of the nail factor
4 connected with Zug's rolling mills at Pitt
J. burgh, Pa, were at work, the boiler burr
with terrific force, tearing the building I
pieces and burying the workmen in the ruin
A great number of men instantly set to woI
p 60 rescue the unfortunates, and succeeded i
u getting out fifteen dead and thirty-three il
{. jured men, four of them fatally. The balant
70 escaped unhurt. The excitement was intel
a sifed by the furnaces firing the debris befol
" all the buried men had been taken out tt
!, killed were frightfully mutilated-some ha
:, ing their heads mashed, others limbs torn Of
a while nearly all we're more or less scorche
N The concussion Of the explosion broke Il
le window glass for blocks around. The loss
in the proprietors will amount to $25, 600. :.
le The bank Of Nevada having voted
I'd double its capital stock, Flood & O'Bris
to drew their check for the entire amour
Ill $5,000,000 ..... Four dwellings and barn
D. Princeton, Me-, were destroyed by fire ..
ID statue Of Columbus, presented to the Unit
% States by citizens of Italy, was unvailed
No Philadelphia with appropriate exercises.
q. at Jerome park. the Members cup, for mi