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

LnaL hamou DOUG ~ OnlOn blll n. - te1t
summer, while firing at his own (schwAmb's)
sister, has been convicted Of murder in the
hrst degree and sentenced 10 be hanged on
the eighth Of December. go. On account Of
the failure of the crops in Bombay, much
suffering is felt and government aid lie being
extended. The reports from other districts
indicate e complete failure OF supplies, and it
is thought that aid will have to be given to
tso hundred thousand people. There has
been no rain, and the rivers are drying up. |
Vegetation is parched and cattle die Of starva-
ton. q. The will of the Hon. 2. o. J. Smith, |
filed for probate at Portland, Me-, leaves $780, |
900 to the home for aged and INDECENT moth |
srs, $50, 900 to the Cumberland county law |
library, $4,000 to the New Hampshire his
toricsl society, and $4,000 to the Phillips
academy, Exeter, where he was educated, be-
sides other smaller requests .... . Thomas
Ellis, for eighteen years employed in the Park
bank New York city, where he had risen to
the position Of paying teller, with a salary of
"a, 900, has defaulted with $50 600 in green
backs, and examination may reveal further
shortcomings. As he was not a fast liver, it
is imagined he lost at gambling in stocks and
took the amount in hopes Of being able to re-
lace it before discovery. A reward of $4,000
is offered for bis capture. "A wrestling
match in Chicago between Miller, OF New
York, and Bauer, of San Francisco, was de-
cided by the referee, Barney Aaron, in Miller's
favor, upon which Bauer's friends were dis
satisfied and the meeting broke up in row, in
which pistols were freely drawn.
Three men were killed ap% fourteen wound
ed, several fatally, by tra on the New Jer
sey Central running off an open switch near
Somerville. The engine and four cars were
overturned and wrecked The Indians be-
longing at the Red Cloud agency having gone
into camp some miles outside of the post and
refusing to come in when ordered-it being
known that they were in communication with
the hostiles and making preparations for
joining them-Gen. Crook surrounded them
with troops and made them quietly return to
the agency, where their arms and ponies were
taken from them. Red Cloud, the head chief,
was deposed and Spotted TAIL who is favor
able to the whites put in command. ..
Another bloodless revolution has occurred in
Santo Domingo. President Espaillat has been
deposed and ex-President Gonzales reinstated.
..... George Miller, target marker for the
Worcester (Mass.) ride club, while attending
to his duties, mistook the sound of gun fred
in the neighborhood for the one he was wait
ing to mark, and Stepped in front Of the target
Just in time to receive bullet in the breast
| from yubin ha 1ioJ hn FOIL %
the Park bank, New York, defaulted to the
amount Of $66, 600, instead of $50, 600 as first
reported ...,A socialist conspiracy has been
discovered in Spain, and four general officers
have been arrested for completely ..... Gold
smith Maid endeavored to beat her record Of
2:14, in the presence OF large crowd at
Washington, but only succeeded in trotting in
2:184.
At the Pimlico races Baltimore, the three
quarters Of mile dash was won by Sunbeam
in 1:213. The Dixie stakes, two miles, three
year-olds was taken by Vigil in S:41115, defeat
: ing Parole and Heretez. The two-year old one
mile race resulted in victory for Susquehsnns
in 1:49%. The horse Add won two out OF
three Of the heats in the two-mile race. Tom
Oohiltree won the first heat, but was distanced
in the second. -. Brigham Young having dis
regarded the order of the court to pay the ali.
9 mony awarded to his wife, Ann Eliza, sufficient
Of his property has been seized to cover the
) same go. The pension commissioner has
submitted his report for the past fiscal year
from which it appears that $28, 351, 500 were
paid out. The number Of pensioners on JUNE
, 80 was 1884, S21, or 1884 less than the previous
year. The number CT army invalid pensioners
q numbered 105, 478, an increase of 2,912. The
widows and minor children decreased 8, 718
4 The number Of survivors of the war 1912 il
: LISTS, falling off of 1862 49,. The Spanish
ministry propose treaty of extradition will
, the United States. The official figure
from Indiana show the total vote to hav
been 434 3l9, of which the Democratic ticke
r received 212, 019 the Republican 206, 218 an,
: the Independent 1902. The Democrat
plurality is 8, 846. Chadwick Britain, in al
f alteration with his mother-in-law, Mrp
r Rhodes, at Rushville, Ind, on account Of he
o refusal to deed the farm to him, shot he
# dead. Her husband fastened to the rescu
Il and was also fired at, but missed, whereupo
e the young man killed himself. q. %. Frank Nc
4 Conachi has confessed to the murder Of littl
q Maggie Bauer, whose mutilsted remains wer
: found in the woods near Springfield, L. l.
last summer.
n The Democrats Of West Virginia secure
IS the same number Of representatives in til
1t Legislature they had last year, and will cleo
n their candidate for United States senator.
q O1e hundred and forty thousand people al
:. tended the Exhibition ON Ohio day-rankin
:, third in point Of numbers. u. The winners G
u the races at Baltimore were as follows: On
= mile for all ages, $275, Inspiration, 1,48 mil
: heats for three-year-olds $3.50, Ambush
!. 1:47% 1885, free handicap for all ages, $45(
g Burgoo, 3.174 80. The governors of the larg
n Western States which have suffered from tn
b grasshoppers met in convention at OmAhs
q and after discussing the subject thoroughly
l. adopted petition to Congress to aid the SEE
q tions ravaged. -. Gen. Terry disarmed tn
% Indians at Standing Rock agency, but did nc
q succeed in getting great number Of arms, an
it is believed the savages hid them. A rur
ming race at Newmarket, England, for tn
% Dallingham handicap resulted in dead hes
10 between the American horse Bay Final an
the British animal Broadsde. On running
off Bay Final was successful. VIM B. Viii
~ ney, of Chicago, is bankrupt. Liabilities
. $425,0O0, much Of it due in New York Stat,
"a 49,. The Continental Life Insurance Co., {
d New York, is defunct.
10 The vessels Alert and Discovery, of til
n English navy, which started on Polar o.
id nad;t;on over vaar aoo bova orr;rod