The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-09-26
SUMMARY OF NEWS.


The state convention OF the Massachusetts,
Prohibitiohist party Was held IN Worcester, aud
A ticket nominated with r. G. PitmAn for gov
ernor Al the head. The platform adopted de-
ciGres a determination 10 destroy the liquor
traffic, and ahirms that tbs policy OF the state
toward thr lquOr question cannot be settled by i
A party divided between license and prohibi-
ton another plank fayors woman suffrage.
The British ship Forrest, from London for /
New York, oollided with the h-iti1h ship Avail /
Anche, from Ur.,don for New Zealand, on Port
laid, the former cutting the latter in two. The /
Avalanche sank Immediately, while the Forrest .
kept Ahoat for an hour or two and then /
foundered. Over one hundred persons lost |
their lives by the Disaster. The rifle matches /
at the Creedmoor range attracted large crowds /
from New York and vicinity. The interstate /
military match was won By team OF twelve /
men from California, who made score OF 800 ; |
Connecticut coming next with 9Il, and New
York with 967 the prize being bronze statue
worth $3.50. The champions match, for
gold medal, valued at 800, was won by Henry
Fulton, who secured l39 out Of a possible 100.
The prize known as the Wimbledon Cup
valued at $780, and presented to the ritlemen
Of America By the rihemen OF Great Britain,
for annual competition WAS captured by Dud-
lev Selph. OF New Orleans who scored 1877 out
OF a possible $50, at 1000 yards, go: The
! PENNSYLVANIA prohibitionlsts nominated A. ii.
! Winton for supreme Judge. and adopted plat
/ success Of the Prohibition party.
II the sentence Of NJ. Gambetta, the Repub.
lcan leader in France, TO three months inn
prisonment, is maintained, he will lose all civil
rights for five years, and be politically dead for
| that time zee. AT the convention of the Ameri-
can Bankers Association, In New York, 600
| delegates were present on the second day.
There were 500 banks represented in the con-
vention, controlling an aggregate capita OF
$500. 900, 900 OF which New York held sSO,0OO,-
900 +; Boston, $50, 900, 900; Philadelphia, $780,
600 600 other cities. $3.50, 000,O 600. The silver
question was discussed by Hon. w. $. Groes-
beck snd others The Ohio WOrkingmens
convention met at Columbus. A number OF
resolutions we're adopted, asserting that labor,
the creator Of all wealth, was either unem-
ployed or denied It's Just reward; that neither
the Democratic or Republican party propose
any plan of relief that we, therefore, form a
national party and invite all men TO unite IN
movement for industrial prosperity and imam
eial reform, and we, therefore, make the fol-
lowing declaration of principles We demand
that the bonds Of the government shall be PAID
al or before maturity, according to the laws
under which they were originally issued ; we
demand the restoration Of silver coinage to the
condition provided by law, previous to Febru-
airy, 1879 we believe it is the duty Of the
government to exercise control, within consti-
tutional authority, over all corporate bodies !;
and mechanical resources Of the country, to
the end that labor may be fully and prohtably
EMPLOYED The declaration declares in favor
of income tax according to the amount OF in
come demands that the legal tender currency
be fully restored and made full legal tender
and continued without contraction and that ma,
tional bank notes be returned and an equal
amount OF legal tenders issued. 1t demands
the repeal Of the national banking law; de-
precates the effort to redress wrongs by VIOLA
ton of law, and expresses the belief that to the
ballot box alone they must look for Justice.
Stephen Johnson-who had also been nom-
mated by a previous Greenback convention
received the nomination for governor, and a
full ticket was put in the field. ... The Demo
Gratis of Massachusetts met in convention at
Worcester. William CASTOR WAS nominated for
governor, receiving 1,l90 votes to 1856 for
Charles P. Thompson. The rest Of the ticket
embraced William r. Plunkett for lieutenant
governor Weston Rowland for secretary OF
State David N. Sldllings for treasurer John
T.. Fitzgerald for auditor, and Charles p.
Thompson for Encouragement. The platform
adopted announces the National Democratic
platform of 1876, as the exponent of Demo-
cratic principles in the past believes the
Democrats carried the Presidential election,
but that " the people were defrauded OF their
right to be governed by rulers of their choice
congratulates the country upon the return of
order and the Inauguration Of new reign OF
domestic peace and liberty throughout the
South, owing to the adoption of Democratic
principles /; maintains that the present system
of taxation in Massachusetts, is unjust, unequal
and oppressive, and "the time has come for a
thorough reformation of the laws regulating
the levying of taxes :" opposes the enactment
Of the Prohibition law favors such measures
as will tend to the elevation Of labor and the
improvement of the condition of the laboring
man; asserts that the interests of the Com
Z monwealth requires the. removals Of the OF
, ataces to an extended reciprocal trade with
foreign countries, and the Offering of liberal
reciprocity with Canada and Mexico /; is in favor
of the honest payment of the public debt anc
of currency on q gold basis, and declares
that the present depression of the industrial
commercial, and financial interests OF the
country is largely due to our inability, undel
the present laws, to dispose Of the surplus in
dustrial products, owing to restrictions ant
imperious legislatures.
:, In a two DAYS contest, at Creedmoor, fol
the Centennial trophy of Workmanship, the
g American team of eight riflemen were success
full over the British team, by score of 1884 t.
3,242. The shooting of the American team wa
: extraordinarily fine, it never before having
D been equaled on any rifle range. The troph.
, is large and magnificent banner, handsomel,
mounted and inscribed, and is to be shot TO
G annually by the rifemen of the world E. =.
q reception to President Hayes was given by tn
Twenty-thrd Ohio regiment, at Fremont
!. About twenty thousand persons were present
. including number of prominent generals AM
, politicians, and brief speeches were made b.
u the President General Sheridan and others. e.
s The coroners jury, in the inquest on the bodie
/ of the victims of the recent large fire in Nel
- York, censure the owner OF the piano manufaC
d. tory for neglecting to provide adequate mean
h for eXtingulshlng fires. Late returns fron
Maine show that the plurality of the Republi
- can candidate for governor, over the Demo
# cratic candidate, will be about II, 800. TIL
Greenback vote will be about 5000 ..... TIL
Il Long Island Savings Bank, of Brooklyn, wa
4 on account Of an alleged deficiency in its ii
come.
In his examination before a committee. C
II New York aldermen, investigating the nefi
a rous ring transactions William nj. Tweed test
W fed that he had paid over $600,00 to member
= Of the New York Legislature of 1870, for tn
d purpose of influencing them to vote for I'll
city charter, in the passage of which he an
10 friends were interested. Tweed stated tn;
lie he had paid $4,000 each to several senator
40 to " influence them to work in the interes
% Of the charter ...... The explorer Stanlt
D. arrived on the west coast of Africa, and Wi
q heard from after an ominous silence of over
year, during which the gravest fears we
aroused for his safety. His journey was MAJ
lt across the Continent, from the east coast to Il
= vest and was fraught with many perils al
III great suffering. His way was barred by il
IN penetrable forests and innumerable savat
a. tribes with whom he was at war night and da
'' At times starvation stared him in the face, al
Y his followers were continually meeting wi
v death from exposure or in battle with the ca
~ nibalistic tribes. Among others whom he 10
ne was his last white assistant, Francis Pocock
m young Englishman, who had been his col
panion in many expeditions ..... Admin
at is dead Mr.. Oliver and daughter and M
~ West, while rowing on the East river, N
u York, we're run down by a steamboat q
y drowned.