Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-05-26
SUMMARY OF NEWS,
Interesting Item. from Home and Abrou

driver, William Ryan, was threwn from his
seat aud fatally hurt lady named Mrs. Rem
wick, and her aunt, Mrs. McDoua who were
In the carriage, jumped to the ground, and the
aunt was instantly killed, while her neiee was
badly wounded. Another lady and child who
were IN the carriage were unhurt In Boston
the directors OF the Globe Fire insurance COM
pany determined to close up the business on
account of the depreciation in value of the in
Yestments OF the company. 49,. The town Of
lqmque, in Peru, was destroyed by an earth
quake on May TO-. .A-dispatch from Constana
unope says the Russians attacked the vanguard
OF the Turkish troops in the vicinity of Batoum.
and an engagement ensued, lasting nearly
nine hours. and resulting in the complets Pout
OF the Russians, who lost T. 001 men, while the
turkish loss was inconsiderable. Both Rus
SLAMS and Turks Hfe gathering large armies in
Asia Minor, By resolution the Roumanian
chamber has in effect declared Roumania indie
pendent of Turkey. Much uneasiness is felt by
the European and other foreign residents of
Constantmople, as threats have been made of
general massacre Of Christians Brigham
Young refused to allow the Use of the Mormon
1heater for the delivery of lecture by Bob
1ngersol 49,. The French statesman, Mr..
Picard, is dead. In consequence of infor-
nation recently received, strong probabilities
exist that Charlie Ross is still alive, and his
father held a consultation with P. T. Barnum
at Bridgeport, Conn. The latter will offer a
promise his captors exemption from punish
ment. go. The investigating committee APP
pointed to look into the affairs of the New
York custom house have discovered serious
irregularities in its management Campbell
d Thayers oil works in Brooklyn, N. Y, were
DESTROYED by fire, mourning loss of S4O6, $50.
Mrs. Woodruff and Miss Claflin have
made claim of 100000 on TIE estate of the
late Commodore Vanderbilt 800 A paper mill
at Dalton, Mass, was burned. Loss, $75, 900.
John Gunner, proprietor of lager beer
saloon IN Wllliamsburgh, l.. l.. was found
murdered in his bed while his wife had been
fatally wounded. IA battle took place at
Batoum on the Black sea, in Asia Minor, in
which the Russians were defeated The Turks
are said to have behaved with great gallantry
Three Russian columns were marching toward
GiurgevO, Simnitza and Mogureli, with the
evident design of crossing the Danube at three
points. The Russian newspaper organ at Brus-
sells publishes letter from st. Petersburg say
ing the Russians have but one object in carry
ing on the war-the amelioration of the lot of
the Christians. President Hayes, accom-
panied by Secretaries Evarts and Schurz, At
torney-General Devens, Gen. W. T. Sherman,
Mrs. Hayes and Webb c. HAYES visited New
York. In the evening the President was a
guest at the annual dinner of the New York
Chamber of Commerce and delivered a short
address, as did Secretary Evarts and other
the Sixth United States circuit court, died in
Detroit. 900. Elk President Grant held recep-
ton III Independence Hall, Philadelphia, prior
to his departure for Europe ~ The New
York Stock Exchange held its annual election
for officers. So. The secretary of war, accom-
panied by Gen. Sherman and others, will make
tour of inspection Of the forts and govern
ment posts in the harbors of New York, Boston
and Newport. .... The body of William Kilan
an engraver, was found in the East river, New
York. He had stabbed himself eleven times
and then jumped overheard. 80. An anti-Rus-
sian meeting in London was dispersed. w
During a recent strike in Streater, ILL.,, over
sixty miners were poisoned by arsenic, some of
whom cannot recoyer..... The citizens of
Hanover county, Va, were thrown into state
OF great excitement by the discovery of a
lioness roaming in the woods. The animal evil
IDENTIFY had escaped from some travelling circus.
...... The trial of Edward NJ. Smith for the
murder of the Trim family at Bucksport, Me-,
ended in verdict of murder i'll the first degree.
A Turkish gunboat which tried to pass Kala-
fat, on the Danube, was captured. A dispatch
says the Russians have succeeded in crossing
the Danube near Potbach, in the Dobrudscha,
with q force of 10000 men. A special from
Perth says Roumania has formally declared
war against Turkey. The war party in the
British House of Commons is i'll q small minori-
ty.... .DreXel, Morgan d Co., of New York,
made an offer to the secretary of war to furnish
the funds with which to pay the army from
July until the Army Appropriation bill shall
be passed. The secretary declined the offer on
the ground that it would be violation of law.
......A carnival-the first of its kind in that
city-came off in New York after many months
of preparation and anticipation, and proved
failure. The king of the carnival arrived off
the Battery in a steamboat at noon, and rode in
state up Broadway, attended by body guard
and men dressed to represent the grand Turk,
the khediye of Egypt and other dignitaries.
Following the king came long industrial pro-
cession consisting of several hundred trucks and
wagons, all more or less ingeniously and gaudily
decorated and advertising the firms to which
they belonged Newspaper publishers, brewers,
butchers, printers, trunkmakers, ETC., were
represented. The carnival proper-the parade
in the evening-was fasco, although huge
throng of people gathered along the line of
march and at Union Square, where grand
stand of pine boards had been erected and
seats were sold at 81 each. The evening pro-
cession was made up of floats representing
interesting events in the history of the country,
such as 1.-THE Landing of Columbus" "The
Boston Tea Party" "Pocahontas and John
Smith, etc. With few exceptions they were
wretchedly constructed, and little order or dis
cipline prevailed. The affair closed with ball
at Gilmore's Garden which was poorly attended
and of little interest ...... On the same day of
Central Park, New York, to witness the unvei-
ing of the statue of the poet FitZ- Greene Hal
leck. Addresses were made by William Cullen
Bryant and William Allen Butler, q poem by
John G. Whittier was read, and the statue was
unveiled by President Hayes. Large forest
fires in northern New York created great dam
age to property. Three villages were laid in
ashes, and the entire country for hundreds of
, miles was enveloped in smoke. There were
also large forest fires along the Hudson, in
Vermont, Massachusetts,, Pennsylvania and
Canada. In the seventy days since the
restored franking privilege went into effect an
average of twenty thousand pounds of docu-
ments have left the Washington post-ofice
daily.
It was announced from st. Petersburg that
III the bombardment of Sukum Kaleh in Asia
Minor, the town WAS somewhat damaged, but
that the Turkish troops were defeated in the
attempt to land guns and troops and left q
number of dead on the beach. A dispatch says
that Austria has threatened to occupy Servia
II the agitation continues. ..... The Laure
(Md.) cotton manufacturing company has sus
pended 80. President Hayes held a reception
in the city hall, New York, and was afterwart
entertained by ex-Gov. Morgan and John Jacot
Astor ...... The awards for Indian supplies
has been made On the day before the exc
cution of Pondexter Edmonson for the murder
of farmer named Shaw in Stoddard county
Mo-, the governor Of the State received infor
nation that dying man had confessed thu
crime and that Edmonson was innocent. 4
respite was ordered until July Is .... Fifteel
students and two professors of Princeton Col
lege are preparing to go on a scientific expedi
ton to the Black Hills. The railroad station
house at Little York, N. Y. took fire while tn
occupant, Frank DUNCAN, and his wife wer
absent, and their five little children-the oldes
scarcely nine years of age-were burned t.
death. IA miner named George Carmal
was blown to pieces by an explosion of nitro
the Canadian village of Cobocouk was destroye
by fire. Loss over $40, 000 go. The Rev. MI
Wright and his wife were arrested on tn
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