Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-04-07

tho bonds did not contain a signature nor seal,
hey could not be lawfully considered counter
felt The original bonds are 80 closely copied
that only the best informed experts can dis
tinguish between the genuine and bogus 900.
Russia is reported to have furnished Montene-
gro with provisions sufficient to last year.
The still Of the Boston dyewood and chemical
company, at East Boston. exploded. badly
scalding four men, two Of whom are probably
fatally injured. The building was demolished
...,..A girl, ten years Of age. daughter of
F. ii. Manning, OF Port Dover, Canada, was
accidentally shot and killed bv her brother
aged eight Gee. As a freight train ON the In
dianapols and Vincennes road CROSSED a bridge
near WoTthinCton, Ind, the two end cars
being a freight and the caboose-jumped the
track and fell of the bridge. The caboose
contained twelve people, of whom one was
Killed and the others more or less seriously
injured The New England glass company,
of East Cambridge, Mass, has wound up its
affairs, being unable to compete with Western
and Southern factories. Two hundred men
were thrown ont Of employment .... John d.
Lee, sentenced to death for the Mountain
Meadow massacre, twenty years ago. whereby
a large party of immigrants were enticed to the
protection of a body of Mormons, and then
slaughtered for their stock and household goods,
was shot at the scene of his former crime. He
bore himself brayely, and at the word " FIRE,
fell dead on his coffin, with five bullets in his
heart. He made an address just previous to
death, in which he denounced the Mormon lead
ers for having inyeigled him into crime, and
then made him the scapegoat for the entire
community . Reuters Rome telegram says the
health of the Pope is fairly satisfactory but he
has lost the use of his legs and is carried about
in a chair. -. Indications point to new revo-
luton in Mexico-this time against President
Diaz "A fire in Pillsbury, Pa, destroyed
40.000 worth of property, consisting of Weldon
q Kellys range factory ]. G.. Bennett d Co. S
hat factory and four small tenements. Partially
insured. G. L. Whiting, for the past twelve
years bookkeeper of the Brooklyn On. Y. bank,
secured the combination of the vault by an in
geniOus device, and then staying late one night,
to work on his books, opened the vault and
packed the available contents iii a sachel and
decamped, carrying off with him S115,00O in
negotiable notes and S57, 900 in cash. He left
a note for the president, saying that he was
willing to return the notes if he would be al
lowed to go free and his bondsman released
telling the bank officers to insert personal in
the Herald if they accepted his proposition. |
from leaving the city, and then put the entire /
detective force hunting up the fugitive. He
was finally found, having in his possession q
bag containing the notes and small amount /
of cash, but for hours declined to give any in |
formation as to the whereabouts of the balance |
of the money only yielding at his wife's solicit |
tation, when he told where S40,0 could be
found. The remaining 1000 he positively .
declined to give up. He had previously been |
held in high repute.