Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-12-29
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
Eastern end Middle States


soned at Whitehaven, Pa, by eating liver
pudding which had been boiled in a copper I
kettle
Fires destructive FIRE in Sayville, Long
Island, destroyed the store, barn and shed
Of Francis Gerber and did other damage
three business blocks in Laconia, n. H., were I
burned, causing loss Of about $4,000, on
which there is an insurance of $3.50 and
fire in the Forest House, one of the principal I
hotels Of Scranton. Pa, caused great excite ,
ment among the guests, many of whom mar |
rowly escaped sufocation.
4 colored baby show was opened in Gil
mJre's Garden. New York. Seyenty-nine babies
we're ON exhibition and competed for the yari-
Gus prizes.
A coal oil car on the track of the Erie railroad
at Paterson, n. j., caught fire and the burn /
ing liquid ran into the streets. communicating
the flames to several buildings, some of them
half mile away. number of houses, barBs
and stables we're destroyed.
Eight men were convicted in Wilkesbarre,
Pa, of rioting last September during strike,
and were sentenced to various terms of inn
prisonment and to pay fines more or less large.
The SEVENTEEN birthday Of Whittier, the
poet, was commemorated by gathering of
prominent literary men at dinner in Boston.
Three men and boy we're driving to
Groversdale, Mass, from Dudley, where they
had been carousing, when they ran into OBJ
structions on the roadside and smashed their
wagon. Henry Nickerson was killed instantly,
and a man named Wabble received fatal in
iuries, and the boy was badly hurt.
A meeting of the National Reform conyen.
ton to advocate the express acknowledgment
of God in the constitution Of the United States,
was held in Rochester, n Y, about two hun
bred delega es being present Resolutions in
conformity with the principles of the conven-
ii n were adopted.
Thomas Rooney's house in West Point, n. Y,
caught fire during his absence, and his two
CHI ldren. aged three and five years respectively,
were burned to death.
As John Cronin, child two years old. was
coming down the staircase of his fathers
house in Boston, lad named Henry Ackers,
aged about thirteen, pulled out revolver and
fired at the little fellow, who lived but an hour.
The story of the shooting, as given. was told
by Mary Cronin, aged six, the victims sister,
who was present at the time.
fire occurred in the immense structure
occupied by the American Desk Mandatory
in New York one of the largest establish
ments of its kind in the country-and before
the flames could be subdued damage to the
amount of about $100,0 600 had been done.
Mrs. Catharine Ryan, her four children. and
girl related to Mrs. Ryan were suffocated in
Boston by coal gas.
At about P NJ. q tremendous explosion oc-
Cured in the cellar of the large candy manu-
factory belonging to Greenfield & Sons, at So
Barclay street, New York. One of the boilers
had burst, and in moment after the front
walls Of the building fell in with a terrible
crash. The whole structure then crumbled in,
while hugh volumes of flames leaped into the
air. At the time of the explosion about $50
persons employees, customers, and others
were in the building, and all made rush to
escape. The proprietor, his two SONS and a
| number o. customers who were in the ware
rooms, were surrounded by scalding steam and
dense volumes of smoke, and barely escaped
with life. In the upper stories many en-
ployees were cut off by broken beams over
which they were compelled to crawl out of dam
| ger as well as they could. Others were helped
down ladders, and number jumped out of
the Windows; Of these latter many were burned
and otherwise injured, some fatally They
were taken to the different hospitals through
out the city, over twenty-five receiving medical
attention. A number Of persons we're repor ed
missing, and as soon as the fire was got under
control search among the ruins was begun.
| One corpse was found in short time, and it
was believed that further search would dis
close many more. The fire spread to other
buildings and before it was subdued Nos. 81,
SO 65, 81 and 50 Barclay street were destroyed
and an aggregate estimated loss of about $780,
| 600 was incurred.
! President and Mrs. Hayes were present at
the opening of the American Museum of Nat
ural History at New York. Addresses were
delivered by President Eliot of Harvard Col
| lege, and others, and the museum was declar-
ed open in formal terms by President Hayes.
In the evening the President attended the
seventy-second annual dinner of the New Eng
land Society," and briefly responded to the
toast, " The President of the United States. y
lro OF Wall, OF.
arrested on the charge of being connected with
a band of counterteiters who have been flood
| ing the market with railroad and other bonds
| to large amount.
Owen Murphy, president Of the New York
! board of excise, was expected at a meeting of
the board, but not making his appearance the
suspicious Of his colleagues were aroused, and
an investigation resulted in the discovery that
he had drawn out of bank nearly $4,000 of
public funds in his charge, besides large sums
of his own, and then disappeared Murphy
was twice O member Of assembly and was a
prominent local politician.
At North Hadley, Mass, William Z. Nc
NJ llan's barn containing valuable cattle and
sheep, WAS burned with its contents. Loss,
$l1, 600; insurance, $4,000.
Western and Southern States.
desperate fight, lasting several days, took
place on the borders of Texas between State
troops aiding the civil authorities of Texas and
Mexicans from across the border. The State
troops were intrenched at San Elizario, which
was surrounded by mob of several hundred
Mexicans. Six of the State troops were killed.
The cause of the trouble seems to have been a
dispute over the proprietorship of certain salt
pits in Ell Paso county. The governor of
Texas sent the following dispatch to the Presi-
dent a. am officially informed that citizens of
Mexico, in connection with citizens of Ell Paso
q AZ. q I.
all day yesterday in Texas with detachment of
State troops who were aiding our civil authori-
ties The Mexican force being too strong to be
repealed by TeXa7 troops, and it being impossi-
BILE to raise q civil posse from the citizens, who
are nearly all of Mexican blood and sympathy.
and having DO re-enforcements within several
hundred miles, 1 ak the aid of such United
States troops as may be nearest to the scene OF
action, to repel this invasion of our territory
President Hayes on receipt of this telegram,
ordered several companies of United States
regulars stationed in the vicinity to assist the
State troops in repelling the invaders
The Democrats Of the California Legislature
nominated ]. T. Farley for United States
Senator, the nomination being equivalent to an
election as they have majority in both houses.
The boiler in the oat meal mandatory OF
Stewart Douglass, at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, ex-
ploded, causing damage amounting to 100000.
The boiler of the steamer Jesse Taylor, lying
, at New Orleans, exploded, killing one man and
, wounding two Others
The Texas State troops besieged at San
Elizario by Mexican mob, surrendered, and
three men-Howard, Atkensin and Mcbride
were Immediately shot by their 'captors
The American dairy exhibition opened al
Chicago with a display Of butter and cheese
all the dairy States and Canada being repre-
sented.
The Springfield Savings Bank Of Springfield
Illinois, has failed.
7 The oyster pungy Samuel Washington cap.
sized at the mouth of the Rappahannock river
Cantain CAnhaR RnsaAR and the nrnu of fon,