Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-03-24
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
Interesting Item. FROM Home and Abroad


The remains Of the Fenian. Col. John oNIa-
honey, after being exposed to the gaze Of his
adheronts in the principal towns Of ireland,
were consigned TO the grave in Dublin. Tho
funeral procession was composed of fully one
hundred thousand people. The assistant
secretary Of the treasury has issued the forty
first call for the redemption Of fivetwenty bonds
Of 1865, May and November. The cal is for
$1,000 900, Of which 500 GOO are coupon
and sS,01O,OOO registered bonds. The princi-
pal and interest will be paid at the treasury on
and after the third day of June next and the
interest viii cease on that date Since the
installation Of Gen. Diaz as president Of Mexico
ex-Chief Justice Iglesias has given up the CON
test as hopeless. He will Immediately sail
from this country for Mexico Frank NJ.
Baker, convicted of bigamy on three differ
ent counts in Rochester, n. Y, was sentenced
to five years at hard labor for each count.
The schoones Margaret and Lucy, Capt Wicks,
went ashore near Barnegat,' and was total
wreck The eight men on board all persisted.
&C.. The Patapsco guano company's works in
Baltimore, Md, were destroyed by fire. Loss,
100000 -. .Leggatt, Hudson and Buffers
extensive tobacco factory in st. Louis was
burned. Loss, 100000.
japanese government troops captured four
steamers from the insurgents Of Satsuma. o..
Two sons of ]. c. Greene, of Hopknton r. l.,
were drowned while sailing. By the burning
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Mrs. Bateman, with her four daughters and
one son, were burned to death. The father
was also severely injured in attempting to
rescue his family. guest registered as N.
Brown also persisted. Six of the boarders
were injured by jumping from the windows.
A sandy haired young man committed suicide
by walking into the rapids at Niagara. No
clue as to his identity could be obtained. e. Nc
Laughln defeated Bauer at wrestling in Utica,
n. Y. .Thos. Cusick, dissolute man of New
York city, kicked his drunken wife to death
while both were under the influence of liquor.
IA piratcal schooner is reported as cruising
in the West Indian seas. Several Spanish mer-
chantmen have been overhauled. -. Five hun-
dred thousand dollars was lost by the burning
of the fye-story iron building in st. Louis, occu
pied by the whoesaling firms of Simon & Gre
CORY and Claffin, Allen Co. One life was
lost in an adjoining hotel, which was burned.
The three large iron 'front.' fireproof ESQ con-
sidered) buildings on Bond street, New York.
occupied entirely by jewellers and silyersmiths
prominent among whom were the Gorham
manufacturing company, and Robbins q Apple
ton, the representatives of the American watch
company, were completely destroyed by fire
which originated in the basement of one of the
odifces and spread with great rapidly, not
withstanding the skillfull efforts of the entire
fire department. he heavy safes on each
floor, containing valuable stock, crashed into
the cellar, and thus all the floors were carried
away, which caused the walls to collapse and
completed the destruction. The losses aggre.
gated nearly a million dollars, on which there
was an insurance of perhaps twO-thirds. .....
The Mexican general, Cortina, has been found
guilty of kidnapping, and it is generally be.
heved that the customary sentence of shooting
will be enforced 80. An explosion at the
powder mill of Latin & Rand at Cressona, Pa,
did an immense amount of damage to the build
ings. The Count of Chambord, in speech
to o deputation from Marseilles; said he still
held good his claim to the crown of France,
and was resolved to do his duty when the time
arrived for direct personal action DIR. Cur
don Buck, the eminent surgeon, died in New
York city, aged seventy years. 80. Lieut.. -Gen.
Sheridan has gone West to arrange for spring
campaign against the Indians 800. Twigg, the
proprietor of the pool rooms in Boston, de-
camped with s., 200, which had been staled on
the Presidential contest. ... John Q. Hoyt,
prominent New York railroad Spectator, has
failed His liabilities are put at 81 $3.50 and
his assets at S458, 900. go. Joe Coburn, the
New York pugilist, was found guilty of assault
with intent to kill and was sentenced to ten
years hard labor in the pententiary. Coburn
was partially intoxicated at the time of his as
sault upon his would.be victim, policeman.
Matilda Heron, the once famous actress, died
in New York. aged forty-six years. She leaves
daughter, Bijou, who is rapidly becoming
popular favOrite .... Joseph L. Lewis, for
many years merchant in New York city, died
recently, and not having any near relatives he
left his entire fortune of II 900 to the
United States to cancel that amount of the
debt President Hayes expressed his belief
that an extra session of Congress will be called
, about June. Alfred Rex shot and killed
his brother at Barnston, Canada. lle fratr-
eide was arrested .... The losses by the great
fire in Bond street, New York, will foot up nearly
$2,000,000. There will be considerable salvage
on account of the masses of gold and silver to
be found in the ruins ..... j. 7. Beads, secre-
tary of the California Stock Exchange. has dis
appeared with S17 900 in stocks and the books
and papers of the institution. .... The noted
Sioux chief, Sitting Bull, is reported at Wood
Mountain, in British America, having in his
possession one thousand horses and mules cap
tured from the United States forces w The
Lake Shore railroad company is settling with
the Ashtabula victims, where possible. B. H.
Clark, of Westfeld, Mass, has just rec iyed
$1,000 in settlement of his claims, and the sum
of rs, 100 was paid to the widow of one of the
killed. Five business houses in Donovan,
ILL.,. were d stroyed by fire ... Andrew Nc
Kinney, who was connected with John O. Hoyt.
in railway matter in New York city, is bank
rupt. Liabilities over million dollars and
assets of only triie over three hundred thou
sand dollars.
VIM T. Speaklan, mill operative of Oak
dale, Mass, while demented from protracted
spree, killed his sister and cut her body in ter
ribe manner with an AK. He was endeavorne
to murder his wife when arrested w While
the priests of st. Francis Xavier church, New
York, were conducting "woman's service ,
to an audience of nearly three thousand mostly
females, a woman tainted in The gallery which
attracted much attention, and gave credenca to
sharp cry of fire, which rang out almost stimuli
tancously. Instantly the vast congregation was
scethlng mass of humanity, crushing anC
crowdlng each other i'll a mad effort to reach the
door. Notwithstanding the efforts of the hol,
fathers to calm the excitement, the rush con
tinued until the church was cleared when it wal
ascertained that six women and one boy haC
been trampled to death, and hundreds had re
celyed more or less serious injuries in the lam
-Four of the victims were found outside tn,
church at the foot of the stairs and the othe
three in the vestibule. There was. not tn
slightest foundation for the panic beyond tn
wild alarm uttered by some child in his fear
After the rush from the church the sexton
found as many as fifty women in the body O
the church, they having tainted at the beginning
OF the panic. Another advance in freigh
rates west from New York city has been adopte,
by the different railway lines w A tive-stor
brick building in New York, occupied as whole
sale grocery and filed with goods fell into tn
street without any previous indication of weak
ness. Fortunately, it occurred at night, or ter
rlble loss of life would have occurred, as tn
street is crowded all day. The loss is put n
100000. 49,. An explosion occurred in the Won
cester colliery, near Swansea, England, and
large number of miners lost their lives. Sixtee
bodies were recovered, and it was thought man
more remained in the pit ~ A fire in tn
Posey block, Evansville, Ind consumed pre-
perty to the value of S71 600.
The five hundred workmen employed in tn
Brooklyn navy yard in repairing vessels hay
been discharged, owing to the funds runnin
out. A volcanic eruption occurred in on
of the bays of the Sandwich islands, and re
hnt n,,na thrn1rr