Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-01-06
A SUMMARY OF NEWS,
Items Of Interest from Home aud Abroad.

Items Of Interest from Home aud Abroad.
Two boilers of the Catskll N. " wooden
mills exploded shortly after the hands quit
work, and did considerable damage. Three
men were soalded, one fatally 800. For shout
ing Liberty and displaying a red flag in
seribed Union and Liberty" twenty-one male
and eleven female students at St. Petersburg
Russia, were imprisoned .... Col. James Bay
ley, Tammany saohem, died suddenly of heart
disease. He led the New York Sixty-ninth dur
ing the war,....John Riley, James Reagan
and Thomas Barnes, employed on the Sudbury
(Mass.) river conduit, were buried under land
slide and instantly killed Barber, the Toronto
(Canada) bank embezzler, confesses to have
taken over 100000 and lost it gambling. .....
Another fire has occurred in Little Rock, Ark,
and water being scarce the citizens were forced
to rae buildings to prevent the flames spread
ing. A loss of $4,000 was entailed. This
makes the sixth incendiary fire in six days, and
the people are excited and propose vigilance
committee. ...., Lieut.. Frank d. Baldwin, COM
handing one hundred men of the Fifth in
fantry, discovered Sitting Bull in camp with
100 lodges, and after a short fight succeeded in
driving the sayages from their position, when
they fled to the "Bad Lands" Sitting Bull
was subsequently reported in camp on Bark
creek with over five hundred warriors. &c.. The
Spanish authorities in Cuba forbid the trans
mission of any more cipher messages to or
from that island. ... The house of Asa B.
Young, four miles from CheTryfeld, Me-, was
burned at night. Miss Guptl, aged eighteen
years. and young child were burned to death.
......The Illinois State central Democratic
committee held a meeting which was attended
by the most prominent men of the party. A
mass meeting was called for every county in the
State to discuss the political situation. Resolu-
tons adopted demanded that both Houses of
Congress should decide the electoral question,
and not one of them alone.
number of leading citizens of Philadelphia,
embracing both parties, have petitioned Con-
gress relative to the present political difficulty
1t confidently hopes "that your honorable
bodies will earnestly consider some mode of
reaching a decision of the pending ques-
tons that will satisfy the conscences of the
country. They feel assured that when sena-
tors and representatives of the United
States are called upon to exercise judicial powers
fraught with consequences so momentous, they
will bring to the discharge of their high func-
tons spirit of fairness and impartialty that
will result in virtual unanimity of Judgment
A result so reached, whatever it may be, will
esCence of the whole nation
On the third and last evening of the auction
of the Johnston art collection in New York
crayons and drawings were offered and realized
fair prices. The total results of the sale reached
the sum of $332,0OO, which, considering the
times and scarcity of money is unparalleled
10y the carelessness of conductor of
freight train on the Belyidere-Delaware rail-
way, New jersey, who neglected to send out a
tlagman when his locomotive left the train
standing on the track while it went for water, n
coal train was precipitated upon the freight,
and Brakeman Seryis was killed and Conductor
Engcls and Brakeman Carmody injured. ...
Emperor William spoke hopefully of peace in
his speech at the close of the German Par
lament go. The Sioux commission report in
favor of a removal of the Indians and against
placing them under control of the War depart
ment.. During the recent gale there were
$50 lives lost on the coast of Scotland and Eng
land. 49, The New England Society of New
York held its annual dinner and addresses
were made by Mark Twain, Mayor Wickhan
and others. ... The fam buildings at Indiana.
polls, Ind, were destroyed by fire. Loss SIS.
GOO An adjoining greenhouse was also ruined
Loss, 800, 090.... lack Henry, a cripple Of
Hamodsburg, Ky, after being thrashed b,
Robert Gallagher procured gun and deliber
atey shot Gallagher. James Gallagher, q son
nc fo4h fol ,.,,Jl
Henry killed him also. The murderer was al
rested. 80. "A fire in Homer, La, DESTROYED
twenty business houses and two dwellings,. Los
nearly S20O,0 900.
The Pennsylvania Democratic State commit
tee met at Harrisburg to consult regarding tn
Presidential election and after deliberatoI
issued an address declaring that Samuel. ]
Iilden and Thomas A. Hendricks were, on tn
seventh day of November last, elected Presiden
and Vice-President of the United States. Tn
address appeals to the people of the State q
follows The Senate and House of Representa-
tiyes of the United States have, by the Constitu
ton, the sole and exclusive power to settle o.
questions which relate to the validity of tn
electoral votes of the several States. In on
event the Constitution gives the House of Rer
resentatlyes the power to elect the President
We, therefore, earnestly invoke from you ever
effort cognizable by law for the execution an
support OF the constitutional methods by whic
IS to be determined who are the lawfully electe
President and Vice-President of the Unite
States. e.. The Senate and Hampton House G
South Carolina adjourned sine die before Christ
mas. Before adjourning, the Senate appointe
committee of three Republicans and tire
Democrats to confer and make report on til
constitutionality of the Mackey House. . Til
supreme court Of Florida sustains the Dire,
demurrer to the answer of the canvassng boar
and grants peremptory order to the board t
recanyass from the face of the returns.
President Grant having heard the report tha
he is likely to be elected United States senate
from Illinois to succeed Mr.. Logan, prompt
and unequivOcally declares that he will not be.
candidate. He gives a number of reasons VIII
he will not be candidate, the principal on
being that he strongly favors the reelection
Senator Logan. =. The electoral vote of Florid
was cast and sent to Washington before the d.
clsion of the supreme court of the State that
new count of the popular vote be made. ...
call Is issued for convention of colored del,
gates to meet in Washington to consider I'll
political situation. .. There are four demo
cratic Presidential electors. the legality
whose election is disputed by the Republican
They are Frost of Missouri, who is laborin
under political disability imposed by the Fou
tenth amendment Moore, of Tennessee
whose political disability has not been removed
Williamson, in New Jersey, who is q Unite
States commissioner, and Holloway, of Virgins
who was a U. S. Centennial commissions
......Ihe final announcement of a Terminate
of the controversy between the United Stat,
and Great Britain, concerning the extraditiC
of criminals is 1nlor, 4;o fo, TT,;4-