Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-05-26

IS recorded in Chattanooga, Tenn, where the
Rev. John b. Mcconnell delivered a sermon
before the diocesan convention in session there.
:. Samuel Orr was hanged in Mount Vernon,
NO., for the murder Of a farmer in 1873. He
had an accomplice who is also under sentence
Of death. A fearful Aailsturm passed over
SALISBURY and part of Bennington, w..
Marfeld's bank 1t Circleyille, o., suspended.
Assets, SlO0,00O liabilities, $4,000. . A
large increase in the number of sudden deaths,
owing to the unprecedented heat, was noted in
New York. In an encounter between United
States officers and illicit whisky distillers in
Lee County, Va. two men-a citizen and a
dlstiller-were killed, and three were wounded.
BY an accident TO an excursion train in Kan.
sas one man was killed and eight were injured.
..... Rev. ]. II. Foster, pastor Of the Con-
gregatiOnal church of Hannibal, MO-the sec
ond richest church in the State-was compelled
to resign after having charge of the church for
six months, indisputable proofs having been
furnished that he had lived wild and dissolute
life; had gambled and swindled people, and
had married five wives, from none of whom he
had been divorced. 49,. Ex-Gov. Chamberlain.
of South Carolina, was offered the position of
solicitor of the treasury, but declined. He will
go to New York, as head of the law firm of
Chamberlain, Carter & Eaton. Hon. Edward
j. Beale rendered his resignation as United
States minister to Austria. =. Part of a paper
mill at Westtield, Mass, was destroyed by fire,
entailing loss of $50, 900 fully insured. ....
Fifteen buildings were blown down by whirl-
wind ill Canada, and people were compelled to
take refuge in the cellars to save their lives
During discussion of the governors veto of
portions of the Supply bill in the New York
Legislature, an uproar was created by crowd
i'll the gallery, and at the end of the session a
number of the members were Missed and threat
ened with violence and were compelled to seek
safety in flight. The police were called upon
and the governors residence was guarded all
night. ... Arabian, in Asia Minor was cap
tured by the Russians, who stormed the out
works and took them after desperate resist
ance by the Turks. An immense quantity of
stores, sixty guns and the camp formerly occu-
pied by fourteen battalions of Turks were taken
by the army of the car. The Turks have
massed about 200, 900 troops between the Balkan
mountains and the Danube to oppose $50, 900
Russians. The Turkish troops are reported to
have completely annihilated company of Cos
sacks near Sulum Kaleh. Julius L. Nichols,
formerly contractor, committed suicide in
New York. 80. "A fresh outbreak of the rinder-
pest has occurred in England, near London.
Extensive stock stables ON Grass Hill farm at
Millbury, Mass, were burned. Loss, 500, 900 /;
insurance. $12, 600. So. "A number of people in
New York were overcome by the neat, and
several cases of sunstroke occurred The
town of Cresswell, N. c., was totally destroyed
by fire. There was but little insurance held by
the owners of property, and great distress pre-
vailed. E. Robert Baskin, Harrisburg Pa.
grain dealer, was attacked near that city, beaten
lnsensible and robbed.