Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-04-21
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
Interesting Item. from HON. and Abroad.

ANCha hEOAu houAt anu AbEoAus
The cattle plague has appeared in the district
contiguous to London, where the principal
dairy farms are located 500. The Canadian
river Barachois rose twenty feet, and overflow.
ing its banks, swept of considerable property.
&C.. The New York Medical College for Women
graduated nine female doctors this year..
A locomotive broke through bridge over the
creek at Malvern, Ohio, and the engineer and
fireman were killed . high tide at Nor
folk, Va, caused by an unusual heavy north
easter storm, inflicted damage to the amount
of $4,000. 800. The Jail at Congress, Ca, was
destroyed by fire, and two negroes the only
prisoners, persisted in the flames. II is sup
posed that the negroes set fire to tine building
in order to escape. Every effort was made for
their rescue but without avail ...... Cornelius
Scanlon. drunken inmate of a low tenement
in New York, quareled with italian rag pickers,
who bound him hand and foot and threw him
bodily out of a third-stOry window to the stones
below, causing death ~ Hon. Saml J. Tiden
had a narrow escape from death in New York,
which he averted by boldly jumping from his
carriage as the blooded horses were dashing
along at full speed-having got beyond control
of the coachman. A few minutes after Mr..
Iildens successful escape, the vehicle was
dashed to pieces by colliding with another. Sc.
Breadstuffs advanced in the New York market
on account of the probability of war in Europe.
...... On June LIST coal is to be advanced fifty
cenls per ION, Dy agreement OF the coal COM
panies, The citizens of Galena, ILL.,, enthu-
siastically welcomed ex-President Grant to his
old home, and he spoke a few words in re-
Spouse. -. international societies are making
themselves known in Italy, where several riot
GUS demonstrations have occurred.
George Short was fatally injured by Hiram
Arbuckle, in East Montpelier vt, who fired
two shots into him. The assassin then fired
three bullets into George Bancroft, killing him,
after which he committed suicide by shooting
himself through the heart. Insanity is sup
posed to have been the cause. .... The tenn
perance movement is taking strong hold Of the
people of Ohio, and thousands now wear the
blue ribbon, indicative of the order. .... Gov.
Plllsbury, of Minnesota, issued proclamation
setting forth Thursday, April 26, as a special
day for prayer throughout the State for the ami
hilation of the grasshopper scourge this season.
-. Rogers d Hegeman's sawmll at Ashbury,
n j., was destroyed by fire which originated
IN the engine room. Loss, $50, 1000 80. A
Brooklyn IN. " saloon keeper was mulcted in
the sum of $780, by jury, as damages inflicted
on woman by depriving her of her husbands
services, through selling him intoxicating liquor
when he was already under the influence Of
strong drink. This is the first case in the
county under the new civil damage act. ....
While George Root was showing q friend the
non explosive quality Of some powder in Char
lotteburg, N. j., he threw some of the COM
pound on stove. The material instantly
flashed up, setting fire to the clothing of the
two men. Root was burned to death, but his
friend jumped into pond and saved his life.
800. When revenue inspector in the New
York custom house stuck his gauge into wine
cask, it struck hard substance, which, on the
barrel being opened, was found to be can of
dynamite, containing force sufficient to de-
mollsh the entire building, in which were four
hundred men and a million and half of goods
at the time. Whether it was designed as an in
fernal machine or was so packed to be snug
Sied, Is unknown. go. The withdrawal of gov
eminent troops, as a guard at the State house
at Columbia, S. c., left Chamberlain without
support In his claim for the governship, and he
therefore followed the advice of his officers,
and delivered the Office and papers to Gov.
Hampton.
By the overturning Of gasoline lamp, Mrs.
Chas. Davis, of Brooklyn, N. w. was burned to
death and her three children dangerously in
Iured by the flames, in trying to aid her 49,.
AT half-past one O'Clock, on the morning of
the eleventh, fire started in the stereroom of
the Southern Hotel, st. Louis, and the eeva-
TORS acting as drafts, the immense six-story
edlhce was soon mass of flames, and the
guests on the upper floors were awakened only
TO md all egress cut off and death staring them
in the face. Dozens were rescued by means of
long ladders and fire escapes-many boldly
jumped from the easements and escaped with
broken bones while others fell victims to the
fierce flames, or were crushed out of all SEM
blance to human form by jumping from the
fifth or siXth-story windows to the tagging be-
low. The dead will number nearly forty, COM
prlslng guests and servants. There were num-
berless thrilling escapes, by the inmates one
OF whom was the actress Miss Kate Olaxton,
who was on the stage of the Inflated Brooklyn
Iheater, the night of that memorable holo-
caust. The loss is upward of one million dol
lars. The New York companies running
steamships to Europe, with the exception of
the Cunard, will run steamers fortnightly, in
stead of weekly, after May LIST, owing to the
falling off in traffic ...... Orders have been
given for the military authorities to evacuate
Alaska, and turn the power over to the treasury
oinclals. There was quite panic in Wall
street, New York, and number of spectators
failed, owing to the downfall of certain stocks.
49,. The Hudson River paper mills at Palmer
Falls, n. Y, were destroyed by fire. Loss,
$4,000; insurance, $4,000 ..,... Burglars
chloroformed. a family of eight persona in
Hoboken, N. j., and ransacked the house.
A locomotive exploded at Madison, Ind, killing
the engineer and a friend accompanying him,
and fatally injurihg the fireman.
At fire in Constantinople, which began in that
part of the city known as the Greek quarters,
800 buildings were burned to the ground
OLlO 4IlNVoOl VI ILlC ullSS6u OF
the New York custom house, full and searching
investigation has leen determined upon .....
fire in Paterson, N. j., destroyed the Ham,
ilton mill, one Of the principal wooden mills in
the country, and in Pomeroy, Ohio, twenty five
business houses, offices and dwellings, were laid
IN runs; The coroners jury, engaged in
investigating the killing of two of the mem
bers of large manufacturing firm in New
York, returned verdict that George W. Jewett
was killed by hand grenade, brought to the
hrm s place of business by his nephew, Orville
Jewett, whose death, the jury report, was
caused by pistol-shot wounds. and was the result
of his own act 49,. Mr.. Walter, the proprietor
OF the London Times, was attacked in Rome by
hlghWaymen and robbed .... The striking silk
weayers of HOboken and Paterson, N. j., have
gone to work at the old scale of wages.
student of Princeton College eloped with the
sxteen-year-old daughter of wealthy Phila.
delphia builder. .Abiel r. Fifield, the water
register of Cambridge, Mass, who left the city
III April, 1876 taking with him $40, 900 of the
public funds, was arrested in Brooklyn CANDY
store Charles II. Gilman, of Lowell, Mass
sewing machine agent, was brutally murdered
III Rockport, and an employee named Williams
was detained on account of suspicious circum.
stances The number of deaths at the hote
hre, IN st. Louis, has not yet been definitely
ascertalned, as it is believed some bodies are
still underneath the ruins, but the mortality
Will not be as large as was at first reported.
Patrick O'Donnell, on trial for the murder Of
Morgan Powell, at Mauch Chunk Pa, wal
found guilty of murder in the first degree. Z.
Gen. G. W. Curtis Lee has begun suit for thu
recovery of the Arlington estate opposite Wash
in9ton, formerly the home of Robert L. Lee
and which was sold for taxes and bid in by tht
government in 1864. About 5000 soldiers ar,
buried there. The grand jury of Carolin,
county, Md, failed to indict Bennett and NAV
for dueling in that county, the evidence beint
insufficient In Washington the jury agaii
disagreed in the case Of W. b. 0ttman, charged
with receiving package containing $47, 600
stolen from the United States government.
At second election in Providence, r. l., for
State senator and ten representatives, the Re