Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-07-21
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
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whom they had a severe fight and defeated. re-
covering the stolen horses. The event caused
considerable excitement throughout the eoun-
try, as the occupation Of Mexican territory by
American troops is supposed to be the result Of
the policy determined upon by the government
towards Mexican marauders on the border. . .
The plague is raging in portion of Persia and
many persons are dying daily ...... There will
will be State election in Alabama and Ken
lucky, August G California and Vermont.
september Maine, September 10; Colorado,
Iowa and Ohio, October 2 /; Louisiana, Massa-
chusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nevada, New
Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, South Caro-
lima, Tennessee, Texas Virginia and Wisconsin
November 6 -. DIR. w. Gadding. Of Taunton,
Mass, has been appointed successor of DIR.
Nichols as superintendent Of the government
hospital for the insane at Washington.
A tornado in Wisconsin destroyed the lum-
bering village of Pensaukee, killing eight per-
sons and severely injuring about twelve others.
All the buildings in the village-including a
hotel, schoolhouse and lumber mills-were
swept away. The neighboring town of Coul-
lardville was also severely damaged.
The one hundredth anniversary of the cap
ture Of the British General Prescott at Ports
mouth, r. l., was celebrated. "A monu-
ment to P. P. Bliss, the evangelist and writer
Of popular religious songs, who was killed at
the Ashtabula railroad accident, was dedicated
at Rome, Pa ...... Capt in bracket, the
revenue officer who recently unearthed a huge
and systematic silk smuggling scheme in New
York, has been removed 80. The German
Bank of st. Louis has suspended ,.... A car
rage containing two ladies and two gentlemen
was upset in the canal about six miles from
Trenton, N. j., and DIR. E. II. Reed and one of
the ladies were drowned ... The steamer
Granger was destroyed by fire on the Missis-
sippi, near Little Rock, Ark. During a
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Chester, Pa, two of them were badly, if not
fatally, stabbed.
The international cotton convention opened
its session in Liverpool ... About forty men
were overcome by coal gas from furnace used
IN a coal mine near Wheatland, Pa, and seven
were taken out dead. .. The Iowa Greenback
convention met at Des Moines adopted plat
form and nominated a State ticket. The
bank superintendent of the State of New York
closed the Yorkyille Savings bank, an exami-
nation having shown that was a deficiency
of about $500. =. Mrs. John Green, living
near Roanoke, Mo-, was shot by her husband
and MORALLY wounded. A few days after a
party Of fifty men took Green from the custody
of the sheriff and hung him to tree ...... An
engine and caboose near Greenfield Mass, ran
into team containing party returning from
berrying and the whole party of five persons
one man and four women-were killed .A
S"AS VI oDOuO bNSluy yOulib LlCu OOllbIcBdUSu
in front of the military barracks in Montreal
and attempted to force an entrance by wrestling
the rifle from the hands of the sentry and
stoning him. The sentry fixed his bayonet and /
ran one of his assailants through the body kill
ing him, while the rest of the rioters were dis
persed by the police. Frank Wilson was hung
in Harrisburg, Pa, for the murder of John b.
Rudy, one-armed man, last summer, the OBJ
ject of the crime being robbery 49,. John Nc
Nulta. of Illinois, has been appointed minister
to Brazil. zee. Secretary Evarts and General
Devens, among others of the cabinet, will
soon visit the coal mines of Pennsylvania.
General Grant arrived at Frankfort-on-the-
Maine, Germany, where banquet was given
IN his honor. =. "A young man named Hackett,
belonging to the order of Orangemen, was sur
rounded by crowd of men and boys in Mon
treal, and after a desperate struggle was shot
dead This occurred on the twelfth of july
the day which is observed by Orangemen in
commemoration of the battle of the Boyne.
This year great deal of trouble on that day
was anticipated in Montreal, and the police
force and military made extensive preparations
to quell any disturbance that might occur but
as the Orange lodges resolved to have no
parade at the last moment, the day passed
without the occurrence of the sanguinary riot
which was expected although the streets were
filled with armed and excited crowds, and the
The Indian war in the West has become so
serious that the President may call out the
Pacific coast militia. The superintendent
of insurance of New York reports deficiency
in the Universal life insurance company of over
$1,000, 900, and the encouragement hasmoved
for the appointment of receiver Capt.
James Werner died in Warwick, r. l., aged
ninety-eight years. He was made q Free
Mason in Providence in 1SO3 and is believed to
have been the Oldest Mason in the United
States. =. The subscription to the new four
per cent loan amounts to over 1916, 900, 900,
and the bonds are at par in London.
The President has offered the mission to
Russia to Bayard Taylor -. Prince Bismarck
declares the mediation between Turkey and
Russia impossible at present. :. Indemnity
for outrages upon American vessels is to be de-
manded from Spain by the President. 80.
Several dealers in New York who used false
weights and measures have been exposed, and
charges have been made against an inspector.
49,. Poindexter Edmonson, who was con-
victed of murder months ago and once respited
at the last moment was hung at Bloomfield,
Missouri, for the murder of man named
Shaw. Edmonson protested his innocence
10 the last 49,. passenger tram neal
MurphysborO, Missouri, jumped the TRACK
and the whole train was thrown into
a creek. Every passenger was injured more OF
less severely. -. Six striking silk weavers IL
Paterson, N. j., were sent to Jail to answer
a suit for damages in not finishing their warpl
| according to contract. David Pierce ant
George Stevens were hung in Charleston. s. c.
for the murder of young man named Eding
last May, the purpose of their crime being
robbery.
A party of thirty-one Cinnamon were sur
prised by the Indians who revolted in Idaho
and Oregon recently and all but one Of th
Celestials were killed ..... An official dispatcl
from General Howard, by way of Portland
Oregon, states that the Indians were routec
after severe engagement near the mouth o
the Cottonwood. The savages were about 30
strong and they lost about thirteen killed and
large number of wounded, while the loss of tn
troops was eleven killed and twenty-six ound
| ed, including two officers. 80. The Butchers
and Drovers' bank, of sc. Louis, has suspended
..A boiler exploded in q mine nine mile
from Macungie, Pa, and three mon were in
stantly killed and five fatally and three seri
ously wounded, ;...A revolution has broke
out in San Domingo -. Moore Beatty,
wealthy builder of Philadelpha, went to tn
rescue of Mrs. Matilda Phillips, of New York
who was drowning in the surf at Atlantic City
N. J. Both were taken out of the water IN
conscious, and it was found impossible to re
vive them. AS q result of the bitter feelin
engendered by the trouble of the twelfth Q
July, another desperate light broke out tw
days after between the Orangemen and Catho
lies of Montreal. One man was fatally wound
ed, and the city was for a time under control G
a mob. Daniel Murphy and Michael Cahi
quarreled after night of dissipation togethe
in New York and Murphy hurled brick q
Cahill knocking him down. His head struck
stone as he fell and he died of fracture
skull in an hour 49,. There will be generi
election in France on the eleventh of Septen
Der.