Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-04-07
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
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connagratlon in Pittsburgh, Pa, DESTROYED the
fort Fltt boiler works, valued at S140.O 600. and
insured for $3.50 Wilson, SNYDER a Co.
founders, lost $4,000 insured $4,000. Mans
he'd Co., brass fnishers, lost S2O, 600; fully
insured. -. Great mortality is announced in
Corea from the famine, and the Chinese gov
eminent has been appealed to for aid A
hochester N. " jury gave Wealthy NJ. Green
verdict of SS,000 against John J. Briggs. for
preach OF promise ...... Mary Matthews, of
Newark, n. j., refused to marry Patrick Dee
gan Whereupon the man attacked her with a
KNIFE, and cut her severely on the neck and
arm in an endeavOr 10 take her life. The girl
escaping from him, he took rifle and put q
Dall through his own brain The iron steam
ship Husband from Antwerp for New York, en-
countered binding snowstorm when off Sandy
HOOK, and getting OFF the course, ran hard
aground at Long Branch n. j., and proved a
total wreck. The 25J people on board were
rescued by the life service men stationed on the
coast Part Of the cargo of wine glass, etc
was saved. When morning broke, the officers
OF the Husband found they were ashore not far
from the Amerique, which stranded a few
weeks previously ...... Joe Goss, who fought a
prize fight i'll Kentucky, and was tried for the
oifense, has been sentenced to prison to work
out line OF $3.50 ...... Internationalists in
berne Switzerland, celebrated the anniversary
OF the Paris commune by proc ssion, in
which was carried a red flag. When the police
n
occurred, i'll which a number of men were
stabbed. The boiler explosion at Worth
m6ton, Ind, was more destructive of life than
at hrst reported-twelye pc sons having been
Killed outright and seven severely injured The
nelghbors were gathered in the sawmill at the
tune to inspect the workings of new grist
mlil' Which had been attached to the power
telegram from Zaza says six hours
obstinate tight took place between the Turks
and Bosnians near Bonaventura. Both sides
suffered heavily. The Turks retired into Iiyno
;:... An unknown man committed suicide in
Mngsbrldge, n Y, by jumping from the
mountain side into railway cut, distance Of
ninety feet. Samuel c. Bell, formerly cashier
OF the Hatboro Pa.) national bank has been
sentenced to ten years Imprisonment for en-
bezzling funds of the institution 49,. One of
the most powerful locomotives on the Balii-
more and Ohio railroad exploded at Keyser,
W, va, killing the fireman and severely in
1urlng the engineer 80. President Burgers of
the Iransvaal republic, in southern Africa,
tayors union with Great Britain. -. The sultan
OF turkey, In his speech at the opening of the
legislative body, put the fault of the present
disastrous state of the financial condition of the
country upon the intrigues which have been
consummatlng since the Crimean war, and
have kept Turkey under the expense of con-
stanty providing material for possible hostili-
TIES Successful religious revivals are be-
ing held IN Albany, n. Y.....A colored man
named Edward Wells murdered a peddler.
known as William OBrien, near Buckhead. Ga,
by striking him with an AK. Wells then sold
the goods of the murdered man and was pre-
parln8 to decamp when arrested. The United
states supreme court has decided that State
has tho constitutional right to deny an insur-
ance company, belonging in another State per-
nlsSlOh to transact business within its bOun-
diaries. Postmaster-General Key, in writing
TO an inquirer, stated that when vacancy oc-
Cured III his department in the Southern
states, preference would be given to Republi-
cans i'll making the selection The prospects
OF the English grain crop arc good. Major
heno VINO commanded portion of Clusters
regiment on the fatal day of the massacre
and who gallantly saved his followers from
Clusters fate, is on trial by courtmartial for i'm
proper proposal to fellow officers wife. and
the prospects is that he will be dismissed from
the service.
Judge Reed, of the South Carolina circuit
court, has recognized Wade Hampton as gov
ernor, by discharging prisoner arrested by
one OF Chamberlain's appointees w The in
yyestiSaation by the New York Legislature,
brought out the amount paid by insurance
president $3.50, 900 president, $18, 900 sec
ono Ylce-president, $4,000 actuary $4,000,
and solicitor, S14, 600. The Equitable paid its
president SS7 900; vice-president, 1922, 900
aGtuary, S2D 600, and secretary, $4,000 ......
LUG Marcn auction sale of coal in New York
showed a decline in prices 80. The camp of
hostile Sioux is being broken up by the number
of braves who are surrendering at the agen-
ce5'... 1t Is currently reported that the en-
Sineers VINO have been investigating the foun-
datlon OF the Washington monument, will re-
port the foundation sufficiently strong to bear
the weight. -. PERTH Effendi, the Turkish
envoy, bearing the frman of peace to Prince
Milan. Nuou rro1 H..
Pope declares he will raise protest before the
whoie world against the attempt by the Italian
government to deprive him of liberty of speech
49,: Ihree years ago a lunatic threatened
PRESIDENT Grant and was confined in an asylum
lie has since been released, and now sues the
eX-Presldent for 100000, for false imprison-
mcnt -. Two children we're accidentally
poisoned fatally by hotel keeper named
Archambauit, near Montreal. ... "A harmless
nnbecllo in Baltimore, named Berner, swal-
lowed part of stick phosphorus and died in
the most terrible agony, his mouth throat and
stomach being horribly burned by the caustic.
The English princes Albert, Victor and
George, eldest sons of the Prince of Wales,
have joined the royal training ship Brittania,
as cadets The authorities of Havana Cuba,
nave notified the German merchants to pay an
as essment OF thirty per cent. for war pur-
poses, or their property will be embargoed in
threo days time. Appeal has been made to the
'-"'iiN opNO IllIliCilI at IJ8tI0.
Hon. Stanley Matthews was elected bv the
ONO Legislature to fill the senatorship left
vacant by the resignation of Hon. John Sher-
NAM The Pennsylvania Legislature, in
JOINT convention, elected j. Don Cameron son
OF ex-senator Cameron, as United States sena-
Cof' The West India island of Jamaica
WAS visited by slight earthquake shock
thief entered the Indiana national bank. at
Indianapolis, Ind, placed small box on the
moor, stepped upon it, reached over the railing.
grabbed 10000, and fled before those present
could get glimpse of his face ....,. The Scan.
GinaVlan banking firm of Skow, Peterson & Co.,
Golh6 business in Chicago, have closed their
doors, The Havana steamship Columbus
rescued six mon, comprising the crew of the
schooner Gov. Burton, of Philadelphia, from
lhef sinking vessel, while off Cape Hatteras
:."., Hemenway's store and two other build
lln5s in Machias, Me-, were destroyed by fire
Loss slSO1O partially insured -. The con
1cctlonery store of VIM. Grippe, in Washington
ID. g., was destroyed by fire. Mr.. grippe en-
tered the burning building to save some valua
pies; and fell victim to the flames =. New
York detectives arrested two men, having il
their possession counterfeit bonds of the Pacific
railroad to the amount Of 100000. Tn,
spurious bonds were well executed and were t.
have been put on the stock market the mex
day ...Soventeen New York city milk dealer
were arrested and fined sums ranging from 81
to $50 for selling impure milk 49, Edwart
Wells, the colored man whomurdered peddle
in Burke county, Ga, was taken from Jail by
masked crowd and hanged, having previousl
confessed the crime 80. A dispatch fror
Europe states that the English steamer whic
left New Haven, Conn, for Turkey carrying
S1,04S,000 worth of arms, was lost at sea.
The Peruvian government passed law MAXIM
their bonds receivable for only thirteen pc
cent. of their nominal value. Much exctemen
was occasioned, as many families have their ca
tire fortune invested in the securities.
The Liverpool ship Winchester, carrying
crew of twentv-cava,, MAJ, ,roo4' ~ - -