The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-12-05
SUMMARY OF NEWS,
Enstern and MIddIe states

New York in the marriage Of Miss Florence
Adele Vanderbilt. daughter OF William ~ van
4 ierbilt, 10 Mr. Hamilton Mex. TWomhlev' 81
/ Boston. The church where the ceremony tooA
I place was packed with invited guests, aud after
| the marriage reception at the residence OF the
/ brides parents on Eilh avenue was attended
1 by A large gathering. Mr.. Vanderbilt present
/ 10 lis daughter consisted Of a magnificent
| necklace costing sj00Jl.
/ -Four fishermen belonging TO the schooner
/ Grace Choate. Of Portsmouth \. H., were
drowned while attending "a their travis on
I Middle Bank. .
About sl25. was lost by fire in Leonard
street, New York.
The death Of Dr.. Bm0ni Carpenter, Il
Pawtucket, Il. l., took place ON the morning.
appointed for the funeral Of his wife
Miss Bertha Won TIillern. the female peaes-
trian. walked iii miles inside oi nifty hours
at Philadelphia.
Damage to the extent Of S12O. 200 was done
bv a fire in the handsome marble building
! corner Of Chestnut and Ninth streets, Phila-
delphia.
Mayor Schroeder. IS chairman Of the Brooklyn
Theater ire relief fund, reports that Si1 ,i5i62
have been received for the aid Of the sufferers
and S3i 2aG. 81 have been paid ont to them.
leaving on hand S13, 1870. Eighty-seyen
families are receiving relief weekly.
louis F. Therossen, a prominent New York
lawyer. was arrested and lodged in jail on the
charge Of Incorporating Sl3pO0j belonging
to an estate in his hands.
The work on three elevated railroads in New
York is being rapidly pushed
The late president aud cashier of the Miners
Trust Company, OF Pottsy lie, Pa, have been
convicted Of conspiracy to defraud depositor
ont Of $4,000, after 2 trial lasting fifteen
weeks.
James Keyser. the plumber connected with
the Tweed ring. was examined before the alder
manic vestigating committee in New YORK
regarding his share in the nefalious transac-
ti0ns of his partners in crime, and stated that
he hsd assigned his property TO another party
for the benefit of the city; that so, 600 was
realizedin the assignment. and that the assignee
had paid him back that amount, so that the
city obtained nothing.
"Buckey" DOnnelly, q Molly Mcguire, was
tried at Pottsville Pa, as an accessory to the
murder of two men and found guilty of murder
n the FIRST degree.
A locomotive and tender on the New York
and Long Branch railroad were upset half way
between the two points by the giving way Of
a rail. and H. W. Benedict and Isaac Hyer were
killed. while several others received wounds OF
a more OF less serious nature.
AlHger Brothers, late agents Of the Com
mercial Union Assurance Company were ar.
rested in New York upon complaint OF the COM
pany. The charge against them is that they
misapprOpriateG money OF the plaintiff in the
sum Of -l0j,00
Oakley Hall began lecturing tour in
Boston.
baby show was opened successfully in New
York. number Of prizes for infantile prOdl-
gies of every kind was the inducement held out
for ambitious mothers
Western and Southern States.
The suspension of the Third National Bank
of Chicago is announced.
While under the influence of liquor George
| Staples. living near Versailles, Mo-. attacked
| his daughter-n-law aud killed her; and when
! George Staples, Jr her husband, interfered on
| behalf of his wife, his drnnken father attempt
/ ed to shoot him, but the son pulled the pistol
away and shot his father three times, with fatal
effect.
The National Grange met in convention at
Cincinnati, every State being represented by
delegates.
The mayor of Jacksonville, Fla. announces
that the yellow fever has entirely disappeared
from that place.
At Fultonvlle, ILL.,, George Armbruster, a
wealthy real estate owner, returned to his home
after an absence of several days and discovered
his wife in the company of prominent resident
of the place, John T. Richards. Armbrustel
drew pistol and fired twice, instantly killing
Richards, while the woman lived only two
hours.
The suspension Of Phillips & Co., bankers Of
Georgetown, Ohio, has taken place. Liabil
lies, about $4,000.
The Central National Bank of Chicago ha
collapsed The deposits amount TO 3437, 600
every cent of which, the officers say, will b
paid
President Diaz, of Mexico, has commanded
General Deleon. at the head Of the Mexicat
troops, to repel invasion by United State
forces, and has ordered General Trevind to tn,
frontier with $4,000 additional soldiers.
At Pottstown, W. Va, John Potts, young
drunkard, was censured by his father afe
whom the town was name1-for his dissipateC
habits, when he attempted to drown tho ole
man. Failing in this effort he killed him viii
Ratchet.
James Il. Hawkins, young colored man
was hanged at Towsontown. Ind, for an assam
on young school girl llst April. He made
full confession Of his crime.
The United States man-of-war steamer Hurol
went ashore on the North Carolina coast, nea
the mouth Of Albermare sound, during heav,
storm, AID ont of 1888 persons on board onl,
about thirty-four we're rescued or escaped, tn
rest going down with the vessel The HuroI
! llNl lBlb IOTtIbSS NOIliOS On Tue morning o
the disaster and was on her way to the Yves
Indies. None OF the saved escaped by boats
but had to swim two miles through q tire
mendOus surf. A boat of the wrecking steame
Baker that went to the assistance of the Huro
was swamped aud five of the crew were drown
ed. The captain and all the principal officer
of the man of-war were lost.
A heavy raj storm lasting forty. eight hour
| caused great rise in the rivers Of Virginia all
adj GFaNn ", -
bridges were swept away by the rise in th
James river, and dwelling and business house
alo"g the river front we're inundated. Mel
chants were compelled to move their properl
to high ground, and the gas works wer
partially submerged. leaving the city withor
! its usual supply Of gas. Danville, Va, ala
suffered greatly from the flood, the city "a
works, machine shops, foundries, lumber an
coal yards having been submerged. At Cha
lottesville, Va. the railroad track was sweI
away by the rise in the Rivanna river, an
heavy damage was inflicted upon the corn
the surrounding country. In several countit
of North Carolina all the streams oyerhowet
7 and fences, tobacco barns and outhouse5 wei
, | swept away, causing slmost ncalculable dan
age to the farms bordering on the rivers
9 portion of Richmond, Va, was inundate,
I Mayo's bridge across the James river was swel
f, away, and the destruction to property W;
i great. Five spans'of the Cumberland Vallt
a railroad bridge over the Potomac river. ne
Williamsport, Md, were swept away and =
! heavily laden coal cars on the bridge at 81
e time went down with it, causing loss of abo'
- 100000.
. Francis l.. Cardozo, ex-treasurer of Sou
u Carolina, convicted of conspiracy to defral
Z the State, has been sentenced to two years il
4 prisonment and to pay fine Of 81, 900 Robe
" Smalls, member of Congress from South Car
!. lima, convicted OF receiving bride of $50
while State Senator, was sentenced to thr
years imprisonment at hard labor and l. Ca
CARPENTER formerly proprietor of the Columt
" Is c. Daily Union, convicted Of forgery
n raising the amounts for Publishing the laws
his paper, was sentenced to two years il
y prisonment and to pay fine Of $1,000,
n The Petersburg and Weldon railroad brid
"a ! ut Walann n @ VIZ . artaint a,rnrr Is. 90 &c.