Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-02-17
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
Interesting Items from Home and Abroad

in his favor. .... Citizens OF Ellenyille. n Y,
at public meeting, subscribed "a, 600 Of the
~, 400 taxes which caused the difficulty with
and stoppage Of the running Of the Midland
road, and trains will run on time in the future.
By the capsizing of a slif at Louisville,
Ky, four young men we're washed over the
falls and two Of their number, Thomas Peter
son and Patrick Brophy, were drowned. ...
Two herders fought a duel on a rancho near
Cheyenne, W. T.. and eleven shots were fired
one Of the contestants being struck in the neck,
face and stomach and fatally injured, and the
other seriously injured in the hip and arm. 81.
The one hundred and fortieth birthday of Tom
Paine, the free thinker and writer, was cele-
brated in New York by quite large number of
his disciples .....A night wa'chman on the
Erie railway discovered two pieces of heavy
timber chained across the tracks near Waverly,
n, Y, and had but just time to signal an ex-
press train running at a speed of thirty miles
per hour, to avoid terrible disaster. A little
further along switch was found turned. Mis-
creants had evidently endeavored to wreck the
train for the purpose of plumber
The President sent communication to Con-
gress urging the passage of bill to appropriate
$4,000 to carry on the experiments on iron
and steel at Watervlet arsenal, and instances
the Ashtabula disaster as indicating our lack of
properties of iron 49,. President Grant has
given an unconditional pardon to John Nc
Donald, of whisky fraud notoriety, confined in
the Missouri penitentiary ...... caving bank
of earth on the Lachine canal, Canada, killed
two aborers. The volcano on Vriey island,
at the entrance to Yedo bay, Japan, which is
generally in a smoldering condition, is in active
eruption . 1t has been ascertained that
there are 1000 lodges of hostile Indians under
Crazy Horse encamped on the Yellowstone,
about forty miles from Gen. tiles post. 1t is
impossible for a campaign to be carried on
against them, however, owing to the severity of
the weather. Gen. Crook is personally engaged
in enlisting friendly Indians to carry on the
warfare which they can do 80 much better than
regular troops. He is meeting with good sue
cess, and hopes to wind up the Indian troubles
in this manner. "A public meeting was held
in New York to express. sympathy with the
Christian Bulgarians who are being crowded to
the wall by the Mohammedan Turks. 49,. The
American ship Dakota. from New. Orleans for
liverpool, was struck by lightning and burned
The crew were rescued by a German bark.
The Electoral commission is now full and
complete, and consists of the following gentle
men Judges Clifford, DEM. Field Rep; Mil
Ter, Rep; Strong, Rep; and Bradley, Rep.
Senators Bayard Dem; Edmunds Rep. FIRE.
inghuysen, Rep; Morton, Rep. Thurman,
DEM; and Representatives Abbott, DEM. Gar
field, Rep; Hoar, Rep; Hunton, DEM; Payne,
Dem. All of the above are lawyers, except Mr..
Payne, who, though trained to the bar, is prop
erly capitalist.
John Carroll, New York desperate only
fourteen years old, committed brutal assault
upon little girl of seven years, and when TIL
child's father went to the rescue, in answer to
her cries for help, the young scoundrel stabbed
him in the neck ...... An extensive plot of the
Charlestown (Mass.) State prison convicts to
break jail was discovered and frustrated ......
The Hudson river ice crop was successfully
housed, and consists of l. 403, 900 tons of rm ice,
! from twelve to fourteen inches thick. This
gave occupation to $3.50 men, 1920 boys, Ga
horses and forty-eight steam engines. 80. The
| coroners jury over the victims of the Brooklyn
Theater fire has just found verdict in which
they find no particular fault with the theater
| building the police officer in command at the
time is censured for not so distributing his
men as to aid the escape of the unfortunates
that the fire originated from one of the drop
| scenes coming in contact with the border light,
and that {" the said fire gained Roadway and
failed to be extinguished because of the mex
cusable neglect of the management of said
theater." ..... New Jersey Central railway
stockholders are called on to take %, 100000 OF
/ certificates to save he company ....I The long
| shoremen of Brooklyn having struck on account
of their wages being cut down, their places
were filled with men from New York city. The
Brooklyn men attacked the laborers from ovel
the river at every opportunity, and numbers
were injured. The interference of the police
was necessary to prevent extensive rioting. 80.
The Mexican government has, contrary to the
expectations of every one, paid the first IL
stallment of $500, 900 due this government un
der the verdict claims commission 49,. The in
habitants of Cali, Colombia, South America
having revolted against the Liberals, were over
powered and three hundred Of the insurgents
cut down. The town was then sacked by thu
victors who committed many outraGes .Th'
Republican national committee have engaged
as leading counsel before the Electoral com
promise commission, William NJ. Evarts ant
E. W. Stoughton, of New York, and Stanle.
Matthews aud S. S. Shellabarger, of Ohio. The
Democrats have as counsel, Lyman TTumbull, o
Illinois Matt Carpenter, of Wisconsin Jere
nliah Black. of Pennsylvania, and Ashbel Green
of New York $50. The Kansas Legislator
elected Col. Plumb to the United States Senate
The new senator is a printer by trade, and for
merly published the Emporia Neocs.
J. T.. Hill, treasurer of the Seaboard an
Roanoke railway, has disappeared from MOI
folk Va, and is reported to be defaulter to
large amount. -. Two members of band O
train wreckers have been arrested in Missouri
Their plan was to throw train from the trae
and rob the passengers during the consequen
excitement. .. The officers of the defunC
, Security Life ms. Co. of New York were il
dicted by the grand jury and arrested for en-
bezzIement and perjury -. NOTWITHSTANDING
the dulIness of the times the annual ball hel
in New York for the benefit of charity, was al
T tended by an immense throng of fashionabl
+ society people dressed in great elegance. tn
net receipts were between $4,000 and $751;
; -. Patrick Dolan, residing with his sister an
, mother near Dorp, Staten Island while out {
t his right mind, killed his mother with clu
and beat his sister in a shocking manner ....
The khan of Khiva has applied for the form
Nfh int
I Russian empire. .....A terrible suicide Is r.
p ported from La Crosse Wis, where your
woman confined in the county Jail took lily
coal from the fire and deliberately set fire
n her clothing, being SO frightfully burned as
/ cause death few hours later ,.... The fam
. lies of the men killed on the steamer Moot
q zuma seized at sea by the Cubans, have mac
2 a reclamation upon the Nicaraguan COVER
ment for damages on the ground that If Near
qua had not given the steamer protection 81
d would have fallen into the hands of SPANS
O gunboat and the murders averted The owne
q of the cargo put i'll the same plea for damage
9 ...... The public debt statement for Februa
. LIST shows the total Indebtedness to be ~, 22(
y $40, 579.2S; coin in treasury $50, AT, $780,
:, decrease of debt during January, 49, ,669.7
L The annual report of the chamber of cor
s MERGE for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1877
: shows that while the aggregate value of t
n foreign commerce OF all other ports OF I
- United States except New York exceeded tn
L of the preceding year by more than 81 ,O00,O
New York lost over 500, 900, 900, making 4
:. crease in the foreign commerce of the who
|. country exceeding $S1 900, 900. The value
h the domestic exports of breadstuffs from
- other ports $64, 200, 500 against 500, $50,
s from New York; of provisions, $29,36l,S
g from other ports against sos, O42, 1873 from N,
}, York of tobacco and manufactures of tobacC
). 81 ,6O2,692 from other ports against s14, or
1888 from New York. .... The comptroller
New York city gives the municipal indebtedne
az s149, 1857, 557.79 ...... Gov. McCreary,
% Kentucky has recognized Mr.. Nichols as &c
"a ernor of Louisiana by requisition upon hi
;, for the return of forger =. John L. Chal
v berlain, one of New York prominent gambler
g has filed Petition in bankruptcy. Theliabi