Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-06-02
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
Interesting Items from Home and Abro,


The Russians made heavy attack ON the
outer lines at Kars, having preceded the at
tempt by furious cannonade from the siege
artillery; the Turks in the fortress replying
with a well directed fire from the powerful guns
composing their batteries, and the Russians
were compelled to withdraw without accom-
plishing their object Roumania proclaimed
her independence and declared war against
Turkey ..... Eighty-six persons were injured
10y the explosion Of a balloon that was about to
ascend in Hull, England A mutlny occurred
in Liverpool on board the American ship Kate
Davenport, bound for Mobile, and the chief
officer and three men were shot During
an ARRAY between some of the towns-people Of
Mallow, Ireland and a body of militia recruits
eleven of the latter were wounded 90. Kate
Harmon, young lady aged twenty-five, died of
hydrophobia in Stanford, Mass. go. A general
order has been issued by the war department to
the effect that no further payments for services
rendered can be made subsequent to June 80,
1877, until proper provision has been. made by
Congress -. Whitmonday was generally OBJ
served by the Germans of New York in picnics
and excursions &c. The secretary of war and
General Sherman inspected the Notifications
and defenses in Boston harbor ... Generals
Sheridan and Ord had a consultation in Chicago
regarding the troubles ON the Mexican border.
While preparations were being made for the
launching OF the vessel Saratoga at Chester.
Pa, she began to move down the stocks and
before the men at work on her sides could get
out of the way seven men were crushed to
death and number of othersmore or less badly
hurt ... Ghiacet, on the Danube, was burned
by the Russians, who also dismounted their
Notifications at Barboschi considering them of
no furthur use. The Russian frontier posts in
Asia were threatened by large force of Turks,
and they attacked the Russian position at Adler,
Turkish man-of-war assisting in the lombard
ment of the place. War between Turkey and
Greece is considered inevitable. Austin
Humphreys, aged sixty-three, was hanged in
Sandwich, Ont, for the murder of Frederick
Apple, building contractor. The cause of
the crime was Apples diatoriness in paying
a small sum Of money due to Humphreys.
Fresh changes were made in fourteen depart
ments of the prefectoral departments of France.
While two men were at work in sewer
in New Haven, Conn, the water began to rise,
and before they could be got out one of them
named Farrell was drowned, .... By a fire in
Gloversville, N. Y, damage amounting to $780,,
GOO was done; insurance, $50, 900 ..... The
number of persons seeking relief in India ON
account of the famine has increased over 100,-
600, and great distress exists ...... Three boys
were killed by an explosion of fire damp in the
Mine Hill colliery at Minersville, Pa. -. John
G. Simpson, who has been a minister for twenty
years, was convicted of illicit distilling by the
United States court in Missouri. -. While
about twenty men were at work on q large
three-story brick block at Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
it suddenly fell in, and seventeen of the labor
ers were injured in different degrees of severity
..... The extensive white lead works of Davis
Chambers & Co., in Pittsburgh, were destroyed
by fire, causing loss of $10J,000, on which
there was full insurance.
The Turks in Rahova, on the Danube, fred
on an Austrian vessel and after several shots
set her on fire. The Turkish official account of
the taking of Arabian admits the loss of 800
killed and wounded. A woman in Williams
burgh n. Y, committed suicide by taking
poison, and two days after her husband, j. H.
Schumacher, shot himself dead over his wife's
coffin. They were in comfortable circumstances,
but were unhappy in their domestic relations.
900. Bismarcks return to Berlin caused con-
siderable uneasiness in France ... Don Carlos,
of Spain, was requested to leave France by
President MacMahon. .... "A great grandson of
Lafayette visited the tomb of Washington at
Mount Vernon. -. Hon. George Boxer, United
States minister to Russia, has resigned ......
Millions of potato bugs have appeare don Staten
Island, N. Y, and the farmers are disheartened.
...... Alfred f. Aurere, geologist, Of New
York, died on train between Suspension
Bridge and st. Catharines, Ont. Nv. H. G.
Hosmer, the poet is dead ...... Many persons
are applying at the department of State in
Washington for assistance in obtaining posi-
tons in the medical corps and other branches
of the Russian military service but answer is
made that in view Of our neutrality laws no
such assistance can be rendered .. A boiler
in the Orion cotton mill at East Greenwich
R. l., exploded, killing the foreman, John
Hughes, Jr ..... An instruction in Japan, is
rapidly being quelled by the government .....
The body of Judge w. N. Matson, wealthy
and influential citizen of Hartford Conn.,, who
has been missing since last January was found
by some fishermen near New York. He is be-
heved to have committed suicide.
The Berlin correspondent of the London
Times announces that during the past few
weeks measures have been adopted for the
gradual mobilization of the whole Russian
army to crush Turkey by superior strength. In
two further attacks made upon outposts of
Kars the Russians were defeated. There was
stormy session of the Turkish Chamber of
Deputies and tho president was compelled to
suspend the setting. The trouble arose from
the discussion of the petition of a body of
softas, who demanded the resignation of the
Turkish ministers. -. The National Woman
Suffrage Association, which met in annual con-
vention in New York, was attended by large
number of prominent woman suffragists. ....
large iron establishment in Reading, Pa-the
Scott works-was burned involving loss of
over 1925, 600. 49,. AT Greenpoint, N. Y, Bailey
Doubleman's glass works were destroyed by
fire. Loss, $135, 000..... On May "a four
inches of snow fell in Berkshire Co., Mass.
The Post-office department in Washington was
extremely embarrassed by the large amount of
silver money flowing in upon it, and the refusal
of people in various parts of the country to take
it at par. At Portland, Oregon, the bankers
threatened to protest the departments drafts
unless greenbacks were rendered ... No &C
ton having been taken by Congress to secure
space for the United States in the coming Paris
exposition, meeting to that end was held by
manufacturers and merchants in New York. 4.
Rufus B. Stillman, who was to have been
hanged in Rochester, N. Y, has had his SEN
tence committed to life Imprisonment. 80.
Mary Alicia La Bau, daughter of Commodore
Vanderbilt, has petitioned to have the probate
of her fathers will reopened alleging he was of
unsound mind and memory when he made it.
ace. The New York Legislature has adi ourned.
The Senate met in special session to make pre-
parations for the trial of the bank superinten-
dent, Ellis, and then adjourned to meet on
July 18, at Saratoga. IT. ]. Steiner con-
fessed that he murdered his aunt and Miss
Taylor in Arkansas last January, by crushing in
their skulls with poker.
The report that Boxer, our minister to Russia,
had resigned is pronounced untrue. .... The
utmost excitement prevailed in Constantnople
where the threatening demonstration of 1900
fanatical Sofas created such CONSERVATION
UldJ tle slllIhusleu W nlS AslhUlc CHStle dCTObi
the Bosphorus. Martial law was proclaimed il
the city, and many arrests were made. The
Russian main army in Asia which took Arda
ban, is 10000 strong. The outlook along the
Danube indicated that the Russians would no
attempt the passage of the river until the
whole army was massed on its bank ...... Tit
New York State Woman's Suffrage convention
in New York passed resolutions demanding
that women be given the right to vote. ....
A woman who was arrested for drunkenness
was burned to death in her cell in Washington
...... The heavy sentence of ten years. i'm
prisonment was inflicted upon molder in Troy
| N. Y, who had committed an assault during
strike. A lengthy letter by Senator Mortol
was made public, in which he commended tn
President doubted the sincerity of Southern