Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-01-06

the audience into fire, whereupon a terrible
panic ensued, during which a number of per-
sons were seriously injured 90. In the Newark
On. j. opera house cry of fire" by a small
boy startled the audience into frenzy in its
efforts TO escape from the building. and several
were injured in the jam. The alarm proved to
be false. sea. George Pease, after quarreling
with Christopher Smith in Chattanooga, Tenn.
shot him thrice, when Smith returned the fire
with two shots Both men were fatally in
iured.
Chinese authorities apologzed to the repre-
sentative of the United States for the destruc-
ton Of the American chapel at Yen Ping Flu,
year ago, by mob. The value of the property
was refunded. "A Norwegian ship called the
Rjukan went ashore near Ocean Grove, n. J.,
and broke up. Her crew of twenty men was
rescued with difficulty IA fire in Toxic,
Japan, on Nov. 29th, destroyed sixty-ive streets,
containing 5000 houses, valued with their con-
tents, at $40, 100000. Fifty lives are believed
to have been lost. .... The schooner CASTILLO,
of and from St. John for New York, laden with
lath went ashore near Southwest Harbor, 100
miles from st. John, N. B. Her crew of five
persisted, and their bodies have been recovered.
49,. .Beckwith, former confidential clerk of
Babbitt, the New York soap man, who was
tried for defrauding his employer out of $780,
600, was sentenced to ten years in the peni-
Tertiary. go. Ten of the Mexican States
recognize Iglesias as the rightful president
while Diaz is upheld by five. At last accounts
Diaz had the better army, and was marching ON
the town of Queretaro, which Iglesias was de-
Tending with 5000 men. The battle of
Trenton, n. j., was celebrated by an imitation
of that famous engagement, in which every
incident was duplicated as far as practicable.
..... Fourteen children were burned to death
in a convent at st. Elizabeth, Canada. The
building was completely destroyed insured for
$4,000.
Otis d. Swan, New York stock broker,
prominent as a society man, secretary of the
Union League club, director of two hospitals,
secretary of a bank, and holding other Offices
of trust and .honor, is defaulter to the amount
of $500, 000. The State canvassers of Florida,
in obedience to the order of the supreme court,
met and recanvassed the returns The result
of the canvass elected Drew (Dem.) governor
by 1876; the Hayes electors by 209 Davidson
Dem to Congress, by $40, and Brisbee Rep.)
by $780, Gov Stearns will commence an action
quo 2UdrrdntO against Drew. Florida thus
ceases to be disputed State so far as the Presi-
dental election is concerned. .... "A message
by President Grant to Congress informs
that body that England has conceded to
our wishes that the article in the treaty of 1912
relating to eXtradition shall be in force until
other arrangements can be entered into. .....
A new counterfeit 81 900 greenback has been
discovered. ~ Lower canal rates are asked
for by Buffalo's board of trade. go. On Christ
mas day Chas Leighton fatally stabbed a man
near Springfield, Mo-, and in the evening at
tended public ball, when, without provoca-
ton, he shot and killed young man named
Mason. The murderer narrowly escaped lynch
ing. .....A petition signed by many of New
York city's influential and wealthy business
men has been presented to Congress, pray
ing for an early settlement of the lreSi-
dental question, without regard to political
preference 80. Major-Gen. John p. Bankson
of the Pennsylvania National Guard, and a
prominent business man of Philadelphia COM
mtted suicide by shooting, on account of bust
ness difficulties Six stores were burned III
Colliersville, Tenn, with loss of $4,000. An
exploded kerosene lamp was the cause.