Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-12-15
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
eastern and Middle states


Savings Bank, OF New York, is charged by the
receiver with perjury and other acts that viii
make him amenable to the civil and the criminal
law.
At Enfield. Mass, f. Z. Cabot WAS bitten by
g sat last September, and the other day he died
from its effects.
Atoswego, y. Y, the Congregational Church,
and a house and barn adjoining we're de-
Stroyed by fire. Loss, about sl4,OOO insur-
ance, $500.
The suit OF the city of New York against
Richard b. Connolly, one OF the ring robbers,
terminated suddenly, by defendants counsel
confessing judgment, which was accordingly
found against him. The suit was for the re-
coyery of over S8000,00
Pending an examination into its condition,
the Marlborough On. H. Savings Bank has
been closed.
Three miners, named Carroll, Quigley and
/ Martin. we're killed by the caving in of a sec
/ zion of the Mount Hope iron mine at Rock
away, n. j.
/ At Reading, Pa, E. p Boas late cashier of
! the suspended Reading SaviDgs Bank, was
arrested on the charge of Incorporating the
banks funds.
! The dead body of Francis Copcutt, wealthy
\ New York business man, was found ia bed
/ at his apartments on Fifth avenue, with the
face lying in stew pan containing acids and
chloroform. 1t is supposed he was suffocsted
/ while inhaling the chemical yapors with the
/ intention of obtaining relief from the pain of a
nasal cancer.
! Hon. John II. Burlegh, an ex-Congressman
was killed ct South Berwick, Me-, by his horse
| going off bridge.
! The village of Millerstown, Pa, was partially
destroyed by fire, several blocks in the business
center going down before the flames.
The New York police made raid upon the
unlicensed liquor dealers of the city, and
arrested over three hundred of them.
Greenbaum Brothers & Co., New York bank
ers, have failed with liabilities estimated at
$250,000.
The National Exchange Bank Of Trey, n Y,
has failed.
/ Harvey n. Thorpe was hanged at Auburn
N. Y, for killing William L. Howard tcolored)
in September, 1876 The murderer and his
/ victim were both convicts in the Auburn prison
at the time the crime was committed.
| Allen Congdon, of Westfeld, Mass, aged
four years, died after three days Sickness
caused by the bite Of Spitz dog received six
weeks ago. and the doctors pronounced the
case one of genuine hydrophobia.
The board of education of New Haven
Conn, have resolved, by vote of six to three,
to dispense with religious services in the public
/ schools
The following are the Democratic puralities
! for New York State officers as declared by the
board Of State canvassers {; Lieutenant-q Govern
or-Beach, II, 264 Comptroller &c.
Ill ; Attorney General Schoonmaker, ii ,541
Treasurer-Mackin, 1857 State Engineer
Seymour, 30, 1874.
| As two men named Tower and Long were
driving across a railroad crossing near Milford,
Mass, their vehicle was struck by passing
train and one man was killed and the other
fatally injured.
Sunday, the 9th inst, was memorable one
in the history of liquor selling in New York,
az the previous three days excitement caused
! by the arrest of large number of liquor deal
ers for failures to produce licenses eliminated
in the arrest of several hundred more and the
shutting up of all the saloons in the city.
Western and Southern States.
About two years ago Lyman Blackman,
farmer living near Bennington, Mich, decided
his farm to his son Henry, on condition that
the latter should support his parents and his
sister The son failed to keep his agreement,
whereupon his father started for Pontiac to
take out the necessary papers revolving the
deed. While he WAS away Henry quarrelled
with his mother and sister and shot them
both dead, after which he set fire to the house
and barn. The murderer was arrested and
lodged in Jail at Pontiac.
Benjamin +. Godfrey, aged nineteen, was
engaged to be married to Miss Nellie L. Win.
ringer, both of Norfolk, Va. 4 quarrel arose
between them, and the young lady refused the
young mans company from church, whereupon
he went to saloon, got drunk and procured
a revolver Then he went to Miss Winninger's
residence and asked to see her. Upon her APP
pearance in the hallway he raised the revolver
and fred, instantly killing her, and then shot
himself, intlicting mortal wound.
The steamer Lotus, while on her way from
the Red river to New Orleans, caught fire, and
the passengers and crew were compelled to
jump into the water to escape burning to
death. Eight persons we're drowned and two
met death in the flames. The rest were picked
up by passing steamer.
The town Of Athens, Ohio was partially de-
stroyed by fire, which began in bakery in
the business part Of the town. The total loss
il 100000, on which there is an insurance
of about $4,000.
The Indians in the Black Hills region COM
pletely surrounded the city of Deadwood,
and force of United States troops was sent
to the relief of the people.
The German National Bank of Chicago has
failed. The directors announce that they will
be able to pay depositors in full.
William S. Bergen, who murdered Thomas
J. Mcbride. q hotel keeper in June last, was
hanged at Mount Vernon Ohio. When the
drop fell the moose slipped and Bergen dropped
heavily. half strangled. After fifteen minutes
delay, Bergen was again placed on the scaffold
, and this time was launched into eternity.
, Most of the business portion of Otsego
Mich, was destroyed by a fire.
number of men who took part in the Balt
more riots during the railroad war have beer
sentenced to three and eight months imprison
ment
Applications have been made to have re
ceiver appointed for the German Savings Banl
[ OF Chicago.
A detachment of the Eighth United State
a Cavalry entered Mexico in pursuit of body o.
cattle thieves al d marauders, and after tel
) days scout the soldiers came upon o camp O
Indian distillers of mescal. The troops charged
: upon the camp killing two Indians wounding
! three more and putting the rest to flight. Thu
, tents and other articles found in the camp wer,
destroyed.
, Cochran & Fulton's whiskey house in Louis
vile, KY, caught fire and was destroyed, tn,
: burning whiskey running into the street an(
] filling the cutters. Other buildings we're dam
? aged also and the loss inflicted amounts t,
/ several hundred thousand dollars.
/ At Fountain Bluff township, ILL.,, Charlie
! Mulrich shot and instantly killed his wife ant
then blew his own brains out. Domestic diff
fculties led to the crime.
; From Washington.
! The public debt statement for Novembe
! shows decrease in the debt for the month O
81, 1913, 63463, and the following balances in thu
Q treasury: Currency, $3.50, 396.39; specia
{ fund for redemption of fractional currency
y S9,SO6, 002 special deposit OF legal tenders TO
!, redemption of certificates of deposit, $50, O55,
. 900; coin Gncluding coin certificates, $32,
! 991 ,4OO), $133,970, 21443; outstanding lega
4 tenders, 1851, $40, 288 amount due militar
: establishments 81, 800, 900.
, The payments made from the treasury b
warrants during the month of Novemer, 1877
. we're as follows On account of civil and mis-
i cellnnanns "a lie I97 a6 uuar &z EGG 900 Oz