Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-08-16
NEWS SUMMARY.
nastern and Middle states


Police Commissioner Dewitt c. Wheeler, Of
New York city. has been adjudged bankrupt,
with liabilities amounting to about $4,000.
Richard H. Smith, q young Jersey City
On. j. policeman, has been murdered under
circumstances OF peculiar atrocity. He was
found lying in bed by the side OF his wife with
his head crushed and eight stabs in the region
of the heart The wounds on the head had
been done by a window weight, while those on
the body were committed by r carving knife,
both weapons having been found in vault In
the back yard. The murdered mans wife
/ asserted that when she awoke there was
towel saturated with chloroform over her face,
and phial containing the drug was found on
/ the floor Of the bedroom, although the guam
| tity 1t contained was not enough to produce In
| sensibility in an adult. A close examination /
OF the room failed to indicate how the muir
derer had obtained an entrance.
The Vermont Greenback party met at Bur
lington, adopted a series OF resolutions and |
then adjourned for three weeks, to meet at
st. Adams, when State ticket will be nomi- !
mated. The platform adopted calls for paper |
money that shall be full legal tender, the
adjustment of all useless offices, and graded
income tax on all incomes exceeding $4,000,
declares that the public lands are common
property, denounces the passage by Congress
Of the joint resolution declaring the principal
Of bonds payable in coin, and asserts that
there shall be no privileged class Of creditors.
The Congressional committee appointed to
inquire into and ascertain the causes Of general
business depression, especially of labor, and to
devise and propose measures Of relief, began
its sessions in New York, the members pres
ent being Messrs. Hewitt (chairman), Rice
Thompson and Boyd. Representatives of
different labor elements and others will be
eBssWUPesaae ANah jigt6f a Gdares' the commit
Kearney, the California labor agitator, who
recently came East to rganize party, and
General Butler have had an interview at
Brighton, Mass. during which an exchange of
opinions took place upon the labor question,
, railroads, national finances, ETC. According to
the published report Of the interview unani-
nifty Of opinion upon most or all Of the topics
discussed exists between them.
, On the closing day of the trotting meeting
: in Buffalo. N. Y, the horse Rarus trotted a
mile in 2131a, beating the fastest time ever
made.
Royal B. Conant cashier Of the Eliot Ma
, tional Bank, of Boston, astonished the direc-
tors of the institution by calling a meeting,
resigning his position and acknowledging that
3 he had Incorporated $4,000 of the bank 3
money. He had used the money in speculat-
! ing in mining stocks
= John B. Clark, a sixteen year-old boy living
5 in New York city, was bitten by dog some
time ago. In about q month later he was
3 seized with symptoms of hydrophobia and in a
+, few days died, after having shown all the ter
q rible phases of the disease.
q Mrs. Smith, widow of the Jersey City IN. j.
q murdered police officer, has been arrested
charged with being implicated in her husbands
9 death.
. New York sneak thieves entered John c.
!. Kings house and carried off $50 900 in bonds
a bills and gold.
8 A tent in Philadelphia, filed with Sunday
+ school scholars, was struck by lightning and {
a little girl was instantly killed, two more chill
- dren were fatally injured, and several othel
persons were Frustrated by the thunderbot
. Dennis Kesrney, the California labor agi
u tator, made his first formal public appearance
d in Faneuil Hall, Boston. The hall was densel.
J: packed with workingmen. The speaker CAV
a q history Of the rise, progress and success o
- the labor movement in California. During hi
% address he was frequently applauded.
o. NJ Blanchard & Co.'s sash and blind fac
70 tory and Lovelace Il Doolittles planning mil
is and box factory, with nearly one million feet o
n pine lumber at Oswego, N Y, we're destroye
IA by fire, causing loss of about $4,000, o.
10 which the insurance is about $780, 900.
,f O. D. Parkhurst, a merchant of Potsdam
n. T., his wife and son, were all drowned b
y. ~ the capsizng of a small boat.
IL severe thunderstorm which prevailed i
D. the vicinity Of Hartford, Conn, the othe
r. afternoon, inflicted great amount of damage
Several persons were struck by lightning, thu
fall Of hail was unparalleled in violence and il
the size of the stones, and the tobacco crop il
many places was greatly injured.
II The Delaware Democrats met in conventio
at Dover and nominated John W. Hall 70
ne governor and Edward L. Martin for Congress
The platform adopted declares that sin &C
III cordance with the time honored and constitu
III tional faith of the Democratic party, we hol
of fha La. hon a fr1l, nf
th people of the United States is gold and silve
coin or paper currency convertible into sue
coin at the will of the holder" charges tha
To-. the Republican party is responsible for tn
depressed condition of business; denounce
"the conspiracy which, through corruptio
I'll and fraud, gave the electoral votes Of Sout
Carolina, Louisiana and Florida to Rutherfor
NJ, b. Hayes for President and William A. Wheele
=" for Vice-President, against the clearly ex
pressed will Of the voters Of those States
by asserts firm conviction that the refusal {
the Republican members Of the Electors
Commission to investigate the charges {
Oy fraud whereby the certificates of election WEI
given to the Hayes electors in the said State
ho was a violation of public duty and betray
10 of the trust reposed in them !" and indors'
Ke and approves the investigation instituted /
the House of Representatives for the pu
- pose of exposing to the whole country Il
means by which said frauds we're perpetratt
ny and the will Of the American people defeate
in the election Of their Chief Executive"
ut During storm at Phpnixville, Pa, Robe
H. Townsend and Edwin Roberts took refuge III
der tree, which was struck by lightning
/, Townsend was instantly killed and Rober
ne fatally injured.
Ao Western and Southern States.
10 At meeting in Chicago of general manage
40 and general freight agents of the rairoa
VI leading from Western points to the Easte
seaboard an advance was made in easter
oh bound freight rates.
oe- The South Carolina Democrats met in co
vention at Charleston. A resolution indorsil
Governor Hampton and all the State Officer
he and renominating them was unanimous
nd adopted. The resolutions adopted reaffirm Il
platform of 1876, urge unity Of purpose
the parry, denounce fusion with Republican
invite immigration request President Hay
to grant amnesty to illicit distillers and decla
for " exact and equal justice to all citize
ION without regard to race, color or previous co
M dition."
ak In the absence of q State convention Il
tly Wisconsin Republican State committee
IN. published an address and submitted pla
- form which commends the aims of Preside
0io Hayes, declares for fraterlal relations betwe
ust the different sections of the country, reioic
DOR in the prospect Of speedy specie resumptio
rk- takes grounds in favor of hard money, al
he asserts that the House election Investigate
"a. has not discovered any improper action on t
icn part CT the President
'aC Great damage by terrific tornado was do
30 in portions of Indiana, Ohio and Illinois.
Iir, Liberty, Ind, the Methodist church was BAG
vas injured, and the residence of ]. M. Darco "