Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-11-29
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
Eastern and Middle States,

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Eastern and Middle States.
The assessed valuation Of property in Phila-
delphis subject to taxation. for next year, is
given At S534 6 8, s64- depreciation OF esq.,
S7S, 2SS, as compared with last years returns.
large number Of persons are signing the
pledge at the Murphy temperance meetings in
New York.
A fire at Bradford, Pa, destroyed five acres
OF property comurising over 8fty buildings,
doing an estimated damage OF $4,000.
Samuel BArtholf, proprietor Of a Gutenberg
On. J.) hotel. WAS bitten in the lip by dog.
Two weeks after he was taken sick, the sight
OF water making him tremble commissions
followed, and after suffering terribly for four
days he died.
The New Haven school board refuses to
sanction separate devotional exercises in the
public schools.
| A mail train on the Portland and Ogdens-
burg road was thrown of the track near Dow's
Crossing, Vt, a passenger and express car
| going into the ditch. Israel j. Currier was
killed and two ladies we're injured, one seri-
)usly.
The fish market at Fulton street and the
East river, New York city-the most important
market Of its kind in the oountry-has been
/ destroyed by fire. Losses on building and
/ bNOSh CotlLuotoN ~ VANOsNOVs
1t ia claimed for Napoleon Campana, a
| Bridgeport Conn pedestrian, that he covered
52l miles in six days, beating the time made by
| the champion, O'Leary, in London-62OH
miles. Oampana is forty years old, had not
trained" for the walk, and is ruptured in
| two places.
| The insurance companies in which the late
| Colonel Walton Dwight, of Binghamton, N. Y,
| held policies to the amount Of $3.50 900, claim
/ Al..Il - alsl -.
pestuous weather, and thereby lost his life,
that his family might be handsomely provided
for. The dead mans friends Indignantly deny
the charge.
Mrs. Ellen Hallisy was murdered in New
| York by her twelve-year-old stepson, who
threw carving knife which penetrated her
| breast.
Judge Hilton has increased the reward to
| $50 900 for the conviction of the decorators
of A. T. Stewards grave or 900 for the
conviction of any of the participants
Owen Granaghan and Benjamin Griffith we're
killed and two other men badly injured by a
fire-damp explosion in a coal mine at Nesquo-
honing, Pa.
The wrestling match between James Ovens
aud Charles Conner, at Boston, for the cham
pionship and $1,000 side, resulted in VIC
tory for Owens.
Discrepancies amounting to about So 900 in
the accounts of Hon. William T. Davis, p esi-
dent Of the Plymouth (Nass.) national bank,
having been discovered, the directors met
and demanded his resignation.
Western and Southern States.
The boiler Of an engine attached to the
psrlor car Gem exploded at Mahanoy City,
Pa, partially demolishing the depot, killing
the engineer, another man and two boys, and
injuring several other persons. The boys
were standing on the platform of the depot,
and were terribly mangled, while the engineer
was blown over the depot and an adjoining
shed and thrown upon the side Of mountain
near by, shapeless mass
The directors and cashier of the First Ma
tional bank Of Xenia, Ohio, have been indicted
on charge Of appropriating to their own use
$500 belonging to the institutions deposit
tors.
Five large stores and the United States court
rooms have been burned at Tyler, Texas, en-
failing a loss Of about 800, 900.
During fight between colored men and
whites near Xenia, Ohio, one of the former wat
shot aud two of the latter we're fatally beaten
About ten men were engaged i'll the brawl, anG
} all had been drinking.
The mayor OF New Orleans, in his message
suggests the scaling of the city debt fifty pei
J cent , and the accumulation of sinking funC
to clear off the Indebtedness in twenty-five
years; meantime paying five per cent. interest
The Howard association of New Orleans sp
peals for $50, 600 to pay off outstanding in
debtedness contracted during the prevalence
} of the fever.
distinct shock Of earthquake was expert
enced along the Mississippi valley. No damag
, reported.
Senator Gordon has been reelected by tn
a Georgia legislature.
{ While murder trial was in progress i
India apolis, Ind. Warren Tate and william
Love, both prominent men, quarrel, in tn
courthouse over business transactions, an
| Tate shot Love twice, fatally.
The jury in the case of the United State
T against certain importers in Baltimore, in whic
/ it was claimed that Demerara sugars wer
artifcially colored for the purpose Of eyadin
), the payment of duties and which excite
i considerable interest among dealers-decde
y that the sugars were colored, but declt red the
q belef in the non-compicity of the importers.
IS Otto Montgomery shot himself dangerous
at st. Paul, Mimi, in an attempt to comm
suicide. While his son stood at the bedsid
, tending his wounded parent, he tainted FRO
q excitement aud dropped lighted lamp on til
g covering, when it exploded, burning the fatht
q to crisp.
/. The twelfth annual session of the Nation
a Grange, patrons of huhbandry, was held
! Richmond, Va, representations from twent
= tve States being in attt ndance. Reports
q officers show the order to be in a fourishir
Re condition throughout tho country. At publ
it reception in the evening speeches were mao
4 by Governor Holiday and others.
i From Washington.
1t Sixty-six clerks, one half of them wome
n have been discharged from the patent offc
,e the fund for the expenditures for Temporal
al nj ha, hDn,,
In The postmaster general, in his annual r
- port argues in behalf OF larger appropriation
y for the postal service and opposes the fran
Id ing privilege.
III Lord Saulsbury's reply to the main comm
3D. nication of Secretary Evarts concerning Il
of Halifax fisheries award is published. The su
ht stance OF the letter is that the Halifax ava
T in favor Of Great Britain was final that Gre
Britain would decline to review it whether
10 were favorable to her or not, and Ithat 81
ne would not have gone into the Halifax tribur
Id Of arbitration if she had contemplated that
Mt unanimous award was necessary, as was argu
~ by Secretary Evarts.
no Gen. Sheridan having sharply criticised t
~. Indian bureau, Secretary Schurz has written
eS the secretary Of war, demanding specific charg,
~ The report of the comptroller OF the Q,
81 rency shows there were 2,056 national ban
at in existence June goth, with capital amount
to $470,390,0O0, and deposits aggregate
$677, 100 900. The total number of banks a
ia private bankers in the country was GA
40 with 1875, ZIG, 900 capital and $1,919, 954, {
IN deposits.
ed Foreign News.
nc train ON the New Brunswick railro
Is. jumped the track at Peel, N. B., and pass
in ger car that rolled down an embankmt
he caught fire. Three person5-a man, won
Nh and bov-lost their lives, and about TIVE
~ more were injured.
~ Heavy failures in English commercial Giro
10y continue. Among others John Tomas & @