Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-05-10

The President has signed the act to prevent
the introduction Of contagious or infectious
diseases into the United States.
Il The secret service officers OF the treasury
ave discovered new counterfeit $50 note on
le National Bank, Of New York city.
The subcommittee Of the House committee
} education and labor has agreed on bill i'm
psing tax Of s1OO apiece on Chinese immi-
ants.
The public debt statement for April shows q
increase IN the debt for the month OF IS, 0l5,-
Sos SO and the following balances in the treas
ury; Currency, 81, 163, 14O.6S; special fund for
redemption OF fractional currency, $10, 000, 900;
special deposit Of legal tenders for redemption
Of certificates OF deposit, S28 SIS, 900; coin
Gncluding coin and silver certificates, $780,
IA, 500, S156 O37 ,236.SS; outstanding legal
tenders, S346, So, ole the total exports for
March were $72,947, 900, and the imports,
S37, $50, 698.
Two treasury employees have been temper
arily suspended by the President, Mr.. Glover,
OF the House committee on expenditures in the
treasury department, having stated to him, in
writing, that they had been guilty of miscon-
duct. The matter will be investigated.
Foreign News.
Three firemen we're instantly killed and one
was fatally injured by falling wall during
fire in the Windsor Hotel at Coburg, Ont.
OLeary the American pedestrian, completed
walk Of 22O miles in sixty hours at Dublin.
The great strike among the cotton operatives
Of England is spreading.
Many German, Dutch and Belgium mer-
chants have refused to consign their goods on
ships flying the British flag, in cases where q
long voyage is anticipated.
Fifteen persons we're killed and twelve injur-
ed by the explosion of boiler in a Dublin
foundry.
The Grand Duke Melodies, son Of the Gear,
has been made field marshal and recalled to
Russia. General Todleben succeeds him as
commander Of the army in Turkey.
M. Trepoff, whom the woman Vera Sassu-
Itch some time since attempted to assassinate,
has been relieved from his functions as project
Of st. Petersburg and of police.
An ARRAY took place between Russian and
Turkish soldiers in barracks near Constantine
pie. Eighty men were wounded on both sides.
Five thousand British troops have been
ordered from England to Malta.
The international exhibition for 1878 waf
opened at Paris on the 1st under the happiest
auspices. President MacMahon arrived at the
| Trocadero (the main building) at 2 o'clock, es
corted by his military household. He was
received by the minister of commerce, and
after brief addresses declared the exhibition
open, amid salvos Of artillery and music by
bands. The marshal then, at the head of q
brilliant procession, which included the Prince
of Wales, Prince Amadeus of Italy, and thu
Grown Princes of Denmark and the Neither
lands, proceeded through the exhibition build
ing The scene was picturesque and imposing
in the extreme. The state officials in granC
uniform, the councillors and magistrates Il
their robes, and the members Of the Institut,
and Legion of Honor presented a striking bu
agreeable contrast to the senators, deputies
clergy and minor officials, in their civil cos
tunes. The exhibition blilding was gail
decorated with the flags of all nations, and al
immense crowd was in the vicinity. Tn
American section, though unfinished, com
pared favorably with the others. The displa
of paintings and sculpture by American artist
is the best which this country has ever mad,
abroad. Great efforts had been made within
the last few days to place the exhibition il
good order. At night Paris was Brilliant
Illuminated, and the streets were filed wit
spectators, while many of the houses wer
gaily decorated with the flags of all nations.