The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-06-19
NEWS SUMMARY.
nastern ana nkiddle states

Eastern ana Middle States
The Greenback party OF Maine met at Lewis
ton and organised BY electing Scion Chase
chairman. Joseph Smith was nominated the
pArty's candidate for governor. The platform
adopted fAvors the abolition OF al bank issues;
free and unlimited gold and silver coinage. fuii
legAl-tender paper money receivable Tor All
debts, legislation 10 secure each man the lust
reward Of his own labor, reduction Of OH
ciS salaries, adjustment Of Imprisonment
for debts denounces the cred dag OF Com
munism and the contraction policy.
The National GreenbAck party Of New York
met in convention az Auburn and effected
permanent organization, headed by q, ).
Tucker, of Chenango county as president.
series OF resolutions was adopted declaring the
greenback dollar must be q full legal ten
der for all debts, favoring the calling in OF all
United States bonds and their payment, princi-
pal and interest, BY greenbacks, opposing fur
iher issue OF bonds, demanding the repeal
Of the resumption act and the national banking
act. favoring the establishment Of national and
State labor bureaus, and declaring that the
Greenback party does not recognize or affiliate
with any secret or questionable secret organiza-
ton
On the first day that the new elevated rail-
road in New York was thrown open to the
public, thousands availed themselves OF the
convenience of rapid transit and the cars were
crowded to their utmost capacity. Thus begins
the new era Of railroad travelling in New York.
The New Hampshire legislature has begun its
annual session.
A Ere in the large soap and candle factory Of
| Colgate & Co., Jersey City, N j., destroyed
property to the amount OF about S3OO,OOO in
| sured.
| By the capsizing OF a yacht of Duxbury
/ Point, near Plymouth, Mass, Henry s. Holmes,
| his young son, Arthur, and David Brown, Jr.,
were drowned. Four others chung to the boat
| and were rescued.
! The steam engine in the sawmill Of II. PEN
ney, Holland, Vermont, exploded, driving the
engineer through the side of the building and
seriously scalding boy and man.
The Treat & Lang mill at Bath, Me-, was de
/ stroyed by fire, causing loss Of sl25,000; at
Old Town, Me-, the Veazie mills were burned
! down aud loss of $75, 900 incurred, and at
Lisbon, N H., Bean q Atwood's steam mill
succumbed to the flames, the loss being
| 10000.
William A. and A. W. Andrews, brothers,
| left Boston for Havre, France, in the Nautilus,
| the smallest vessel that ever attempted to
| cross the ocean. The craft is nineteen feet
two inches long.
A shoemaker named Geistlack, living in Phil
adelphia sent letter to local minister, stat
| ing that he was out OF work, could not obtain
! 1OOu IOT Ills lhluliN anu Was hDOub "
suicide. Upon breaking into the house Mrs.
Gestlack and her two children, aged eleven
and nine years, we're found dead, suffocated by
| chloroform. A note from the mother, found in
| the house, indicated that she had killed the
children and then herself. The father could
not be found.
While social party was in progress at the
house Of Mrs. Kelly, at Newkirk and Merry
streets, Philadelphia the first floor gave way
| 49, THO
the cellar A few Of the children were hurt,
but none dangerously.
The other day most daring highway rob-
berry was committed by five highwaymen on
board Third avenue New York city, horse
car at ten o'clock at night, while the car was
crossing at Ninety fourth street. Although
there were at least fifty passengers on board,
including number Of uniformed and armed
soldiers Of the Eleventh regiment, the five rob-
| bers, with drawn revovers, mounted the car,
intimidating the entire crowd, beat one man
almost to death, robbed him Of $3.50, and
made their escape easily and safely. The VIC
| tim of the robbery was an employee of the
railroad company, and the money stolen from
| him was the proceeds of fares collected from
conductors during the day.
Dennis Donnely was hanged at Pottsville,
Pa , for planning the murder Of Thomas San
! ger, mine boss, in 1875.
The contest over Commodore Wander bilt' &
wi has been resumed in the New York, surro-
gates court after an adjournment of nearly
| two months.
The Philadelphia coroner's jury in the case
| of the Geistlich family returned verdict that
Mrs. Geistlich and her two children, Annie and
Charles, came to t cir death from the effects OF
chloroform administered by Charles Geistlich,
! the husband and father of the deceased, who
disappeared after the tragedy.
William Cullen Bryant the eminent poet and
editor, is dead at the age of eighty-four years.
Up to within two weeks of the day of his death
Mr.. Bryant was in vigorous health, and his
sudden taking off was the result Of an accident.
He attended the exercises in Central Park,
New York, on the occasion Of the unwilling of
the statute of Mazzini, the Italian patriot.
During the exercises Mr. Bryant sat on the
speakers stand, and suffered somewhat from
exposure. He delivered an address with his
head uncovered. An umbrella was for time
held over his head, but as he advanced to
speak he stepped out from under its shelter
and stood in front of the statue, with his head
exposed to the scorching rays Of the sun. AT
the end of his speech Mr.. Bryant appeared
nervous and excited, but did not complain OF
being i'll. At the close of the exercises he was
invited to dine with an old friend, General
James G.. Wilson, at that gentleman's resi-
dence, and while entering bis friends house
Mr. Bryant suddenly Tell backward, his head
striking the stone step with q terrible thud
He was taken 10 his home snd fingered
two weeks, unconscious portion Of the time.
Just before his death both sides of his body
became paralyzed and he failed to recognize
the friends around his bedside. William Cul.
len Bryant was born at Cummington, Mass.
November 8, 1894. At the early age of tenho
contributed verses to the local paper, and al
fourteen two long poems by the young author
were published. He entered Williams college
in 1870 remaining there two years, when hi
left to study law. After being admitted to thu
bar he practiced while, but his incliDation
led him to follow literary pursuits. At tn,
age of nineteen he wrote the "Thanatopsis,
one OF the most beautiful poems in the Eng
fish language. In 1926 Mr.. Bryant moved t.
New York and became the editor of the New
York Reuieto. In 1926 he went on tn,
EUe1ing Post and has eve r since been connect
ed with that pepsr. Mr.. Bryant visited Europ
four times ami published several volumes o
travels. On the arrival of his SEVENTEEN an
eightieth Years., high honors we're paid him b,
the literary people of the country. He had
country residence at Roslyn, L. l where mucl
Of his inc was spent, and he had expressed
desire to be buried there beside his wife.
Western and Southern States.
The Indiana Republicans held their conven
ton at indianapolis and nominated ticke
headed by Isaac s. Moore for secretary O
State. The platform denounces the Demo
cratic party, and saws there can be no apnea