Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-07-26
NEWS SUMMARY.
Eastern ana middle staees

Secretary Sherman said that he would begin TO
make specie payments on August LIST and that
he had in the treasury s12l, 000, 900 in gold
exclusively for the purposes Of resumption.
The most important changes made recently
are the removals OF General Arthur from
the position Of collector Of the port OF New
York and A. b. Cornell from the position Of
naval officer of the same city. General Arthur
| is succeeded by General E. S. Merritt and Mr..
Cornell by Colonel s. W. Burt. While Congress
was in session the President nominated Mr..
Roosevelt for collector but the nomination
was rejected by the Senate.
The following persons have been killed by
| lightning recently Charles P. Cakes, aged
nine, near Babylon, N. j.; Annie Finch, at
Millville, N. Y, and Hezekiah Shaler, at Had
dam, Conn.
The receiver Of the suspended Teutonis saw
| ings bank, New York, has made a discovery
which duplicates the whole board OF trustees
as well as officers Of the bank in operations OF
| the most nefarious character, The secretary
of the institution has confessed that he was in
| the habit OF buying bonds, charging upon the
books higher price than what he actually
paid, and dividing the difference among the
trustees. He also confessed that the salaries
of the president, treasurer and secretary at one
time were divided into two parts; one part WAS
paid to those officers while the other was shared
among the trustees. Altogether $29, 3A we're
cover this amount has been begun, and the
trustees have been put under bail in $4,000
each. One trustee has made affidavit that he
| received money at various times from the sec
Rotary, but supposed it was commissions to
| which he was partly entitled. The great ma
| lority Of the hank AoPeSite-s $50 PoOpio III
humble circumstances.
DR.. W. F. Carver, the phenomenal marksman
from the Pacific Slope, has performed the most
wonderful feat of endurance in rifle shooting
on record. At the Brooklyn Driving Park he
broke $500 glass balls with rifle inside Of 800
minutes. The feat required great strength and
skill, as the marksman was required TO lift
gun weighing over ten pounds to his shoulder
more than 5000 times in the specified time.
DR.. Carver nearly failed in his task, owing to
an inflammation in his eyes which caused in
| tense suffering, but he persisted in his under
taking, and at the close had forty-one minutes
| to spare.
James Lally a prosperous young New York
merchant, committed suicide by shooting hiU-
self in the head. The only cause assigned for
the act is melancholia, brought on by frequent
pains in the head.
James Gordon Bennett returned to New York
the other day. He has been abroad ever since
the duel with Frederick May In Delaware.
Western and Southern States.
At GaIesburg, Ill.,, Mrs. spaulding, divorced
wife of Martin O'Conor, killed him with re-
volver shot and then wounded herself fatally.
Mike Shaw, wife murderer, was hanged at
| Milledgeville, Ga, in presence of five thousand
people, and at Princess Anne, Md, Hiram
Fooke (colored) was hanged for the murder Of
a colored youth.
gang of about $50 tramps captured rail-
road train in Wisconsin, when the militia and
citizens Of Madison came to the rescue, caught
| g. NR he kro md fbA
rest.
The Cincinnati Commercial publishes crop
reports from a large number Of places in Ohio,
Indiana, and Kentucky, which indicate that
there is not only greater acreage of wheat
than in any former year, but that the average
product per acre is larger than ever before.
Remarkably hot weather has prevailed in
portions of the West, particularly in St. Louis,
where the deaths from sunstroke in one day
amounted to ffty-four and business was par
TALLY suspended. Many physicians were pros
trated, and the suffering among all classes
was intense.
A. J. Hesing, president of the Chicago
Sddtz Zeit,tng Publishing Co., has failed f,r
over 300, 900, with assets of 100000, the most
Of which is considered worthless
From Washington.
The acting secretary of the treasury has
issued the sixty-hrst call for the redemption OF
500 bonds of 1865, consols of 1865. The call
is for $5,000,000, Of which $2,5O00O0 are cou-
pom and 80 500, 900 registered bonds The
principal and interest will be paid at the treas
ury on and after the 18th day of October next
and the interest will cease on that day.
Alleged stupendous frauds have been dis.
coyered by Washington commissioner among
the Indian agencies in the vicinity Of Yankton
Dakota Territory. A recent investigation hat
led to the discovery Of conspiracy between
agents and traders in which vouchers and pay
rolls were forged and government materia
used for private gain to startling extent.
The national bureau of education has obtain
ed five spacious apartments for the display Of
large collection of educational articles which
were presented to the United States at the close
of the Centennial Exposition by various foreign
governments. The collection contains near y
1000 distinct classes of articles, representing
the entire educational apparatus and methods
of nearly every European country, and Of
the South American States.
While the customs returns have fallen of
somewhat of late, the internal revenue receipts
have increased largely.
Mr.. Dodge, statistician of the department o.
agriculture, has resigned
There is to be an additional reduction in thu
force and salaries OF employees of the Interio
department.
Foreign News.
telegram from Sydney, New South Wales
states that two tribes of natives have riser
against the government on the island of New
Caledonia and massacred 1876 whites, including
women and children. They have also captured
{ two military stations.
An official statement announcing the conclu
sion of the Anglo-Turkish alliance, is publish
ed in Constantinople The statement says tina
England has engaged to pay the Porte $3.50,
900 yearly, whereas the present revenue of tn
island of Cyprus is only 100000 per annum.
: Nearly all the class juries of the Paris Exposi
> ton have finished their work and submitted
reports to the group juries; the latter hav
passed upon the reports thus far presented
making very few changes. Nothing is official
( ly known Of the result, but it is unofficiall
stated that the Americans have obtained NOR
prizes than the citizens Of any other country il
proportion to the number Of exhibitors. Il
one class all the American exhibitors have OBJ
tanned medals; in another all except one 1t
8 thought the United States will have five or 81
( grand prizes and a liberal number of gold med
= ais. Foreign jurors have expressed much ad
, miration for the excellence of the articles in tn
: American section of the Exposition. The gen
eral commission has increased the number o
7 gold medals twenty per cent, silver medal
Q forty, and bronze medals sixty per cent
q 1t was believed that terrible riot woul
: take place in Montreal on the day of the celt
2 bration by the Orangemen of the battale of th
Boyne; and large military force, consisting G
: five infantry regiments, one corps Of artiller
8 and troop Of cavalry, were drawn up on til
q streets, in readiness to quell conflict. TIL
! Orangemen made preparations to parade, an
their hall was surrounded by an excited Grove
1 Some of the Orange leaders were arrested
8 order Of the mayor, and the rest then conclut
q ed not to march. One young Orangema
I named Gilbert left the hall in a carriage, to &
= to his home, and on the way he was attacke
9 and terribly beaten.
: During an Orange demonstration at Wishai
8 Scotland a riot took Mace and az swords an