Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-03-29
Western and Southern States.

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has gone into liquidation, in consequence of
losses during the recent fire.
heavy storm of hail and rain in Jefferson
county, W. Va, destroyed thousands of acres
of wheat and other grain, unroofed and blew
down houses and killed CATTLE The loss will
reach over $4,000
The new Virginia funding bill has passed in
the State Senate-ayes 30, nays, s. The pre-
amble opposes increase OF taxation recognizes
the necessity of preserving and insuring the
continued existence of the institutions Of the
State, including the public school system, and
expressing willingness and anxiety to restore
the former equality of the public creditors by
distributing rateably among them the entire
excess OF public revenues derived from the pre-
sent rate OF taxation, after a most economical
administration of the State government.
A party of men who were lynching colored
man, at Pensacola, Fla, for assaulting little
girl, were fred upon by a sheriffs posse; one
man was killed and five were dangerously
wounded
1t is reported that Sitting Bull is preparing
for another Indian war.
Gus Johnson, white man, was hung In
Rome, Ga, for the murder of Daniel Afford, a
colored man. Tie cause Of the crime was
Affords refusal to hurry in taking flatboat
across the Coosa river to Johnson, who there
upon shot him dead. Before he was hung
johnson confessed that he had murdered two
men and had helped to kill two more.
The hard money league Of the West met
at Chicago and issued an address 10 the peo-
pie Of the United States, opposing all paper
initiation and consequent depression in favor
of coin and paper Of equal value and equal
purchasing power and convertible into each
other at the will Of the holder"
Governor Holiday, of Virginia, has issued a
proclamation offering 800 for the arrest of each
OF the parties concerned in the lynching Of q
colored woman, named Harris, in East Rock
ingham county. The woman was taken from
jail and put to death by unknown persons, on
suspicion Of having instigated the burning of q
barn.
Chess, Carley & Co.'S oil refinery in Louis.
vile, KY, the largest of the kind il the South
was partially burned, causing loss Of about
100000.
The verdict of the jury who found Genera
Thomas G. Anderson, of the Louisiana return.
ing board, guilty Of forging election returns
has been set aside by the Louisiana supreme
court and the prisoner ordered to be discharged
from custody. The decision states that the re-
cord Of crime offered in evidence did not con
form with that mentioned in the information
that the consolidated election returns in re
gard to which forgery was charged, are no
legal instruments by which frauds may be com
mitted, and their alteration cannot be construed
nto a crime.
house occupied by farmer named Harley
living few miles north of Adrian, Mich, wa
destroyed by fire, and his wife and two children
were burned to death.
building in Cleveland, Ohio, occupied b,
a non-explosive lamp company, was destroyed
by fire, together with its contents, and tota
loss incurred of $l65000.
A band of four expert counterfeiters, VIII
have been operating extensively in the North
west were unearthed and arrested Ia ChiGAg
by 9 special government detective, The wool