Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-11-01
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Of George Hazard, its late cashier, has Sus-
pended.
The failure Of Dodd, Brown 4 Co, the
largest dry goods house in st. Louis. is An
nounced. The depression in trade caused By
the yellow fever In the South was one OF the l
principal causes OF the failure. The firms ,
liabilities are estimated to DO between 81, 500
300 and e. 100000, with assets OF about
2 1, O00, 900.
"Big Alike" Roark, leader OF gang Of
Western highwaymen, for whose capture
reward Of IS 600 has been out was taken
prisoner near Kansas City, No, and COM |
panion named Dement, was shot dead. This
breaks up one OF the most desperate gangs OF
train robbers in the country.
The recent heavy storm swept Chesapeake
bay with extraordinary fury, strewing its
shore with wrecks OF shipping, and causing
large loss Of life and great damage to marine
The steamer Express from Balti-
more bound for Washington, received the full
force Of the tremendous gale and was cum
pletels broken up. The Express had q crew OF
twenty one men and about sight passengers,
and out OF the twenty-eight or more persons
on board fully twenty lives were lost-the few
who escaped clinging.to portions Of the wreck
until rescued. Another deplorable disaster
caused by the storm was the loss Of the ship
A. 8. Davis, OF Searsport, Me-, loaded with
gusno, from Calao and bound for Norfolk,
va. Inc a. DhNlb ran uedT Oapo |
Henry, and the crew, consisting OF nineteen
men, were all lost with one exception.
John D. vacelot, his wife and two sons aged
sixteen and fourteen, were murdered In their
home near Ylncennes, Ind. The murders were
committed with an axe, and the victims were
terribly gashed and mutilated-the room In
which their bodies were found giving evidence
OF terrible struggle. A man named Provost,
who had been helping Vacelot In farm work,
was arrested on suspicion.
From Warrington.
The recent decision In the internal revenue
bureau that parsons Who sail nartain Patont |
medicines known as "bitters," either by the
drink or in unbroken packages, are liquor |
dealers, and are liable to special taxes as such,
will take effect from and after January 1, 1878,
as heretofore ordered.
During a recent session OF the cabinet the
heads OF the various departments presented |
their estimates for the next fiscal year.
The curious device OF postmaster to add to |
his salary is made public by the following |
Washington dispatch The president has par
doned Jacob Carver, late postmaster at Warsaw, |
Ky, convicted OF opening letters, and SEN |
fenced to a years imprisonment The COM |
pensation of Carver was very small and he |
attempted to add to his emoluments by selling
postage stamps, upon which he received a
commission. In order to increase the number |
of stamps disposed of. he opened registered |
letters passing through his Office, extracted the
money, and substituted the value thereof In
postage stamps. The persons to whom the
letters were directed received the value Of the
money sent them in stamps, but the govern
ment was defrauded out of commission for
the sale thereof. He has already served six
months of his term, and, having lost leg in
the Union army during the war, the president
deemed it proper to exercise executive Gle
mency in his case
Foreign News.
The Rothschilds have agreed to raise loan
Of $50, 1000, 900 for Egypt.
The new Canadian cabinet has been formed,
with Sir John Mcdonald as premier and minis
ter of the interior,
London dispatch says the official report Of
the investigators into the affairs of the City Of
Glasgow bank, just issued, is worse than the
most gloomy forebodings. The loss shown in
the balance sheet is $25, 954,915. This loss
with the addition Of [$5 900, OoOl capital, the
shareholders will have to make good. Hun
dreds Of the shareholders are persons in hum
BILE circumstances, who had invested their
little savings in the banks stock and accord
| ing to the laws of the country they will have to
suffer for the frauds Of those in whom they
trusted implicitly. The official report shows
the practice Of systematic deception. Thus,
|
weekly returns Of the amount Of bullion in
hand, (which the bank was obliged to make
to the government, so as to show
that its funds were maintained in due
proportion to It's note issue, have been
falsifed by adding thereto imaginary sums
varying from 100000 to $1,500,000. The
directors reports to shareholders also over
stated the amounts Of securities and bullion
held in reserve by "a, 63S, 800 and 81 000, 900
respectively. and understated the loans they
granted by S. 633, 800. The directors further
more have been in the habit of treating in the
balance sheets 1856, 726, 7S5 of bad debts (over
half of which Is due by four debtors) as an
available debt.
The managers and directors Of the broken
Glasgow bank have been arrested.
Twelve persons were killed and over twenty
wounded by collision of trains on railroad
at Pontypredd, Wales.
Socialists has been passed by the German par
lament, the vote standing 221 to 149.
"You may do your worst, and the issue is in
Gods hands," is the defiant message sent by
the Afghan ameer to the viceroy of India and
war between England and Afghanistan is now
deem inevitable.
The ceremonies Of the distribution of the
Paris exposition prizes took place in the Palais
de I In dustrie, in the presence of an i'm
mense and brilliant audience. The arrange
ments provided places for 20, 600 people. A
mammoth orchestra was stationed on one
side of the nave, opposite the grand entrance
Of honor. The whole interior was superbly
decorated with velvet. gold and silver,
At 1:30 P. NJ. q procession was formed in the
grand salon at the entrance Of honor. and
when all had taken their places Marshal Mo-
Mahon, president of the republic, opened the
ceremony of distribution. He thanked the
! for mr. ha
governments and peoples who had contributed
to the success of the exposition, and eulogized
the officials who organized it. He said that
the result showed what seven years Of self
concentration devoted to labor have effected in
retrieving past disasters. The recollection
of those misfortunes," he said, :" will teach ne
to develop and maintain spirit OF concord,
absolute respect for our laws and institutions,
and an ardent and disinterested love of coun-
try" The minister of commerce, after replying
to the presidents speech, read the list OF awards
and distributed the principal prizes and decora.
tons. The following Americans have received
decorations Of the legion of honor; Commits
sioner- General Richard @. Mccormick, who IL
made commander; Professor +. A. p. Barnard,
and William W. Story, who are made officers
and Auguste FL. Girard secretary to the COM
missioner-general Henry Petit, engineer and
} architect Of the commissioner generals staff
} Thomas r. Pickering superintendent OF the
machinery section Lieutenant Benjamin H.
Buckingham, U. s. N, naval attache; John
d. Philbrick, superintendent of the educa-
tional section d. Maitland Armstrong, super
, intendent of the fine arts section Professor
/ Andrew D. White. Ill. D., juror Professor
; William P. Blake, juror and Professor Ed
ward 81. Knight, LII. D., juror, are made
, chevaliers. Cyrus H. Mccormick and Walter
, A. Wood, who were in 1867 made chevaliers
have been raised to officers. Charles Tiffany
silverware Thomas A. Edison, monograph
, James Brewster, carriages, and F. A. Bridg
man, the artist, are made chevaliers. The
United States marines made fine appearance
in the display.