The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-11-20
NEWS SUMMARY.
eastern and Middle states.

7. Steward Inc millionaire merchant hid been
stolen from the family vsel. N Sc. Marks
churchyArd, on seecr5 avenue. Some time
ago thieves attempted to carry on the body
but were heightened away before accomplish
Ing their design and Waterman was trai D
upon employed for time to grsr1 the vault,
bnt be had been disrnis~93 only day or two
before the c1rpso Nas stolen. A letter was
also received ~ Srs. Stewart, threatening the
removal % the body IL money was not sent the
Ssiter The churchysrd il heated IN thiokiy-
populated pait OF the city, and 1t seems slinost
Incredible that the bo1y-anAtohers shipld hsIe
been able TO remove the heavy slsb above the
tomb enter the vault. bleak Open the coffin,
scale high FENCE and carry away the corpse
without being seen or heard. The body must
have been in an advanced state OF decomposi-
ton, as a horrible stencil arose from the rited
vault, and this made the midnight work OF the
robbers, and the subsequent eoneealment OF
the body, all tho more difficult Inc thieves
were doubtless melted to the ghoulish deed
BY the hope of obtaining large reward Tor
the return OF the body.
Mrs. Alexander t. Steward offered reward
Of s25 900 for the return OF her husband
body aud information which would lead to the
conviction OF the persons engaged in the OUT
rage. or a liberal reward for information which
would lead TO either Of these results.
Public schools in Jersey City, N. j., have
been compelled to close for lack OF coal, the
appropriation for that purpose having become
exhausted.
Mrs. L. e. Alexander's trial at Bridgeport
Conn.,, for completely in the murder OF FRANK
weinbecker, ended in verdict OF murder IN
the second degree, and she was sentenced TO
imprisonment for life.
In Elizabeth, N. j., it was discovered that
William Keller, successful candidate for
Justice Of the peace had been dead six months.
Victor Davis Carlton Butler, of New York,
bookkeeper aged fourty-two returned to his
boarding-house after prolonged debauch
and blew out his brains in the presence OF
three young ladies.
At about eight O'Clock in the morning fire
broke out in the Ocean house, large hotel IN
the heart Of Cape May, N. 1.-THE well-known
summer resort-and before the flames could
be subdued number OF the prominent hotels
were destroyed. The fire department consists
OF only q single engine, and kilograms were
cent to Philadelphia, Camden and other places
for aid ; but high wind prevailed, and pend
ing the arrival Of help the flames had full
sway, notwithstanding the whole town turned
out to extinguish them. Near the Ocean
house were several hotels and cottages
among them Congress hall, a magnificent
structure, and the second largest of its kind IN
the place-an these were all licked up by the
resistless flames. The Stockton hotel, the
largest one in Cape May, was saved. Blk
'hotels, twenty cottages, three large restau.
rants and several hundred lighthouses were
burned, entailing an estimated loss OF $4OO 900
Jones Il Rogers, statoners to the notorious
New York Tweed "ring," imprisoned for the
past two months in Ludlow street jail, were
released upon compromising their claims OF
80 000 900, and the cty's counter suit for
$780, 200, by the payment Of $4,000.
Motion for a new trial having been denied,
BENJAMIN Hunter was sentenced to be hanged
on January TO- 1879, for the murder Of John
NJ. Armstrong in Camden, N. J.
Two large buildings connected with Bergner
q Engels brewery, in Philadelphia, were de-
stroyed by fire, causing loss OF S2OO,OOO
and fire in the Boston chemical company's
works, at Boston, damaged property to the ex'
tent OF 100000.
Francis Murphy has begun series OF tenn
perance meetings in New York city.
During a quarrel David Taber, Of Castle
Creek N. Y, killed his brother, James, with O
pitchfork and afterward committed suicide by
shooting himself through the head.
Two cars at the Spring colliery in Locust
Gan, Pa, became uncoupled and ran furiously
down slope, killing three workmen in it,
path-Martin and John Murray and james
McHugh.
J. B. Reed, one of the alleged conspiratorf
in the Whitaker will case at Philadelphia, has
been arrested, charged with forging and sell
ing the title deeds to upward OF half million
acres Of land in West Virginia and North Caro-
lima.
The Central savings bank, of Jersey City
N. j., has closed its doors, owing to want Of
business. Its liabilities are given at $4,000
The Minnequa house, at the Minnequs
Springs, near Williamsport, Pa, a summer
hotel able to accommodate between four ant
five hundred guests, has been burned Loss
estimated at $75, coo, uponwhich heinsuranct
is $4,000.
W. W. Burnham, a bookeeper in the New
York dock department, was arrested for EN-
be2zlipg $4,000 Tho defalcation took plac,
some time ago, but did not come to light unit
the other day, as the dock commissioners hat
made good the loss out Of their own pockets
Burnhams method Of operations was TO colec
rents for wharfage and fail to enter Thu
amounts received upon his books. He haC
) been trusted implicitly.
Governor Mcclellan, in his Thanksgivin;
proclamation to tho people OF New Jersey
referred to the yellow fever scourge in tn
South, and suggested that, Gas a thank offer
ing to the Lord for His abundant mercie
toward u.s." collections be taken up in tn
churches on Thanksgiving day, for the relic
of the afflicted sufferers of the fever districts
Miss Elizabeth R. Branson, who died in tn
New York medical college and hospital TO
S women the other day, left a will bequeathin
her body to the institution in which she dice
for dissecting purposes, and directing furthe
"that the skeleton be we'll mounted and the
preserved for the use of said college and II
students"
The Congressional labor committee held
session in Scranton, Pa, in discussion wit
some OF the labor leaders and local politician
n on questions that affect the industries of ii
y coal regions.
Il The Allentown iron company of Philade
q phia, has suspended. The company had fol
n furnaces in full blast. and their stoppal
= threw large number of men out of emplo
q ment. A director stated the total liabiliti,
q would not exceed 100000, while the con
panys property in Allentown exceeded 81, 900
n 900.
y Western and Southern States.
Following closely upon the discovery of Il
q removal OF A T. Stewards remains in Ne
q York comes the announcement that the boz
y Of John Peyton, wealthy citizen of Roanok
Is Ind, YVES discovered in the dissecting room
"a the medical college at Fort Wayne a few da
after his decease. The college faculty stat,
they had declined to use the body for disco
n ing purposes because it was brought to the
- in an irregular manner. They notified Il
~ coroner and the corpse was reinforced
3 Facts have come to the surface shown
~ that many abuses exist at the Central lunat
- asylum Of Columbus, Ohio, and fen fems
~ nurses have been discharged for cruelty due
)t ing some patients to punish them for violat
l. the rules.
il The liabilities of Joseph Hermann q q
y. Cincinnati bankers who failed recently, 8
Id $3.50 and assets $780, 1000.
I'd Peter Frohman who murdered his partr
h. at Beaufort, s. c.. last June, was run over a
killed by railroad train at Augusta, Ga, VIII
70 attempting to escape from an officer who b
Mt brought him back from England under the
- tradition treaty.