Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-06-21
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
Eastern and MIddIe states

The New Hampshire Legislature has begun its
annual session.
A fire in the large soap and candle factory Of
Colgate 4 Co., Jersey City, n. ] destroyed
property to the amount Of about $500, 900 in
sured.
By the cspsizing 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 we're rescued.
The steam engine in the saw mill of II. PEN
ney. Holland, Vermont. exploded, driving the
engineer through the side Of the building and
seriously scalding q boy and man.
The Treat & Lang mill at Bath, Me-, was de-
stroyed by fire, causing q loss OF Sl25, 900 at
Old Town, Me-, the Yeazie mills we're burned
down and loss Of SIS, 900 incurred, and at
Lisbon, N H., Bean & Atwoods steam mill
succumbed to the flames, the loss being
$40, 900.
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 a letter to local minister, stat
ing that he was out of work, could not obtain
food for his family and was about to commit
suicide. Upon breaking into the house, Mrs.
Gestlack and her two children, aged eleven
and nine years, were 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 Newkrk and Merry
streets, Philadelphia, the first floor gave way and
precipitated thirty or forty children into the
cellar. A few of the children were hurt, but
none dangerously.
The other day q most daring highway rob-
berry was committed by five highwaymon on
board Third avenue (New York oity) horse
car at ten o'clock at night, while the car was
crossing Ninety-fourth street. Although there
were at least fifty passengers on board in
Guiding q number Of uniformed and armed
soldiers Of the Eleventh regiment the five rob-
bers, with drawn revolvers, 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 victim OF
the robbery was an employee of the railroad
company, and the money stolen from him WAS
the proceeds of fares collected from conduc-
tors during the day.
Dennis Donnelly was hanged at Pottsville,
Pa, for planning the murder of Thomas San
ger, mine boss, in 1875.
The contest over Commodore Vanderbilts
Will nhS U6eu E6bulleu III ZIG view 1OTh buTTO-
gates court after an adjournment Of nearly
two months.
The Philadelphia coroners Jury in the case
of the Geistlich family returned verdict that
Mrs. Geistlich and her two children, Annie
and Charles, came to their death from the eff
fects of choroform administered by Charles
Geisthch, the husband and father of the
deceased, who disappeared after the tradedy.
Western and Southern States.
monument to Andrew johnson was I'M
yelled at Greenville, Tenn, in presence Of a
large assemblage and with appropriate cere-
monies.
William Dixon was hanged at Vicksburg,
Miss, for the murder of . peddler named
Bachman.
The business center of Mount Sterling, KY,
has been destroyed by the flames. Estimated
loss $4,000.
At Bayon Sara, La, five colored men were
arrested on the charge Of attempting to assas-
sinate DR.. William B. Archer. As they we're
on the way to the court house they were inter
cepted by large party of armed men, who
overpowered the guard, took away the five
prisoners and hanged them.
The Illinois Prohibitionists have held con-
venton and nominated State ticket.
The hostile attitude of the Bannock tribe of
Indians in Idaho has resulted in the murder
by them Of several whites. A feeling of alarm
prevails among the settlers, many of whom
have fed to protected points for safety At a
meeting in Boise. City the governor of the
Territory was denounced for having furnished
arms and ammunition to the Indians The
cause of the trouble seems to be widespread
dissatisfaction among the Indians because Of
alleged encroachments upon their reservations
Governor Braymsn has been removed by the
Pre- ident.
General John O. Fremont has been nominated
for governor of Arizona Territory, in place of
John P. Hoyt, who has been transferred to the
governorship of Idaho Territory.
Portions of Georgia, South Carolina and
Virginia were visited by a terrible tornado
which did great damage to houses, crops and
otTer property. In the vicinity of Atlanta
Ga, two boys were killed at Sunday school
and others were more or less seriously injured
by the buildings blowing down. In Columbia
county, Ca, the hailstones weighed from one
to three pounds, killing cattle and hogs and
breaking through the single roofs of houses.
The town of Currytown, s. c., was almost
totally annihilated by the storm, number of
persons losing their lives, while cars were
overturned, houses blown down and crops and
cattle destroyed. The section of country
surrounding Petersburg, Va, also suffered
severely.
Thomas Winans, the great Baltimore loco
motive builder, is dead at the age of fifty-nine.
The Honest Money League of the Nor tn
west held convention at Milwaukee and
issued an appeal in favor Of "specie resump-
tion and a. permanent system Of redeemable
currency"
From Washington.
The secretary of war and General Sherman
hou hoI 1kot,n x,,kh rnQo l.,
threatened Indian war in Oregon and Dakota,
and have agreed that the outlook is serious
Estimates Of the hostile Bannocks place their
strength at three hundred warriors, who have
chosen a strong place in the Lava Beds.
The President has approved the act entitled
San act to repeal the bankrupt law"
The Senate and House conference committees
having come to an agreement upon the Wash
ington monument BILL the monument will now
be pushed rapidly TO completion.
The consul at Canton reports to the State
department that a terrible tornado in that city,
on April IL, destroyed 10000 lives and vast
amount of property.
The House judiciary committee has decided,
by vote of eight against one, to report a
resolution asserting in substance that the
Forty-fourth Congress was the properly con-
stituted body to count the presidential vote
and declare the result Of the presidential cleo
ton, and that no subsequent Congress has the
power to reverse the action thus taken. Those
voting in favor of the resolution we're Messrs
Harris, Hartridge, Stenger, Mcmahon and Gull
berson (Democrats) and Messrs. Frye, Conger
and Lapham (Republicans.) Messrs Butler
and Lynde were absent, and Mr.. Proctor Knott,
chairman of the committee, voted against re-
porting the resolution.
Foreign News.
1t is stated that the number of arrests in
Prussia for disloyal utterances is increasing
daily, and that the Berlin criminal court has
received several letters threatening the assassi,
nation Of all sovereigns if Nobiling, Emperor
Williams assailant, is harshly treated.
Another terrible colliery explosion, attended
with large loss of life. has occurred in Eng