Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-05-17
NEWS SUMMARY.
Eastern and Middle states.

ness.
Z. Remington a Sons, the well-known manu-
facturers Of rifles, at lion, n. Y, have become
financially embarrassed. and have submitted
their affairs to their creditors. Their liabilities
amount to $1,000, 900. and the assets are esti-
Immediately available.
Thomas E. Ladd, prominent business man
OF LacOnia, N. H., disappeared after commit
ting a number Of forgeries and signing large
number Of notes that he cannot pay.
The old stage coach days have been revived
by trip from New York to Philadelphia, made
by members of the New Cork Coaching Club,
in their coach "Tally Ho." The trip was made
in twelve hours, relays of horses being station
ed at different points along the route and
the huge coach, with eleven members Of the
club perched ON top, each taking his turn
at the reins, attracted much attention as 1t
ratified through New Jersey. When the coach
ing party reached Philadelphia it was received
by large number of vehicles of every descrlp-
ton and escorted through the streets by num-
erous equestrians Of beth sexes, while the
streets were filed with pedestrians and many
of the houses were decorated with bunting in
honor Of the unusual event.
Joel Smith, captain, Of the Brooklyn First
police precinct. was shot in the neck and seri-
ously wounded by Morris Heffernan, police
house, and Heffernan had been on spree.
At Bradford, Pa, fire destroyed block
containing fifteen buildings and caused dam
age amounting to $4,000, on which there is
about $25, 900 insurance.
A skiff containing three women and two
children was struck by raft on the Allegheny
river, near Piltsburg, and two Of the women
drowned.
Deaths on the rail Thomas Goram, a brake
man on Waikiki Valley railroad train, while
making jump from a caboose to a fiat car
near ShaWangunk, N. Y fell with his leg on
the track, and the train passed over it in two
places he was brought to Rondout, and died
about five o'clock. Charles futile, a resident
of Katonah, N. Y, was instantly killed by the
Chatham express, at point half way between
Katonah and Bedford he was walking on the
track directly towards the coming train, but
being very deaf and having the setting sun in
his eyes, did not perceive his danger.
The State convention of the National party
Of Pennsylvania met in Philadelphia for the
purpose Of nominating a candidate for gov
ernor and other offices. Frank Hughes, of
Schuylkill, was the chairman. A motion to
nominate no one who has not severed al con-
nection with other parties was adopted after a
| prolonged debate. The officers nominated
were For governor s. r. Mason, Of Mercer
for lieutenant governor, Christopher Shearer,
of Berks for secretary of internal Affairs
William Il. Wright, of Philadelphia for judge
OF the supreme court, Ben. s. Bently, OF
LycomiDg. In the platform of the convention
the principles adopted by the national conven
ton at Toledo in February last are re-enumer
ated. 1t declares that the government should
furnish aid to families DESTROYS of settling upon
the public lands; favors rigid economy in the
administration Of public affairs; demands the
eight-hour system of labor; the abolition o.
the prison contract system of labor; graduated
| system of income tax, by which the wealth o.
the nation rather than the industry Of tn,
people, should pay the expenses of the govern
ment; wholesome and permanent tariff laws
| for the protection OF American industry; ASSERT
that education should be Free secular anC
industrial, and no property exceptwhat belong
to the govern 4nent should be exempt iron
taxation; recommends that women have equa
civil and political rights demands that nationa
paper money or greenbacks, based, not alon
on the two metals, silver and gold, but upol
the entire wealth and integrity of the nation
should be issued in sufficient quantities to re
vive our PROSTATE industries by enabling tn
people to associate freely with each other il
the exchange of services, commodities an
ideas, and thereby end the suffering and rui
Of our people; this money to be legal tende
for all debts public and private, and as none
represents accumulated labor, its annual in
crease or interest to be limited to the genera
average yearly increase in all branches 0
American industry, which does not now excee
3 per cent per annum, this principle hereafte
to be applied to all debts and every violatio
Of it to be punished as misdemeanor
Charles Morgan one of New York g merchar
princes is dead at the age of eighty-three. H
leaves a fortune of $13, 100000.
Western and Southern States.
W. s. O'Brien, one of the California bonanz
kings. is dead. He leaves fortune variousl
estimated at from fifteen to twenty millions.
At seven o'clock Z. M, as the night HAND
in the immense Washburn Touring mill
Minneapolis, Mimi, were about to relieve til
day hands sudden and appalling exploso
took place which shook the city as by an eartl
quake and crumbled the mill like an egg-sheI
The Washbmn mill is the largest of its cla
in America and employed from forty to ski
men. The first crash was followed by otht
explosions in surrounding mills, eight of whiC
we're destroyed by the roaring flames. Fro
fifteen to twenty men in the Washburn nj
met terrible death in the falling ruins, viii
the pecuniary DAMAGE is estimated at ov
100000. The explosion is attributed to q
generated in the patent middling purifier.
Eighteen lives were lost by the explosion
the Washburn flour MILL Minneapolis MINI.
8 At an election riot in Weldon, N. c., Jol
! Purnell, colored man, was killed and CAPITA
T. s. Emery was badly nurt The latter al
another man were held in 80, 900 bail.
: dangerous counterfeit note of the demon
. nation of 800 on the Merchants Nation
I Bank of New Bedford, Mass, has been put
g circulation in the Western States.
8 Miss Susan A. Stuart, public school teach
s at lions Church, Norfolk county, Va, W
| found dead in her room over the school houc
= Her pocketbook, rihed of its contents, W
u lying near the body, and there were other O.
d dences of foul play.
o Municipal elections have been held in va
o Gus cities and towns of Indiana, with varyi
e results, in some cases the Republicans electi
4 majority of their ticket in others the Dem
I Gratis. At Terre Haute three tickets were
u the field and the new National party elect
u their candidate for mayor by twenty-one pit
: atty.
y Memphis, Tenn, has been visited by ter
fic whirlwind which unroofed or flooded ma
/ Of the houses and caused large amount
q damage.
g A loss of $4,000 was incurred by the
y struction by fire Henshaw & Sons chair f
. tory in Cincinnati. Insurance $4,000.
v From Washington.
:, The House committee on agriculture |
= reported its bill to regulate the transportati
of cattle. TIE only important amendmel
K recommended provide that cattle shall be
d loaded and placed in dry pens, for the purp,
of being fed and watered, at least once
- twenty-four hours, instead of once in TWEEN
70 eight hours, unless they are transported in C
10 which admit of their being watered and I
r. and properly cared for within the car. A
p the amendment forbids the owners Of cal
yards from charging exorbitant rates for h
- etc., at points where cattle are unloaded to
W fed.
~ The House committee on education and lal
8 agreed upon substitute for the several pei
" ing bills to restrict the immigration of Chine
u 1t makes it misdemeanor for the master
p any vessel to take on board at any foreign p
= whatever any number exceeding fifteen Chin
u passengers whether male or female, with