The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-07-24
NEWS SUMMARY.
Eas,ern and Middle states.

Eastern and Middle States.
There was some fmpediment in the working |
OF the blast furnace Of stephen Robbins a
SouE PHILADELPHIA and an effort was made 70 /
cool Il on when an arch Of tire was formed IN |
the furnace, which fell into the water beneath. |
The great steam pressure thus formed IAtAlly
scalded the superintendent John McCheaney' |
and badly injured six other mon-
William L. GRAY, who swindled New York
bankers and others ont Of large sums by alter
inc the face value Of bonds, and then fled
10 Europe. where he continued his nefarious
operations, eyading justice for long time,
arrived in New York the other day In charge OF
detective.
Tom Ballard, a noted counterfeiter who was
serving a term Of thirty years In the Albany
M w penitentiary for making counterfeit
United States notes stabbed himself in various
parts Of the body with q shoemakers knife, IN
dieting fatal wounds.
AT A conference with New York bankers
Secretary sherman said that he would begin 70
make specie payments on August LIST, and that
he had in the treasury Sl2l, 200 IN gold
exclusively for the purposes Of resumption.
The following persons have been killed by
lightning recently: Charles r oakes, aged
| nine, near Babylon, N. Y; Annie Finch. at
Millville, N. j., and Hezekiah Shaier, al HAD
dam, Conn.
The receiver Of the suspended Teutonia saw
| ings bank, OF New York, has made discovery
/ which duplicates the whole board OF trustees
| as well as officers Of the bank In operations OF
| the most nefarious character. The secretary
| Of the institution has confessed that ne was IN
the habit of buying bonds, charging upon the
books higher price than what he actually
paid, and dividing the difference among the
| trustees He also confessed that the salaries
| of the president treasurer and secretary at one
time we're divided into two parts; one part was
paid TO those officers while the other was shared
among the trustees. Altogether w o44 were
thus fraudulently divided. Civil action to re-
| cover this amount has been begun, and the
trustees have been put under bail in 10000
| each. One trustee has made affidavit that he
received money at various times from the sec
rotary, but supposed 1t was commissions 10
which he was partly entitled. The great ma
iority OF the banks depositors are people in
humble circumstances.
DIR. W.T., Carver, the phenomenal marksman
from the Pacific Slope, has performed the most
wonderful feat OF endurance in rifle shooting
ON record. At the Brooklyn Driving Park he
broke 500 glass balls with a rifle inside Of 500
minutes. The feat required great strength and
skill, as the marksman was required to lift a
gun weighing over ten pounds to his shoulder
more than 5000 times in the specified time.
DIR. Carver nearly failed in his task, owing to
an Inflammation in his eyes which caused in
! tense suffering. but he persisted in his under
taking, and at the close had forty-one minutes
to spare.
James Lally, prosperous young New York
merchant, committed suicide by shooting him
self in the head. The only cause assigned for
the act is melanchola, brought on by frequent
pains in the head.
James Gordon Bennett returned to New
York the other day. He has been abroad ever
| o;n dual xtith Eradarick Nav in nala xva
Western and Southern States.
Democratic State conventions have been
held in Michigan and Missouri. In the former
the ticket nominated is headed by Orlando M.
Barnes for governor and the platform adopted
arraigns the Republican party, endorses the
presidential election investigation, declares
that 'gold and silver coin are the money OF
the Constitution, and that all paper currency
should be converted into such coin at the viii
, of the holder, and is Opposed to the further
/ forciblc reduction of the volume Of currency.
4 In Missouri the platform adopted opposes large
standing armies, declares that while the ques
ton who should be President is settled "tha'
decision ought not to preclude full investiga
ton and exposure Of all Frauds connected witt
: that election and the accountability of all who
= were guiltily concerned" denounces the nation
d. al banking system, says greenbacks should bt
/ made legal tender demands the repeal Of thu
nroaarporta "U 18Th opd ,,ror,isa
( rai;as to 40 synrG;r oi.sso wv ard odvaoo4os
roduo, ~ ,uu an" otionog Stot
and municipal governments.
A battle has taken place in Northwestern
Oregon between the Indians and General How
ards troops, in which the latter were success
r. full, driving the hostiles from one fortified posi-
:, ton to another and pushing them 30 hard tina
e they abandoned many OF their horses. tn
: troons had f,,o man wounded and about t,vent
: horses killed The loss of the Indians coul
', hot Dc ascertalned.
q At Galesburg, ILL.,, Mrs. Spaulding, divorce
It wife Of Martin O'Conor, killed him with a re
:, volver shot and then wounded herself fatally
Il Mike Shaw. wife murderer. WAS hanged a
,s MilledgeyilIe, Ga, in presence of Ave thousan
n neople. and at Princess Anne. Md, Hrar
Il Fooke (colored) WAS hanged for the murder q
10 a coIored vouth,
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samS " W;u 1oG .i%I lp tSo .,,;H;.;a i"r
. citizens Of Madison came to the rescne' canCt
IS fortv-seven Of the tramns and disneraed M
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(, INC Clnclillial Consnterc'ds Pupllsnes OF Tle
ID Ieports IRON, I@rgo humber oL piaGes IN o .i
a ! 1hui@na @na hentucKy, wnicn lluicase tn
~ tnere 10 NOT only greater acreage oI Whel
ct tn@n IA any FORMER year, put tnat tne ayer"t
? proouce per acre ID larger 'han ever oelore'
4 ca "A. .: heslng, Presluehg OF inc Onica !
III otadt5 HeetM ky fnpllshlng 20, mas ialleo
e. over $l0o,ooo, with assets OF $oO,ooo, the mo
L. OF whlcn ID considered worthlesp'
v, Remarkably hot weather has prevailed
III portions Of the West, particularly in st. Lou
No where the deaths from sunstroke in one d
% amounted to fifty-four, and business was pa
We tally suspended. Many physicians were pro
is trated, and the suffering among all class
% was intense.
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