The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-05-01
NEWS SUMMARY.
E,atern and Middle states.

Ino ClOlllHk OI MIS- AalAI - /
Philadelphia, caught ire from match on which
she trod and she was fatally burned hAtne
Green, who tried 10 put out the nArnes' NAs
burned 10 death.
Richard sehweitzer, q young lad. died In
New York from the effects Of bite by spite
dog. The doctors pronounced schNeitzers
case one Of genuine hydrophooiA
Samuel steenburgh, = oolored man 81 des-
perAte character, who recently confessed 70 tne
murder OF eleven persons and 20 taking part IN
various burglAries aud other crimes, WAS hang
ed in the presence Of several thousand people,
in Fonda, N Y, for the murder OF jacob :.
Parker, farmer living At MinAyille, n. l., on
November II, 1871.
George W. Blunt, New FORK pilot commits
sioner and prominent member OF the Chamber
Of Commerce, is dead.
parade and meeting against any reduction
In the present tariff duties upon foreign manu-
features took place at Chester, Pa AFTER the
procession . mass meeting was held 81 Whleh
letters were read from Governor HArtrAnft,
Senators Cameron, Wallace, Barnum and
others. The meeting was addressed by Senator
Blaine and others.
Major General John ]. Peck, veteran OF
the war with Mexico, died in Syracuse, aged
ifty-eight years.
william orion, president OF the Western
Union Telegraph Company, died Unexpectedly |
OF Apology III new 10TH On bho AAAs ~ |
attended church on the 21st, and appeared to |
be in unusually good health up to the time OF |
the attack at IL P. NJ, which ended IN death |
the next morning. Mr.. Orion was born IN |
Cuba N. Y, June IL, 1926, graduated at the
State Normal School in Albany, and was at
various times a printer, school teacher and
bookseller In 1862 he was appointed internal
revenue inspector for the sixth New York
district, and in 1866 he was made internal
| revenue commissionaF~st Washington. Sosn
after he retired from the government service to
become president ofthe United States Telegraph
| Company which was merged in the Western
! Union line in 1866. In the following year Mr..
Orton was elected president of the Western
| Union Company and held that position at the
| time of his death He was considered an UNI
usually efficient officer. He leaves wife and
| eight children.
| Western and Southern States.
| Al Coal Creek, Ind, q mining town near
| Covington, KY, an alteration arose IN q
saloon between miner-member OF militia
! company that had been drilling-and colored
| man. The quarrel grew out Of former trouble
between the white and colored men OF the
place, The colored man was killed and then
| the whites moved through the streets shooting
| unfortunately. Two more colored men were
killed and another was MORALLY wounded. The
sheriff called out the militia and arms were
supplied the colored miners.
Robert McEvoy, who shot and killed Major
James ]. Gregg at Graniteville, 8. O., in April
1876, was hung at Aiken. McEvoy shot Major
Gregg for dscharging him from position as
errand boy, seven years previous, when he was
| A lad of fourteen. He made no address on the
! scaffold, but met his death firmly and resign
edly. The case excited great interest as Nc
Evoy escaped from custody four times had
been three times sentenced to DEATH and as
many times respited.
| A.. GaIa hapL
president mayor pro tenlp0re and owner Of the
| Enqttirer-Sun, of Columbus, Ga, was fatally
| shot in the back while entering. train by DR..
r. M. Palmer, who had just been awarded one
cent in libel suit for damages to character by
publications in Colonel Salesbury's paper.
The bark Azor left Charleston, s. O., with
the first ship load Of $50 colored immigrants
sent to Africa by the Liberian Exodus Associa-
ton.
While party OF men were engaged in cut
ting the back of a leVee near the lower end OF
Lake Bolivar, in Bolivar county, Miss, to let
of the heavy body Of water caused by UNI
precedented rains, the whole party were caught
in the sluice and with the exception Of Captain
Brlscoe all we're swallowed up in the vortex.
Captain Briscoo was rescued after being
more than an hour in the water and quicksand.
The lost are Captain Fortley, planter, two
brothers named Moran, and a laborer.
| OAleBDuTR, ILL.,, anu buIIOululDB
J has been visited by an unusually heavy storm
OF wind and hail which did great damage te
property Of all kinds. One of the hailstones
Is said to have been eight inches in circumfer,
, ence.
The daily rush into 4se court OF bankruptcy
by Chicago business men is great. Many vol
untary petitions are filed every day, some OF
theiembarTassed petitioners having heavy liabil
tiles and small assets.
| ~ Vnllo oaahtar Of tho National EY,
} change Bank, Of Tafin, Ohio, absconded with
$45, 500 OF the institutions funds. He was
treasurer of the city's school funds, and had
specialized with the money in his hands, losing
$12, 900. The bank suspended temporarily.
, Parker & Hanaway, real estate dealers al
Indianapolis, Ind, have failed for $318,000
assets, about one-haf.
8 Indian raids from Mexico into Texas have
n taken place recently and great quantity Of
stock has been carried OFF and several persons
) killed. In Duval and Falls counties Indian
q and Mexican raiders broke up all the ranches
killing four men and two children.
A dispatch from Jacksonville, Fla, says tina
; Judge McLin, secretary of state under ex-Gov-
= ernor Stearns and eJ-0fictO president of th,
returning board and L. G. Dennis, prominen
politician of the State, have made confession
q disclosing the means and methods by which
| Florida was carried in 1876. The confession
uhN6 Dtcu lOTWhIucu W W npAihbbOus
From washington.
Q The Democratic Congressman, in caucus, re
: solved to let the question Of adjournment o
Congress stand open month longer.
The House committee on ways and means ha
d agreed to report in favor of uniform tax o
d two per cent. on all incomes exceeding 90, 00O
Edison, the inventor of the photograph, ha
given an exhibition of his talking machine q
Q the Capitol before large number Of Senator
II and Representatives, several OF whom spoke i
-, the instrument, and their voices were repro
~ duced with remarkable accuracy.
q The House committee on agriculture ha
,f agreed to report with favorable recommend
a alton the bill introduced in the House by Nj
u Hardenbergh, of New Jersey, providing fo
t. the better protection of cattle in transports
4 ton. The bill provides that cattle shall be fe
~ at least once every twenty-four hours.
NJ A recent official statement Of liabilities an
10 assets of the treasury shows the liabilities
be $14l, 1858, $3.50; these embrace treasurer
general account and balance, including bullio
fund, 800, 878, 907, and in currency, $78,S48
755, including fund for the redemption OF ce
m tificates of deposit, June s, 1872, S25 1896, 00
and 10000, 900 special fund fer the redeml
80 ton of fractional currency. The assets al
Of stated at $141, 1853 $50, in coin; including go
:, coin and bullion, BIG, 1888, sos; gold bars, $3
IL 367,713; standard silver dollars, $50, 56
n silver coin and bullion, 1909, 0l6; gold ce
10 tificates, $7,179, 20o; and deposits held by N
tional bank repositories, $3, ,027; and
IN currency, 70 S4S, 755, including deposits he
Ia by national bank repositories, 1921, 68
United States notes, $47, 327, 341, and Unite
IN States notes for redemption Of fractional Gu
by rency, $10,OOO,0OO,
10 Simon Wolf, for long time recorder
q deeds for the District of Columbia, has be-
)o requested by the President to resign He W
J offered consul-generalship in Germany, b
a declined
:" Foreign News.
Az One hundred thousand operatives in the &C
lie ton districts Of England have struck against
a reduction Of wages.