Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-10-31

hole of 1--WE feet four inches by i've feet, where
they are compelled to remain twenty days al
n time. The account says the whole story Is
the most revolving ever published in this conn.,
try. and il Is claimed that all the cha ges can
be veridcd.
A novel six-day walking and running match
between men and horses has taken place in
San francisco, the iour-legged contestants de-
tsating their two-legged competitors by the
following score; Horses-Pinalore. $50 miles;
Mel ie, t36, and Dan Mccarthy 5lT. Men
Guerrero, 375 miles, and Brodie 262.
At StroDgville, Ohio, Jacob Muller, farmer
fifty years OF age, was killed outright, his vile
was fatally wounded and an idiotc sou dan
gerously injured. The terrible crime was
done in the night, and was the sole work OF
Louis Muller another son twenty-three years
old, who was arrested and made confession,
saying he had been angered at the other men,
ber5 of the family for trying to take advantage
of him.
From Washington.
The forthcoming annual report OF the Pay
master-General OF the Army for the fiscal
year ending June so, 1879, will say that the
receipts of the Department were $l5 1855, 600,
of which amount Sl2, 100000 were dispersed,
IS No. 90 have been deposited, and the bal
ducti -lyo-o,OOV5 Is ON 0huu
The annual report of Surgeon General
Barnes viii! be a very long document, and
among other things will show that during the
last fiscal year the average number of troops
in service was about q 900 whites and l ,942
colored. The total number OF cases OF sick
ness among the white troops was about 800,
and among the colored about 500. The Aggre-
gate number OF deaths was: Whites, AL; col
ored, 23l. The report will give in detail an
account OF the operations of the surgical divi-
| sion, and a medical statement OF the casualties
in the fourteen engagements between United
States troops and Indians during the last fiscal
year. The report will also show that there
were Gil new specimens added to the medical
museum during the year; that twenty-five
assistant surgeons were promoted, and thir-
teen candidates for appointment examined
and passed. The number rejected aggregates
about thirty-one. There are two vacancies in
| the list of regular surgeons. Fourteen men
are on sick leave, eight of whom are incapaci-
tated tor service. Six are on regular leave
and l54 are on duty. There have been during
the year $500 new volumes and pamphlets
added to the medical library, which now ill.,
cludes 49, 900 volumes and over that number
OF pamphlets.
One OF the cases in which it is sought to
! transfer actions against Federal officers from
|
the United States Supreme Court.
Foreign News.
The Turkish ministry has resigned and a
new cabinet has been formed of the following
pashas: Said, grand vizier; Sawas, minister
foreign affairs, Mahmoud Nedin, minister OF
the interior; Cadri, minister OF commerce;
Aarif, president OF the council; Edid, minister
OF finance; Djevdet, minister of justice, and
C,1,vo ~
forms and chief of inspectors, with the right of
communicating directly with the Sultan.
Meanwhile, as explained in n letter from Con-
stantnople, the Sultan remains stubbornly OPP
posed to reforms such as would give Christians
the same civil rights as Mahometans enjoy.
This is ascribed to the teachings OF the Koran,
which the Sultan must, at his peril, respect.
An explosion in powder magazine at Cabu
killed twenty seven English soldiers and many
Afghans. In the attack on the British camp
ut Ali Kheyl four thousand Afgnans were re-
pulsed at the point of the bayonet. leaving on
the field forty killed and two hundred wound,
ed and two standards. The British pursued
them two miles The British loss was two
killed and fourteen wounded. Tho combined
frontier tribes are retreating Ameof Yakoob
Khan has announced his determination to alb
dictate.
1000 houses have been destroyed and damage
exceeding $6,00J,OU0 has been done by the
floods in Spain.
Lieutenant Commander H. H. Gorringe, Of
the United States navy, sends the following
dispatch by cable trol. Cairo, Egypt, to the
New York World: al have been presented
to his highness, the Khedive, as authorized
by the Stnte Department OF the United States
to receive and remove to America the obelisb
OF Alexandria known as Cleopatla'S Needle
which was presented to the city of New 1ork
through the Department OF State by his father
the late Khedive, Ismail Pasha His highness
received me with great courtesy, expressed
his pleasure at the acceptance OF the gift, anc
has authorized me to commence the work o.
removal at once"
Sir Francis Hincks, one OF the directors o
the Montreal Consolidated Bank, has beer
found guilty OF the charge OF making false e
turns TO the government concerning the con
dition OF the institution
Herr Won Bulow, the German secretary o
State for foreign affairs, is uead.
The ex-Empress Eugene will embark 70
South Africa next February to pray on tn
spot in Zululand where her son, the Primo
! Imperial, was killed.
A Paris dispatch to the London Time
places the damage done by the floods in Spail
as high as $l2 900, 900, and says $3.50 house
and 10 mills were destroyed.
, Alphonse Rosenberg, editor of the Londol
T0lUn Talk, and the printers Of that pape
have been indicted for libel against Mrs
Iangtry and Mrs. West, the two celebrate
English beauties, and Lord Londesborougb
A fire at Ufa, q town in Russia, containin
t 6,000 inhabitants, a mosque and several man
} ulactories oil various kinds, destroyed NOR
: than fifth part OF the place. Many person
, were killed and the loss of property wa
= enormous.
: Che Spanish commission on reforms i
, Cuba have agreed to recommend that tn
: slaves shall be entirely emancipated in seve
years from the date OF the passage Of An emar
cipation bill.
Terrible distress in Hungary on account {
7 the bad harvests is reported.
S The Emperor OF Austria has given his fol
nal sanction to the marriage OF the Arcf
duchess Marie Christine to King Alfonso,
, Spain.
> After a long and unsuccessful scare
through his clothes the editor of tn
New York People mournfully remarked
q There is change in everything but a
aditor,s nocket The old ladv wb