Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-06-06
NEWS SUMMARY.
Eastern and NiddIe Stairs.

suited in a verdict of guilty by the Jury, and
the prisoner was condemned TO be hanged on
July IL. Reinhnrdt murdered his wife, Mary
Ann Reinhardt (nee DegnRn), and buried the
remains IN barrel at Silver Lake, Staten
Island. He was seen conveying the barrel, in
which were THE remains OF his wife, on a
wheelbarIow on July 10, 1875 and he told the
persons who saw him that he WIS Changing
his place of residence aud had croekery in the
barrel. Others he told that he was about bury
ing dog. Reinhardt, at the time OF the dis
appearance OF his wife, was married to Paulina
Dittmar, of Newark, n. j., who was present
during the trial,
A fire in Brooklyn destroyed the large lin
seed oil works OF Fowler, Compton & Co., en-
failing loss of nearly 100000.
A New York paper publishes letters and dis
patches from about l0U places, covering more
than 1000 points and representing every State
in the Union except the Pacific States, in re-
gard TO the crop prospects. According to
these reports, while there is no such universal
promise OF overlooking harvests as were re-
ported year ago, yet there are satisfactory
indications OF an average product in most Sec
tons and ofmost crops, and in the case of some
staples an increase is expected. The wheat
and corn crop OF the Western and Southern
States will surpass that of last yeaf, should
the later season prove favorable. The condi-
ton of the fruit crop in New England and the
Middle States is one of unusual promise, but
in many sections of the South and West the
trees have been injured by the cold winter or
late frosts. The crop of oats, rye and barley
will not be above the average. The hay crop
will be large, except in some limited areas.
The cotton crop will be larger than usual not
withstanding the unfhvorabe weather, owing
to the effect of the recent increase in ia ices in
nxtau1inU tha oOra in ronnc ,I N
States. Farmers everywhere have planted
more potatoes than usual, and vigorous meas
ures will be taken to protect them from the
ravages of the Colorado BEETLE which has al
ready appeared in threatening numbers in
Pennsylvania, New jersey Kentucky, Ohio
and some other States. In tobacco there is a
perceptible, but not large, increase in the
South, and it is being more largely cultivated
by the farmers Of Massachusetts and Connec-
ticut. In Massachusetts and New Hampshire
the sugar-beet industry is receiving considera-
BILE attention, and sorghum has come into
favor in many sections Of the South and West
William Lloyd Garrison, the anti-slavery
agitator, is dead. His last moments were
spent in New York city, to which place he
had gone from Massachusetts, hoping to obtain
some relief from his sickness. Born at New
buryport, Mass, in 1904, Mr. Garrison learned
the printers trade, and at sixteen began to
write for the papers. He edited and published
number of anti-slavery papers, was impris-
oned and fined in Baltimore for .denouncing
the act Of a Newburyport captain, who took a
cargo of slaves from Baltimore to Louisiana,
and was mobbed and narrowly escaped being
killed at Boston in 1885. He began the publ
cation ofthe Boston Li6erator in 1881 and dis
solved it in 1865 in which year he visited South
Carolina and spoke at Charleston.
The jury in the case of Mrs. Smith and
Covert ID. Bennett, on trial at Jersey City,
N. j., for the murder of the former husband,
Policeman Smith, found the two guilty of muir
der in the first degree.
Six archbishops and thirty-seven bishops as
sisted Cardinal McCloskey in defeating the
new Catholic Cathedral on Fifth avenue, New
York. An immense throng was present, and
nearly every large city in the United States
was represented in the gathering of Catholic
clergymen. The services lasted from ten in
the morning until three in the afternoon. Car
dinal McCloskey himself was the chief cele-
brant, and sang the mass. The dedicatory
sermon was preached by Bishop Ryan, of st.
Louis, and in the evening Bishop Keane, of
Richmond, preached. The Cathedral is OF
marble, and when completed will have cost
about $2, 100000
The Scituate (Mass.) Savings Bank has been
enjoined by the Supreme Court from doing
further business, because it holds large
amount OF real estate by foreclosure and is
embarrassed.
A fire in State street, New York. destroyed
$500 bales of cotton, 800 bales of cork and
200 bales of hops, causing a total loss of
$4,000.
AT the fifth days session OF the Philadelphia
and Baltimore Conference of the African
Methodist Episcopal Church, held inthe for
mer city, report was adopted advising great
dsliberation and caution by colored people in
leaving that section of country where their
habits had been formed.
While John King, aged thirty-six years, and
Walter Swan, aged twenty years, were Gloss
ing Niagara river from Lewiston in o small
boat, they were drawn into an eddy, the boat
upset, and both drowned
Henry Ackley twelve-year-old boy who
had been locked up in solitary confinement at
the Philadelphia House of Refuge for trying to
escape from the institution, committed suicide
by hanging himself to the bars of his cell win
dow with his suspenders.
A trunk elevator in a New York hotel iell
five stories, dangerously injuring four servant
girls who were stealing ride against orders
At meeting in New York of Cardinal Nc
was issued "to the clergy and laity of the
Catholic Church throughoutthe United States"
describing plan for the relief of Archbishop
Purcell, OF Cincinnati. The address says the
archbishop owes 81, 900, 1881. l6 in excess OF his
assets, and it is proposed to open subscription
lists throughout the different Catholic parishes
for the purpose of collecting money to pay this
Indebtedness.
One days railroad accidents: An express
train ran into rock near Confluence, Pa, the
shock hurting the cars from the track and
causing the death OF Engineer Pritchard and a
tramp; at Bailey's Station, Pa, two men were
killed by passing train, and near Elmira, N.
Y, girl named Van Derwork was killed by
one train as she was stepping out of the way
Of another.
Seven children have died from drinking
poisoned water in a brook at Newark VT. and
several others were not expected to live
The hundredth anniversary OF the birth OF
Thomas Moore, the poet, was abundantly hon
ored in this country and in Europe At the
New York Academy of Music great multi
tude listened to addresses and some of the
poets songs. In Brooklyn bust of the Irish
bard was unveiled. Other brilliant crebra-
tions took place at Boston, Washington, New
ark, Philadelphia, London and Dublin.
AT an auction sale of the pews of the new
Catholic Cathedral in New York the sum of
$2, 100 was paid tor first choice OF seats and
$3.50 for second.
Further dispatches from Newark, Vt, state
that twenty-seven children in all were poi
soned by drinking from brook into which the
carcasses of dead animals had been thrown.
Potato tops poisoned by Paris green were
also thrown into the water, causing the belief
that this was the prime cause of death more
than the animals. The dispatch from which
we quote announced the death OF eleven chill
dren. John Aldrich lost five children-his en-
tire family-and his wife became insane.
Work was entirely suspended, and the distress
in the neighborhood was extreme
Decoration Day in New York was celebrated