Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-11-14
Western and Southern States.

Several hundred students came to Ann
Harbor, Mich, few nights ago to clean out
the place in retaliation Tor the arrest OF sew
eral OF their number the evening previous
They bounced upon the officers who attempted
10 quiet them. Mayor Smith had the alarm
bells rung, calling out the citizens, who came
by the hundreds armed with clubs and soon
overpowered the unruly students Ten of the
leaders were arrested and lodged in jail. The
military was then called out and no further
trouble occurred.
The Memphis committee OF safety has adj
journed without day. Since organization it
has expended $4,000 in maintaining people
in the camps and providing for the poor OF the
city.
United States Senator Zachariah Chandler,
OF Michigan, died very suddenly and unex-
pectedly few days ago in Chicago. He had
been making speeches in Wisconsin, and on
the night OF his death addressed a large assem-
blage in Chicago, alter which he retired to his
room at the Grand Pacific Hotel, where, while
chatting with Senator Logan and other friends,
lie complained OF Indigestion, with which he
had been troubled while on his way to the
city. He gave orders to be called at seven
o'clock the next morning, and his friends
then took their leave. That is the last time
the senator was seen alive. The next morn
lug when the office boy called him there was
no response AS upon repetition silence pre-
vailed the clerk effected an entrance through
the transom and found that the senator was
dead. The body was not quite cold, and the
physician who was present decided that death
occurred about three hours previous to the
discovery. The face looked tranquil showing
that death had been painless. The coroner's
| jury proved that death was the result OF q
| cerebral hemorrage. The senator's remains
were taken by special train to Detroit pro-
cess ion following them to the depot in Chi
| cago. Chandler was born at New Bedford.
N. H., December 10, 1918, ana was therefore
nearly sixtY-six years of age. He received
only an academic education, and when quite a
| young man removed to Michigan and engaged
in mercantile pursuits He entered into poll
tics, and in 1851 was elected mayor OF Detroit
He was the Wing candidate Tor governor OF
Michigan in 1852 but was defeated by General
Lewis Cass. When General Cass was made
Secretary OF War by President Buchanan in
| 1857, Chandler was cleo ed as a Republican
| to the United States Senate to fill Cass' place
| Chandler was twice re- elected 20 the Senate
serving uninterruptedly from March 4, 1857
to March 3, 1875. He was then succeeded by
Mr.. l. p. Christiancy, who, after serving foul
years, resigned, wher upon Chandler was
again elected and took his seat on Washing
toms birthday last He was Secretary of the
Interior during Grants second term and chair.
man OF the Republican national committee
His term in the Senate would have expired
on the third of March, 1881.
General Grant reached his home at Gales.
burg, ILL.,, lew days ago, after an absence oil
| two years.
Stettauer Brothers & Co., large Chicago
drygoods house, have failed, owing more thar
| $l,000,o00. Several large New York house:
are heavy creditors.
| A vessel arrived in New Orleans from
Liverpool few days ago. having on board
20J English farmers bound for Texas.
Two men were killed and four more seri
ously injured by the explosion OF the boiler il
a sugar-house at Fa Luling, La.
Alfred N. Robinson, ex-treasurer of Cler
mont county, Ohio, was arrested at Miami
vile, charged with embezzliHg $24,0O0.
The result OF the vote in those OF the South.
ern and Western States holding November
elections was given on the day after election
as follows: In Maryland the Democra tic can
didate Tor governor and the rest of the State
ticket were elected. Mississippi was carried
by the Democrats. In Virginia, where the
payment OF the State debt was the principal
question at issue, the Debt-payers were snc-
cessiul over the Readjasters, securing ma.
jority in both houses of the Legislature. In
Wisconsin, Minnesota and Nebraska the Re.
publican State tickets were elected.
7 The governors of Michigan, Wisconsin, Hi
nois and Ohio, Senator Blaine the entire
Michigan Congressional delegation and mum.
erous civic and military companies, were
present at Senator Chandeliers foneral il
Detroit