Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-09-12
Western and Southern States.

Western and Southern States.
General John b. Hood, noted officer in
the Confederate army, is dead in his forty
ninth year. He died in New Orleans OF yellow
fever, his death succeeding that OF his vile by
only a few days.
Deadwood (Dakota) dispatch says Colonel
n. a. Miles has arrived at Fort Keogh with
his command, consisting OF seven companies
OF the Fifth Infantry. He brought with him
nearly 900 hali-breeds, who have been fur
nishing arms and ammunition to Indians be-
tween the Yellowstone and the boundary line.
He has cleared the country OF all rowing bands
and driven Sitting Bulls followers across the
American lines, besides breaking up the illicit |
traffic in arms and ammunition between the |
hall. breeds and hostile Indians. The campaign |
has been very successful, considering the small |
loss to Colonel Miles.
The famous Whitehall gold mine on the
narrow gauge railroad near Fredericksburg, |
Va. formerly owned by Commodore Stockton, |
has been purchased by Boston capitalists, and
operations will be resumed in October. Some
years ago this mine yielded $l46,00 in seven
months.
The miners in the Cumberland (Md.) region
struck because OF the refusal of the coal COM
panies to advance the rates Tor mining to fifty
cents per ton. Over 1000 miners and 500 Ia
borers were thrown out OF employment
Charles De Young, the San Francisco news
paper proprietor who shot Kalloch, working
mems candidate for mayor, has been admitted
to bail in the sum of $4,000.
During heavy storm at New Orleans and
vicinity, the orange crop was badly damaged
and several coal boats were sunk The dam
age done will reach 100000.
| Official returns OF the Kentucky election give
L bttpTo fvy nfIQ nt,I
the rest of the State ticket somewhat smaller
maorities. The Greenback candidate for
Governor polled 1884 votes.
Four boys, whose ages ranged from six to
thirteen years, were run over by freight
train near ST. Louis. They were lettering
about the track, when switch engine moved
down suddenly and caught them all. Henry
Path had both legs cut off, one above. the other
below the knee. John Goebel lost both legs
below the knees. Richard Kopf hal both legs
badly mangled, but not entirely amputated,
and Henry Reinhold had his right leg crushed.
Path and Goebel were fatally injured.
Dudley Haskell, young man employed in
a law office at San Francisco, entered the cigar
store OF George Schwartz, well known local
politician and asked him to retract an offensive
statement made at public meeting the pre-
| vious evening. Schwartz refused to retract,
whereupon Haskell drew a pistol and shot
him dead
The Republicans OF Minnesota, at their
State convention in st. Paul, renominated
Governor Pillsbury on platform which
heartily praises the Administration and its
financial policy, favors the enactment OF laws
regulating the civil service, demands retrench-
ment in national and State governments, OPP
poses monopolies, etc.
A heavy hurricane in and about Morgan
| Il. II n.,.1r
steamers and torty-five coal boats, blowing
down church, school-house, sawmill and
other buildings, destroying much OF the sugar
cane and fruit crop and causing an estimated
pecuniary loss of 5000, 000
Joseph w. Hunt, president of the Toledo
DelpLos and Burlington railroad, while at
, tempting to cross Il side track where an engine
was shifting cars at Delphos, Ohio, was caught
between the bumpers and crushed into insen-
, sibility. He fell to the ground and several
, cars ran over him, causing instant death. The
deceased was quite prominent in railroad
circles.
, The first bale of new cotton was sold the
, other day in Louisville, KY, at auction
bringing twenty cents per pound. 1t CAME
! from Irrelevant, TEN.
t A horrible tragedy has been enacted al
: Waynesville, Ohio. People passing the house
y of Mrs, HATTIE, widow OF thirty five, noticed
e a sickening smell, and on entering they founc
t the dead bodies OF Mrs. HATTIE, her sister
n named Meeks, and her sisters daughter Myr.
tie. Mrs Hates skull had been crushed in
apparently with blow from q Ratchet, anC
q her body was found lying under the bed, will
q much OF her face eaten away by the rats
II Mrs. Meeks' throat had been cut while she wa
4 lying on the bed, and the little girl stabbed il
= the breast while lying on a pallet on the floor
W. 10 ant ba.h xuoo in ba, ,trt,no
n disorder, blood being smeared over the bed
and floor, though bag Of lime had beer
. brought in, evidently since the commission o
~ the crime, and emptied on the floor, to act a
= a disinlectant and absorb the odor OF the de
!, caying flesh. The triple murder had evidentl,
u been committed some days, and it was discov
. cred further that William Anderson, an eight
!, cen year-old son of Mrs. HATTIE by divorces
y husband, was missing The boy evidently ha
- committed the crime, as he had been seen en-
% tering the house since the night the murde
. must have been done, and had told every on
that his mother, aunt and cousin had gone t
=; Cincinnati. A few nights before the discover
- OF the bodies the boy went to Cincinnati, an
10 on the night OF his arrival he slept with hi
?, father, who is employed in a railroad ofllc
70 there. TIE next day William Anderson lei
% Cincinnati Tor Waynesville but never arrived
~ as his dead body was found in a water-tank O
io city. He had pistol in his hand, and ha
g shot himself through the head. The boy seen
20 ingly had no motive to the murder, and til
~ theory OF the authorities is that his father
- in some way implicated in the crime. III
~ father has been arrested.
q Elijah Frost, Bige" Gibson and 1homf
n McCracken, under arrest at Willets, Cal, ft
10 stealing a saddle and some harness, wei
nj taken from the constable by a mob and hange
f. While Deputy Collector James A. Ray, wi
lie two assistants, was attempting the capture
Id an illicit distillery in Barren county, Ky, $
g. or eight men rose from ambush and with she
ur guns and pistols began firing on the reven,
ne officers The latter returned the fire, killil
d, one man, badly wounding another and dispei
to ing the rest.
n, Revenue Agent Latham, at huntsville, ALI
sb reports 10 the Commissioners OF Internal Re
X enue in Washington the seizure and destru
g. ton OF several distilleries, and the capture
' te the parties operating them in Cullman, Mario
no Lamar and Winston counties.
20 Thomas Wilson, a retired merchant W
Ia, died recently in Baltimore in his ninety -seco
IT. year, has bequeathed S720000 to charital
rio institutions in that city. The Thomas wills
,at Santarium for the Children of the Poor e,
No $500, 900, and the Thomas Wilson Fuel Saw
ar Society 5000 900.
nd The California State election has resulted
the success OF Perkins, Republican candida
,rk for Governor, by about 10000 plurality oS
of Glenn and White, candidates of the An
as Monopolists' and Workingmen's parties,
ed spectively. In San Francisco the Rev. |.
,at Kalloch, Workingmen's candidate for may
Is is elected, running ahead of his ticket. I
~, rest of the city ticket is divided among the ]
aIv publican and Workingmen's candidates. I
70. Republicans elected their railroad comm
col sloner IN Ule no Ineln ulstiioU anu Vhe Wol