Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-01-17
SUMMARY OF NEWS,
eastern and Middle states.

The weather in New York city on the third
Of January was the coolest in ten yeArs-the
thermometer at eight A. N. registering two
degrees below zero. Throughout the State
furious storm Of snow and wind had ragged for
thirty-six hours, compelling the almost COM
plete suspension of business in many places.
Travel on the New York Central, the Erie and
the Lake Shore railroads was at standsti1,
and the cold was intense in all parts Of the
Eastern and Middle States.
Out Of twelve children, Edward Williams
of Msrtinsburg, N. Y, lost seven through
diphtheria-all dying within few days.
Bennett, Phelps & Co., bankers, Of Wilkes
barre Pa have failed for $500 600, Of which
S376, 000 are due depositors.
Alonzo Garcelon, Democrat, and Joseph L.
Smith, Greenbacker, we're chosen by the Maine
house, as candidates to be sent to the senate
for governor. The senate selected MIR. Gar
celon-all the Republicans voting for him
and committee was appointed to inform him
of his election The candidates OF the united
Democratic Green5ack caucus were elacted to
the other State offices.
The Central Park lakes, in New York are
visited by immense throngs, to skate and to see
the skaters. One hundred thousand persons
were on and about the ice during the third
Sunday Of the skating season.
Three boys in New York have formed them
selves into a volunteer life-saving corps, and
patrol the East river front for the purpose OF
| rescuing persons who may have fallen into the
water. They have already saved number Of
| lives.
During the recent heavy storm the steamer
indicator, from Fall River, Mass, for Phila-
delpha stranded n ar Yaphank, on Long
Island coast. She carried no passengers, and
the crew were saved by employees OF life
saving station.
Hon. Morton McMichael, senior publisher of
| the North american ex mayor OF Philadelphia,
and president Of the park commission in that
city, is dead at the age Of sixty-two.
| Mayor Oooper's first message was read to the
Tammany members are now in the minority
A train composed of five engines and snow
pillow, sent out from Buffalo, N Y, to clear the
| snow off the New York Central railroad, ran
] into snow drift near Batavia, and was wreck
\ ed. The pillow and four locomotives were
thrown from the track, and several men were
injured.
A public meeting Of sugar refners and i'm
porters was held in New York for the purpose
of considering such revision of the tariff as
will provide for an honest collection of the
duties on sugar, and to protest against adul-
iteration in refined sugars and sirups. Peter
Cooper, Cyrus W. Field, David A. Wells and
others were present, and the meeting brought
out an exciting discussion but no definite ac-
ton was taken.
One fireman was killed and eight others were
iniured-three seTerely--by the falling in of a
roof at fire in Vesey street, New York.
The New York legislature met for the first
time in the new capitol at Albany. The senate
began the regular business, but the house did
not organize until the following day, as a num-
Der of members we're snow-bound and could
not reach Albany in time In the evening a
reception in honor of the opening Of the new
capitol was held. The building was brilliantly
lit up, Glmore's band from Kew York city
furnished music for the dances, and the edifice
was filled with people of distinction from all
parts Of the Empire State and other sections
of the country. The number of visitors to the
magnificent statehouse during the day is esti
mated at ten thousand.
The sale Of pews at Plymouth church, Brook
Ign, realized $40,721 an excess Of $3,8l7 oyei
last years sales. Horace B. Clafin paid $500
for first choice.
A train containing six hundred passengers
was imprisoned in snow bank, near Roches
ter, N Y, and it took four days of strenuous
effort to release the luckless travellers.
The Pennsylvania legislature met at Harris
burg and organized. Henry M. Lang wal
chosen speaker Of the house.
The Delaware Legislature Is in session.
Thomas G. Alvord, Republican, has beet
elected speaker Of the New York assembly.
The Connecticut legislature is in session
: Dexter r. Wright, Republican, is speaker O
the house.
The American Trust company, of New Jer
sey, doing business at Newark has closed it
doorts
8 The Tammany society of New York. cele
/ DRAFTED Jackson's victory, at New Orleans, b
dinner and ball,
Q Western and Seutnarn States.
The extremely cold weather in the Easter
J, and Middle States extended to the Northwest
d the thermometer falling all the way fror
fifteen to thirty degrees below zero.
4 The Second Baptist church, of st. Louis,
new edi6ce, and one Of the finest in the city
was Quilted by fire, causing loss o. $4,000
The Chicago postoffice has been destroye
. by fire for the third time in the last eigh
u years. The building burned was known az tn
Honofe block, and contained the postoffice
T General Sheridan's army headquarters, Ohicag
;, and Alton railroad offices, and number of til
Il largest law offices in the city, The edifice wa
II six stories high and was considered one O
IS the handsomest blocks in the city. All tn
r valuable letter mails were saved, but porto
v Of the newspaper mail was destroyed. TIL
threatened destruction OF adjoining building
>, was averted by breaking in the wall of til
u Honore block with cannon, to make way fo
# the streams Of water. Loss, over $500 900.
q The Senate subcommittee to examine int
J. alleged unconstitutional election practices me
# in New Orleans and began to examine viii
- nesses, of whom there were about 200 in til
= city (mostly colored) summoned from all part
!, of the State.
IL The legislatures OF Ohio, Minnesota, Louis
ana, West Virginia and Nevada are in sessio
It at their respective State captols
Gouarnnr Dortar .
in his annual message, that the State debt b
;. settled by paying fifty cents on the dollar.
h The North Carolina, Missouri, Wisconsin an
= Arizona legislatures have met.
= Henry Dick, while making balloon ascer
y sion at Jonesboro, Ark, fell from the trape2
: a distance Of one thousand feet and was killet
. From washington.
o. The acting secretary of the treasury has il
2 sued the seventy-seventh call for the redemI
~ ton Of $40 bonds of 1865, consols of 1867
g principal and interest to be paid after th
n fourth of April next.
y The United States supreme court has de
q cided that Congress has right to legislat
# against polygamy in Utah.
r The subcommittee investigating the yello
q fever in the South, has returned to Washing
y ton.
n Representative S. s. Cox has introduced
u bill in the House providing scheme for tai
Is ing the national census in 1880.
Julian Hartridge, member Of the House fro,
s the first Georgia district, died after few day
n illness of pneumonia, aged 46 years.
The discussion on the subject of propose
change in the tariff on sugar, has been befor
the House ways and means committee
petition signed by the most prominent banker
sugar importers and refiners of New York an
a Baltimore was presented the chairman of th
= committee, asking that competent expert
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