Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-07-18
SUMMARY OF NEWS
Eastern and Middle States.


At Lake Quinsigamond, near Worcester
Mass, the steamer Isaac Davis, loaded with
passengers, careened to one side as she reacl ed
the wharf, on account of "A sudden rush OF poo
pie TO get on board, her hurricane deck bIoke
OF and scores OF persons were thrown into
the water. Seven lives were lost.
John f. Seymour, brother-in-law of Bishop
Seymour was found dead in the grounds of
the General theological Seminary OF the
Protestant Episcopal Church, in New York
He was discovered early in the morning by
his wife and the bishop, and had bullet
wound in his breast. Mr.. Seymour, who was
large and powerful man, was in the habit OF
going out early every morning to clear the
| grounds of tramps, and it was while out on
one of these expeditions that he met with his
death.
Mrs. Andrew johnson, her five-year old son
and a little girl named Miller were drowned by
the giving way of Il crowded wharf at Morris
Island near Trenton, N. j.
A big hole has been made in the business
portion OF the college town of Amherst, Mass,
| by an incendiary fire. The Amherst House,
the largest hotel in the place, the postoflice,
the Amherst Savings Bank, the public library,
| w. +. Stebbins' large livery stable, the Alpha
Delta Phi and Psi Epsilon college secret So
ciety buildings, a number of brick and wooden
| blocks and several barns and sheds were
swept away. The burned district extends from
| Amity street nearly to the Baptist church,
about twenty rods along the upper side of the
college green. The loss is from $4,000 to
100000.
AS Miss Jennie Dunbar, a young music
teacher, was walking in grove near Mat
teawan, N, Y, several boys threw some fire
crackers which exploded under her clothes,
setting them afire and burning her so terribly
| rba cd in bp mis-
Joseph Akins age seventy-one, a fruit gar
dener living a few miles from Greensburg,
Pa, instantly killed his wife, age seventy
| three, and after telling his nearest neighbor
that he had "killed the old woman placed
the muzzle of the gun under his own chin and
killed himself. The quarrel arose from a dis
pute about little piece OF property.
Twelve hundred men and boys employed in
four coleries atsShamokin, Pa, struck for an
advance OF ten cents per wagon.
Mrs. Josephine A. Cotton, wife of a New
York printer. from whom she had separated,
shot and killed herself after an interview with
her husband.
Herbert F. Burrell and Andrew B. Coon
started from Boston for a trip around the
world in the Golden Gate, the smallest craft
that ever attempted such a feat. She is a
schooner, 10 feet long, % feet depth of hold
and IL tons burthen.
The skeleton remains OF a mastodon a huge
prehistoric animal, have been found at Little
Britain, N. Y,
Vauderbilts projected new rapid transit
route through some of the most prominent
streets of New York has been killed by the
aldermen,
One day recently a New York policeman
was arrested Tor burglary, two others were
committed for assault and four ward detectives
were arraigned Tor not preventing something
like 100 burglaries.
Louis Schlagter, a Buffalo butcher, threw a
large knife at a number OF boys who had been
annoying him, and it struck Peter Miller, egh-
teen years old in the leg, causing wound
from which he bled TO death.
he largest ice-house oil the Knickerbocker
Ice Company, OF New York, situated at Rock
land Lake and containing $4,000 tons Of ice,
has been destroyed by fire.
The steamer Wyoming from Liverpool ar
rived in New York, having on board 607 Nor
mon emgrants, mostly Scandinavians. The
party was in charge OF thirteen "eders," and
went direct to Utah.
While bathing at Wilkesbarre, Pa, Charles
Gardner, nine years OF age, disappeared be-
Meath the water, and his brother William, age
twelve, sprang to his assistance, but also found
a watery grave.
, Joseph B. Buzzell has been hanged at Con-
cord, N. H., for numbering Miss Hanson, a
woman who had sued him for breach OF promise.
D,a,ell bad boon u led UuUe fUI tlIU CrlIIe ana
acquitted, and it was thought that would end
, the matter, as the Constitution OF the United
States says a mans life shall not be put i'll
jeopardy twice for the same crime But when
+ II boy named Cook, who had been in BuzzelPs
employ testified that he had murdered Miss
| Hanson q 20 inSt
!, was eopened and it was decides that Buzzel
) could be tried as an accomplice. The secont
= trial resulted in n verdict of guilty, and Buz
; Zell was sentenced to DEATH Fresh compiled
q tons then arose by the confession of one O
e the two detectives who had arrested Cook tina
4 the boy had committed perjury. Cook ther
: made an affidavit asserting that his charge
q agninst Buzzen was false, and was manufac
q cured by the second detective. The Supreme
q Court OF the State, however, refused to gran
y Il new trial, and Buzzell suffered the iull sen
tence of the law.
lIanlan the worlds champion oarsman re
= ceiyed an enthusiastic welcome upon his ar
y rival i'll New York from England.
y BY an explosion tat divers powder mill
:, near Laurel Run Station, Pa, three men wer
y fatally and two seriously injured
i The project OF the Woodruff scientific expe
- dtion around the world has been revived an
" the steamship General Werder will sail fror
> New York under the direction of Presiden
l. Clark as soon as 200 students have been secured
An engine attached TO train on the Lehig
Valley railroad ran off an open switch at FAN
view, Pa, broke loose from the cars an
a plunged over cliff thirty feet high. The Il
-. connective tell, a complete wreck at the has
~ of the cliff, crushing beneath it the enginee
) Augustus Helker, and the fireman, Edwar
- Noll, who were both instantly killed.
~ A reunion of the members of the Dode
= family has been held at salem, Mass Abol
- iour hundred persons were present.
y The magazine which exploded at the mir
y works in Bodie, Cal, contained five tons
W giant powder. Eight persons were killed ar
80 forty wounded some fatally. The whole tow
l. was converted into hospital.
10 Western and Southern States.
g Minnesota and portions of Wisconsin an
II Iowa have been visited by a terrific storm
- :, which killed number of persons and cause
- q great destruction OF property. The stOr
D extended all over Minnesota and Northwes tel
D. Wisconsin, in which regions there was n gre
s. fall OF rain and hail, accompanied by thund,
Us and lightning At Vasa, Goodhue count
D. Mimi, nine persons were killed and thirty il
Of jured by flashes of lightning and the falling
Is buildings. At Winnebago the wife of M
We thamel stevens was Killed by lightning. /
of Mountain Lake, Lawrence Lawless was killt
at by lightning. Red Wing reports $4,000
i damages to property in that city. Every tow
- in the southern and eastern portions of Mimi
~ ~ sofa suffered heavily. The crops suffered fro
= rain and hail. AT Marshall hailstones as lart
A. a. as hens eggs fell, causing great destruction
Us At Lemars, Iowa, the storm destroyed house
q farms and crops. Ten miles northeast of L.
re mars two young men named Kass were kile
er They saw the storm coming and ran into
E. barn for shelter, when the wind struck Il
a building with terrific force, completely d.
o. molishing it and crushing them to death
), | the lnlina Persnns who Inv tho nt1,.,,, I,o,