Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-04-11
NEWS SUMMARY.
Eastern and Middle States.


Mr. Vance reported, in behalf Of the commit
tee appointed to select site that they had
VISITED and examined several places, and that
they had unanimously agreed that the most
desiMbe one was Central park. Taken in con-
nectlon with Manhattan square there would be
loO acres which could be appropriated 10 the
necessary buildings the construction and use
OF which would not interfere with the public
walks and drives. Judge Hilton suggested
that application be made at the December ses-
sion OF Congress for the confirmation of the
action OF the convention and of the committee
and the passing of an act sanctioning the exhi-
bihon. The construction of the buildings should
be begun on April 80, lSS0-the anniversary
of the Inauguration of Washington in this city
as first President. On motion of Mr.. Hewitt q
resolution was adopted calling for the appoint
ment OF committee of five to prepare an net
OF incorporation, and TO confer with the German
authorities in regard to the time for the holding
of the worlds fair at Berlin The chairman
appointed A. S. Hewitt, S. d. Babcock, Orestes
Cleveland, Daniel +. Appleton and Horace
Porter as the committee Benjamin b. Sher-
man was made permanent treasurer of the
committee.
The Connecticut legislature has adjourned to
January 6, 1880.
The woman-suffrage measure has been de-
feated in the Massachusetts house by vote OF
elShty-nVe 10 elghty-two
One of the New York elevated railroads has
been censured by the grand jury for careless
ness in connection with the recent collision by
which several persons were hurt.
The wife and infant child of Michael Garno, of
ogdeusburg, N. Y, were fatally burned by the
upsetting Of a kerosene lamp.
A fire broke out at one o'clock in the MORN
ing in the office of the fremont house, at
ont Il
rapidly that the building soon filed with smoke,
compelling most of the forty inmates TO make
their escape from the windows and roof Not
outstanding strenuous efforts to rescue them,
Mrs. Hannah p. Gibson, mother of one OF the
proprietors; Charles Morgan, u boarder; Lydia
Merrill, table girl; Anna Johnson, chamber
maid, and Mrs S. A. Price, cook, persisted
mere We're many narrow escapes, and the
cries for help were heartrending,
The Rhode Island Greenback- Labor State
convention, held in Providence, nominated a
ticket with Samtel Hill for governor at the
head
The National bank, of Poultney, VT, has
gone out of business. 1t is said TO be able to
pay all liabilities.
The Belmont oil works in Philadelphia have
been destroyed by fire, causing u loss estimated
at about 100000. One workman was fatally
and another seriously burned.
During March the PHILADELPHIA mint soined
l,745,52O pieces of the value Of $2,03l 1856
The recent storm throughout New England
was the severest of the season, and did consid-
cradle damage to shipping along the coast
Forty failures were reported in New York
city in March, with total liabilities amounting
to $4oO, 449 and assets aggregating s2ll 1854.
In the preceding month there were forty eight
failures, with $3.50, 900 in liabilities. In March
OF last year the number Of failures was eighty
five and the liabilities SIS, 48O 00O
Rowell, the little Englishman, who won the
champion belt at the recent walking match in
Gilmores Garden, New York, has sailed for
England, taking along the trophy and $50 900
IN cash as his share of the spoils of the pedes-
trian mania.
From all along the coast, from Portland, Me-,
10 Hatteras, come stories OF the wrecks and
disasters caused by the recent heavy storm
The steamer Franconia, on her passage from
New York to Portland, saw four vessels ashore
in one locality and passed five other vessels dis
masted or otherwise damaged New Bedford
sends reports Of eleven vessels ashore four
sunk, four seriously damaged in various ways
and the loss of one life. Nantucket reports
seven vessels ashore, two sunk, two damaged
and the loss of five lives A schooner from
New York went ashore on Luckernuck Shoal
near Vineyard Haven, and is o total wreck
The signal officers at Hatteras report the loss
OF small craft commanded by u colored man.
having on board two male and two female pas
sengers. Almost all vessels reported lost are
Schooners.
Out OF the eighteen women who started on u
six days walk in Gilmore's Garden, New y ork,
for championship belt and money prizes. only
five were on the track when the match ended
one by one having dropped off exhausted. The
exhibition attracted little attention and WA q
failure. The sight of II number of weary
women dragging themselves slowly and pam
fully around track was a painful one and
vas characterized as cruel by the city press.
The score at the end stood: Won Berg, 372
miles lap; Knbury, 1915; Wallace, 1866;
Won Klamasch, 800, and Tobias, 292 miles and
5 laps.
Almost complete returns from the election
in Rhode Island give Van Zandt (Republican(,
for governor, 9,7l8 votes Seger Democratl,
5,5l5 votes; Hill (Greenback and scatteringj,
377 votes Last year Van Zandts majority
was 3,237 The General Assembly stands:
neutrality-suspicious. 2S;. Democrats, 8; no
choice, 2. House-Republicans 81; Demo-
Gratis, Is; no choice, 4.
1t has just been made public that Whitelaw
Reid, OF the New York Tribune, was offered
the,p position Of United States minister to Ger
many, as successor OF the late Bayard Taylor
last December. A letter from Secretary
Evarts, offering the mission to Mr.. Reid, and
the Iatter's declination, have been published.
Western and Southern States.
Twelve thousand persons were present at
the hanging Of Knox Martin, the coiored muir
derer OF Whittenmeyer and wife, at Nashville
q. Tenn. Knox made full confession of his
crime. After death his body was turned over
TO the doctors, who made an unsuccessful at
tempt to resuscitate him.
About twenty buildings, constituting nearly
the entire business part Of Seneca, ILL.,, have
been destroyed by fire, entailing an estimated
oss of $4,000.
reports from nearly every county in Ohio,
Indiana and Kentucky indicate that the wheat
crop in those States will be bounteous, while
there is a poor prospect for peaches and apples
AT the burning of the Fairchild block, in
Madison, Wis, twenty flremen and citizens
were more or less seriously injured by two
explosions.
At Lebanon, Tenn, H. Y. Riddle, member
OF the last Congress, committed suicide by
shooting himself through the head with pistol
in fit of temporary insanity.
The Licking county (Ohio) courthouse, q
handsome structure with four fronts standing
IN the center of the public square at Newark
and just finished at a cost of 5000, 900, caught
fire in the cupola from gas-jet which was used
to illuminate the clock. The greatest portion
of the building was destroyed. The loss is
estimated at from 100000 to $4,000.
Six miles north OF Decatur, ILL.,, wagon
containing man named Robinson, his two
daughters and Mrs. Jones Nye was struck by
lightning. Robinson and his daughter Kate
aged sixteen years, were instantly killed. Mrs
Nye was thrown to the ground unconscious.
Governor Marks, of Tennessee, has signed