Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-04-25

from StJH1ouIs, ms Seen VISITED by terrible
tornado, which tore through the place, demol-
ishing ten buildings, running about thirty others
and damaging more or less seventy-five resi-
dences and business houses. Annie Reynolds
was killed and several other persons were
badly injured The storm lasted only two or
three minutes, but was frighttully severe
The mysterious murder of Josiah Bacon,
treasurer of the Goodyear Dental Vulcani,e
Company, Of Boston, in Baldwin's Hotel, San
Francisco, has been cleared up by the sur
render of DR.. Chalfant, a dentist, who con-
fessed that he killed Bacon in fit of anger.
Bacon had brought suit against Chalfant for in
iringement of patent, and it was during an
interview between the two men, in Bacon's
room, that the murder took place.
The st. Louis Grand Jury has indicted all
owners, vendors and attaches of the Missouri
State Lottery, some sixty in number.
Some time ago William James called at the
Baltimore business house in which his former
friend, Denwood b. Kinds, was employed, and
the two at once engaged in terrible duel, each
employing his revolver at the other. Both were
severely wounded, but recovered james
charged Kinds with having betrayed his sister,
and The young lady's death subsequently was
asserted by her relatives to have been the re-
suit OF her betrayal Ever since his daughters
utdtll, ueF ldlleIj an clRlneer Oh UUe DalUl-
more and Ohio railroad, had been in an excited
mental condition, and threatened to kill Kinds
on sight. A few days ago the two men met,
and Mr.. James at once began firing on Kinds,
who returned the shots. The old man was
wounded four times and died as he reached a
doctors office, to which he had been taken
Kinds was wounded in the arm.
The trial of j. p. Olive, known as the king
of the cattle men in Loup county, Neb, and
one of his herders, on the charge of taking two
innocent prisoners from n sherilf's guard last
December, hanging them to tree and then
building a fire under the swinging bodies,
resulted in q verdict of murder in the second
degree, and they were sentenced to imprison-
ment for life. The two victims were Ami
Ketchum and his father-in-law, an old man
named Mitchell, both Of whom owned home
steads in Custer county. The sheriff in whose
charge they were, with several other herders,
was also implicated in the murder.
The citizens of Wyandotte, Kansas have is
sued an appeal for pecuniary help on behalf OF
destitute colored persons, seventeen hundred
of whom have recently arrived in that place
from various points in the South. The mayor
Of Kansas City, Mo-, which is close to Wyan.
dotte, also appealed to the Secretary of WaI
tor an order for the issuance of Iations from
Fort Leavenworth, and Secretary McCrary re.
piled that he was without authority to issue
such order, and that application should be
made to Congress.
Great destruction to life and property has
resulted from heavy storm which sweep
through the lower portion OF South Carolins
and a section of Georgia. In the illage o
WATERFORD, s. c., more than one hundred
dwellings and all the churches were sweptaway
and three-fourths of the inhabitants were rem
dered homeless. Fifteen persons were killet
and many wounded. At Oakley, station OF
the Northeastern railroad, all the houses
occupied by negroes were leveed, and on,
negro was killed and many hurt, Smila
casualties are reporteu from various points il
the track of the tornado, AT WATERFORD thu
residence of DIR. G. N. Reeves was blow
down, and the doctors wife, daughter, and Mr.
Philemon Sanders were killed.
During the races at New Orleans the favor
lite horse in one race-Judge Hancock-fell
breaking his neck and badly injuring his rider
From Washington.
The House of Representatives, after a lon
debate upon an amendment to the Legislativ
Army bill, increasing the appropriation TO
graduating contagious diseases among domes
tic animals to $3.50, 900, struck the whole sub
jcct from the bill, and referred it to the Com