Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-08-22
SUMMARY OFNEWS.
Eastern and Middle States.


The Governor OF Pennsylvania has signed
warrants Tor the hanging, on October 3, OF
John O'Neil and Peter McManus, the North
cumberland county Mollie Maguires convicted
OF the murder of Coroner Hesser, near Sha-
mokin, Pa, in 1874; also for the hanging OF
Andrew Tracey, a lawyer, OF Mexican county,
Pa, who murdered girl to whom he was
paying attentions.
Three workmen in New York candy fac
tory were terribly burned and dangerously in
iured by an explosion of superheated pow
dered starch in the drying-rOom of the es-
Enlistment where they were at work. This |
explosion will have the effect OF throwing |
light upon the origin Of the explosion and fire |
ON Dec. 20, 1871, at No. 6S Barclay street,
New York, by which the candy factory of
Greenfield & Son was completely destroyed
and thirteen persons lost their lives. This
catastrophe created a profound sensation at
the time particularly as no satisfactory con-
clusion could be arrived at as to the orig OF
the fire. A fire marshal made an examina-
ton which extended over several months, and
the coroner also made a searching investiga-
ton, but what caused the explosion and fire
remained a mystery. 1t was believed at that
time that the disaster might have been occa-
stoned by the explosion OF cloud of finely
powdered starch coming in contact with an
omen light or heated surface, and, in view of
the circumstances surrounding this latter ex-
| plosion, it is rendered almost a certainty that
| the Barclay street fire had its origin in the
same manner.
Frank Brennan, Troy IN. " teamster,
/ tried to quiet disturbance, when man
named James Garrett stabbed him in the groin
with a chisel, severing the main artery.
| Brennan died in fifteen minutes.
At Fairview, Pa, the six-year-old daughter
| M I i e., h..
road by crawling under a freight train. Her
nurse, Cassie Latfin aged eighteen, started to
bring her back, when the train moved and
both girls were run over and killed
Prisoners confined Mt Blackwell's Island,
! New York, apparently do not have much
| trouble to escape when they make up their
minds to CO. Within three days six convicts
escaped from boats in which they were row.
ing under the eyes OF keepers, two of whom
were found drunk and arrested.
At the Saratoga races the great two.mie
race for the Kenner stakes was won by the
Kentucky horse Falsetto in 1854, the fastest
two-mile race ever run in this country with
the weights up.
Although not positively known it is gener-
ally believed that the body OF Alexander 7.
Stewart stolen from st. Marks church-ya
in New York on the seventh OF last Novem-
Der, had been recovered by the payment OF a
heavy reward to the thieves and reinterred
secretly, preparatory to being finally deposited
in the memorial crypt at Garden City, Long
Island. But now comes the New Y ork Herald
with long statement to the effect that the
body I" has neither been discovered nor the
crime itself laid 10 rest by compromise" The
Herald gives what purports to be a history of
the negotiations for the return Of the body. 1t
says the robbers wrote from Montreal to a
New York lawyer, employing him as a medium
between themselves and Judge Hilton; that
they sent the lawyer package containing the
cofin-plate and knobs attached to the coffin in
which the remains rested when stolen that
they demanded $3.50, 900 tor the bodys return
that failing to make terms with Judge Hilton
negotiations were opened with Mrs. Stewart,
who was under the impression the body had
been recovered, and that Mrs. Stewards fears
that the story was true were alayed by Judge
EIilton's assurance to the contrary.
Tillson Jewell, a boy ten years old was stung
TO death by hornets while up an apple tree at
dyde Park, n. Y.
! j. P Benson, while chasing a cat at Troy
N. Y, ran head foremost against a tree, frac-
turing his skuhand instantly killing himself.
The annual convention of the American
Dental Association was held in Saratoga. DIR.
John Allen, OF New York, was elected presi
dent for the ensuing year, and it was resolved
J to hold the next convention in New York in
September, $780,
Captain Matthew Webb, the Englishmar
who swan across the English channel in 1875
has just performed a great aquatic feat in this
country, swimming from Sandy Hook Point
10 Manhattan Beach, on Coney Island, a dis
lance of ten miles, in eight hours. The dis
, lance actually swum was sixteen miles, as
strong tide carried the swimmer some miles
out to sea. F1
An excursion train on its way from Phila,
delphia to Atlantic City collided with freight
train near Clementon. Both engineers ant
1remen on the locomotives jumped off thei
engines before the collision occurred and es
capped injury, When the whistle blew the
conductor on the excursion train rushed t
one of the brakes, as did also the brakemen
The nine cars of the train were considerably
damaged, and the platforms OF most OF then
l. were smashed. The conductor, two brake
{ men, deaf-mute boy and newsman, whC
were standing upon the platforms, were in
| stantly killed, being ammed between rh
: cars Two OF the passengers in the cars wer,
: slightly hurt
| The fremont Temple, in Boston, has beer
+ almost completely destroyed by fire, entailin!
p II loss OF about 100000.
Y Lightning struck iron tank No 2O9, on tn
e
| by William Munhall, of Pittsburgh, and con
+ tanning $4,000 barrels of OIL The tank wa
y torn to pieces, and the burning oil fowe
! down the hillside, destroying five oil wells an
r five dwellings, and communicating to a tan
OF 5000 barrels of oil owned by II. L. Brown
: which, together with the loading rack OF tn
: United Pipe Line, was destroyed. The tota
loss is $40, 900.
) The Providence club now holds the lead TO
: the League baseball championship, havin
: wrested it from the Chicago nine, which ha
: been ahead all along.
I. Lightning descended among flock of flftee
:, sheep at South Sterling, N j., killing thirteen
! one of the number being eve that boy wa
|. milking while another boy held it. Neither
S the lads was seriously hurt.
; Western and Southern States
If Tennessee has held an election on the propc
sition to compromise the State debt at fit
o .cns on the dollar with four per cent interest
a Party ties were not regarded, and the vot
II cast was light The proposition was rejecte
: oy about $4,000 majority.
a Jacob E. Hainline was hanged at San Ar
g tonic, Texas, for the murder and robbery {
: Peter Maddox in February, 1875 He a1lirme
4 his innocence to the last.
# The boilers OF the towboat iron Valley BILE,
v up on the Ohio river, short distance froI
!, Wheeling, w. Va, and three persons on boar
: were killed.
q The Kentucky Auditor has issued a circulo
i saying that in consequence of the depletion
!, the treasury, occasioned by reduction of 2
g per cent OF the taxes imposed ON the taxabl
- property of the State, shrinkage OF values, II
y duction OF taxes on railroads, the failure
q sherts and other collecting officers to pay the
II dues into the treasury, and continued increas
n OF expenses of the State, he is compelled I
cease auditing claims tor the present, an
until the treasury is replenished.
Wilkerson and Jules, two young men