Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-07-18

daughters were rescued alive, but the other
daughter was drowned. Tho three remaining
daughters also died OF exhaustion.
Mrs. Samuel Berry,, OF Freeport, Mich, shot
and instantly killed two OF her children, fatally
wounded another and killed herself. Evidence
OF her insanity was discovered some time ago
i'm an attempt TO murder her brother with
carving knife.
A dispatch from Lemoore. Tulare county
CAL, says the settlers there, who have Tor
long time been litigating the title to their
lands against the Southern Pacific Railroad
Company, are tearing up the track OF the rail
road.
James II. Croft and Charles G. Wobroth,
who were arrested at Denver, Col, for the
murder OF William Syock, were taken from the
Jail at A. NJ. by 100 citizens and hanged to
cottonwood tree.
The crops in Minnesota and Wisconsin have
been heavily damaged by terrific hailstorms
In,the United States Circuit Court at San
Francisco Judge Field, of the United States
Supreme Court has decided what is known as
the "Queue-cutting ordinance" to be invalid
being in conflict with the Fourteenth amend
ment The ordinance prescribed that the
queues OF ali Cinnamon imprisoned in the
county Jail for petty offences should be cut off,
and was expected to prove n strong deterrent
to that class OF criminals.
A fire at Cleveland, Ohio, destroyed Den
hams planning mill on Scranton avenue, the
Variety Iron Works, the Atlantic and Great
Western freight depot, Rust, King and Clint's
ibuilding and lumber, and n. large quantity OF
lumber belonging to different yards. The loss
about 100000.
The sixth convention OF the German Young
Mems Christian Associations of America has
been held in Cincinnati
A dispatch from Deadwood, Dakota Terri
tory, says that three Indians, convicted OF
murder and sentenced to be hanged, COM
mitted suicide by hanging themselves in their
cells.
Mrs. Sarah A. Dorsey, of Mississippi, who
died recently in New Orleans, lett a will be-
queathing her whole estate to Jefferson Davis
The estate embraced in this legacy includes
two large plantations in the upper part OF the
State and an elegant villa Mt Beauvoir, on the
seacoast, where Mr.. Davis is now sojourning.
The yacht Jeanette sailed from San Fran
cisco on an exploring expedition to the North
Pole. The vessel has been fitted out by James
Gordon Bennett, but is in charge OF United
States naval officers, the commander being
Lieutenant George w. De Long. The jean
nette will be accompanied to Behring's Straits
by the schooner Fannie A. Hyde as a coal and
pTONlSlou GSllutE'
On September 81 1878, William Haggerty,
young farmer, for some years a resident oil
johnson county, Mo, was murdered in
cowardly manner at a picnic near Warrens-
burg by one Frank Davidson, who the other
day expiated his crime upon the gallows. The
execution being public, at least 1000 persons
crowded and jostled each other about the scat.
fold, which had been erected in the center of
a lovely natural amphitheater, about halt q
mile north OF the town. The prisoner was
conducted to the scaifold in close carriage
surrounded by guard and noisy crowd and
walked unaided to the trap, where he looked
with indifference upon the vast throng, and
with the exception OF a few words to the
clergymen in attendance had nothing to say.
AT quarter to twelve the trap was sprung,
and in fifteen minutes the body was cut down
and turned over to his relatives. The crime
for which Davidson suffered death was COM
mitted while under the influence OF liquor,
and was the result of an insulting proposal
from the murderer to his victims wife. The
husband demanded an apology, and was shot
three times by Davidson, who suddenly be-
came perfect tiend.
at Edgington Ill. Lee Robbins shot and
| instantly killed his sister, age twenty years,
and then shot himself, infiicting fatal wounds.
Miss Robbins was engaged to a man named
| Richards, and was to have been married on
the day she was killed. Her brother had been
trying TO prevent the marriage, but she re-
fused to break her promise.
Frank Mulbrandon Memphis CTenn. }
shoemaker, died few days ago after q short
illness, and post-mortem examination, held
| by six leading doctors of the city, revealed the
fact that death resulted from yellow fever.
Considerable excitement prevailed when the
announcement was made that it was GEM
| me sporadic case.
The National Association OF Lumber Dealers
held their annual convention in Chicago, the
sessions being strictly private.
Five new cases of yellow fever having oc.
cured in Memphis, the Board OF Health Of
that city issued the following order: "To the
people OF the city of Memphis we would say
quietly remove your families to place o
safety until we can at least see whether the
few cases of yellow fever will assume an cpl
demic form. 10 the people along the lines o
the different routes OF travel we say, there cal
be no possible danger OF infection Tor many
days 10 come" Thereupon a perfect stamped
of the citizens took place, the trains out o
Memphis being unable to carry away the hun
drcds who were anxious and ready to leave.
New Orleans has established a rigid quaran
tine against Memphis, both by rail and river
An explosion in powder magazine al Bodie
Cal, destroyed the Summit Works, and cause'
a heavy loss of life. The works were blow
to atoms and everything near them leveleG &
the ground.
Lake Providence (La.) dispatch report
the killing OF Postmaster Austin by SPUR
Lusk of West Carroll, and the mortal wound
ing OF S. L. Austin, Jr., parish judge, in
shooting alfray there. w. II. Smith (colored)
WHO was crossing the street during the melee
was struck by astray bullet and instantly killed
Dispatches from Memphis say that full
5000 people lett the city within one day ate
the presence OF yellow fever was made known
, Little Rock Ark, Vicksburg, Miss, Calves
ton, Texas, Montgomery, Ala, and other cite
ordered quarantine against Memphis.
A destructive boiler explosion occurred 6
q about seven o'clock in the morning in the plar
+ ing mill and box factory OF Adams & Setze
Baltimore Md. The brick boiler-house and
three-story brick building adjoining, used Us
q box factory, were completely wrecked, not
: brick being left standing, the woodwork bein
: broken into kindling wood. A portion of III
i wall OF the main factory, a large brick buildin
five stories high, Immediately fronting I'll
boiler-house, was blown out from the bottol
j to the upper story, and the contents of I'll
building were completely wrecked. A porto
i of the boiler was carried beyond Exeter stree
a two squares distant. Large plate-gass from
a and windows for the distance of two square
t were demolished. One of the proprietors an
+ the engineer were instantly killed, and six
, eight persons injured.
: The news of the appearance of yellow iev'
# in Memphis caused heavy TALL in the price
: of provisions at Chicago and Cincinnati.
!. John Williams and Winter Payne (both co
4 ored) were hanged ut Warrenton, Va, ii
first for the murder and robbery OF Howal
Holtzclaw, a telegraph operator, and Il
: second for killing a colored man named Adam
i after quarrel.
William Allen, Ex-Governor of Ohio,
dead, having passed away suddenly at h
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