Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-08-29

number OF Italian Goa burners at Fish Greek.
Deputy Sheriff Simpson was in the act OF
serving n warrant when the conflict began.
Five Italians were killed and six wounded.
None Of the sheriffs party were hurt, the
Italians fleeing as soon us the first voley was
fired at them.
The recent heavy min storm did great dam
age in Norfolk, Va, and vici iity. AT Norfolk
after the storm ruins Of buildings, vessels,
tr'-"'. r'". were 70 bo aeon in every direction,
and the damage To shipping aud crops was
great.
Indians attacked the ranch OF James Raines
on Salmon river, near Warrens, Idaho killed
the proprietor and James Edwards, badly
wounded Albert Weber and burned up all the
buildings on the place.
At Yazoo City, Miss, quarrel occurred
between James Barksdale and Henry NJ.
Dixon, resulting in the death of the latter.
Dixon. while passing down the west side OF
Main street, was hailed by Barksdale from the
east side, who at the same time advanced to
the middle of the street, armed with double
barreled shotgun. Dixon halted and imme-
diately placed his hand on pistol, drawing it.
Ban ksdale raised the gun TO his shoulder, and
Dixon, seeing this, moved toward a stairway,
when Barksdale fired, four buckshot taking
effect in Dixon's back. Dixon then fired
several times at Barksdale without effect.
Barksdale fired second shot, but it missed
his victim. Dixon bled internally, and ed at
1870 p. NJ. Barksdale WAS Immediately ar
rested. The quarrel is represented as OF a
personal nature. Dixon was the candidate for
Sheriff OF Yazoo county on the Independent
ticket and James Barksdale was candidate for
Chancery Clerk on the Democratic ticket.
j. w. Cotton, station agent and grocer at
Williamsburgh station, on the Kansas Pacific
railroad, near Topeka, Kansas, was murdered
by tramp. The tramp called tor cheese and
crackers, and while Cotton was reaching into
barrel to get the crackers the tramp struck
him on the back OF the neck with an AK, nearly
severing the head IRON the shoulders.
From Washington.
Secretary -Schurz, accompanied by Webb
Hayes a son of the President, has left Wash
ington on six weeks tour OF inspection OF
the Western Indian agencies.
The Bureau of Education and the Smith
sonian Institute have both received special in
vitations to forward articles tor exhibition at
the Sydney and Melbourne expostions. The
Buresu OF Education has already prepared and
shipped the articles forming its contributions.
They consist mainly OF official documents show
ing the condition OF education in the United
States, as represented by the reports OF the
bureau and OF States and cities, together with
a small collection OF public library catalogues
and other educational literature, etc. The
exhibit forwarded is in short copy on q small
scale of that which attracted so much atten-
ton at Paris last year.
Foreign News.
During a riot at Lurgan, Ireland, many
houses were wrecked, and the police were
stoned and some of them seriously injured.
A cou olt tl,o &c 7
don dispatch announcing the death of Nellie
Grant Sartoris, came another dispatch from
London contraaicting the report of her death
1t seems the mistake arose from the death OF
Mrs. e. j. Sartoris, who was the mother-in-
law of General Grants daughter.
DR.. William o. Mosely, young Boston
| physician, lost his lite recently while descend
| ing the MatterhoIn in Switzerland. He haC
made the ascent safely and was coming down
when he made a false step, lost his footing ant
glided rapidly down the steep ice slope over
precipice.
Ten English athletes are coming from Eng
land to compete in the annual amateur athletic
games OF the New York Athletic Club
M. de Lesseps has sent to Central Amerci
several expert engineers to examine the plan
OF the Panama canal and to ascertain the prob
able expense of building it.
In the professional scull race at the Barri
(Ontario) regatta, Hanlan and Riley came il
together, with Kennedy third AMI Elliott fourth
The judges decided that Hanlan and Rile,
should row the race over again, but the torme
refused, claiming he had come in halt lengtI
| ahead.
The American ele en- won the internationa
cricket match at Ottawa, Canada, by tota
score OF l6S to l67, with five wickets to spare
An address to Lieutenant Carey, of the ex
pedition in which the French Prince Imperia
lost his lite in South Africa, declaring that Ii
had been unwarrantably censured, receive
5000 signatures in Plymouth, England.
The failure OF the maize crop in Bulgari
will entail largely increased consumption c
wheat. Statistics of the crops in Russia sho,
that the yield OF wheat in 1879, as compare
with 1878, is the same; the yield of rye an
oats is larger, and that Of barley and potatoe
smaller.
Another heavy storm in England - tn
severest since 1872-has caused many river
to overflow and done immense damage t
crops.
At Odessa, Russia, five Nihilists have bee
sentenced TO death, one woman to exile i
Siberia and twenty-five other prisoners to to
years penal seIvitude.
Advices from the seat of the South Amer
can war are to the effect that the Gillian trans
port Rimac, having on board cavalry reg
ment of $40 men and valuable munition
estimated to be worth Ssl,000,000, has be
captured by the Peruvian men-of- war Huasca
and Union.