Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-06-13
SUMMARY OFNEWS.
Eastern and Middle States.

The facts regarding the great robbery of the
Manhattan Bank ON Broadway, New Yorl', one
Sunday last October, have at last coine 10 light
through the confession of the robbers ally,
Patrick Shevelin, who at the time OF the burg
larry was employed rs a Waterman in the insti-
tuition. For years Shevein had been plotting
with thieves to break into the bank, but several
times the attempt was frustrated by the break
ing up of the bands of burglars formed Tor the
work. The police authorities suspected Sheve-
lin from the beginning, and after the burglary
il was found he had plenty OF money, which he
spent MISUNDERSTANDING lett the banks employ
in saloons and other places. Sufficient evi-
dence having been obtained against him he
was arrested, and then made confession, inn
plicating seven or eight Others in the robbery.
Besides Shevelin, five more OF the thieves have
been arrested.
Lightning killed P. p. Perry at Stephen
town, n. Y, and William Putnam, a coai
driver at Mechanicsville, in the same State.
Peter Hauer, a tax collector, and Constable
Leininger, went to the residence of William
Uhrich in Lebanon, Pa, for the purpose of
selling certain goods which they had seized
for taxes. Upon entering the premises Uhrieh
shot Leininger, the shot making an ugly
wound in the abdomen. Uhrich instantly
fired at Hauer, the ball gazing his shoulder
and tearing his coat, and the powder burning
his face. Uhrich then placed pistol at his
own head and discharged it, killing himself
instantly.
The American Museum, on the Bowery, New
York. has been destroyed by fire, and loss
incurred of $4,000. One OF the human Curl
osiGes-Stewart, the man without arms and
legs-narrowly escaped cremation, and an edu-
s,.S~1 re ---s~- t,.-aaA into ast nnrlx
Rv the strika Of the puddlars in tho iroY,
mills of Pittsburgh, Pa, and vicinity, 10000
men were thrown out of work.
Thirteen hundred and thirty delegates were
present at the Maine State Greenback Conven-
ton held in Portland. Joseph II. Smith was
unanimously nominated for Governor. The
platform affirmed the principles of the platform
OF the Maine Convention OF 1878, demanded
measures for the restoration of American ship
ping, and adopted green5ack money resolu.
tons, adding: owe oppose all subsidies OF
legahzed monopoles; we favor few and simple
laws, and those vigorously enforced; and we
| hereby denounce communism in all its forms
and phases"
! At "house- warming" of the New York
Press Club, composed of gentlemen connected
with the newspapers of the city, speeches were
delivered by Thurlow Weed, Henry Ward
Beecher, Pierrepont Edwards and others.
Mayor Cooper, OF New York, has been fined
ten dollars for sprinkling the sidewalk in from
Of his residence with Croton water without
permit
James Orion Woodruff, protector of the
"Woodruf Scientific Expedition Around the
| World" died suddenly in New York of braiI
fever, brought on by excessive exertions t.
make that enterprise a success. 1t will be re
membered that short time ago the expedi
ton was in readiness to proceed, but at tn,
last moment many who had announced thei
intention to make the voyage failed to respond
and the enterprise was temporarily abandoned
1t was while making new arrangements for
fresh start that Mr.. Woodruff was taken sicl
and died in his tortieth year.
Att meeting OF Greenbackers in Boston
Wendell Phillips spoke and an address b,
Peter Cooper was read.
AT jerome Park, New York, the great on
| mile and a half race for the Belmont Stakes
for three-year-olds, was won by James r
Keene's colt Spendthrift, in 2:422
Peter Swiger, a colored man, was hange
at Chambersburg, Pa, tor the murder G
another colored man last December He I'D
peared unconcerned on the scaffold, saying
CAN got to say is what brung me here j
whisky and bad company. ! advise all youn
men to let whisky alone
By the explosion of a boiler in brickyar
at Freedom, Pa, John Bryan and Fran
Matheny were instantly killed and four othe
mon hndly hurt